Hope this one helps you out getting the basic concepts! If you nail these basics, you're very well on your way to amazing-looking videos! If you want to learn how to color grade more in-depth you can check out my Color Grading Course: geni.us/color-grading-course
Without exaggeration I consider this the best tutorial for basics of coloring on RUclips, it is simple, understandable and reveals many points that most of tutorial consider unnecessary to mention, Thank you Alex.
99% of color grading tutorials on youtube are demonstrated with perfectly exposed footage, followed by "buy my LUT pack, buy this 2383 LUT, join my masterclass". Nobody knows that the 80% of color grading is exposing a camera properly and lighting.
I wouldn't say that 80% of Color Grading happens in-camera. However, the better the footage is exposed and lid in-camera the more flexibility there is to work with the grade afterwards. Those steps before the grading is filming expertise and definitely super important!
@@AlexBjorstorpI always question me what to do when filming outdoors, in an outcast sky, how to expose properly and what to do with the footage afterwards (exposing for the terrain and people on it, will blow up the sky and vice versa). Any thoughts on this? Considering I use a ZVE10 8bit camera.
I've watched countless colour grading tutorials by this point and none of them have come even close to this. You clearly explained what each step actually achieved, and crucially the best order to do them in. Zero unnecessary information to confuse things. Thankyou!
I've spent so many hours watching confusing tutorials for color grading, and then spent even more hours trying to apply them correctly and getting even more confused. And now it just took 20 min to fully understand an efficient workflow. Thank you so much!
Finally, a video that gets straight to the point, without any banter I couldn't care less about. Personally, it was better than so many other videos out there & he's just gained another subscriber without the need for asking.
Appreciate it Paul! I wanted this video to go straight at it and share the most important parts. I 100% agree but unfortunately do fall into that category myself sometimes too - and especially in the past. But I'm working hard to make more videos like this, that are straight to the point and into the action 🙌🏻 Thanks for the sub too!
I love this video, so easy to follow and understand how to start with grading. We are a bunch of swedes around Resolve sweden and I will put this link to that FB-group. Later on it would be interesting to talk about a swedish webinar around color e.g how do you know the color space from a certain camera and to use that in the best way in resolve. I see I have a few videos from you to catch up with.
Absolutely agree with others. Things explained in 20 minutes that I couldn’t get watching help videos for a year. You have a gift for putting these things together and explaining! Keep on!
This video is the life saver for me. I've tried to understand what was all this color grading - color correction thing is all about, for several years already, I didn't even understand what was the difference between those two. Best tutorial ever, on the internet for the color basics. Thanks a lot!
I literally screamed at the first tip! You explained it SO PERFECTLY. I don't know why I couldn't understand rec .709 for like a whole year. I was so confused but I FINALLY understand. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY SOUL!
Absolute Gold. The best 20 minutes (more like 40 or 60 when all was said and done) spent today! As a noob to this domain not knowing where to start, Davinci's Color bench is daunting. This video breaks essential information down into digestible blocks AND provides a solid workflow frame of reference! You've officially given the foundation to understanding coloring. Thanks!
Oh wow! I really learned a lot from this. I have been trying to lear to color correct/grade for the past weeks and this was both informative and simple as long as you follow the steps carefully. I also like the workflow which I think I will be using moving forward. I tried this in the old videos that I tried to color correct/grade and the results were amazing for me. Thank you so much.
Thank you is not enough to say how much valuable this tutorial mean to me. With precise explanation double with the graphics, I enjoyed watching the video and now i feel more confident to tackle color in Davinci Resolve on my own projects.
I'm more of a photographer than a videographer or video editor, but the principles shown here still work really well for grading photos. I'm a big advocate for grading with histograms which is really similar to using Premiere's scopes. Great video!
For past 1 2 years, i have been shooting and editing videos in my mobile only. Planning to buy a camera, so was exploring da vinci resolve, but the process seemed so complex. But you man, you made this seem so simple.. thanks, this will help a lot.
4:00 A good place to "touch the bottom of the waveform scale" is, for example where a bare lightbulb is partially obscured by a black lamp shade" that MIGHT BE a line that goes from the lightest part to the darkest part of the shot.
Sir, it seems you've an amazing understanding of Pareto rule as well as Color Grading!! "80% of color grading in 20 minutes"... Truly amazing. I have a feeling that this video would blow up.
Excellent video! I'm trying to learn the basics, after trying to salvage footage taken of a stage with low light and a lot of colored light that is making the subjects (two drummers) look very blue and/or red. It's been fun and I'm thinking of getting the micro color panel to make it a bit more tactile (also, who doesn't love new gear?). This workflow is certainly going to help me get things done in a more consistent manner, even if the footage is hard to salvage.
