I Watched Waqas Qazi Master Class And This is What Happened
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- I Watched @WaqasQazi ( The man, the legend ) Master class and It wasn't as good as it has to be. Don't get me wrong, I learned everything from his RUclips channel and I owe him a lot in that regard, but when it was all about masterclass , it could be much better.
The whole masterclass, which I believe it's more of a complete tutorial, rather than a masterclass is fantastic, but as I said it's not a masterclass by all means. He explains things the way he explained them already in his RUclips channel and for an intermediate/semi-pro colorist, 1000$ for such a class is too much.
color grading davinci resolve
As a beginner in color grading, I recommend Darren Mostyn, Cullen Kelly, Dado Valentic & Filippo Cinotti
Thanks a bunch pal . Thanks for the comment btw
@@Cyrusyami I also learnt some cool technique from Qazi, now it is depends on how fast i learn the shooting technique using lumix s5. Well im totally noob on this
@@difficsambalao oh it's not gonna be so hard, i have a friend which he is professional Cinematographer. I offered him to go out and shoot some cool video together . He agreed, a week from now surely we have cool content showing how to work with camera and cool editing technique on a videography channel . I let you know when we start it, or even i will upload them here . I don't know yet :)
Thanks for the mention Diffic! Appreciated. Watch this space!
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks to you, sir
I tried watching his channel and his ego is killing me, plus I have doubts about what he's doing. I recommend Darren Mostyn, he is a true professional who has been doing this for about 25 years and he is so responsible he took the exams to teach it plus he is very personable and humble.
Other notable names in the business are Daria Fissoun, Cullen Kelly and Casey Faris. Golden nice people!
Cullen kelly , recently I watched his videos and he is really great, People in the chat recommended him many times. And you bro :PPP his ego is really on our nerves :P
I scrolled down the comments to see that how could anyone not mention Darren Mostyn's Channel yet.... Its one of 'the amazing' channels. Totally awesome.
@@Sagar_G_Sharma_ContentCreator I'll check him right away ! Thanks for mentioning pal !
Really appreciated
@@Sagar_G_Sharma_ContentCreator Yes, that's right. Darren was also the only one who corresponded with me personally. Very nice guy:)
I agree! Darren is awesome!
just took in his most recent webinar and literally most of it was an ad for his course. I totally had the impression that it might not be worth the amount he's asking. Glad I saw this :-) Thanks for putting it out here...even at a personal risk...appreciate it from a first hand perspective.
Your welcome;)
I agree he's very good at segueing into promoting his course while not showing you much at all, and you sit there for 2hrs just to get a node tree and a discount.
@@CGPENT yep! that's exactly what happened to me lol...
@@kelvinfunkner 😂🤣😂 definitely glad this video came out. He’s such as good colorist that it's easy for him to entice people to buy the course.
I think someone already said it on here but you should definitely look to other legendary pro colorist like Dado valentic and Cullen Kelly . In fact, in one of qaz’s video he mentions that he even learned from them. You’ll be amazed at how smart these guys are and how they both even created their own software and tools for resolve that can get you incredible looks once you’ve learned them well
Sure Bro ! I Will definitely check them out
I also recommend Cullen Kelly
@@christianrushpostpro mos def
Yep Dido and Cullen are very legit. Dido is doing some amazing things with his plugins and software. I love and use Look Designer on everything these days.
+1 on Cullen Kelly. Even his 40min-ish RUclips videos already packsa lot. His RUclips videos already feels like MasterClass content. For shorter videos, also check out Avery Peck.
I still remeber how Qazi was teaching in his early videos how film look LUTs (e.g. Kodak 2383) should be applied 😁 And it was the “right way” until Darren Mostyn published a video on which he explained that you need to use cineon film log output gamma in order for this LUTs to work properly 🙂
Darren Mostyn is woefully underappreciated. He’s one of the best colorists posting free tutorials on RUclips.
@@aro9462facts!
qazi says that too...film luts need cineon film log before the lut node...but darren first converts to gamma 2.4 then he converts to cineon film log and then the lut on last node then he compounds them to be able to play with its key output gain...qazi passes the 2.4 node and goes straight to cineon output and lut output in last 2 nodes...both ways are right....if u wanna play with its gain u have to do it darryn's way ,if u dont qazi's way is okay
To be honest, I've tried a lot of courses and very few of them ever live up to their own hype. The only decent ones I've taken where I didn't feel ripped off were the School of Motion ones... Those things really rock as they pack in a tonne of info and really give you lots of tasks to do with feedback and everything.
