Amazing how you in 12 minutes managed to show me how I’ve gone about all of this wrong. Those are definitely mistakes I’ve been making as a rookie filmmaker up until now. Thank you for taking me to the next level in such a short amount of time!
This beginner really appreciates this video. Quite often I follow tutorials and do everything right, but don't truly understand, and the knowledge doesn't "stick." You explained the curves in a way I can understand (in fact, I feel stupid that I didn't figure this out on my own). I know that the topic was about scopes, but it really explained the curves perfectly. This knowledge will stick! What I learned: 1) The top point is the limit of the highlights and the bottom point is the limit of the shadows. Wherever I set these points, the highlights and shadows cannot go beyond them. 2) It's OK to move the top point and the bottom point (I didn't know that!). 3) Mid-tones are affected by pulling the line in the middle at one or more points. I'm sure there is much more to learn here, but just knowing that basic information really helps to get me started. Thanks!
Great video, every beginner should watch this. Too many youtubers give tutorials using cinematic footage full of shadows and midtones and highlights , but that's no always realistic for everyday users - sometimes you may shoot video with very little in the way of shadows. So watching this video has helped immensely.
So well explained and your talking head shot is nicely lit and graded. So often you see other ‘pro’ RUclips’s talk about ‘coloring’, grading in actual fact, the coloring is part of the DOP’s job, post is grading to match shots. Then they produce washed out video, probably from RAW, which have no true blacks whatsoever. Sorry for rant but I started out in 16mm and progressed to 35mm anamorphic as a cinematographer. Will look at your lessons as one never stops learning. Thanks, C
The BEST colour grading tutorials I ever came across. Simple, to the point and essential. Pleasant voice; no "rushing to a train" as many other tutorials do. No arci-farci - he just wants us to LEARN and helping us. Thank you!
Extremely helpful. I think a lot of us get caught up on following rules of thumb that should not be considered absolutes. As you note, it’s more art than science. While the tools and rules are important, I think final decisions should be based on the look and feel of the image. Thanks, again.
So for most production, I am involved with 3d animation. However, I also am into photography and love cinematography. I am very familiar with dynamic range....and this video is exactly what I see about intro to histogram. You do have to first look at the image. If it's comprised of a dark scene, most values are going to be dark (or likewise light if the other way). Hence why many examples why a given image should not have a tonal range going from complete black to white.
You have a very interesting style, and I love your way of teaching. I am assuming you have taught classes in the past 😂 keep up the great videos. Very informative
dude! I'm taking a film production class. You are totally right! I assumed stretching the colors meant an even spread through the picture. regardless of setting. learn something new everyday. especially dealing with this stuff.
Man, I've come back to this several times. Super helpful. What's tripping me up though is that when I adjust the color in gain after turning the lum mix to 0, adjustments on one color still affect the others. This is on a new note where the only other thing I've done is adjust the gamma down a bit. There is no added saturation or color boost or contrast or.. Still does it on a fresh node as well.
This is gold, thanks. Something that still mystifies me: If the highlights don't need to match, how do you make sure to properly balance the image (or even know if it's properly balanced)? I know of the technique of balancing based on the skin tone line of vector scope, and how centralized the vectorscope is. There must be a better way? Honestly, I feel that balancing can be the hardest part of color correction, because it affects your entire grade if not done correctly (making qualifications messy and inaccurate because there is not enough color separation). An in-depth video on color balance ins and outs would be amazing.
Awesome video. Whats crazy is I've watched this in the past and completely forgot all of this. Not sure why i did because color correction and grading is where i struggle most. This will change everything for me
New Davinci user and came across your channel looking to learn and after a few vids you've got my sub! Great stuff and really easy to follow and understand
Great common sense here. I learned that after years of retouching photography in raw format. We have to look at what we have inside the picture. THE SUBJECT decides what's best for it. Then of course we chose a style. Can we say that a maximum of contrast is like having quantity (high range) VS having quality in what we chose a softer image but with a better taste?
First advice is to take lesson from colorist and try to understand the magic of color and light and how these behaves in resolve.After that try to understand relation between what you want to accomplish and how can be achieved in resolve in a good comon sense.All about in color grading as first rule is common sense.
In the last project I delivered, a tv series for a big network, we had the Masters rejected many times because the black levels didn't reach 0 in dime shots. I had to add a Hidden black dot in some shots for the Masters to pass QC.