One of the best video I have see so far Alex. Please add another video tutorial for rest 20 as well and parallel nodes and secondary color grading as well.
Very helpful. I only film with my iphone 15 pro and am only interested in basic video editing to pimp up my personal footage of hikes etc. And I already know some basics from editing photos, but still I got lots to learn. The iphone 15 is marketed to people like you could easily achieve cinema-style footage, which I knew from the start is bollocks. From photography alone I know how important it is to have proper lighting etc...video takes it up a whole notch. But watching videos like yours helped a lot and my footage already looks a bit better from week to week.
Love the direct explanation and sections for each part! Much appreciated! quick question though: Does the mask stays on one place? for example if the subject moved to different part of the shot, how do we keep the mask stays with the subject?
You're welcome! No you have to track the mask if it needs to move with a subject, there are multiple ways to do that. I usually do it manually but Resolve can also track automatically
This video has been very helpful! I just started using Davinci as an Adobe user and thought I might just use Davinci for the color grading aspects. 😅 Do you have any video tutorials for beginners or something similar to this? You're very good at explaining things and not just talking about other stuff only professionals would understand.
Awesome video. Color correcting/grading was super intimidating but this video locked it down and tied everything’s meaning and effect together very well. Well done!👍🏼
I think you're fine doing it either way. I don't use those effects often, so I haven't tested it much. However, since they won't really take advantage of the LOG information, it's probably the easiest and simplest to add them after the Rec.709 Conversion. That's what I usually do whenever I use them :-)
I just took at screenshot of my node tree and manually removed the background in photoshop. A bit of a tedious process but it does the job eventually 😊
Amazing video...I have just one question. If you don't have the right monitor to calibrate colors ... can you use the waveforms to have a reference to say "yes this is the right saturation for the colors" like you said for skin color (70%)? how can you be sure that you are doing the rigth color correction without the right monitor? P.S. i am a completely noob ... i bouth just 2 month ago a Sony A6700 and now i wold like to start with color correction. I worked with DavinciResolve to make video with my DJI mini 3 Pro ... and now I would like doing somethin more and better. Thanks in advance
In theory yes - of course. But the thing is that while you can rely on the scopes you won't actually know what it looks like, which is the trouble here. And having skin tones at 70 is just a rule of thumb. So all the "rules" can be broken depending on the scene and purpose. Most monitors can show Rec.709, so as long as you set it to that, you should be okay for getting decent results. No matter how you grade them, there will always be variances across different devices and screens as they're all calibrated a bit different, so if you're just starting out and can't afford a better monitor, starting with what you have and practicing with the scopes and trying your best is better than doing nothing! Not sure if that was too helpful but don't let the gear stop you, I'm sure you can still get good results even if your monitor is not calibrated properly!
I've been struggling for days watching so many videos and getting so frustrated ... then I came upon this video - Wow!! Alex, you REALLY helped me, thank you so much! I also downloaded your guide and will be purchasing some of your LUTS - oh yea, I liked & subscribed also. 😁
Did you improve man? I’m also struggling, I’m still shooting with my iPhone 11 I don’t even know what the input footage is …and the output and those two in between
This is an excellent, straightforward, high-level summary of the process. Alex, yours is up there with some of the best overviews of this topic on RUclips. Thank you so very much for creating and sharing this video. Alex, I have a few questions for you about noise reduction. Where does it make sense to place that node in the node tree when you use it? As something that can tax a computer, does it make sense to have it as the first or last node? Also, when do you do it in the process? I'll check to see if yu have a video on the topic. Thanks again, Alex.
Thank you very much for your kind words! I truly appreciate it and am humbled! In terms of Noise Reduction, I usually apply it when I'm done with my whole project if I need it in any clips. I'll always try to correct the grade first before adding NR but when I do, I put it before the first Node. If it's only in the darkest areas, I sometimes key out the dark areas so I don't soften the brighter areas that are otherwise fine. I'm not 100% sure what's the best here but I feel like I lose the least detail and have the most control doing it this way.
From what I've heard (correct me if wrong please) skin tones actually vary between 40 IRE and 60 IRE, 40 being darker skins and 60 (max 65) being lighter skins
I think you're right, I haven't shot darker skintones that much to be honest but I stil go for the same IRE values when I shoot and then bring it down if it's needed in post - that way I can keep the same settings always :-) IRE are subjective in terms of the lighting setup and can change depending on what you shoot for sure
I think it's due to my screen settings and recording software to be honest 😅 It's grey when I use DaVinci myself but now I noticed that it sometimes changes when I've done a screen recording - so thanks for making me notice that so I can work on fixing it 😆 A dark version would be amazing though, I agree!
