Jamie Fenn Drops a video while you are working? 1) Run to your office 2) Lock the door 3) Set your outlook calendar to "In a meeting" 4) Enjoy 11 minutes and 28 secs of peace.
I watch this video all the time just to refresh myself on how to use the color card. Some of the controls have changed but this is my go to. Thanks Jamie!
@@JamieFenn One thing I missed when watching your video was the need to turn off the pen tool in the power window after using the six primary colors and the boxes in the vector scope! I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong! Also, using Ctrl and the scroll wheel to move the clip up and down in the preview window! I won't forget!
I can't believe it took me this long to find this! I can't afford the passport but davinci supports a cheaper card that costs alot less. Thanks very much for teaching me this!
This is one of the best videos I've ran across. Not only for the Color Checker but the use of each of the functions in Color section of Davinci! Thank you for keeping it simple and straight to the point. This will be video I'll be referencing again and again until I become an expert in Davinci! You sir have a new sub!
Jamie, this is- hands down- the best, easiest video I’ve seen to handle what I personally think are the two most important things to get nailed for making RUclips videos- exposure and color grading. Love this tutorial! It is immediately going to go into my workflow.
Awesome, thank you Im glad you thought so. Like I said I made a video on this a while ago but I felt like it was lacking. haha Its a great purchase. :D
Cool! I think that’s the first time I’ve watch any colour tab vid and had a fair idea what is being said! Good job Jamie! Now to add a Colour Matching thing to the shopping list...
Interesting approach to tackle the look. I’m not saying it is bad at all, I just have another way of approaching it. First I’m starting with the balance, exposing the raw footage looking at my waveforms without color, just exposure. Then contrast and pivot + detail. That’s usually my balance. Then after that I go for the look, both with primary’s and curves. Is anyone else familiar with that way of working? Anyway, good video to help explain how the color checker works! 😄👍🏻
This was so informative and easy to follow. These aren't even covered in the color correction book that blackmagic make so thank you very much. You should do more Color grading tutorials.
This is really helpful and looks great! But I have a question: I've been taught that adjusting exposure first is best practice before touching colors, mainly because the colors misalign when you adjust exposure afterwards. While watching the node chart build, I was wondering if it could have been finished in fewer nodes if exposure was checked first. My question is, do you feel like that ever stalls out your process in Davinci? Thanks!
I love this video. Different ways to improve the colors. And I still wonder, why the color checker is not enough to restore neutral colors? Due to possible light glares or noise? I would expect that at least it wouldn't be necessary to adjust white balance on the gray card. If I were producer of the color checker I would also add those white/gray/black stripes to the color matrix in Davinci Resolve. And I also wonder: Should I give up setting LUT on the clip itself and define source/target in color checker or set the LUT on the clip and set source/target to REC 709 in the tool?
on 2nd node when you input ur camera source gamma, would it still work if you set your target gamma and color to a bigger col space like davinci wide gamma and davinci intermediate to give you a larger col space to work with and do ur other adjustments and then add another node at the end and do a color space tranform to rec 709 inputting davinci wide gamma and davinci intermediste and output to rec 709 gamma 2.4 just a thought
Good question, I have been wondering that myself for sometime now... I've skipped the matching portion and have gone with a colorspace transform and then used the checker to match up the chromatic chips and get proper exposure.
Thanks for the video. For those looking for the X-rite ColorChecker Passport. It's now the CaliBrite ColorChecker Passport. CaliBrite is a global partner of X-rite. I'm waiting for mine to arrive. It's late.☹
Great ,super clear descriptions on getting it right. Can’t wait to try this manual correction, vs auto chart correction. Can you also do a video that describes where the auto correction goes and how to manipulate it if you don’t like it’s effect. Thanks again.
Great video indeed. I am screwed up with the source gamma 😭😭😭😭 I am filming with canon Eos m50 cone style flat profile. I don’t know which source gamma it is. I have tried all of them on Davinci list and none matches 😭😭😭😭
Jamie Fenn hm... no idea what that means, but today I have tried sRGB, and it functioned somehow... well, I am not the best video editor, learning from your videos. I have canon m50.
Hi Jamie! Correct me if I´m wrong but I think that the white chip used for exposure has an input reflection of 90% but its IRE is actually 61 when shooting in VLog. Being that case, wouldn´t I have to set my zebras at 61%? I mean the grey chip has an input reflection of 18% and its IRE is 42. Wouldn´t it be the same logic for the white chip too? I also think that VLog clips at 80 IRE, so if I set the zebras at 90 for the white chip wouldn´t I be clipping it? Please, let me know what you think since I am new to this and I might be mixing concepts here... Great video, Thanks! :)
The thing about using 2x zoom and saturation with the color tuning in the vectorscope part of the video along with the skin tones part really added to your last tutorial :thumbs_up:, NICE.
