This is one of the best colour grading introduction tutorials I have seen. So clear and logical. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. From a fellow aussie.
Such a good and easy-to-follow tutorial! Lots of advanced teachings that could be overwhelming for beginners presented in a very gentle and effective way. Loved it!
just found you the other day, had to learn resolve to work with another filmmaker/editor. wow! You are super helpful/clear/thourough/inspiring. Can't believe how much I learned in one day. Bravo!!!!
Had to stop watching to comment. Half way through and already understand more than from all the other videos I've watched combined. Absolutely fantastic in-depth explination! Thank-you so much really :)
@@JourneyVanBuilds Thanks for stopping halfway through to leave such an encouraging comment! Glad you enjoyed it, I hope the second half was just as fruitful for you as the first!
Im an absolute beginner with DaVinci , this was one of many tutorials that im about to watch , my very first one ! And it was easy to follow through (i am a premier pro user tho ) , but color grading wise this has to be the best software. Thank you for a great tutorial!
Awesome, so glad you enjoyed it! Asking for a friend, if I was to make a follow up to this course what sort of new techniques and processes would you be interested in learning more about?
Thanks for the video dude. I lost it at around 40 minutes because I am completely new to this and I think my image is a lot different, but I got to know the buttons and stuff. Love!
Great video. I used some of my D-Log drone footage to go along with your video tutorial. Would love to see you do a video on more complex footage, like ships on water with land in the background. My basic approach was to break up the elements in to "water", "Land", "ship hull", "ship deck", and "ship cabin". The biggest issue I had using your process was tracking because my footage rotated around the ship which had a "shadow" side and a "bright" side but the footage was continuous so it was almost impossible to do tracking (it would get lost because the entire ship was never always in frame). Then there was the issue of adjusting shadow side and light side while trying to keep a consistent water color. I never was able to get my footage to come out they way I wanted and ended up just go back to simple DJI LUT with some minor adjustments. Would love to see how you approach something similar to ship in water with landscape in the background?
Wow! I have been wanting to get into color grading for a long time for my 3d animation projects but got overwhelmed, until I watched this the whole way through and now I finally get it 😅
Omg man, you blew my mind so many times and I'm 15 minutes in. I had no idea you could auto detect cuts when importing media. WHAT THE HELL!! That's exactly what I need for the last 5 or so projects where I'm taking over from another editor! Also, that the stills screen taking up space that I got rid of thinking it was useless, is meant as a repository of still grabs and act as saved LUTs. Again..... WTF!!! I feel almost drunk right now, I can't believe it. I've been using Final Cut Pro with Color Finale 2, and this is already SO MUCH more streamlined and I didn't even get to the color grading part!! Thank you for this tutorial. Seriously, THANK YOU!
Thanks for the 10/10 comment I'm really glad to hear this was so useful for you! If you want to dive a little deeper (and get a little nerdy) into the colour side of things feel free to check out this video I made about the colour space transform - super useful especially if you're working with varying media sources! ruclips.net/video/_nhlHD4wiDU/видео.html
Awesome color grade tutorial, it took me most of the day because you would show something then I would get lost in playing with it, but it really opened up what you can do with this. I color graded and dropped in a couple of effects to a 10minute video I was working on, it does SOOOOO Much.. Thank YOu
Wow .... One hour so well spent ! I was jumping back and forth from YT to DR... I will rewatch on my Mac with a 2nd screen ... To be doing things in parallel .... I start "liking" nodes :-) Thanks again....
Thanks this really helped me correct some zoom recordings where the colour balance was way out on the main participant. Nice and clear instruction and shows the awesome power of Resolve really well!
Love this! I'm a film student and this video helped me a lot! Thank you so much for your time and effort into putting this extremely well presented video! So grateful
This is the best colour grading intro I have even watched. Recently moved from Premier to Davinci and it's amazing to see what you can achieve with the program! Thank you.