Thank you so much for this video, this is the best explanation that I've watched so far. I'm no professional by far I'm an audio guy but sometimes I'm forced to do videos and this is very helpful.
Finally found the best color grading tutorial for a beginner like me. Thanks My question, how do I apply the same color grade to the rest of my footages so they all look the same? thanks for the answer.
Thanks! very nice tutorial, complementary to some of the other more complicated node trees out there. My question is about the masking, not sure about using masking if the subject is moving across the frame? Have liked and subbed.
You can pretty easily track the mask either manually or trying the automatic tracking resolve offers. I tend to do it manually to have full control but sometimes the automatic tracking is great :-). It’s the menu to the right of the power windows
When I was first instructed, they told me to put nodes for look, curves, focus, and outside after the Rec.709 nodes in the tree. I wonder why they taught me that, but I think it had a more dramatic effect on the image coming after the CST.
When you are grading after the CST, you’re essentially grading in Rec.709, which will mean you’re actually grading what you’re seeing. If you’re grading before the CST you’re grading the log footage but still previewing the final result in rec.709. The latter allows you all the flexibility and extra information that is captured in log, which you lose when you grade after the CST. There’s no right or wrong it’s all about how much you want to be able to push your footage but if you shoot in log it’s a shame to not take advantage of the extra information 😊 Hope that makes sense
@@AlexBjorstorp I just started to read up on color correting in davinci. What is the difference when you first do a color transform to davinci wide gamut and in the end do a color transform to rec709?
Moving everything into DaVinci Wide Gamut first gives you a slightly larger color space to work in, making fine adjustments a bit better and the other benefit is that if you grade different profiles from different cameras, they’re not all in the same color space, so all tools act the same. Besides that I haven’t seen any benefit and to be honest, I’m not even grading like that for most of my projects anymore, I just convert from slog3 to rec.709 and grade before that but DWG or ACES are recognised as more professional workflows
Thank you! I'm not sure what works best with the GoPro but if you check out my "Blind Grading" videos you'll get a technique to convert it and still get great results :-)
Wow! You nailed it, i was working on it for the last 3 months but i didn't understand what is it actually, now its very easy to understand! thanks for your help!!
One step i am not sure about is to put the LUT conversion at the last spot. I use PhantomLUTs for my A7Siii log-footage. I only use exposure and white balance correction before the LUT since they correct offsets in the camera setup while filming. This way it provides the results the LUT was designed for. All other corrections come afterwards. I don‘t know what difference it makes if i work into the LUT as a final step.
Where you're putting the LUT depends on the LUT itself. If it's built to work from Rec.709 it should be placed after the conversion. If it has a built-in conversion then it should be the last node in the tree. And for the rest of your explanation, that's how I do it and recommend to do it as well. Corrections before the LUT and adjustments after. In the end it doesn't necessarily make a big difference but there is a difference to how the corrections and adjustment work with the LUT :-)
Color grading directly on the log footage, is a bad idea. If your next project is in Reg.709 or another log format, the tools you are using here will seem to act differently. Instead, ad a first node from log to ACES or Davinci Wide gammut, then add a last node and convert from ACES or Davinci Wide Gammut to rec.709. Do all the color grading between those two nodes. Now, you will have two benefits; Grading will feel the same, no matter the source material. You are also working is a much wider color space, in your grades. This will lead to much more accurate color grading. There will be much less of a chance of banding, especially, if the source material is Rec.709.
Correct but if you’re shootings the same LOG profile always and not mixing cameras and profiles it doesn’t make a big difference. This is a beginner video, ACES or DWG is a bit more advanced but your inputs are appreciated
This is THE BEST video I've watched on coloring, hands down. I have watched so many over the last 2 years and this is by far in a league of its own. Thank you so much for this! I'm working on skin tones, in my waveform it goes from 0 to 1023. In the video, it goes from 0 - 100 so I'm having a bit of trouble. I can't seem to figure this part out, any help would be very much appreciated :)
Rec 709A I find gives me colour consistency across devices. Despite having a calibrated monitor, you stick it on an iPhone or upload to Instagram and the colours would just just go out of whack. Slapped it into 709A and now it looks the same 👌Do you use the HDR wheels much? I find they can really bring out all the juice from a clip as opposed to the Primary Wheels that seems to be a bit more aggressive. The amount of dynamic range I could pull out of GH5 footage, for example, just by using the HDR wheels was amazing! Always made it look like it was shot on a much more expensive camera!