Excellent video, especially for a beginner who doesn't necessarily understand color. The directions and the step-by-step are extremely helpful thank you so much for doing this.
Forgive my ignorance but this process would negate the use of a CST on the last node correct? So to sum up, this is a more detailed approach to colour grading your log footage where a CST is a broad stroke to give all around satisfactory results albeit a little less custom?
Great Video, I don't see how any one would go wrong using your procedure of shooting and processing the color checker..... Ill be using this from now on...
Could you let me know why you chose Rec.709 as Target Gamma? Are you also exporting and viewing it on Rec.709 Gamma tag monitor? Is it a better choice to set it to gamma 2.4?
Awesome allen! Keep an eye on on that vector scope after you use the xrite - the xrite can be perfect but your scene could be off. (make proper corrections after you follow the steps in this video!
Hello Jamie, you said , you can use the false color for correct exposure or use the zebra's and set them to 90 Percent and when you see the zebra's you have correct exposure. I think you are wrong. Set the zebra's to 50% or even lower if your camera can and if you see them, stop down and try to get approx the exposure. The best option is to use the waveform monitor with the gray card or use a lightmeter.
Hi Jamie. I do not want to be annoying, but the chart for Vlog is that white falls at 61 percent, not at 90 or below 90. Zero reflrction is 7.3, 18 percent is 43 and 90 percent is as said 61IRE. Further it is weird that after using the color match, you stiil have to adjust manually the exposure and hue/satuation. The color card match must do this all for yoy, otherwise what is the benefit of the card. Than, you can better do from scratch manually if it doesn't works as it should be. I get good exposure and white balance if this was not done before. But the hue/saturation (as seen in the vector scope) differs from f.i. my Arri Log C to Rec709 Lut. This is with my Canon C70 and BMPCC 4K as well. Mayby it is not the case that you have to line up these exacly along the axes. To be pisitive, I have to say that your instruction video belong to the best I have exoerienced. Clear voice, not to fast but still with the right pace and everything in the ligical order. Good explinations, top. Hope you are still my friend-:). Harold
Hi, how about working in Davinci Wide Gammut color space? After selecting Highlight, looks like that showing flat vlog format (excluding CST conversion) in Davinci 18.5.2 ver. What meters levels should be in flat (vlog). Thank you. Can't find on internet.
This is an absolutely brilliant video. Thanks to you, I finally understand how to use the card. Thanks so much for putting so much of your time and expertise into the video for us. I’ve subscribed and will watch a lot of your videos.
Thank you! I believe this was the best instruction of how to use the Video Passport Color Checker tool that I've seen. I will want to share this video with others who are getting started.
This is so clear and concise It touched on every little thing I was looking for. Most especially the last bit about the redness in the skin, which is an issue I ran into recently but didn't know how to correct. thanks bro
Amazing video, thanks! I’m filming with a Canon M50II, I bought the James Miller CLOG3 profile for the camera. I do everything as explained in the video using the exact same color checker. When doing the matching I’ve picked CLOG3, Rec709, Rec709 - is that ok or? It does look a bit off once I press match. I know, M50 is a shitty camera & this is nkt real CLOG but maybe I’m doing something wrong with selecting the color space etc. Any help is appreciated!
Excellent video! What would a simple node tree structure look like if I’m using something like dehancer? White Balance - Color Checker - Dehancer? And if I wanted to use a Phantom Lut or any lut where in the tree would that go?
You know you’re hardcore when you carry your color chart around your neck :) Are you working with Resolve Color management here in the background? If so, what are your settings. I also shoot VLOG, but I have started to work with CST in and out where I go from VLOG to Wide Gammut, then Wide Gammut to REC709. In between those, I do all my adjustments. I like this more than to use management in the project settings.
Jamie, first let me say thank you for sharing your knowledge of Davinci Resolve in a cohesive manner. Your tutorials are informative and easy to follow. That being said, I have a question. I have watched this particular video several times and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I box out my color checker, exactly like to illustrate, and when I switch to the vectorscope I have no colors. As in, nothing shows up. This situation is problematic because I can't see what to adjust in the hue versus hue curves. It's driving me bat s**t crazy. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am using Resolve 17 Studio. Oh, Your snow effect video was ridiculously good.
@@JamieFenn Thank you for your quick reply. Yes, it is et to all. I took a photo to show you what my screen looks like but doesn't seem to be a way to share that. I know it is something simple I am overlooking because of my inexperience and damn is it frustrating.
This is not working for me. I'm not sure if it's because my footage is in F-log and I'm not sure what the Target Gamma and Target Color Space is suppose to be but my contrast go nuts when I follow the steps you're using. My highlights get blown out and my blacks get real black lol
Excellent! I only wish you did a little more close ups when you select tools because the lesson is a little fast and kind of hard to see where the mouse pointer goes. Thanks!! PS: what if you have 10 clips to put together? Do you do all this per clip before editing?