Cool , I will definitely check it out
Have you tried by any chance the gimball “masterclass” from that asian dude (I totally forgot his name) who is like a magician with gimbals? I feel it’s just only practice but I’m curious if it’s worth it haha
School of Motion is great. Their videos are super informative and well-explained.
I've taken SoM's Animation Bootcamp, and it's expensive but they make it worth it. You get personalized feedback from the same instructor throughout the whole course, so they track your progress no matter your starting point.
If you're interested mostly in actual color grading the majority of it is done in look creation. So when looking for a masterclass that term is probably what you are looking for. Also people should know that the better the people that supply you the content, the more impressive the grades will be. Colorist is just a small credit when you see the hundreds of people scrolling by you at the end of a film. Most of which are rockstars in their fields.
Qazi is a classic "street-smart" guy, who (probably) worked hard to acquire some of the trade skills and people skills. HOWEVER, his pedagogy skills are zero, even lower than that. The jargon, "parking it here", "guys, this is the sauce" and all the other crap without any real method to his madness makes those lessons unusable. Watch even ONE video by Cullen Kelly and there is a man who teaches you how to fish, and not just giving you the proverbial fish. For anyone really, I mean REALLY interested in becoming a pro in any trade, one should focus on learning the WHY, not the HOW. Why am I changing this part of the image? SHOULD I be changing it at all? How much should it be changed?
Cullen really has exactly this beautiful approach and builds upon solid foundations. Dado Valentic knows his stuff (but he is really, REALLY up there, so you need to do your prep work), Alexis Van Hurkman is another one, Darren Mostyn has great teaching skills as well... Lowepost is a good community to be a part of, ACES Central, Mixinglight is TERRIFIC!
Qazi is a joke.
THANKS FOR YOUR REVIEW. Thought about buying class for spring but 1k$
Your comments are very true… You could just watch his tutorials and get even more out of them and there are a few other teachers on RUclips that are just as good as he is. The problem I’ve always had with him is his ego seems to stick out like a sore thumb. He’s good but he’s not great. He’s technically terrific, but he’s not really an artist. I do watch his tutorials, his free ones, and there’s just so much ego in the way. Sorry that you had to waste your money. But I tell people with the Internet these days no need to pay for training. Everything you need to know is free.
Yeah And there are so many other things about him which is not so great aparat from his ego :D
He's trying... Well...
Yeah such a waste of money and time !
Maybe 4years ago if I was buying it, back then it could help way way more than now :D but life is at is!
Qasi is a hack but Dado and Cullen I pay repeatedly to learn from. Their stuff, especialy DAdo’s stuff is not on youtube and is Gold!
In classical music, a masterclass is usually a master giving live feedback to students. That WOULD be interesting from colorists. It'd also be interesting to see how a pro colorist would handle amateur footage. (I know the short answer is that they wouldn't. 😅 But it'd be helpful for newbs like me to see how one might go about maximizing suboptimal footage.)
The only way to become a master at the skill of coloring is doing it, his regular info is everything you need. From there it's just doing over and over, and understanding for yourself the different approaches. It's not gonna magically gonna happen by taking courses.
Just found that out, you are right ! practicing was and will always be the best approach
A pro colorist never share his secrets even with master class remember that!
This seems to be theme with every single masterclass in existence. I think it's time for people to realize that no, there is no difference between a masterclass and a tutorial. They are the same. There is only so much that can be taught without individualized mentoring, and if it can exist, then it exists already on RUclips. Every single field's masterclass is like this lol. I've literally never seen a single exception.
Unfortunately Yeah ! !!! But Master class should be way more different than this.
A masterclass is when you know all the details and the master show you that pal, you missed some important things in there, It's class that a legend explain details to masters not beginners :D
I agree with you that every "masterclass" out there has somehow failed to deliver much more than what's available on RUclips. However, in the case of color grading I know there are a ton of techniques and information in this space that does not exist on RUclips. It's often in the hands of professional colorists who don't want to share their tricks, and academics. So at the end of the day, you have to source that stuff from technical blogs, papers, and networking with colorists. Networking, not because the material requires individual mentorship, but because those people are only willing to share with their friends.