After I changed my display settings to Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 (sRGB), I haven't had any issues with viewing it on other devices. However, if I keep the standard P3 profile on my MacBook then it looks different after export. Rec.709A might solve that but I prefer to just change my display color space and grade in the same to make sure it's all the same. I know a lot of other people use Rec.709A though, so there's nothing wrong with that, this is just how I prefer to do it. I don't use the HDR wheels much no. I often find them a bit too precise, whereas I like the broader strokes of the Primaries. But recently I've started using the tone curve a lot more on it's own for adjusting my exposure exactly how I want - which I find I can do somewhat in the middle of the two tools. The HDR wheels though are definitely great for my workflow I just don't use them that often - yet :-)
Hey Alex, just a doubt that I have, what if I don't know what camera the video shoot with like I got it from a client and I don't have much detail about the camera then what should I select in color space?
Why did he choose ''Gamma 2.4 ' for output gamma ? I am beginner with Da Vinci Resolve, some of the videos I have followed suggest to use 'Rec 709' for output gamma as well.
Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 is the industry standard for broadcast but some prefer to output to Rec.709 on both the Color Space and the Gamma and a lot of people on Apple Devices prefer Rec.709A. There's no right or wrong it's more a means to getting the result that fits your display and where it's going to be viewed.
Hope this one helps you out getting the basic concepts! If you nail these basics, you're very well on your way to amazing-looking videos!
If you want to learn how to color grade more in-depth you can check out my Color Grading Course: geni.us/color-grading-course
Without exaggeration I consider this the best tutorial for basics of coloring on RUclips, it is simple, understandable and reveals many points that most of tutorial consider unnecessary to mention, Thank you Alex.
I truly appreciate that Ayman! Thank you for your kind words, I'm happy to hear you found it helpful!
99% of color grading tutorials on youtube are demonstrated with perfectly exposed footage, followed by "buy my LUT pack, buy this 2383 LUT, join my masterclass". Nobody knows that the 80% of color grading is exposing a camera properly and lighting.
I wouldn't say that 80% of Color Grading happens in-camera. However, the better the footage is exposed and lid in-camera the more flexibility there is to work with the grade afterwards. Those steps before the grading is filming expertise and definitely super important!
@@AlexBjorstorpI always question me what to do when filming outdoors, in an outcast sky, how to expose properly and what to do with the footage afterwards (exposing for the terrain and people on it, will blow up the sky and vice versa). Any thoughts on this? Considering I use a ZVE10 8bit camera.
Yeah, the way people are told by "experts" that they can LUT their way into cinematic footage is preposterous.
@@cesaramaral6003get an nd filter you won’t regret it
It's called basic correction
I've watched countless colour grading tutorials by this point and none of them have come even close to this. You clearly explained what each step actually achieved, and crucially the best order to do them in. Zero unnecessary information to confuse things. Thankyou!
Truly appreciate your amazing feedback! Glad that you found it helpful! 😊
Totally Agree with ya @linerk5925!
I've spent so many hours watching confusing tutorials for color grading, and then spent even more hours trying to apply them correctly and getting even more confused. And now it just took 20 min to fully understand an efficient workflow. Thank you so much!
Finally, a video that gets straight to the point, without any banter I couldn't care less about. Personally, it was better than so many other videos out there & he's just gained another subscriber without the need for asking.
Appreciate it Paul! I wanted this video to go straight at it and share the most important parts. I 100% agree but unfortunately do fall into that category myself sometimes too - and especially in the past. But I'm working hard to make more videos like this, that are straight to the point and into the action 🙌🏻 Thanks for the sub too!
I love this video, so easy to follow and understand how to start with grading. We are a bunch of swedes around Resolve sweden and I will put this link to that FB-group. Later on it would be interesting to talk about a swedish webinar around color e.g how do you know the color space from a certain camera and to use that in the best way in resolve. I see I have a few videos from you to catch up with.
Absolutely agree with others. Things explained in 20 minutes that I couldn’t get watching help videos for a year. You have a gift for putting these things together and explaining! Keep on!
Truly appreciate it! Took me a long time to boil it down to 20 minutes, so I'm happy it's been so well-received!
probably the best colorgrade video ive ever seen on youtube.. keep it up man! insane work
Cheers mate! Truly appreciate it!
This video is the life saver for me. I've tried to understand what was all this color grading - color correction thing is all about, for several years already, I didn't even understand what was the difference between those two.
Best tutorial ever, on the internet for the color basics. Thanks a lot!
This is the most comprehensive yet easy and straight forward tutorial I've ever seen on this subject. Thank you!
Truly appreciate your kind comment, thank you! Happy to hear it was helpful!
Hands down the best video on this topic PERIOD! Thank you!