Thanks! I'm trying this with Resolve 17 but when pressing the wand the waveform dissapears? It is just a straight white line at 512. Am I missing something?
This is a great video, but the exposure is WAY off using my Waveform monitor. I can't figure out how it's possibly this far off. I'm recording in the natural profile (with GH4s and GH5s) and the scopes appear to be radically over-exposed. When I adjust them to be correct, the resulting image is WAY too dark.
Great tutorial, but I am slightly confused about something: when you use the power window, the adjustments that you make ONLY apply to what's inside the window, correct? I want to use the power window to isolate the colors on the color checker, but when I make the adjustments, it doesn't affect the entire image, which is completely useless. How do I get around this?
If you follow my tutorial I should work perfect. The order of nodes also makes a difference. Hence why I say to follow my tutorial exactly. You use a power window to isolate the color chips and get a baseline. Once you make the corrections you’ll want to tuned off the power window and the corrections will be applied to the whole frame.
Great video - as always. Much appreciate this, helps me alot. I discovered one thing I want to share here: In the section where you set the exposure-node by using the waveform scope on the three color chips. DaVinci offers a little helper, matching the red,green and blue channels much easier. You have set up the wand for the three color chips (white grey, black) and eyeball the channels with the waveform-scope. This is sometimes difficult. Now, to see it easier which channel is off, hover the mouse over the three chips. In the scope window a circle appears. In real, there are three circles - red, green and blue. Now we can see better, which color is off. High or low. If all color channels match perfectly, there will be only one cyan circle. Give it a try, for me, it makes it easier to see in which direction I have to corrects the colors. Thanks again for your work - stay creative.
Hey Jamie! I am searching for a color checker card but I would need to use it for both video AND photo. I have seen that there are two models. Is there a reason to buy one or the other? Which one should I choose (from Xrite)? Thank you in advance!
Excllent video! One question. If you don't shoot at vlog but in cine-d or natural you should make a white balance that almost matches with the scene and then put in front of the camera and shoot. Am I right?
Are you sure that the color dots have to be inside of the boxes by pushing the saturation of each? All other tutorials say that they should just line up in the correct direction.
What does it mean when the color dot (during the Proper Hue section) seems to hit an invisible wall and flattens? I've been going back and forth between Sat and Hue v. Sat
Very well done. This should be the premiere video the pops up for the people that purchased the XRite Color Checker. Hell, maybe Xrite could toss a link in the box that directs people to this video :D
Ha it’s funny you say that because when I made this I was thinking “why the hell do they not have a detailed video to show you exactly how to use it. Or even a step by step manual..” but I really appreciate it and maybe one day they will see it and direct people towards it. Cheers man
Wondering if you can answer a question. If I shoot in slog3 I’ve heard it’s best to add a Sony conversion lut first before making any other color corrections. If I were to do this is my source gama still slog 3?
I don't know how but you explained everything. Every detail. Chapeau. One question, in what order should we grade? I see you did the x-rite auto color balance, then exposure/balance, then manual color balance again. (I don't think I see the pattern)
hahah well thank you. I tried to not miss any steps. As long as you his the correct exposure and get your saturation and hues in the targets you should be good to go :)
Great Video! I was looking for this exact video. Your previous video about the X-rite CC passport was excellent, also. This one was more in-depth. Thanks for sharing!!!!
When I isolate that top row as you did around 7:33, my vectorscope is barely visible despite maxing out the brightness (in the settings for the vectorscope). Does that have something to do with my footage or is there a configuration option I'm missing?
Hmm I don't know because that would be my suggestion. Maybe the saturation of the clip itself needs to be turn up to see it better? I've never had that problem.
Jamie, that was a really good video! Easy to understand bro. I appreciate you on this. Mad skills and knowledge is what you impart and give. Thank you!
Why did you opt to set the white balance to 6500 for your X-rite color match? I shot my footage at 2700, but when I set it to 2700 and hit match, it turns the footage very orange. How do we choose what to set the white balance to when doing the color match in Davinci?
in Resolve 18.6 using highlight (to replace the wand as it seems to be gone) appears to dim the window selection - is there a setting that can be changed? thx
I looked that up because I thought the same thing. I guess it comes down to the color temp of your monitor? But It still confuses me but leaving it at default and not touching it works just fine.
Dude, this is legit. Really consise content, all killer no filler style video, thanks for making it. I'm shooting right now on a Nikon D500. It's what I've got, and provided I expose correctly (I use an Shenobi external monitor to help there), it does okay, but I'm debating on getting the color chart. Think this is the next step I should go? I feel like it's tough to get exposure and color right, and this video basically confirms what I think I already know: I gotta get one of those charts. ...right?