You didn't explain everything if this was for begginers. from 45 min everything stopped making sense. I was unable to follow clip because I had few cips. Error - unable to locate media pool etc. I need to find other video
This happens all the time with beginner videos, I just watched one where the dude said ok start with 4 nodes and when I went to make the nodes there’s 8 types to choose from, already lost, lets see what happens here
You could try relinking the clips that have gone red for that issue, from 45 minutes onward he is focusing on masking for certain parts of the image to make an adjustment on just one part such as the hand and cheese. Hope this helps mate!
Honestly the only way you’ll get good at it is by watching multiple videos from multiple people that way you can have an insight on all the options and aspects that you can change in order to find the best set up for u Edit: At least that’s what I’m doing lol also try messing around with stuff on your own experience is learning too
Salam brother the color grading tutorial was outstanding but I didn't understand to be honest Cuz the speed of explanation was very fast 🙂🙂 comparing withe the previous video the first one I understand completely . Again thank U so much for this tutorial .
Great video and very useful information. As for what to see in the future, maybe more about the theory of color correction and grading? Like what specifically it is that makes videos look better.
Thanks for sharing - great information and very applicable to newbies. I would have liked more references to the scopes and how to use them in conjunction with the differences you are seeing with the eye. Great tute.
Wow! i Have ADHD lvl milion, its painful for me to sit through video longer that 5 mins, and yet when your video was over i was like WOW OVER ALREADY?! Amazing and interesting tutorial! Thanks!
Hey, thanks for watching! Node tree structures can change project to project and person to person, it really depends on personal workflow, what the shot calls for etc. I would say that if you want to dive deeper into all of the specific nodes then the DaVinci Resolve user manual is an incredibly good resource. It comes with the download of the program and you can also grab it from the Blackmagic Design website, fully searchable too. You'll get way more detailed information in there than I could put forward in a beginner tutorial / this comment! I hope it can be of some use for you 😄
@@TutsPlusTom Hello Tom, thank you for your reply... my question was actually if they do take precedence then cant we put them in series (one after another) instead of parallel (on top of each other)?
PS - Exporting and using the LUT from 1 clip to another (within davinci) does not equate to all that you did. In the LUT only the color properties get copied, not things like halation, noise reduction, etc.
I just followed along, and discovered that the noise reduction stuff is all in the paid version - I might have to upgrade! (Also working in 4096x2160 is paid version only it turns out). Great tutorial thank you!
Love the video! I do have one question though, When I try to expand my scopes it opens in full screen instead of the tiny movable window within my software. Is there a way to solve this?
The preview video is very small when i edit vertical video...its so hard to see the changes we make..is there anyway to maximise its size on vertical mode
Excellent content! Just 1 question. I have DVR 18.6, and I cannot for the life of me find that "magic wand" button on top left that works with the qualifier dropper. Help? Thanks!
Great video! Will definately be following along, so thank you so much! If you haven't talked about this before I would love to know what system you edit and grade on :) thanks so much!
Thanks! System wise I work from a humble MacBook (and have for basically the last 15 years! Currently working on the M1 Pro chip and I find it really excels at this kind of work.I work between Resolve, After Effects, Premiere and Illustrator mostly and haven't really had any slip ups. Hope that helps.
Working in 18.6 I got stuck after the skintone correction. I have masked out the skin tone using by color mask, fine tuned it by making a mask with the pen, tracked it. But when I do a color correction I will see thing changing after Shift H and seeing only the color tool, but switching back to the whole image using Shift H I can't see the correction and nothing happens when I use the color wheel. What am I doing wrong?
Great tutorial! I already have a subscription to Envato Elements and am going to download some footage to practice on. Thanks again for such a helpful video! ❤😊
Awesome Tutorial Tom! Question - when I set up the parallel nodes exactly the way you did, the "ambience" node still affects the skin node. I switched which was on "top" but it didn't matter, the whole image was still affected. What am I doing wrong?!
Hey, I just checked and in the latest instance of Resolve, which is 19, you're completely correct and the magic wand button is no longer there! The shortcut still work, so shift + H will show the selection but the button has changed. The new button that you want to click is in a very similar area as the magic wand in this video, it now looks like two semi-circles, one dark, one light, inside a rectangle with horizontal lines. Sort of like an artistic rendering of the Japanese flag 🎌 If I could post a screenshot I would, sorry! Hope this helps.