Thank you very much! Truly appreciate your kind words 🙏🏻
I literally screamed at the first tip! You explained it SO PERFECTLY. I don't know why I couldn't understand rec .709 for like a whole year. I was so confused but I FINALLY understand. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY SOUL!
This has been so helpful! Just getting into color grading... I like to be organized, and having steps to follow is so useful. Thanks!!
Absolute Gold. The best 20 minutes (more like 40 or 60 when all was said and done) spent today! As a noob to this domain not knowing where to start, Davinci's Color bench is daunting. This video breaks essential information down into digestible blocks AND provides a solid workflow frame of reference! You've officially given the foundation to understanding coloring. Thanks!
Oh wow! I really learned a lot from this. I have been trying to lear to color correct/grade for the past weeks and this was both informative and simple as long as you follow the steps carefully. I also like the workflow which I think I will be using moving forward. I tried this in the old videos that I tried to color correct/grade and the results were amazing for me. Thank you so much.
Happy to here that mate! Glad it was helpful and moved your forward on your creative journey 🙏🏻
Great Video! Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot for your super thanks! Truly appreciate it!
one of THE best video on Color Baiscs, Lovd it. Thank you
one of the best explanation ever i seen in the youtube vedio thanks for creating this vedio this very help full
As a beginner I found this video very helpful and easily followable, thank you for sharing!
Thank you is not enough to say how much valuable this tutorial mean to me. With precise explanation double with the graphics, I enjoyed watching the video and now i feel more confident to tackle color in Davinci Resolve on my own projects.
You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful 🙏🏻
I'm more of a photographer than a videographer or video editor, but the principles shown here still work really well for grading photos. I'm a big advocate for grading with histograms which is really similar to using Premiere's scopes. Great video!
Your tutorial is really great and great. It helps me a lot. Thank you.
Appreciate it! Glad it's helping you out!
This is the video i founding for me!😅
THANKS. . .
Make more for us
This is a fantastic video!!!! Thank you !
Cheers, you're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Finally find tutor straight to the point
I watch from the begining ntil end,thank you
this is the best log-709 and cc/grading tutorial on YT
Period.
Thank you!
Best color grading video i have found on youtube. Thank you!
Thank you!
For past 1 2 years, i have been shooting and editing videos in my mobile only. Planning to buy a camera, so was exploring da vinci resolve, but the process seemed so complex.
But you man, you made this seem so simple.. thanks, this will help a lot.
Thanks for this Alex. Can you add your colour space and what you do to mitigate the dreaded Mac gamma shift?
4:00 A good place to "touch the bottom of the waveform scale" is, for example where a bare lightbulb is partially obscured by a black lamp shade" that MIGHT BE a line that goes from the lightest part to the darkest part of the shot.
i think this is the one and only video you need to understand the concept of color grading, thanks man, love it
Thank you! Appreciate it 🙌🏻
I think this is the best color grading tutorial I watched. Easy to follow and well-explained. Thanks for this bro
Thank you! Super happy to hear that, truly hope it helps you out a lot!
Sir, it seems you've an amazing understanding of Pareto rule as well as Color Grading!! "80% of color grading in 20 minutes"... Truly amazing. I have a feeling that this video would blow up.
Thanks a lot!
Man, you are a LEGEND. Thank you.
This tutorial is beginner-friendly, there's so many things I learn from this video alone. Thank you Alex!
Many thank for your tutorial video, but could you tell me why you do color corection from right to left (balancebalance), explain for me please 😢
I’m sure you get this all the time, but thanks so much for making this video. Much appreciated and hope you know how talented you are!
Crazy video! Det er et must see for nye til CG😄
Mange tak Noah!
Absolutely one of the best tuts. I've see thus far
Thank you, truly appreciate it!
Excellent video! I'm trying to learn the basics, after trying to salvage footage taken of a stage with low light and a lot of colored light that is making the subjects (two drummers) look very blue and/or red. It's been fun and I'm thinking of getting the micro color panel to make it a bit more tactile (also, who doesn't love new gear?). This workflow is certainly going to help me get things done in a more consistent manner, even if the footage is hard to salvage.
This is by far the best and straight to the point tutorial I have ever seen so far! thanks!
That means a lot, thank you!
Best explanation I've heard. So good. Thank you!
One of the best video I have see so far Alex. Please add another video tutorial for rest 20 as well and parallel nodes and secondary color grading as well.
Thank you! I’ll see what I can do! I’ll definitely be making videos covering Parallel nodes more in-depth soon!
Best video ever on color grading. I actually retained the knowledge 🔥
Thank you! Happy to hear that it helped you out!