I would. Its been super helpful for me. "Professional" colorists say they dont use them but personally I havent been stuck in front of a computer screen coloring for 10+ years so maybe they're just mad theres a tool out there that does their job pretty well XD Yes I would get one. Link is in the description for the one I have.
@@JamieFenn that's good feedback. Honestly, just getting something that is repeatable in the process so I can remove the guess work would be pretty great. Thanks again!
Hi Jamie quick question. I just picked up an S5ii and you mentioned that I should set my in camera zebra to 90%, I've been trying to find this information for the rest of the camera profiles like Cinelike D and V. Would you happen to know where to find this information? I haven't been able it anywhere.
Great tutorial, thanks. What I don't understand, after Color Matching you still have to adjust everything, like saturation, color tones, skin tones. I expected everything should be spot on after Color Matching.
Trying to follow along with this tutorial (since it's so on point with what I'm trying to do) with Resolve 19 but I do not have the 'magic wand' icon which is used during the exposure and hue/saturation sections of the video. Can someone tell me where this tool is in 19 or how to achieve the same results?
Hi Jamie: After watching your vid, I bought one of these to set up my rig. However, I use GoPro and other action cameras. I can't find any info about the "gamma" of these cameras. Is this correction card still useful for those cameras? If so, what do we need to do differently? Thanks in advance.
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Jamie Fenn Drops a video while you are working?
1) Run to your office
2) Lock the door
3) Set your outlook calendar to "In a meeting"
4) Enjoy 11 minutes and 28 secs of peace.
hahaha that made me laugh.. thanks Matteo :D
Dude this is the best color grading video ive EVER watched and I've been learning from youtube for 15 years. THANK YOU
Wow, I’m so happy to help. Thank you!
Yes!!! This is so helpful. I might need to watch this 10x but the whole process is a game changer for me.
I realize this is 3 years old but it really is timeless! Absolutely great tutorial Jamie!!
Thank you so much!!
This was LEGIT so, SO great to follow. Easy instructions. Had my footage looking PERFECT. THANK YOU.
I watch this video all the time just to refresh myself on how to use the color card. Some of the controls have changed but this is my go to. Thanks Jamie!
So glad to hear that. Yea I’ll need to remake this for 2024! Much luv 🙏🏼
@@JamieFenn One thing I missed when watching your video was the need to turn off the pen tool in the power window after using the six primary colors and the boxes in the vector scope! I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong! Also, using Ctrl and the scroll wheel to move the clip up and down in the preview window! I won't forget!
I can't believe it took me this long to find this! I can't afford the passport but davinci supports a cheaper card that costs alot less. Thanks very much for teaching me this!
This is one of the best videos I've ran across. Not only for the Color Checker but the use of each of the functions in Color section of Davinci! Thank you for keeping it simple and straight to the point. This will be video I'll be referencing again and again until I become an expert in Davinci! You sir have a new sub!
Thanks man I really appreciate that… cheers! 🙏🏼
This is gold dust. Thank you!🤩
You’re welcome 😊
This video is way better than the first one you did. Thanks.
Yea that first video definitely needed an update! Needed to go into detail about a few things for sure. Thanks for watching and the feedback!
Jamie, this is- hands down- the best, easiest video I’ve seen to handle what I personally think are the two most important things to get nailed for making RUclips videos- exposure and color grading. Love this tutorial! It is immediately going to go into my workflow.
Wow, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. :D
@Jamie, that was awesome. Simple, clear and very useful tut! Thank you very very much. (goes to amazon to get the color checker, sigh...)
Awesome, thank you Im glad you thought so. Like I said I made a video on this a while ago but I felt like it was lacking. haha Its a great purchase. :D
Cool! I think that’s the first time I’ve watch any colour tab vid and had a fair idea what is being said! Good job Jamie! Now to add a Colour Matching thing to the shopping list...
hahaha yeaaaa
Very cool!
Thanks for making this video. Very interesting.
Outstanding video !!!
Glad you liked it!
superb tutorial
Thank you! Cheers!
Interesting approach to tackle the look.
I’m not saying it is bad at all, I just have another way of approaching it.
First I’m starting with the balance, exposing the raw footage looking at my waveforms without color, just exposure.
Then contrast and pivot + detail. That’s usually my balance.
Then after that I go for the look, both with primary’s and curves. Is anyone else familiar with that way of working?
Anyway, good video to help explain how the color checker works! 😄👍🏻
This was so informative and easy to follow. These aren't even covered in the color correction book that blackmagic make so thank you very much. You should do more Color grading tutorials.
You are so welcome!