Thanks! It can be quite intimidating coming from one program into another, especially when you've sunk time into learning Premiere. I'm glad you feel a bit more comfortable now having watched this. If you're interested in seeing the editing version of this video I did a beginner walk through over here ruclips.net/video/4m4SSw_qGds/видео.html
This is a great question and a very fair one and its something I didn't fully explain in this video. Skin tone in the sense of color grading is really about balancing the hues and saturation in the skin and then the brightness and contrast. If we think of skin tone as being off, or not natural generally we're seeing greens and yellows which give an unhealthy look. The skin tone indicator on the vector scope is a guide for where the hues should be sitting for us to register that skin tone as healthy. Now despite the changes in pigmentation and complexion between different ethnicities and skin types, the hues for 'healthy' looking skin all sit within a relatively narrow band. So to answer in short, yes this skin tone indicator line can be used as a guideline for skin tones of various pigmentations, and then from there you're tweaking the grade to bring out the most natural, healthy looking skin you can (if you're going for a natural, healthy look).
Great tutorial! I was curious how you are able to have both your color wheels on the left and the curves on the right? My color page has one long line of all the tools, and can only select on at a time. Would love to know what to change to mimic your set up. Thanks!
Try going to Workspace in the top toolbar and then selecting Reset UI Layout, I just played around with it then to see if I could replicate your setup and then get it back to my layout and it worked. Hopefully it helps for your case!
1 of the BEST COLOR GRADING VIDEOS ive seen on YT... And I've watched 100's...
Awesome feedback, thanks! Given you've watched so many color grading vids on YT what would you like to see me focus on next in DVR color?
12:12 so true no right and wrong way of color grading , as long as you see the clips visualy and scientifically correct ,
This is one of the best colour grading introduction tutorials I have seen. So clear and logical. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. From a fellow aussie.
Glad it was helpful!
totally agree with that
Such a good and easy-to-follow tutorial! Lots of advanced teachings that could be overwhelming for beginners presented in a very gentle and effective way. Loved it!
Much appreciated, glad you enjoyed the content and the way I presented it!
just found you the other day, had to learn resolve to work with another filmmaker/editor. wow! You are super helpful/clear/thourough/inspiring. Can't believe how much I learned in one day. Bravo!!!!
You're most welcome! Thanks for stopping by.
Had to stop watching to comment. Half way through and already understand more than from all the other videos I've watched combined. Absolutely fantastic in-depth explination! Thank-you so much really :)
Now to finish watching ahaha
@@JourneyVanBuilds Thanks for stopping halfway through to leave such an encouraging comment! Glad you enjoyed it, I hope the second half was just as fruitful for you as the first!
My Goodness. Learning these complex stuffs with such innocence is really impressive. ❣❣
Im an absolute beginner with DaVinci , this was one of many tutorials that im about to watch , my very first one ! And it was easy to follow through (i am a premier pro user tho ) , but color grading wise this has to be the best software. Thank you for a great tutorial!
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
This is absolutely amazing. A lot of advanced stuff, presented like it's nothing. Outstanding work!
Glad you think so!
Awesome, so glad you enjoyed it! Asking for a friend, if I was to make a follow up to this course what sort of new techniques and processes would you be interested in learning more about?
Thanks for the video dude. I lost it at around 40 minutes because I am completely new to this and I think my image is a lot different, but I got to know the buttons and stuff. Love!
This was everything I needed to start color grading in Davinci Resolve. I never noticed how this one hour passed. Thanks a lot man!!!
You're very welcome!
💪💪💪💪 now it's time to take all that learning and get grading, report back on your progress!
Great video. I used some of my D-Log drone footage to go along with your video tutorial. Would love to see you do a video on more complex footage, like ships on water with land in the background. My basic approach was to break up the elements in to "water", "Land", "ship hull", "ship deck", and "ship cabin". The biggest issue I had using your process was tracking because my footage rotated around the ship which had a "shadow" side and a "bright" side but the footage was continuous so it was almost impossible to do tracking (it would get lost because the entire ship was never always in frame). Then there was the issue of adjusting shadow side and light side while trying to keep a consistent water color. I never was able to get my footage to come out they way I wanted and ended up just go back to simple DJI LUT with some minor adjustments. Would love to see how you approach something similar to ship in water with landscape in the background?