Youre so right. His masterclass isnt a masterclass. Just tutorials he hasnt uploaded on youtube
Absolutely brother ! Right words. It is as you said :D
Thanks for sharing! I was curious about it but I’ve heard a similar thing about another MasterClass; that just watching their RUclips is just fine. I’m sorry for what happened.
Austin dude, don't be sorry pal ! I'm so glad that you watched it about you found it useful ! this is all matter to me.
I would suggest Dado, Kevin Shaw, Cullen Kelly, or mixing light for beginners to intermediate.
Can you do it for intermediate to advance?
@@Cyrusyami Absolutely. Kevin Shaw , Cullen, Dado all are color scientists, look developers & dolby trainers. There are many more who are engaged in CTL coding & advanced workflow. But these guys are good to cover from basic to advance.
Apparently, you can watch Walter Volpatto on TAC resolve training but that can't be considered as a series of masterclasses as it's a single content only. Always learn from a real professor than a hoax youtuber. There are many from company 3 & some reputed post houses who run their own masterclass or associated with mixing light.
@@Saba_Demitri thanks alot stanly .
Everyone learns differently. I lost count of the success stories of members that came out of my masterclass but of course there are times when people ask for a refund and it's just not their cup of tea. It doesn't make either of us wrong.
We are accustomed to paying pennies for online education so I can see how there can be a sticker shock with FCM. That said, when you compare it to traditional school education it is still on average $59,000 cheaper and about 3 years and 11 months shorter to get you to your destination.
Again, all of this data is backed by the results of our members, which can be confirmed on my course page.
I wish you the best of luck and success in your family and work life.
Stay Possessed. 💪🏽
Sure, I wanted to send you an email today as one of the fellas recommend today, good that you left a comment here.
Well as I mentioned earlier I learnt whatever I know today from your RUclips channel, and the whole purpose of watching your masterclass was because I believed you can teach more, but the idea of masterclass is going for more details and total mastery. This was what I expected from your masterclass, but it was a nice tutorial for beginners .
As a student I expect from an instructor like you, to explain your POV and what is going on in your head, what you like to do, and not what it needs to be done.
You are a nice guy I think you care about these stuffs, I can tell you, you can add a section in your masterclass and going for only showing your workflow, your ideas, why you choose specific tools and colors. The why's behind everything, your specific reasons. That can improve your package and it can make a real masterclass in my opinion.
My style is based on real-world practices I will never be the user manual reading instructor and again it's ok if that's not how one learns.
I purposely keep my masterclass content out of my RUclips channel. It is not the same.
Plus, the biggest benefit to my masterclass is getting access to a mentor. I can't tell you how many times in my life I would've paid 100,000s of dollars to learn from other's experience than my own. Lost clients by inexperience mistakes costs way more long term than the small price you pay.
All that being said, my next course will be an Over-the-Shoulder experience. It's going to be unlike anything people have seen especially in the post-production world.
I just have to expand my team by 10 more employees so I can have some free time to finish it. 😂
@@theqazman I feel you, good that you explain this things, alright then, looking for the new module . Hope you finish as powerfully as you expect it yourself. Hope you find that free time . Btw thanks alot for whatever you've done in your RUclips channel, it helped alot.
Thank you, bro. Stay possessed my dude. 💪🏾
understandable. there’s a point where you’re not sure if you’re improving, but at least you know you’re not terrible. i think that, like with any craft, you master it as long you learn the fundamentals of what your tools do, you’re free to do what you want. and that through a lot of trial and error, you develop your own methods and then you get well paid for your taste/vision and customer service.
and also, that you always approach your trade as a student as well as a professional. longevity in any career can always be attributed to an open minded attitude.
Absolutely !!!!
In my humble opinion a "master" class should be only 30 - 50% technical. Color gradring is an art by itself, and masters don't teach the tools, but are able to pass on something more that will allow you to make the best out of the tools. The tools are numerous and always evolving. RUclips+lot of practice get most people to a descent level. I actually noticed I benefit more from these classes when I already experimented myself. They just give the words and a structure to what I already figured out.
Good point sir
I totally agree with you. I think the only way to get that pro look it’s to sit down with a professional Colorist and to sit in front of Davinci Resolve every single day and practice. I think a beginner can learn a ton from his master class but I do think the price of it is quite steep, $240 to $300 is ideal IMHO.
Cannot agree more with you.
it's a bit expensive, but at the end of day it is you to decide to pay for it or not.