This is really helpful and looks great! But I have a question: I've been taught that adjusting exposure first is best practice before touching colors, mainly because the colors misalign when you adjust exposure afterwards. While watching the node chart build, I was wondering if it could have been finished in fewer nodes if exposure was checked first. My question is, do you feel like that ever stalls out your process in Davinci? Thanks!
would be nice to see your waveform options. mine looks nothing like yours :(
I love this video. Different ways to improve the colors. And I still wonder, why the color checker is not enough to restore neutral colors? Due to possible light glares or noise? I would expect that at least it wouldn't be necessary to adjust white balance on the gray card. If I were producer of the color checker I would also add those white/gray/black stripes to the color matrix in Davinci Resolve. And I also wonder: Should I give up setting LUT on the clip itself and define source/target in color checker or set the LUT on the clip and set source/target to REC 709 in the tool?
Thanks a lot for a great video.
So nice of you much appreciated!
on 2nd node when you input ur camera source gamma, would it still work if you set your target gamma and color to a bigger col space like davinci wide gamma and davinci intermediate to give you a larger col space to work with and do ur other adjustments and then add another node at the end and do a color space tranform to rec 709 inputting davinci wide gamma and davinci intermediste and output to rec 709 gamma 2.4 just a thought
EXCELLENT VIDEO WELL EXPLAINED
Glad it was helpful!
This is outstanding! SOOOO Helpful. Thank you!!!! :)
You are so welcome!
Thanks 4 tutorial , but i dont understand why after color match and custom wb, image doesnt have proper hue
Good question, I have been wondering that myself for sometime now... I've skipped the matching portion and have gone with a colorspace transform and then used the checker to match up the chromatic chips and get proper exposure.
Hey bro, great video!
What mic are u using? sounds great
I just bought the shure sm7b which is amazing. amzn.to/30oUq0C
Thanks for the video. For those looking for the X-rite ColorChecker Passport. It's now the CaliBrite ColorChecker Passport. CaliBrite is a global partner of X-rite.
I'm waiting for mine to arrive. It's late.☹
Awww yes thank you for the update. I guess it’s time I make another video 😏
Great video thanks a lot. Where can I find which color checkers are supported in Davinci outer than in Davinci?
Great video, thank you. I always thought I should be aligning the middle grey with 512 on the waveform. Is 384 really the baseline to align it too?
Great ,super clear descriptions on getting it right. Can’t wait to try this manual correction, vs auto chart correction. Can you also do a video that describes where the auto correction goes and how to manipulate it if you don’t like it’s effect. Thanks again.
Ill make more color correction tutorials in the future. (I use the auto and then do manual because I noticed the colors dont match exactly..)
@@JamieFenn thank you. I love your videos
Hi! Are we supposed to do this each time we film? Thanks ! amazing video
To get the same color match yes
Your watch next playlist got in the way at the end there
Yea I really wanted the message to be “WATCH THIS” 😂 I’ll move it when I get the chance
Great video indeed. I am screwed up with the source gamma 😭😭😭😭 I am filming with canon Eos m50 cone style flat profile. I don’t know which source gamma it is. I have tried all of them on Davinci list and none matches 😭😭😭😭
hmmm not sure. Does your camera have Clog?
Jamie Fenn hm... no idea what that means, but today I have tried sRGB, and it functioned somehow... well, I am not the best video editor, learning from your videos. I have canon m50.
Hi Jamie! Correct me if I´m wrong but I think that the white chip used for exposure has an input reflection of 90% but its IRE is actually 61 when shooting in VLog. Being that case, wouldn´t I have to set my zebras at 61%? I mean the grey chip has an input reflection of 18% and its IRE is 42. Wouldn´t it be the same logic for the white chip too? I also think that VLog clips at 80 IRE, so if I set the zebras at 90 for the white chip wouldn´t I be clipping it? Please, let me know what you think since I am new to this and I might be mixing concepts here... Great video, Thanks! :)
Always expose for middle gray. I don’t think you can set zebras at 90 when shooting vlog.
Wow I’m fascinated by that, looks like the search for a perfect looking image has come to an end
The thing about using 2x zoom and saturation with the color tuning in the vectorscope part of the video
along with the skin tones part
really added to your last tutorial :thumbs_up:, NICE.
Yea there was a few things that I needed to clarify with this video and that was one of them!
8:28 Fussy sections like those dots, perfect place for A.I. to do it. Would save heaps of time on the mundane stuff.
Agreed
Great job! Thank you :-)
Glad you liked it!
Excellent video! Is there a difference between a "video" passport checker and a "photography" color checker? They both look very similar.
Yes one is photo and ones for video. I made the mistake thinking it was the same thing, and although they do look similar, they’re not.
Excellent video, especially for a beginner who doesn't necessarily understand color. The directions and the step-by-step are extremely helpful thank you so much for doing this.
Glad you enjoyed it! I tried to be as clear as possible so Its nice to hear that.
Forgive my ignorance but this process would negate the use of a CST on the last node correct? So to sum up, this is a more detailed approach to colour grading your log footage where a CST is a broad stroke to give all around satisfactory results albeit a little less custom?