Very helpful. I only film with my iphone 15 pro and am only interested in basic video editing to pimp up my personal footage of hikes etc. And I already know some basics from editing photos, but still I got lots to learn. The iphone 15 is marketed to people like you could easily achieve cinema-style footage, which I knew from the start is bollocks. From photography alone I know how important it is to have proper lighting etc...video takes it up a whole notch.
But watching videos like yours helped a lot and my footage already looks a bit better from week to week.
The video that I waited for whole life. Thank you!
Glad you found it!
So easy to understand, you are outstanding in explanation
Love the direct explanation and sections for each part! Much appreciated! quick question though:
Does the mask stays on one place? for example if the subject moved to different part of the shot, how do we keep the mask stays with the subject?
You're welcome!
No you have to track the mask if it needs to move with a subject, there are multiple ways to do that. I usually do it manually but Resolve can also track automatically
@AlexBjorstorp I see...cool! So there's a way to track the mask. I'll play around and figure it out, Thanks Alex!
One of the best, if not the very best video on the subject. WELL DONE
Thanks so much! Truly do appreciate it!
Easily the best color grading tutorial I ever come across. Thanks you so much
This video has been very helpful! I just started using Davinci as an Adobe user and thought I might just use Davinci for the color grading aspects. 😅 Do you have any video tutorials for beginners or something similar to this? You're very good at explaining things and not just talking about other stuff only professionals would understand.
Awesome video. Color correcting/grading was super intimidating but this video locked it down and tied everything’s meaning and effect together very well. Well done!👍🏼
Super happy to hear that!
Amazing job, brother. Greatly Appreciated
Amazing tutorial! The pace, the explanations, the examples, and also the touch in the editing, applying the effects when you talk about the subject.
Top Job with the tutorial. Comprehensive and easy to follow.
Thank you! Super happy to hear that!
Halation, Glow and grain should I put them before or after rec709?
I think you're fine doing it either way. I don't use those effects often, so I haven't tested it much. However, since they won't really take advantage of the LOG information, it's probably the easiest and simplest to add them after the Rec.709 Conversion. That's what I usually do whenever I use them :-)
This video changed my grading career. Thanks alot
this video is very good. How did you make this thumbnail with the nodes cut out?
I just took at screenshot of my node tree and manually removed the background in photoshop. A bit of a tedious process but it does the job eventually 😊
Amazing video...I have just one question. If you don't have the right monitor to calibrate colors ... can you use the waveforms to have a reference to say "yes this is the right saturation for the colors" like you said for skin color (70%)? how can you be sure that you are doing the rigth color correction without the right monitor? P.S. i am a completely noob ... i bouth just 2 month ago a Sony A6700 and now i wold like to start with color correction. I worked with DavinciResolve to make video with my DJI mini 3 Pro ... and now I would like doing somethin more and better. Thanks in advance
In theory yes - of course. But the thing is that while you can rely on the scopes you won't actually know what it looks like, which is the trouble here. And having skin tones at 70 is just a rule of thumb. So all the "rules" can be broken depending on the scene and purpose. Most monitors can show Rec.709, so as long as you set it to that, you should be okay for getting decent results. No matter how you grade them, there will always be variances across different devices and screens as they're all calibrated a bit different, so if you're just starting out and can't afford a better monitor, starting with what you have and practicing with the scopes and trying your best is better than doing nothing!
Not sure if that was too helpful but don't let the gear stop you, I'm sure you can still get good results even if your monitor is not calibrated properly!
I've been struggling for days watching so many videos and getting so frustrated ... then I came upon this video - Wow!! Alex, you REALLY helped me, thank you so much! I also downloaded your guide and will be purchasing some of your LUTS - oh yea, I liked & subscribed also. 😁
Super happy to hear that Frank! Thanks for watching, liking and subscribing 🙏🏻
Did you improve man? I’m also struggling, I’m still shooting with my iPhone 11 I don’t even know what the input footage is …and the output and those two in between
Excellent, excellent, excellent! learning Davinci, this just turbocharged it, thank you!
Great job! Thank you so much!!!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and supporting!
This is an excellent, straightforward, high-level summary of the process. Alex, yours is up there with some of the best overviews of this topic on RUclips. Thank you so very much for creating and sharing this video. Alex, I have a few questions for you about noise reduction. Where does it make sense to place that node in the node tree when you use it? As something that can tax a computer, does it make sense to have it as the first or last node? Also, when do you do it in the process? I'll check to see if yu have a video on the topic. Thanks again, Alex.
Thank you very much for your kind words! I truly appreciate it and am humbled!
In terms of Noise Reduction, I usually apply it when I'm done with my whole project if I need it in any clips. I'll always try to correct the grade first before adding NR but when I do, I put it before the first Node. If it's only in the darkest areas, I sometimes key out the dark areas so I don't soften the brighter areas that are otherwise fine.