I agree with you. A masterclass should tell you why, rather than what.
Exactly
Ay man I saw it from the start he’s just like the other guys who shill a master class and they aren’t top dogs at all.
I wish it was better ! I wish at least in the color grading section he could be better ! it was trash literally :D
Thank you for the review. Qazi is good and his tutorials on youtube is also very advanced and easy to understand. However, I agree with you that masterclass should be informative with all the basic and need to understand why we do things.
They aren't advanced at all.
Before you buy a “Master Class” check the person up online. Have you checked his IMDb? He doesn’t have any films in there, it is pretty much those car TV shows or similar. Not that those are bad, they are not, it’s just that it doesn’t require the same skills. Hope you find your way in the industry. Best regards.
Good advice sir ! I'll try to check them later !
I was contemplating of buying his master class but can’t effort it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. New subscriber
Thanks for the sub! much appreciated pal!!
I’d love to hear more about what you’d like to learn. And how you’d like to learn it. Trying to revamp my teaching methods.
Hey Jake Thanks for the comment, Just checked out your channel. It was fantastic bro ! Sure I'll try to watch them Asap.
@@Cyrusyami came here to suggest Jake. Awesome that he commented
@@Themouras such a nice guy he is
He had another guy in his channel that did the teaching for some epidodes and he did a so much better job at explaining WHY He was using certain tools and and techniques
Howdy 🤌🏼
judging from the way he "teaches" on the basic channel I was was hesitant and thats why i ended up not pulling the trigger and this video shows me i was right. There is a difference beetween clout flexing and actually wanting to add value to the people that engage with u . For me just the way he moves quick assuming you understand and spends more time selling than explaining i pullede out. SO atleast now after watcching this i saved A LOT of money Converting those dollars to ZAR is CRAZY!!!
I agree. Qazi can do better. His RUclips channel thought me 80% of this I know now and am surprise of his master class. His master class should be something totally different from his RUclips videos and give us something different and not the existing RUclips video that we have to pay for it and re watch it again
Yeah ! He is just using his name to sell that masterclass and it is disappointing !
Masterclasses should be about the creators personal idea, not just some general thing that even I can talk about it ! then what is the difference between an intermediate and pro colorist hah ? :(
I took the masterclass and I understand what you mean. Besides what other people mention about other masteclasses being the same. I think that Qazi does mention several times that this takes practice, like a lot. The people I’ve seen on his private fb group, practice a lot and have incredible results. I do wish he had some other technical stuff about how color spaces works, understanding some tools better and workflows with the client in much bigger projects like movies.
I don’t think I threw my money away and I think of myself an intermediate colorist as well when I started, but I agree it has some problems for the price, but I did learn a lot of other stuff as well
This is incredible
It's highly suprising for me, I watched most of his materials on YT and have good opinion of his work and wisdom about grading. I didn't expect this.. What's more I really planned to buy this Master Class, even for such a high price, but now I know that it's not worth the money. Thanks for this truthly comment of his course!
We'll save some money in the end ;D
The Master Class is ok but it's just not worth $1000. I got it before the price jump and learned a lot from it. I did Matthew Falconer Color Grading with Da Vinci Resolve: Beginner to Advanced on Udamy first it helped a lot as he explains everything in detail, and at a fraction of the cost. Qazi is a good colorist but a better salesman.
@@uplift204 He really isn't that good of a salesman - he is a better youtuber though.
I couldn't agree more with you. It is really a great fast lane to color grade, but lacks the way of thinking that we would like to see in an advanced level material
yeahhh. Mostly experience and having a good taste is the key, and lemme tell you my friend, having an awesome set and good lightning is the great secret here.
without having them you can do any magic with only davinci!!! for having awesome project you need everything in their own unique way, camera, lightning and ...
Thanks for sharing your experience 😢
You're welcome brother
The best DR masterclass is the 3000 pages manual, once you ask yourself a question, go into it !
Good to know! I should search it!
Thats why i downloaded the torrent 😂 Many people complained about the masterclass. I agree, the videos are more some kind of RUclips tutorials than a real masterclass.
Thanks a lot mate for this video!! I was about to purchase Waqas Qazi's Masterclass, tho with a bit of hesitation due to exactly what you described. Your video (and comments from other people) brought A LOT of insights that saved me money & time. Sometimes what we do brings value in so many different ways :)
thank you for sharing this!!!
Thank you for watching this!!!