Wow! I have been wanting to get into color grading for a long time for my 3d animation projects but got overwhelmed, until I watched this the whole way through and now I finally get it 😅
Omg man, you blew my mind so many times and I'm 15 minutes in. I had no idea you could auto detect cuts when importing media. WHAT THE HELL!! That's exactly what I need for the last 5 or so projects where I'm taking over from another editor! Also, that the stills screen taking up space that I got rid of thinking it was useless, is meant as a repository of still grabs and act as saved LUTs. Again..... WTF!!! I feel almost drunk right now, I can't believe it. I've been using Final Cut Pro with Color Finale 2, and this is already SO MUCH more streamlined and I didn't even get to the color grading part!!
Thank you for this tutorial. Seriously, THANK YOU!
Thanks for the 10/10 comment I'm really glad to hear this was so useful for you! If you want to dive a little deeper (and get a little nerdy) into the colour side of things feel free to check out this video I made about the colour space transform - super useful especially if you're working with varying media sources! ruclips.net/video/_nhlHD4wiDU/видео.html
Awesome color grade tutorial, it took me most of the day because you would show something then I would get lost in playing with it, but it really opened up what you can do with this. I color graded and dropped in a couple of effects to a 10minute video I was working on, it does SOOOOO Much.. Thank YOu
Wow .... One hour so well spent ! I was jumping back and forth from YT to DR... I will rewatch on my Mac with a 2nd screen ... To be doing things in parallel .... I start "liking" nodes :-) Thanks again....
Glad you enjoyed it! Once you start to get your head around how to structure nodes, the creative avenues you have with the grade become endless!
Thank you so much for this in-depth tutorial! Simple to understand what could be complex.
Thanks for this am new to resolve
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Thanks this really helped me correct some zoom recordings where the colour balance was way out on the main participant. Nice and clear instruction and shows the awesome power of Resolve really well!
Glad it helped!
you deserve a million views on this video
Great course, I was scared to jump into the color page. Now I'm in love with the color page and all the things that are on this page.
You and the color page, the perfect match!
Great introduction to grading in DaVinci Resolve, trying to shift from Premiere Pro to DVR for the first time, this helped a lot! Thank you!
Thank you so much. I had no idea how things work in editing
Love this! I'm a film student and this video helped me a lot! Thank you so much for your time and effort into putting this extremely well presented video! So grateful
You're most welcome! Glad it helped.
Amazing tutorial. Super clear and engaging! Amazing work.
This is the best colour grading intro I have even watched. Recently moved from Premier to Davinci and it's amazing to see what you can achieve with the program! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Glad you liked it! It's a deep rabbit hole you're going down, so much to learn in Resolve but so much fun once you get into a groove.
By far - the best beginners' tutorial on RUclips. Cheers !
Oh stop it! 😊 Thanks for watching...and for the kind words, glad you liked it!
You didn't explain everything if this was for begginers. from 45 min everything stopped making sense. I was unable to follow clip because I had few cips. Error - unable to locate media pool etc. I need to find other video
This happens all the time with beginner videos, I just watched one where the dude said ok start with 4 nodes and when I went to make the nodes there’s 8 types to choose from, already lost, lets see what happens here
You could try relinking the clips that have gone red for that issue, from 45 minutes onward he is focusing on masking for certain parts of the image to make an adjustment on just one part such as the hand and cheese. Hope this helps mate!
Go find another video then, we all do that dude , it’s called learning
Honestly the only way you’ll get good at it is by watching multiple videos from multiple people that way you can have an insight on all the options and aspects that you can change in order to find the best set up for u
Edit: At least that’s what I’m doing lol also try messing around with stuff on your own experience is learning too
Very helpful, as I am moving from fcpx to davinci - great info, well presented in concise form, much appreciated.
Very welcome!
Have u moved
Salam brother the color grading tutorial was outstanding but I didn't understand to be honest Cuz the speed of explanation was very fast 🙂🙂 comparing withe the previous video the first one I understand completely . Again thank U so much for this tutorial .