Great Video, I don't see how any one would go wrong using your procedure of shooting and processing the color checker..... Ill be using this from now on...
After about a year of using it this is the best method I came across. Glad you found this helpful!
awesome
Could you let me know why you chose Rec.709 as Target Gamma? Are you also exporting and viewing it on Rec.709 Gamma tag monitor? Is it a better choice to set it to gamma 2.4?
Your video is tip top but following on laptop just was not possible in Davinci, Hue vs Hue and Vectorscope just don't want to function for me :(
Subscribed!! Switching over from Premier and Red Giant. Looking forward to seeing improvements on my videos......
Awesome! Thank you!
Jamie Fenn This is Allen... Just purchased the xrite from your affiliate link!! I hope to start color grading like a champ !! Thanks for the advice!!
Awesome allen! Keep an eye on on that vector scope after you use the xrite - the xrite can be perfect but your scene could be off. (make proper corrections after you follow the steps in this video!
Great Job! So you do not use LUT?
No, lately ive been using a color space transform. See my video, one trick for bettter color grading.
Hello Jamie, you said , you can use the false color for correct exposure or use the zebra's and set them to 90 Percent and when you see the zebra's you have correct exposure. I think you are wrong. Set the zebra's to 50% or even lower if your camera can and if you see them, stop down and try to get approx the exposure. The best option is to use the waveform monitor with the gray card or use a lightmeter.
Sorry, you say to look at the white bar, not the gray one. Than you are right.
Hi Jamie. I do not want to be annoying, but the chart for Vlog is that white falls at 61 percent, not at 90 or below 90. Zero reflrction is 7.3, 18 percent is 43 and 90 percent is as said 61IRE. Further it is weird that after using the color match, you stiil have to adjust manually the exposure and hue/satuation. The color card match must do this all for yoy, otherwise what is the benefit of the card. Than, you can better do from scratch manually if it doesn't works as it should be. I get good exposure and white balance if this was not done before. But the hue/saturation (as seen in the vector scope) differs from f.i. my Arri Log C to Rec709 Lut. This is with my Canon C70 and BMPCC 4K as well. Mayby it is not the case that you have to line up these exacly along the axes.
To be pisitive, I have to say that your instruction video belong to the best I have exoerienced. Clear voice, not to fast but still with the right pace and everything in the ligical order. Good explinations, top. Hope you are still my friend-:). Harold
Hi, how about working in Davinci Wide Gammut color space? After selecting Highlight, looks like that showing flat vlog format (excluding CST conversion) in Davinci 18.5.2 ver. What meters levels should be in flat (vlog). Thank you. Can't find on internet.
This is an absolutely brilliant video. Thanks to you, I finally understand how to use the card. Thanks so much for putting so much of your time and expertise into the video for us. I’ve subscribed and will watch a lot of your videos.
You are so welcome!
Thank you! I believe this was the best instruction of how to use the Video Passport Color Checker tool that I've seen. I will want to share this video with others who are getting started.
Wow thanks Keith I really appreciate that! Thanks for your support!
Wow ... huge colorimetry course under DaVinci Resolve ... Huge.
A huge thank you for this great tutorial !!!
Glad it was helpful!
@jamie fenn would you need to do Color correction after this processnor this is replavokg Color correction?
so awesome. Ive had the passport for years but never really integrated it in full colour grading.
This is so clear and concise It touched on every little thing I was looking for. Most especially the last bit about the redness in the skin, which is an issue I ran into recently but didn't know how to correct. thanks bro
So glad you found this helpful!
Amazing video, thanks!
I’m filming with a Canon M50II, I bought the James Miller CLOG3 profile for the camera. I do everything as explained in the video using the exact same color checker. When doing the matching I’ve picked CLOG3, Rec709, Rec709 - is that ok or? It does look a bit off once I press match. I know, M50 is a shitty camera & this is nkt real CLOG but maybe I’m doing something wrong with selecting the color space etc. Any help is appreciated!
Excellent video! What would a simple node tree structure look like if I’m using something like dehancer? White Balance - Color Checker - Dehancer? And if I wanted to use a Phantom Lut or any lut where in the tree would that go?
What is the audio setup for this video?
You know you’re hardcore when you carry your color chart around your neck :) Are you working with Resolve Color management here in the background? If so, what are your settings. I also shoot VLOG, but I have started to work with CST in and out where I go from VLOG to Wide Gammut, then Wide Gammut to REC709. In between those, I do all my adjustments. I like this more than to use management in the project settings.
I’m just in the default project settings
Jamie, first let me say thank you for sharing your knowledge of Davinci Resolve in a cohesive manner. Your tutorials are informative and easy to follow. That being said, I have a question. I have watched this particular video several times and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I box out my color checker, exactly like to illustrate, and when I switch to the vectorscope I have no colors. As in, nothing shows up. This situation is problematic because I can't see what to adjust in the hue versus hue curves. It's driving me bat s**t crazy. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am using Resolve 17 Studio. Oh, Your snow effect video was ridiculously good.