I appreciate your review. Thanks to you, I can see many nice recommendations in the comments.
Yeah everybody concerned with helping here and i love it myself, btw thank you for your comment
PS… also check out the tutorials by Darren Mostyn… I have learned just as much from Darren than anybody else.
Sure bro !
Ive never bought his Master Class but he is a good colorist and since 2019 I've been watching his free stuff till this day my grading has been climbing a ladder but I do understand your frustration I hop he pumps more information and scenerios into his course rather then repeating what you already know.
Same here Conrad ! I learnt most of the things from his free stuffs, but bro :D his free stuffs are more of a masterclass than the 1000$ masterclass itself :D
@@Cyrusyami jah then its not worth investing that kinda money.
@@conradmavundla5221 Never :DDDDD
I think sum of these people who do this kinda thing Shud use footage from camera's that real people use, not just red and arri as the footage from those cameras is good anyway, Sony ,canon,Panasonic DSLR cameras are what most use
Exactly ! good point ! Arri and Red are really easy to work with ! It seems like they dont need to be balanced ! They are already something ! but working with mid range cameras are real deal here ! to be able to balance them mostly!
I agree with your definition of what a masterclass should be.
Thanks brother
Nowadays more than ever, the marketing goes before the actual services. The incredible effort put in their ads versus the reality should be something illegal at some point.
Not his fault, Waqas Qazi is only doing great since it's legal to create a hype like he does.
This is why I couldn't see myself paying $1,000 on a class like that. There's SO MUCH already on RUclips.
Sure There are alot of free and powerful stuffs ! but you know :D I thought I can learn alot ! I did actually but not for 1000$
So many people are trying to cash in on digital products... but while some people are very talented... they are not capable of training or teaching. I have watched several of his videos and I find that he uses terms that do not relate to dials or settings... they are vague and open to interpretation. For a while he had this white dude doing some of the tutorials and man he was so much better at explaining what he was thinking and teaching how to apply that to the settings.
I have it too and it has so much great things but I have to say that its not up to the level expected of him, specially that not has been updated over time to the level I expected it to be since I first purchased it. hoping that he has a plan to take it up there one day and not just forget about it.
I feel he probably will, and even though he'll gonna update it, it will not be such a big difference unfortunately, but we all can hope for it
Exactly my thoughts. It's mostly just tutorials of the basics. Not a masterclass. Helpful for any beginners but disappointing.
yeah unfortunately bro !
I used to watch his videos, NGL, learned a few things from him. Was thinking of considering his masterclass as well...But one fine day, I had a look at his insta page and saw this written in his bio... "businessman first, colorist second". Then and there I was like NAH! Not happening. Don't know why but I got such a bad/weird feeling about him as a "colorist" after reading that! That little description was like a deal breaker for me. I wasn't able to trust him the way I used to anymore. Imagine you go to a doctor for treatment and on his door you see this written "businessman first, doctor second"... would you go inside? I wouldn't. PERIOD.
Sorry to hear that he fooled you. I knew ahead of time that his class would not be great . Also color grading is so subjective. I’ve seen him do things where halfway through it’s great and then he makes it worse and worse and worse. But color grading really is your opinion of what looks good. it should be an educated opinion but still… There are no hard facts on how warm or how cold a shot should be.
Watching people like Darren Mostyn and Cullen Kelly Will get you much further.
And also, color grading is like being a musician… Some people can play an instrument just OK and other people can play an instrument magnificently. Something you have to be born with.
I agree with you. His class is far from the masterclass. It is not really worth it thousand dollars.
Yeah bro, tons of free content out there :))
Thanks for the heads-up. Nothing worse than feeling one has wasted time and money on something you are passionate about.
I got it early on and every once in a while I log in to see if he has uploaded new stuff or things that are not RUclips …well yea
If you speak spanish check out Edi Walger courses. He's really a f**king master and a great teacher.
I love to speak Spanish but i cant, but i wanna learn this great language, fantastic language Spanish is
I purchased a big RUclipsrs course and was disappointed as well. I couldn’t get a refund so I called my Credit card company and said it was an unauthorized purchase and they gave me my refund, lol. One class I will highly recommend is Flat Pack FX Animation Master Course. He explains everything in detail.
For the price it's better to by a raw film account and learn using youtube. Having as many raw clips to train on is the best option.
Good idea. Thanks pal
Thank you for thet feedback, was thinking about investing aswell but had my doubts. Glad I just saw you video !