I'm not 100% sure what's the best here but I feel like I lose the least detail and have the most control doing it this way.
I've been trying to find a video on how to contrast effectively, this was great, thanks!
You’re doing the lords’ work posting this for free my man! Thank you!! Much love 🤘🏽✨
Cheers, appreciate it! Might've overshared haha
Thank you!! This was so valuable and complementary to my previous course!
You're welcome! Super happy it was helpful!
From what I've heard (correct me if wrong please) skin tones actually vary between 40 IRE and 60 IRE, 40 being darker skins and 60 (max 65) being lighter skins
Although these IRE values tend to be very subjective I think, its more like a guide than anything, like you said
I think you're right, I haven't shot darker skintones that much to be honest but I stil go for the same IRE values when I shoot and then bring it down if it's needed in post - that way I can keep the same settings always :-) IRE are subjective in terms of the lighting setup and can change depending on what you shoot for sure
I gotta ask, did you get the dark Davinci theme 😍 I can only get grey in latest update?
I think it's due to my screen settings and recording software to be honest 😅 It's grey when I use DaVinci myself but now I noticed that it sometimes changes when I've done a screen recording - so thanks for making me notice that so I can work on fixing it 😆 A dark version would be amazing though, I agree!
What an awesome tutorial! I will be rewatching it many times for sure. Thank you very much!
Thanks a lot! Super happy to hear you found it helpful 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for this video, this is the best explanation that I've watched so far. I'm no professional by far I'm an audio guy but sometimes I'm forced to do videos and this is very helpful.
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO LEARN IN DAVINCI..THANKS A TON. ALEX🍻
You’re welcome mate!
Finally found the best color grading tutorial for a beginner like me. Thanks
My question, how do I apply the same color grade to the rest of my footages so they all look the same? thanks for the answer.
thank you so much for this tutorial, helped me enormously
You're welcome, happy to hear it's been helping you out!
Easily the best explainer for colour grading I have seen and I have watched quite a lot at this point! I have liked and subed 😊
Thank you! Truly appreciate it! More to come!
Thanks! very nice tutorial, complementary to some of the other more complicated node trees out there. My question is about the masking, not sure about using masking if the subject is moving across the frame? Have liked and subbed.
You can pretty easily track the mask either manually or trying the automatic tracking resolve offers. I tend to do it manually to have full control but sometimes the automatic tracking is great :-). It’s the menu to the right of the power windows
Thanks!
When I was first instructed, they told me to put nodes for look, curves, focus, and outside after the Rec.709 nodes in the tree. I wonder why they taught me that, but I think it had a more dramatic effect on the image coming after the CST.
When you are grading after the CST, you’re essentially grading in Rec.709, which will mean you’re actually grading what you’re seeing.
If you’re grading before the CST you’re grading the log footage but still previewing the final result in rec.709.
The latter allows you all the flexibility and extra information that is captured in log, which you lose when you grade after the CST.
There’s no right or wrong it’s all about how much you want to be able to push your footage but if you shoot in log it’s a shame to not take advantage of the extra information 😊
Hope that makes sense
@@AlexBjorstorp I just started to read up on color correting in davinci. What is the difference when you first do a color transform to davinci wide gamut and in the end do a color transform to rec709?
Moving everything into DaVinci Wide Gamut first gives you a slightly larger color space to work in, making fine adjustments a bit better and the other benefit is that if you grade different profiles from different cameras, they’re not all in the same color space, so all tools act the same.
Besides that I haven’t seen any benefit and to be honest, I’m not even grading like that for most of my projects anymore, I just convert from slog3 to rec.709 and grade before that but DWG or ACES are recognised as more professional workflows
@@AlexBjorstorp thanks for the info, i will defenitely try your node tree solution in the future
This was a great and helpful tutorial!
Thank you!
What a great tutorial. Simple to follow and learn from. Can I ask which 709 setting I would use with the new GoPro 12 log file? Wishing you well.
Thank you! I'm not sure what works best with the GoPro but if you check out my "Blind Grading" videos you'll get a technique to convert it and still get great results :-)
Wow! You nailed it, i was working on it for the last 3 months but i didn't understand what is it actually, now its very easy to understand! thanks for your help!!
One step i am not sure about is to put the LUT conversion at the last spot. I use PhantomLUTs for my A7Siii log-footage. I only use exposure and white balance correction before the LUT since they correct offsets in the camera setup while filming. This way it provides the results the LUT was designed for. All other corrections come afterwards. I don‘t know what difference it makes if i work into the LUT as a final step.
Where you're putting the LUT depends on the LUT itself. If it's built to work from Rec.709 it should be placed after the conversion. If it has a built-in conversion then it should be the last node in the tree.