Saying not to stretch the highlights up to the top and shadows to the bottom blows my mind... I was actually specifically taught to always do that when editing photos and I just carried that over to video as well. The reasoning was that the dynamic range of computer displays was so much less than the human eye that you would never be able to get the highs bright enough and the darks dark enough so just get them as close as possible unless there was a very clear reason not to such as an artistic stylization. However as I've developed I've increasingly noticed that it doesn't appear that professional video editors do that, now I'm going to try to kick the habit for a bit and see how it goes!
I am familiar with how the parades and curves work. And what they do the the image. But I believe this video has good value for some new users, so I will share it.
I worked for a company and their monitors weren’t calibrated and had extremely bad backlight bleed and the monitors had a very strong magenta tint so things looks green and with a lot more contrast on every other monitor and scopes helped a tiny bit but still impossible to know how much green is supposed to be there and how much isn’t so scopes kinda help but having a solid reference monitor is also extremely important.
Not having an accurate reference monitor is just a disaster imo. You will never be able to fine tune the subtleties of your color grade when your monitor is displaying off colors.
Thanks for this. I always use it without even understand it well, until this video nicely explained well and now I understood it well. Thank you for the video and I just subscribed
That was excellent. I'm a beginner with video and Resolve; this really made sense to me. I can see I've made many mistakes in my feeble attempt to color grade. I'll check out your course.
Wow this was a VERY helpful video. I really appreciate your perspective on the color correction / grading process. at the end of the day it IS art. Thank you for this.
thank you for the great knowledge you sharing, i have no experience of filmmaking whatsoever, however admire technique you used to help me better understand these cool features and functions!
The big takeaway for me on this is to consider what the desired final look is when making decisions related to the curves. A lot of the “mistakes” referenced in here are common best practices for a primary grade if you knew nothing about the final look - basic color correction and contrast adjustments. Or a 2 step grade in isolation, where your first step is correction and then the look. Practically speaking, because you have knowledge of the final grade most of the time, the first step can be altered to suit.
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Amazing how you in 12 minutes managed to show me how I’ve gone about all of this wrong. Those are definitely mistakes I’ve been making as a rookie filmmaker up until now. Thank you for taking me to the next level in such a short amount of time!
my main takeaway from this video is to actually watch what is on your footage rather than just the graphs. amazing video thank you
This beginner really appreciates this video. Quite often I follow tutorials and do everything right, but don't truly understand, and the knowledge doesn't "stick." You explained the curves in a way I can understand (in fact, I feel stupid that I didn't figure this out on my own). I know that the topic was about scopes, but it really explained the curves perfectly. This knowledge will stick! What I learned: 1) The top point is the limit of the highlights and the bottom point is the limit of the shadows. Wherever I set these points, the highlights and shadows cannot go beyond them. 2) It's OK to move the top point and the bottom point (I didn't know that!). 3) Mid-tones are affected by pulling the line in the middle at one or more points. I'm sure there is much more to learn here, but just knowing that basic information really helps to get me started. Thanks!
Great video, every beginner should watch this. Too many youtubers give tutorials using cinematic footage full of shadows and midtones and highlights , but that's no always realistic for everyday users - sometimes you may shoot video with very little in the way of shadows. So watching this video has helped immensely.
So well explained and your talking head shot is nicely lit and graded. So often you see other ‘pro’ RUclips’s talk about ‘coloring’, grading in actual fact, the coloring is part of the DOP’s job, post is grading to match shots. Then they produce washed out video, probably from RAW, which have no true blacks whatsoever. Sorry for rant but I started out in 16mm and progressed to 35mm anamorphic as a cinematographer. Will look at your lessons as one never stops learning. Thanks, C
Great teaching voice! Thank you for not adding crazy music and super fast loud talking.
I love this channel, great info with no fluff
EXACTLY!
This is a very important resource for beginners, highly recommended.
The best Davinci Resolve Training channel, by far. It's good to rewatch these awesome videos as a refresher course.
The BEST colour grading tutorials I ever came across. Simple, to the point and essential. Pleasant voice; no "rushing to a train" as many other tutorials do. No arci-farci - he just wants us to LEARN and helping us. Thank you!