Good that i could help
So True,
I got to sit on his tutorials via some other person's account who actually bought it & I FOUND IT BORING!
I could only watch it till the shot matching part & then I just stopped.
The hype he created through the ads on instagram has to mean that the quality might be compromised. Nevertheless his tutorials on his YT channel is somewhat more interesting than his $1000 "Masterclass".
Classes from online sources are meant for beginners. They’re trying to reach everyone possible.
You reach a point in a skill where the only way to get questions you actually have answered you need to make mistakes, practices, do your own experimenting, and assisting/interning.
In photo work I tried all the classes, but none of them answered the very specific questions I had. You have to find those on your own in many cases. It’s crappy but it’s true.
If you enjoy the process it's gonna be ok!
Thanks for your insight, this'll definitely help a lot of people and definitely helped me dodge a bullet 🙏
You should check out my Skillshare classes. It’s not a full MasterClass but it’s stuff i think you’ll enjoy!
Absolutely Fred ! I will definitely check that out ! sorry for not seeing your comment. I think I missed it due to high volume of comments :D
So I do agree with some of the things you said in this video. Especially the suggestion you made about him doing walkthroughs of him actually grading client work and talking us through his thought process and why he does whatever he does. At this stage I would really enjoy that. I do also have to say that the weekly color grading challenges in the Facebook group (that you participate in after the course) do offer this via his critiques and feedback. They can be immensely helpful in refining your skills for real world experiences. Also masterclasses can exist for different skill levels. There can be (and are) masterclasses for beginners, intermediates, and advanced pros. It’s interesting that you went into it with the expectations that you did. Everything about how he markets his teachings and the course in the webinars, marketing videos, and descriptions on the site is the opposite of what you expected. He literally says that the course will “give you what you need to go from beginner to pro” as a freelancer and from “zero to hero”. And in that regard, I think the course combined with the Facebook group challenges absolutely delivers on that in you’re willing to put in the work. Am I claiming that he’s the best colorist or teacher? No. But IMO, he does provide a product that delivers on what it says it will do.
My only complaint about the weekly challenges is that they changed to only a select few being critiqued by Qazi himself. You do get critiques from others on your post but going into it it was kind of like put out there that you’d be getting feedback from him personally but then that changed because the group and amount of submissions got too high. I also feel that for the course that as his techniques change that he would update those parts within the course. I also feel the way the modules are organized could be better.
@@MDFariasMusic Yes, I agree with everything you said and feel the same.
Yeah , Agree Shon !
WELCO TO THE softIAN BROTHER !
Frenchie colorist is also great, shes a sweet person
I almost bought it. I didn’t because I have specific questions to things I want to know. For example the movie Knives Out, when you look at the actors skin it’s almost like you can see their pores. Is that noise/grain, post sharpness added, or is it the camera be filmed with. If this is done in post how can you achieve it. It’s hard to get someone who’s so big and with so many followers to respond to your questions. And you aren’t the first person who’s said it was disappointing for the price. There’s a whole Reddit page about it.
My approach was the same, i got it for the same reason and...
Yeah
He almost talked about these details in his RUclips channel , but if it helped you it's good . I guess all it matters is how much we can get benefit from the masterclass apart from our own skill.
So hope you got your answers from his masterclass man .
Have a good time
Search on RUclips. HDR videos. Which is kinda close to dobly vision. Imo. If that's the look your looking for then search tutorials on how to make them. Also don't need a HDR monitor to edit them. My favorite HDR short film is called turning point, uploaded 6 years ago. Check it out.
same here, I wish Qazi can do more on the master class. some of the video only last 5 seconds or 10 seconds, totally unnecessary. everything in the masterclass is too basic and not dive into anything so far, I've finished half of the classes but turned out nothing very impressive so far.
Thanks man, I was about to buy.
Yw bro
Cullen Kelly is awesome and has a ton of really great informative content now
Thank you for making this. I appreciate the honesty!
Your welcome sir ! Thanks for your comment
Dude , he is a sales man , he doesn't understand a thing about color science , even in his old youtube video his node tree was not right ,
go check Cullen Kelly , his ytb video only beats FCM , rather than going in his course
Yeah man, definitely agree . I did check cullen and he is fantastic. Such a nice dude
its taken me so long just to get davinci optizimed i was just having headches with projects once i learned a bunch of work arounds i felt comfortable to really sit there and try and learn davinci slowly its been about 2 years i put into davinci or more and im just started to get it going .
