Color Correction & Grading in DaVinci Resolve 17

This Introduction Course

In the last 3 courses we’ve focused on the layout of both the color page, as well as DR in general. In this course we’ll dive deeper into the actual craft of correcting and grading your footage. Note, this is not a course based on a specific grade, but rather multiple techniques that will help you understand DR17, so you can create things yourself (a lot more fun). Get your pen and paper ready, and let’s start coloring!

What will you learn?

We’ll talk about the different camera profiles- and which is better for grading. But also how you can correct your footage to prep for grading. Once all that is out of the way, we’ll start with basic grading techniques. Im sure that after this course you will be able to treat any kind of clip that comes your way with ease.

DaVinci Resolve 17

DaVinci Resolve 17 is not only the best colour grading tool out there, but also extremely stable video editing software. The best thing? It’s FREE! Yes, the basic version is FREE for you to download allowing you to edit timelines in HD, which is perfect if you want to practise. Find it here!

The topics

Prepping your Grading Suite

Camera Profiles – Bit Depth & LOG

CC: Color Space Transform

CC: Doing it by Hand

CC: Color Checker

CC: Skintones

CG: Log Wheels

CG – YUV Color Space

CG: Curves

CG: Film Look Emulation LUTs

Note Tree

Read Waveforms

OpenFX In DR 17

Reading Scopes

Save Your Grades & LUTs

Avoid Overgrading

Tips on Lighting & Set Design

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