## How to Recover True HDR from Any Footage

A full walkthrough of **SDR to HDR**, which recovers scene-linear HDR from any SDR video and outputs ACES2065-1 (AP0) EXR sequences, ready for professional color and VFX pipelines. In 3 minutes, the video covers the complete workflow:

1. **Prep your source** footage for conversion  
2. **Adjust masks** to control where reconstruction happens in clipped highlights and shadows  
3. **Guide reconstruction with prompts** — everything outside the mask stays untouched  
4. **Export the output** as an EXR sequence  
5. **Load the result** in DaVinci Resolve and Nuke