Uh so you had a beautiful journey learming this tool. Love journeys
Glad you made this video
Its extremely interesting what you said about Master class. Because I never really thought about it. And probably he didn't either. 'people' are quick to call 'things' by names they don't reallt understand what they mean or people expact from. But it labels it as something that can be marketed much more easy, as for a higher value and so for a higher price. I landed on those same issues 2 times already and thought I'd never purchase such '(whatever) classes' again. Because most of what's in those 'classes' is mostly on their channels already. Thank for the video!
You're welcome buddy ! Thanks you for the comment btw
Anytime I get suggested a video from Qazi he's always making a teal and orange grade
Seems like he only mastered one style and that's it
that's the same with most youtube courses. they have you believe that their classes are way better than their youtube content but it's actually the other way round. they make their free yt content the best to sucker you in thinking ' imagine how good the paid course will be', and then once you pay, there's no refunds.
Could it be that creative use of DR tools is the challenge? I've watched several DR tutorials, including Qazi's, on YT and understanding what the tool does and how to use it is only a part of the work. Creative use of the tools is, IMO, the critical part. I struggle with that one.
You are right ! In general knowing your tools are like sharping your saw ! creativity is the key of course !
Color grading and everything about it apart from it's standards it's a subject thing ! Whatever you want as a colorist or director will be the thing!
I took the class and I have to say my color grading skills are a 1000 times better that before. I have done a few grades for clients and the were very please by the results. I have also taken on a ledger client and now have about 4 videos per month to grade. I have to disagree. But hey everyone is entitled to their opinion
So after taking his masterclass are you using curves to take log footages into bt 709 color space or using the cst?
Or are you using inbuilt fpe middle of the tree without changing the gamma to cineone or changing the LGG & hues underneath it? Or do you think canon log to dci conversion lut is the appropriate one when your deliverable is 709?
Dude that's perfect, I said in the video I also learnt everything from qazi as well but from his RUclips channel, after watching all his RUclips channel videos, his masterclass was a bit disappointing.
@@Cyrusyami His youtube channel is also trash if you compare old vs new videos. Just watch his 1-hour class or the new videos where he mentioned how to use built in FPE vs his own content "how to grade sony 8 bit, with a tanned girl filled with greenery" & watch his own workflow.
He is stealing content from other colorists & calling it his own. The Day Darren Mostyn came up with the video on how to use FPE, the very next day Qazi changed his workflow. Even if you notice his old videos with 100% qualifications, do you think you can qualify & relight 200-250 shots per day? Whereas seniors do 600-800 shots on daily basis.
Did you notice nowadays he is only engaged with reels & paid promotions as all his processes were proved fake & incorrect by Cullen & Dado who are color scientists & hold real IMDB credit?
@@Saba_Demitri wow i didn't know it, so it seems i missed alot . I should definitely check those fellows . That's interesting that you noticed this difference . Thanks alot pal . I think it's gonna be a great help
@@Saba_Demitri my workflow starts with 3 nodes and the 3rd being the CST conversion. The second node is for balance the first being for NR if necessary. I will ad nodes as needed. depending on the footage but all work is done before the CST node. If you are going to add a LUT I would then change the CST to Cineone instead of Gamma 2.4. The Look being the Last Node.
It is the same everywhere. If you are a beginner and want to learn math or how to drive a car you don't need a math professor and a F-1 pro racer. A middle school math teacher and regular driving school instructor will do.
You don't buy masterclasses on-line you lean mastery doing the job together with the masters.
So yes, don't hook up false advertising.
Sure ! Thanks for your comment btw ! good analogy!
Great video, thanks we need to evaluate what we need from somebody.
Yeah, even when you are about to pay a big deal of money
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با بابک زیاد میریم بیرون
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Thanks a lot this video & the comments from the sweet people really helps me to take decision as i already agree with you the content of qazi in youtube is almost of the intro and to get into it
You're welcome sir . Thanks for your comment btw
Davinci releases all the training one needs but not the teacher to teach everyone, meaning their Help file is over 4k pages, and growing. And it will take the person to dive and and spend a few years getting over the curve.
Everyone on RUclips is a pro and have a master class. lol
haha :D
that sounds pricey. Give a TAC resolve training a shot. Walters class is infused with tons of useful info.