Thank you! Great presentation. Clear and concise!
Glad it was helpful!
definitely the best one
Great video and very useful information. As for what to see in the future, maybe more about the theory of color correction and grading? Like what specifically it is that makes videos look better.
Such a great intro for beginners. Thank you for this!
You're most welcome! Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for sharing - great information and very applicable to newbies. I would have liked more references to the scopes and how to use them in conjunction with the differences you are seeing with the eye. Great tute.
Binge watching of your videos!
This is the best video till now wer color grading is explained clearly......Thanks Brother :)
Thank you so much for this tutorial :)
Thanks you for this very helpful tutorial.
Thank you I have learn a lot
Wow! i Have ADHD lvl milion, its painful for me to sit through video longer that 5 mins, and yet when your video was over i was like WOW OVER ALREADY?! Amazing and interesting tutorial! Thanks!
That was a fantastic tutorial. I have been using Resolve for a while but this has opened it right up for me. Thanks.
Thank you for the great tutorial!!! Much needed.
One quick question why do we need to create a mixer if one(bottom) is taking precedence on others?
Hey, thanks for watching! Node tree structures can change project to project and person to person, it really depends on personal workflow, what the shot calls for etc. I would say that if you want to dive deeper into all of the specific nodes then the DaVinci Resolve user manual is an incredibly good resource. It comes with the download of the program and you can also grab it from the Blackmagic Design website, fully searchable too. You'll get way more detailed information in there than I could put forward in a beginner tutorial / this comment! I hope it can be of some use for you 😄
@@TutsPlusTom Hello Tom, thank you for your reply... my question was actually if they do take precedence then cant we put them in series (one after another) instead of parallel (on top of each other)?
Really helpful, love this series!! Thank you so much!❤
thanks a lot man ihave just learned almost what i needed in this 1 hr tutorial
Great to hear!
Love that! Glad I could help.
Thanks, good start for me
You're welcome
Can u provide the video link in which u are working so that it'll be useful for us to work on it
really handy and very good basic overview. well done.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into this! It was super helpful
You're so welcome!
PS - Exporting and using the LUT from 1 clip to another (within davinci) does not equate to all that you did. In the LUT only the color properties get copied, not things like halation, noise reduction, etc.
This was the video I’ve been looking for
I just followed along, and discovered that the noise reduction stuff is all in the paid version - I might have to upgrade! (Also working in 4096x2160 is paid version only it turns out). Great tutorial thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Terrific tutorial. Clear, concise, and gave us a little insight into how to approach grading creatively.
Love the video! I do have one question though, When I try to expand my scopes it opens in full screen instead of the tiny movable window within my software. Is there a way to solve this?
Mate, thank you SO MUCH. This video was super helpful 🙏
thanks for video dude
mate, what a video. thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Thank! for good video, it helped alot!
You're welcome!
Indeed learned alot...Thank you sooooo very much❤
I have waited so long for this video. it's very valuable for me. Thank you very much appreciate that :)🤩
It's my pleasure!
Excellent tutorial. Thank you!
The preview video is very small when i edit vertical video...its so hard to see the changes we make..is there anyway to maximise its size on vertical mode
Excellent content! Just 1 question. I have DVR 18.6, and I cannot for the life of me find that "magic wand" button on top left that works with the qualifier dropper. Help? Thanks!
outstanding thank you
You're so welcome!
Thanks so much bud. This gave me a lot of confidence to work in davinci ✌🏼
Glad I could help!
Great video! Will definately be following along, so thank you so much! If you haven't talked about this before I would love to know what system you edit and grade on :) thanks so much!
Thanks! System wise I work from a humble MacBook (and have for basically the last 15 years! Currently working on the M1 Pro chip and I find it really excels at this kind of work.I work between Resolve, After Effects, Premiere and Illustrator mostly and haven't really had any slip ups. Hope that helps.
@@TutsPlusTom Yes totally! I've been thinking of making the switch from my desktop PC over to a Mac with an M1 pro so thank you for weighing in!
how did you get such a big preview window? Mine is soo small I can't see anything, bc more than half of my screen is control panels
Same question, did you solved it?
