Color Grade Any Underwater Footage with DaVinci Resolve!

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• Color Grade Any Underw...
After receiving a lot of question about how to correct color in underwater footage, i decided to do a tutorial on how to get great color in the camera while shooting and if your footage is all green blue, how to get it right in post production with DaVinci Resolve.
-- Timestamps --
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Light Physics
02:03 White Balance
02:53 Underwater Photography
03:10 GOPRO / Action Cam Settings
04:10 GOPRO hidden menu for underwater settings.
05:22 Red filters and Lights
06:40 DaVinci Resolve
07:19 - 10:23 Footage 1 correction
11:00 - 12:58 Footage 2 correction
12:58 Results
13:09 Small Expert Section
14:09 Keldan Light Systems
14:53 Conclusion
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[@MaximeCheminade]

Wow! 20 000 of you watched this tutorial! 🎉 Consider subscribing for more!!

[@theRishabK]

Wonderful video! Thank you so much for taking the time out to make this. 👌🤙

[@MaximeCheminade]

With pleasure! Should I do more of theses?

[@AnOctopusProduction]

Brilliant tutorial, thanks so much for your help!

[@TheShadowFaust]

Dude this just made my footage sooo much better, thanks and dive on!

[@MaximeCheminade]

My pleasure! Should i do more tutorial like this?

[@unlustig1]

exactrly what I needed, thank you!

[@MaximeCheminade]

nntk thanks ! :) happy that you found that helpful !

[@guillaumemunarriz5076]

I understand you so well since je suis francais too
Love ton accent bro !

[@MaximeCheminade]

Haha thanks,
Happy you found it useful! :)

[@linusoertle4690]

you helped me a lot thank you

[@MaximeCheminade]

Thanks! i am super happy if it could be helpful!

[@dayavaz]

Please make a new version of this using the latest Davinci Resolve features ❤️

[@MaximeCheminade]

I can definitely do an updated 2024 version :)

[@emernelson]

Hi Maxime, thanks for sharing!

[@MaximeCheminade]

My pleasure mate!

[@dianal.1279]

Merci de l'avoir partagé !

[@MaximeCheminade]

Avec plaisir!

[@Legion739]

Thanks great video

[@MaximeCheminade]

Thanks a lot André !

[@tiago.matias]

Thank you :)

[@MaximeCheminade]

You're welcome!

[@ShallowSpearfishing]

Thanks :)

[@MaximeCheminade]

You are welcome :)

[@meridacavediver]

I know it’s been 3 years, but this really helped me. Any cave specific feedback you have would be awesome. I’m typically in complete darkness at 60 - 70m.

[@MaximeCheminade]

Thanks for the keen words! The great thing about caves is that you bring your own light. For this (I am also a cave diver) i put everything at 5600k and then stylize in post.

[@Bulsajo]

Very helpful, thanks! Le mot comme pire(?) que vous cherchez c'est worst: "setting white balance to auto is the worst thing you can do."

[@MaximeCheminade]

Thanks! :) yes indeed haha

[@davelundergoesunder]

Good video. Thank you for taking the time to make it. I'm American, so the accent is a little difficult for me. My wife is French, but I am still getting used to the accent after 25 years. Si vous parlez lentement, je peux comprendre

[@MaximeCheminade]

Haha, yeah I need to work on that accent. Thank you for the amazing feedback

[@joesr31]

I have like 100 short clips, is there a way to mass apply to all and the go in to change those that looks weird with the preset

[@MaximeCheminade]

You can do a preset in one video clip and apply to all after it

[@rodneydives7385]

I do not use gopro, will this information apply to other underwater filming? samsung s22 ultra in an underwater housing

[@MaximeCheminade]

Actually any camera. I just used gopro as 3-4 years ago that was the “standard” for beginner :)

[@rodneydives7385]

thkank you @@MaximeCheminade

[@edgarvieira7258]

Reverse question please, how can we fix video where the Red filter used for underwater was accidentally left on for above-water footage, which now has a very red tinge? any help would be appreciated. thanks

[@MaximeCheminade]

I would inverse the values… but its trickier. If you have some footage to share, i am happy to give it a try :)

[@ThierryC2373]

There is even worse: red filter on and shooting towards the bottom then horizontally or towards the surface and then the sun rays hit the water. The footage from the bottom are amazing but everything else gives a random or plain red hue that is extremely difficult to remove in post!! I just did that last week in Guadeloupe and I am mad! I lended my DJI Osmo action which has an underwater setting to my wife and she did not have this issue. I think, I will never shoot with a red filter again underwater even when I go deep!!

[@Chinhnguyen0497]

are there any tutorials for adobe premiere?

[@MaximeCheminade]

Should i do one ? :) Happy to do so!

[@MaximeCheminade]

Working on a tutorial for premiere as we speak ;)

[@MaximeCheminade]

@Envela Castel Pour le coup, je suis sur premiere, et meme si les bugs sont toujours presents, je prefere l'interface de Premiere
:)

[@MaximeCheminade]

Premiere pro tutorial is available :)

[@aishanoorfammu4662]

Which app we can use in phone for dis editing

[@MaximeCheminade]

Unfortunately there isnt as far as i know. Da vinci is on the other hand available on ipad

[@Lovreli]

the timestamp for your second example is wrong, but a great video thanks for the tips

[@MaximeCheminade]

You are 100% right, let me correct that! Thank you for your feedback

[@Lovreli]

@@MaximeCheminade no problem, again thanks for the video i managed to capture this underwater boat like i could never do before.