Sure thanks for the recommendation !!!!
Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome pal .
He should do a masterclass of how to color grade a bunch of clips with all the adjustments he adds and not have Davinci crash or give memory errors. Better yet, how to work with anything besides Red or Arri for us non rich people. He picks the highest quality footage so he looks better.
It's not hard to use BRAW and get great results. And the pocket 4k goes for 900 dollars used + M43 lenses are cheap as dirt. The masterclass sucks, but the problems you're talking about are totally fixable + using Arri footage doesn't really make things easier. It actually makes things noticably harder because increased DR gives more room for decisions to be made, and possibly making the wrong decision.
I pirated his course, and just learned Color correction and shot matching. The grading was indeed lacklustre. I’m an intermediate colorist but I still have ways to go before going pro. I can create most looks but it’s limited off the top of my head cz I still lack the mindset. But learning
Sure ! it's just like any other skill, needs time and dedication :D Keep up the good work and share it in the community as well ! that would be great!
Hey mate, would you mind sharing the class with your pal?!
yeah if its possible share it with our friend here :)
@@thierryprinston4390 send me your ig…..I’ll look up the link and send it over
@@thierryprinston4390 google and you will find it. As simple as that
This guy looks like waqas qazi
😂😂
A master class promoted on social media is usually more to benefit the person selling it. I love his videos and I do learn from them but I'd never spend $1,000+ on it. I have been a professional photographer for almost 20 years and I can't tell you how much money I wasted on so called master classes.
His free stuffs are good, yeah
So basically, one doesn't need the MasterClass instead I can simply watch video's on his YT Channel? I'm an Intermediate btw.
Pls dont spend money on his course. I did and it was not worth it. Use free videos from yt
@@ramanandh1261 I've finsihed half of those masterclass videos, I was more expecting to learn how to create film looks from scratches,but nothing like that, most of the videos only last 10 seconds and I guess just to add in as a individual video? and I am on Module 4: SHOT MATCHING haven't learnt much except the things I already knew like the primaries and basic nodes. fairely disappointed, I also purchased the Colour grading central master course, also teaching very basic things, I don't think you need to spend money to learn those as there already on youtube for free.
The problem is in believing that because the cartoonist gives us a master class, we are going to come out being great cartoonists, it doesn't work that way, unfortunately, those tutorials are useless, because the criteria and the perfection of the tools depends on each one. it cannot be taught.
Just picking your brain but what was something specific (or specific things) you were hoping to learn from the class that you didn’t receive? I’m a big fan of Qazi and have benefited a lot from his YT videos so it’s hard for me to see so many comments below of people ripping on him. I don’t know him personally at all.
Mentality, his own POV, how he handle a project, showing workflow not the possible ways and ... There are a lot that i can list here you could do but he didn't. Specially avoiding explaining the basics and going through every single explanation, because it says masterclass, not a complete guide or full beginners tutorial
thank you for sharing
You're welcome
Learn from everyone.
Demand your money back! You paid for a master class and received an advanced beginners class.
I really really like Waqas Qazi but the honest truth is, unless there was NO single davinci resolve TUTORIAL out there, and you happen to be a TOTAL BEGINNER, $1000 is just TOO MUCH for the tutorial.
Agree 100%
I absolutely agree. i’m disappointed as well. even when I post something on his Facebook group no one ever replied to me .
Yeah, i feel you neven . Btw qazi is too overrated
there is a diference - RUclipsr vs Pro.
Hell yeah
@@Cyrusyami you learn some stuff only working with pros. And pro colorist fee start from 500$ a day... why he should spend time on RUclips...? I am trying to do my stuff here on RUclips, but I have no time for it... to make a good RUclips video you need time and if you work time is money....
@@SamueleApperti yeah you are right !
His course is worth what his perpetual discount code is - 500$ and even then it isn't worth it because there is no value ad and the way he tries to hook you into it is very old school internet marketing which died out due to poor conversion rates. The ol - sit in a pre-recorded outdated webinar - forced to sit through it - usually just a rehash of easy already out there information - try to plug his wares to create an urgency etc. He posts constantly, which means he is not that busy as a colorist and most likely makes more money via RUclips than he does with grading at this point and good for him he found his niche but for those trying to make a career out of it - got to do research into better resources if one can. again nothing against him - learned a lot from him but then ventured off as the wealth of information is out there for free.
two words... Cullen Kelly
Haha , short and useful