Are the settings of your vector scope set to "all" instead of highlights or shadows?
And I'm glad you liked my snow effect. Simple yet effective!
@@JamieFenn Thank you for your quick reply. Yes, it is et to all. I took a photo to show you what my screen looks like but doesn't seem to be a way to share that. I know it is something simple I am overlooking because of my inexperience and damn is it frustrating.
I'm not sure if this means anything but there are not colors in the parade scope either. It's like everything is somehow blocked from view.
This is not working for me. I'm not sure if it's because my footage is in F-log and I'm not sure what the Target Gamma and Target Color Space is suppose to be but my contrast go nuts when I follow the steps you're using. My highlights get blown out and my blacks get real black lol
Excellent! I only wish you did a little more close ups when you select tools because the lesson is a little fast and kind of hard to see where the mouse pointer goes. Thanks!! PS: what if you have 10 clips to put together? Do you do all this per clip before editing?
Sorry about that. Yes you would need to do this for every take.
Thanks! I'm trying this with Resolve 17 but when pressing the wand the waveform dissapears? It is just a straight white line at 512. Am I missing something?
This is a great video, but the exposure is WAY off using my Waveform monitor. I can't figure out how it's possibly this far off. I'm recording in the natural profile (with GH4s and GH5s) and the scopes appear to be radically over-exposed. When I adjust them to be correct, the resulting image is WAY too dark.
Maybe try and hit the 90% white with 90% zebras with the natural profile. I expose for vlog in this video.
Great tutorial, but I am slightly confused about something: when you use the power window, the adjustments that you make ONLY apply to what's inside the window, correct? I want to use the power window to isolate the colors on the color checker, but when I make the adjustments, it doesn't affect the entire image, which is completely useless. How do I get around this?
If you follow my tutorial I should work perfect. The order of nodes also makes a difference. Hence why I say to follow my tutorial exactly. You use a power window to isolate the color chips and get a baseline. Once you make the corrections you’ll want to tuned off the power window and the corrections will be applied to the whole frame.
Great video - as always. Much appreciate this, helps me alot.
I discovered one thing I want to share here: In the section where you set the exposure-node by using the waveform scope on the three color chips. DaVinci offers a little helper, matching the red,green and blue channels much easier. You have set up the wand for the three color chips (white grey, black) and eyeball the channels with the waveform-scope. This is sometimes difficult. Now, to see it easier which channel is off, hover the mouse over the three chips. In the scope window a circle appears. In real, there are three circles - red, green and blue. Now we can see better, which color is off. High or low. If all color channels match perfectly, there will be only one cyan circle. Give it a try, for me, it makes it easier to see in which direction I have to corrects the colors.
Thanks again for your work - stay creative.
Interesting! But I did not understand how to do it?
Very helpful and straight to the point, no rifraf - subbed and thank you for sharing
Hey Jamie! I am searching for a color checker card but I would need to use it for both video AND photo. I have seen that there are two models. Is there a reason to buy one or the other? Which one should I choose (from Xrite)? Thank you in advance!
Excllent video! One question. If you don't shoot at vlog but in cine-d or natural you should make a white balance that almost matches with the scene and then put in front of the camera and shoot. Am I right?
Are you sure that the color dots have to be inside of the boxes by pushing the saturation of each? All other tutorials say that they should just line up in the correct direction.
Why do you think those boxes exist?
@@JamieFenn well I'm not an expert. I mean your result looks great. I just never saw that before :)
Will definitely try that out!
What does it mean when the color dot (during the Proper Hue section) seems to hit an invisible wall and flattens? I've been going back and forth between Sat and Hue v. Sat
Very well done. This should be the premiere video the pops up for the people that purchased the XRite Color Checker. Hell, maybe Xrite could toss a link in the box that directs people to this video :D
Ha it’s funny you say that because when I made this I was thinking “why the hell do they not have a detailed video to show you exactly how to use it. Or even a step by step manual..” but I really appreciate it and maybe one day they will see it and direct people towards it. Cheers man
I had to subscribe after watching this video... well done and Thanks ...Keep up the good work.
Awesome, thank you!
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Wondering if you can answer a question. If I shoot in slog3 I’ve heard it’s best to add a Sony conversion lut first before making any other color corrections. If I were to do this is my source gama still slog 3?
Conversion lut or CST is the same thing basically..
I don't know how but you explained everything. Every detail. Chapeau. One question, in what order should we grade?
I see you did the x-rite auto color balance, then exposure/balance, then manual color balance again. (I don't think I see the pattern)
hahah well thank you. I tried to not miss any steps. As long as you his the correct exposure and get your saturation and hues in the targets you should be good to go :)
Thank you! Seriously this was a huge help!