And for the rest of your explanation, that's how I do it and recommend to do it as well. Corrections before the LUT and adjustments after.
In the end it doesn't necessarily make a big difference but there is a difference to how the corrections and adjustment work with the LUT :-)
Color grading directly on the log footage, is a bad idea. If your next project is in Reg.709 or another log format, the tools you are using here will seem to act differently.
Instead, ad a first node from log to ACES or Davinci Wide gammut, then add a last node and convert from ACES or Davinci Wide Gammut to rec.709. Do all the color grading between those two nodes.
Now, you will have two benefits; Grading will feel the same, no matter the source material. You are also working is a much wider color space, in your grades. This will lead to much more accurate color grading. There will be much less of a chance of banding, especially, if the source material is Rec.709.
Correct but if you’re shootings the same LOG profile always and not mixing cameras and profiles it doesn’t make a big difference. This is a beginner video, ACES or DWG is a bit more advanced but your inputs are appreciated
Huge...! I bought DR yesterday night, you made my day ! Thanks a lot !
Awesome! The Studio version is amazing!
It seems like you meant to ask:
Hey Alex! If I'm filming normally and not using S-Log, can I still colour grade my videos?
Thank you this was amazing
This is awesome!
Thank you!
Wow!!! Thanks for doing this videos. The best beginner tutorial I’ve seen! 💪
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind feedback :-)
Thank you very much Sir! Great teaching you provided here.
This is THE BEST video I've watched on coloring, hands down. I have watched so many over the last 2 years and this is by far in a league of its own. Thank you so much for this!
I'm working on skin tones, in my waveform it goes from 0 to 1023. In the video, it goes from 0 - 100 so I'm having a bit of trouble. I can't seem to figure this part out, any help would be very much appreciated :)
Never mind, figured it out, I had to switch to percentage!
Straight to the point! Amazing video! Thank you!
Thank you, appreciate it 🙏🏻
Rec 709A I find gives me colour consistency across devices. Despite having a calibrated monitor, you stick it on an iPhone or upload to Instagram and the colours would just just go out of whack. Slapped it into 709A and now it looks the same 👌Do you use the HDR wheels much? I find they can really bring out all the juice from a clip as opposed to the Primary Wheels that seems to be a bit more aggressive. The amount of dynamic range I could pull out of GH5 footage, for example, just by using the HDR wheels was amazing! Always made it look like it was shot on a much more expensive camera!
After I changed my display settings to Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 (sRGB), I haven't had any issues with viewing it on other devices. However, if I keep the standard P3 profile on my MacBook then it looks different after export. Rec.709A might solve that but I prefer to just change my display color space and grade in the same to make sure it's all the same. I know a lot of other people use Rec.709A though, so there's nothing wrong with that, this is just how I prefer to do it.
I don't use the HDR wheels much no. I often find them a bit too precise, whereas I like the broader strokes of the Primaries. But recently I've started using the tone curve a lot more on it's own for adjusting my exposure exactly how I want - which I find I can do somewhat in the middle of the two tools.
The HDR wheels though are definitely great for my workflow I just don't use them that often - yet :-)
Best video under the basis for resolve .❤
Best comment to get on a video! Thank you!
Hey Alex, just a doubt that I have, what if I don't know what camera the video shoot with like I got it from a client and I don't have much detail about the camera then what should I select in color space?
Try the most common conversions like Clog3, slog3 or something else and see what looks best and start from there 😊
@@AlexBjorstorp Thanks for the quick reply.
Why did he choose ''Gamma 2.4 ' for output gamma ? I am beginner with Da Vinci Resolve, some of the videos I have followed suggest to use 'Rec 709' for output gamma as well.
Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 is the industry standard for broadcast but some prefer to output to Rec.709 on both the Color Space and the Gamma and a lot of people on Apple Devices prefer Rec.709A. There's no right or wrong it's more a means to getting the result that fits your display and where it's going to be viewed.
Bro, thank you so much for your video. It is awesome.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Greetings!!! Great video !!! I would like to know which version of Lightroom it is ??
This is Davinci resolve, a video color grading and editing software - Lightroom is for photos 😊
great video , we want more video like this one
Thanks for this man.
Very good video I really like your video teaching ❤❤
I'm from cambodia ❤ I want to edit videos from Davinci 18 but i don't function🎉🎉
Thank you! Truly appreciate it :-)
The Best intro to color grading
Thanks brother ❤
you explained grading in a very easy and simple way thanks 😊
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and taking your time to comment, truly appreciate it!
Brother, can we connect?
You're welcome to shoot me a DM on Instagram if you got some questions :-)