This is gold! The best color grading channel! 👍🏻👏🏻
11:27 it’s good to be aware of the Zone system for looking at an image’s luminosity and contrast
this dude is so soft spoken bro... i love it. great video btw
This confirmed my grading level: beginner. Great information!
Extremely helpful. I think a lot of us get caught up on following rules of thumb that should not be considered absolutes.
As you note, it’s more art than science.
While the tools and rules are important, I think final decisions should be based on the look and feel of the image.
Thanks, again.
That was so helpful! And boy, does that talking head shot of yours look perfect, so I'm gonna trust you on the merit of that info.
My colour grading just got better. Thank you!
So for most production, I am involved with 3d animation. However, I also am into photography and love cinematography. I am very familiar with dynamic range....and this video is exactly what I see about intro to histogram. You do have to first look at the image. If it's comprised of a dark scene, most values are going to be dark (or likewise light if the other way). Hence why many examples why a given image should not have a tonal range going from complete black to white.
This just blew my mind! Thank you so much for your insight.
Finally soone who speaks in a calm way and getting to the point asap
Man you're a great teacher
Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
Great video, special mention to the scope of your final image that look like Nazgul with a sword.
Looking at the footage for the visuals you want is more important than just whats shown in the graph. Thanks for the video man!
You have a very interesting style, and I love your way of teaching. I am assuming you have taught classes in the past 😂 keep up the great videos. Very informative
dude! I'm taking a film production class. You are totally right! I assumed stretching the colors meant an even spread through the picture. regardless of setting. learn something new everyday. especially dealing with this stuff.
your videos are always a great lessons to me . kindly make a video on " Gamut Maping and Gamut Limiter " also. thanks in advance
The most friendly amd easy way to learn Resolve.
Best course around 🙏!
Ive been looking for a good and quick video about color grading and this one was soooo amazing, I understood a lot and want to keep studying more
You are the best teacher for Davinci Resolves. I have bought the lessons from you back in April 2020 and they are awesome, helped me a lot
Thank you… it is more clear now. I have watched so many tutorials and not even a single talked about this.
damn this guy is a great teacher.
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ALEX, fantastic info as always - I'm a subscriber of your courses and highly recommend them, to everyone.
Best color tutorial I’ve seen! Good work
This was brilliant. One of the best videos on scopes on youtube. Thank you!
U said very important information many RUclipsrs say misleading information about it
Man, I've come back to this several times.
Super helpful.
What's tripping me up though is that when I adjust the color in gain after turning the lum mix to 0, adjustments on one color still affect the others.
This is on a new note where the only other thing I've done is adjust the gamma down a bit. There is no added saturation or color boost or contrast or..
Still does it on a fresh node as well.
This is gold, thanks. Something that still mystifies me: If the highlights don't need to match, how do you make sure to properly balance the image (or even know if it's properly balanced)? I know of the technique of balancing based on the skin tone line of vector scope, and how centralized the vectorscope is. There must be a better way? Honestly, I feel that balancing can be the hardest part of color correction, because it affects your entire grade if not done correctly (making qualifications messy and inaccurate because there is not enough color separation). An in-depth video on color balance ins and outs would be amazing.
Your lessons are golden. Basics and fundamentals that are actually very important foundations. Thank you for sharing
Thank you! looking forward to your cut page updates on the program.
Best video ever!! He answered every question I was asking myself about scopes. Great job!!
Thank you. signed up and watched the crash couse. thank u
That was very helpful, and liberating too. Thank you.
Awesome video. Whats crazy is I've watched this in the past and completely forgot all of this. Not sure why i did because color correction and grading is where i struggle most. This will change everything for me
New Davinci user and came across your channel looking to learn and after a few vids you've got my sub! Great stuff and really easy to follow and understand
This video is so breathtaking. I love how easy and simple you made it look.
Great common sense here.
I learned that after years of retouching photography in raw format. We have to look at what we have inside the picture. THE SUBJECT decides what's best for it. Then of course we chose a style.
Can we say that a maximum of contrast is like having quantity (high range) VS having quality in what we chose a softer image but with a better taste?
Incredibly helpful, thank you!
Thank you! so nice to hear someone confirm me wondering if using my eye sometimes is more appropriate haha
Very informative and educational. Thank you very much.
excellent, I had never heard this so simple, thank you very much, it makes you want to continue
Sage advice! As a FCPX user, this still works for me!