Great Video! I was looking for this exact video. Your previous video about the X-rite CC passport was excellent, also. This one was more in-depth. Thanks for sharing!!!!
Thanks for watching both! I wanted to create a more detailed video explaining how and why I use it. And also the things I've learned over the years.
This was really an excellent, to the point video, thank you
When I isolate that top row as you did around 7:33, my vectorscope is barely visible despite maxing out the brightness (in the settings for the vectorscope). Does that have something to do with my footage or is there a configuration option I'm missing?
Hmm I don't know because that would be my suggestion. Maybe the saturation of the clip itself needs to be turn up to see it better? I've never had that problem.
Wow this is cool. Awesome review Jamie. Loved and subbed from Canada.
Awesome! Thank you and welcome to the channel 🙏🏼
I suppose this is just ok for the same scene indoors. Soon as you move to anther room, it will need doing again?
Every shot. Because exposure and light changes.
now you know why films cost so much to make :)
Jamie, that was a really good video! Easy to understand bro. I appreciate you on this. Mad skills and knowledge is what you impart and give. Thank you!
I appreciate that!
Why did you opt to set the white balance to 6500 for your X-rite color match? I shot my footage at 2700, but when I set it to 2700 and hit match, it turns the footage very orange. How do we choose what to set the white balance to when doing the color match in Davinci?
Change it to 6500
in Resolve 18.6 using highlight (to replace the wand as it seems to be gone) appears to dim the window selection - is there a setting that can be changed? thx
Just use the highlight feature. Same thing
This is THE video I was looking for. Thanks a million for making this tutorial. Now I am buying a colorchecker
Hope you used my link 😉
Great tutorial, thanks!
You''re so welcome!
Love the video!
Why leaving the Color Temp. at 6500K?
Why not adjusting it to what you filmed it in (ex. 5600K)?
I looked that up because I thought the same thing. I guess it comes down to the color temp of your monitor? But It still confuses me but leaving it at default and not touching it works just fine.
Nice demo of using the color checker to color correct. I found it to be very easy to follow. Thanks for creating and sharing this video.
Glad it was helpful!
Dude, this is legit. Really consise content, all killer no filler style video, thanks for making it.
I'm shooting right now on a Nikon D500. It's what I've got, and provided I expose correctly (I use an Shenobi external monitor to help there), it does okay, but I'm debating on getting the color chart. Think this is the next step I should go?
I feel like it's tough to get exposure and color right, and this video basically confirms what I think I already know: I gotta get one of those charts. ...right?
I would. Its been super helpful for me. "Professional" colorists say they dont use them but personally I havent been stuck in front of a computer screen coloring for 10+ years so maybe they're just mad theres a tool out there that does their job pretty well XD Yes I would get one. Link is in the description for the one I have.
@@JamieFenn that's good feedback. Honestly, just getting something that is repeatable in the process so I can remove the guess work would be pretty great.
Thanks again!
Hi Jamie quick question. I just picked up an S5ii and you mentioned that I should set my in camera zebra to 90%, I've been trying to find this information for the rest of the camera profiles like Cinelike D and V. Would you happen to know where to find this information? I haven't been able it anywhere.
I don’t know much about that camera. Sorry!
@@JamieFenn Ok thanks for getting back to me, I figured the color profiles would be the same across Panasonic cameras.
When looking at the IRE areas your graph is different than mine. I see 0 to 100 and you have thousands lol what is the difference there?
I assume you’re talking about your Davinci waveform. You can adjust the waveform settings to show percent or ire
Great tutorial, thanks. What I don't understand, after Color Matching you still have to adjust everything, like saturation, color tones, skin tones. I expected everything should be spot on after Color Matching.
Because it’s just not perfect
Amazing video. Thanks for sharing this great idea. May you please tell me how to apply these changes to the other clips in the same shoot?
You have to use the color checker for each shot. The exposure and the lighting will be different for every shot.
I’m a bit confused, in node 2 shouldn’t resolve have automatically done what you did manually in node 4?
Should have, but doesn't. People can settle for that match but I actually use a CST now in this method which does better than the matching feature.
Awesome job.
Thank you! Cheers!
Trying to follow along with this tutorial (since it's so on point with what I'm trying to do) with Resolve 19 but I do not have the 'magic wand' icon which is used during the exposure and hue/saturation sections of the video. Can someone tell me where this tool is in 19 or how to achieve the same results?
The magic wand icon has changed. But it’s in the same exact place
Hi Jamie: After watching your vid, I bought one of these to set up my rig. However, I use GoPro and other action cameras. I can't find any info about the "gamma" of these cameras. Is this correction card still useful for those cameras? If so, what do we need to do differently?
Thanks in advance.
Don’t match just skip that step and balance with the color and exposure chips!