Working in 18.6 I got stuck after the skintone correction. I have masked out the skin tone using by color mask, fine tuned it by making a mask with the pen, tracked it. But when I do a color correction I will see thing changing after Shift H and seeing only the color tool, but switching back to the whole image using Shift H I can't see the correction and nothing happens when I use the color wheel. What am I doing wrong?
Good tutorial thank you
You're welcome
Great tutorial! I already have a subscription to Envato Elements and am going to download some footage to practice on. Thanks again for such a helpful video! ❤😊
Glad it was helpful!
thanks for cours is goooooood
thanks so much! so detailed and finally know what everthing does. Is generating a LUT to premiere only on the paid version of da vinci?
this is was so much helpful❤❤
Great video, thank you! I trying to learn more about this whole field. Such an awesome industry!
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing,,, thanks
Great stuff mate - thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Can you attach the raw source file to the video, because we don't have the raw source to do it, please
great lecturer, loved it !
Awesome Tutorial Tom! Question - when I set up the parallel nodes exactly the way you did, the "ambience" node still affects the skin node. I switched which was on "top" but it didn't matter, the whole image was still affected. What am I doing wrong?!
Great Course
Nice one
good tutorial
Where is the magic wand tool at 45:17 ? I can't find it
Hey, I just checked and in the latest instance of Resolve, which is 19, you're completely correct and the magic wand button is no longer there! The shortcut still work, so shift + H will show the selection but the button has changed. The new button that you want to click is in a very similar area as the magic wand in this video, it now looks like two semi-circles, one dark, one light, inside a rectangle with horizontal lines. Sort of like an artistic rendering of the Japanese flag 🎌 If I could post a screenshot I would, sorry! Hope this helps.
@@TutsPlusTom Thanks
hank you for the great video! could you please make more videos about color grading for food videos? thank you!
my quad view of scope is not working. it's looking grey out. how to solve that?
So fundamental... and so super explained, thank you very much! I almost feel ""at home" after switching from Premiere just by yesterday:))
Thanks! It can be quite intimidating coming from one program into another, especially when you've sunk time into learning Premiere. I'm glad you feel a bit more comfortable now having watched this. If you're interested in seeing the editing version of this video I did a beginner walk through over here ruclips.net/video/4m4SSw_qGds/видео.html
Sorry if this is a stupid question. But regarding skin tones, is that line still relevant for black people?
This is a great question and a very fair one and its something I didn't fully explain in this video. Skin tone in the sense of color grading is really about balancing the hues and saturation in the skin and then the brightness and contrast. If we think of skin tone as being off, or not natural generally we're seeing greens and yellows which give an unhealthy look. The skin tone indicator on the vector scope is a guide for where the hues should be sitting for us to register that skin tone as healthy. Now despite the changes in pigmentation and complexion between different ethnicities and skin types, the hues for 'healthy' looking skin all sit within a relatively narrow band. So to answer in short, yes this skin tone indicator line can be used as a guideline for skin tones of various pigmentations, and then from there you're tweaking the grade to bring out the most natural, healthy looking skin you can (if you're going for a natural, healthy look).
I appreciate you a lot! Thank you!
Thank you
You're welcome
That was a great tutorial! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I see you're able to show both tone curve and colour wheels at the same time... I cant figure out how to do this. Can someone please help? Thank you
Thank you alot
Great tutorial! I was curious how you are able to have both your color wheels on the left and the curves on the right? My color page has one long line of all the tools, and can only select on at a time. Would love to know what to change to mimic your set up. Thanks!
Try going to Workspace in the top toolbar and then selecting Reset UI Layout, I just played around with it then to see if I could replicate your setup and then get it back to my layout and it worked. Hopefully it helps for your case!
Thank you, sir!
Very welcome!
Thanks so much bro
Appreciate this 🔥
Appreciate you!
Is this a good tutorial if you’re editing on Davinci Studio 18 (not 17) ?
where do i download the material to work with?
Can i take the intro part (where the text puts in) of your video? ❤
What a great tutorial. Learnt so much in such a short time.
Glad it was helpful!
Great to hear!