First advice is to take lesson from colorist and try to understand the magic of color and light and how these behaves in resolve.After that try to understand relation between what you want to accomplish and how can be achieved in resolve in a good comon sense.All about in color grading as first rule is common sense.
Wow so much information packed video. Loved it
very nice video guys! I like when videos go like this one !
1 minte 30 and you already change everything for me, thanks!
I needed to know this information. My warmest thanks to you.
Thank you for this info. Im guilty of a couple of those misconceptions.
I learnt more in this short clip than in many other clips put together :) thanks
De-mystified a lot for me, thank you.
Beginners have more questions than misconceptions.
In the last project I delivered, a tv series for a big network, we had the Masters rejected many times because the black levels didn't reach 0 in dime shots. I had to add a Hidden black dot in some shots for the Masters to pass QC.
Most useful tutorial. This should save a lot of time for a lot of people. Subed.
This was by far the best , most helpful tutorial ever. And I barely use Resolve
Saying not to stretch the highlights up to the top and shadows to the bottom blows my mind... I was actually specifically taught to always do that when editing photos and I just carried that over to video as well. The reasoning was that the dynamic range of computer displays was so much less than the human eye that you would never be able to get the highs bright enough and the darks dark enough so just get them as close as possible unless there was a very clear reason not to such as an artistic stylization. However as I've developed I've increasingly noticed that it doesn't appear that professional video editors do that, now I'm going to try to kick the habit for a bit and see how it goes!
Amazing. You are by far the best.
So glad I bought your course it is well worth the money
Thank you. Learned a lot here.
I am familiar with how the parades and curves work. And what they do the the image. But I believe this video has good value for some new users, so I will share it.
This is pure gold! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I worked for a company and their monitors weren’t calibrated and had extremely bad backlight bleed and the monitors had a very strong magenta tint so things looks green and with a lot more contrast on every other monitor and scopes helped a tiny bit but still impossible to know how much green is supposed to be there and how much isn’t so scopes kinda help but having a solid reference monitor is also extremely important.
Not having an accurate reference monitor is just a disaster imo. You will never be able to fine tune the subtleties of your color grade when your monitor is displaying off colors.
Outstanding video, absolutely outstanding! 👏
Clear and concise. Very well done. I learned a lot.
It's been a great help. I got clear on a lot of aspects as a beginner colorist
Thanks for this. I always use it without even understand it well, until this video nicely explained well and now I understood it well. Thank you for the video and I just subscribed
That was super articulate, thank you!
best channel for beginner in coloring thank you boss
You make this process seem so simple!
That was excellent. I'm a beginner with video and Resolve; this really made sense to me. I can see I've made many mistakes in my feeble attempt to color grade. I'll check out your course.
Thank you. I was making some of these mistakes. This helps a lot.
What GREAT advice this is! This information totally debunks what most people say---and for good reason.👋👋👋
Wow this was a VERY helpful video. I really appreciate your perspective on the color correction / grading process. at the end of the day it IS art. Thank you for this.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
thank you for the great knowledge you sharing, i have no experience of filmmaking whatsoever, however admire technique you used to help me better understand these cool features and functions!
this video was really helpful, and I like your style of explaining, I could easily follow your thoughts.
The big takeaway for me on this is to consider what the desired final look is when making decisions related to the curves. A lot of the “mistakes” referenced in here are common best practices for a primary grade if you knew nothing about the final look - basic color correction and contrast adjustments. Or a 2 step grade in isolation, where your first step is correction and then the look. Practically speaking, because you have knowledge of the final grade most of the time, the first step can be altered to suit.
Extremely informative and helpful. Thank you for this great information.
Just an observation, at around 11:44 the Parade seems to display the Grime Reaper, just saying...
amazing, will definitely join the course one of the following days...
Great video. I've enjoyed and subscribed
Thank you so much sir for the information. Really helped me in my log videos.
excelent tuto, many thanks for sharing
This was amazing and well explained. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome video, appreciated!
Top notch as usual. Thank you.
Very clear and useful!
Learnt so many amazing points that I actually didn't knew about.. Thank You For such Wonderful tutorial which was so neatly explained 👍
Another is that skintones must be aligned with the skintone indicator of the vectorscope. That's only if the skin is illuminated with neutral light.
Very informative, thank you!
perfect!!! That's what I need. Appreciated!!!!
Really helpfull tutorials. Helped a lot