Popular Post kye Posted November 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2018 There are awesome resources for colour grading and Resolve techniques out there, but they're scattered around the place, and are hard to find. Please post anything awesome you find. (Note: for those that are new to Resolve or colour grading, there are lots of YT "colourists" who have very little actual knowledge. These people provide a steady stream of bad habits, misleading and flat-out wrong information. There are exceptions, but on the whole you should be very suspicious of people selling LUTs and pumping out video after video - most of these people are professional LUT salespeople and/or YouTubers and not professional colourists!) Juan Melara is excellent. If you watch all the below you'll get a sense of how he uses Resolve, especially the Colour Space Transform plugin and which tools in Resolve are designed to work in which colour spaces. austinchimp, TheRenaissanceMan, Jonesy Jones and 7 others 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Sites and resources: The first place to look for Resolve info is the 1000+ page manual, which is excellent. It answers most questions if you're learning Resolve. BM forums for Resolve: https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewforum.php?f=21 There are people there who use Resolve all day every day, as well as newbies asking the same questions over and over.. a great resource. LiftGammaGain.com forums are the best place to find professional colourists.. https://www.liftgammagain.com/forum/index.php LGG sub-forums of particular interest are: Colour: https://www.liftgammagain.com/forum/index.php?forums/color.9/ Looks: https://www.liftgammagain.com/forum/index.php?forums/looks.49/ Resolve: https://www.liftgammagain.com/forum/index.php?forums/resolve.36/ Lowepost is some excellent free articles and good (but not very busy) forums: https://lowepost.com Intermediate Codecs comparison table (very useful reference for proxies etc) https://blog.frame.io/2017/02/13/50-intermediate-codecs-compared/ PostPerspective is about post-production and has some interesting colour articles: https://postperspective.com PremiumBeat has some interesting articles: https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/ MixingLight is a paid site but has some free resources worth checking out: https://mixinglight.com LUTcalc is a plugin that generates LUTs for converting between colour spaces and gammas, and although in Resolve I'd recommend using the Colour Space Transform OFX plugin over a lut (the plugin doesn't clip data like LUTs do) this LUT generator has a few colour spaces that the Resolve plugin doesn't have, eg, GoPro, so it has its uses: https://cameramanben.github.io/LUTCalc/LUTCalc/index.html heart0less and Super8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Chris Hall - Anatomy of a Grade series: https://vimeo.com/chrishallcolor Serious grades including a Day for Night conversion. Colour grading The Hobbit: https://lowepost.com/color-grading/case-studies/the-hobbit-r4/ Super8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchtape Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 +1 Do not overlook the manual, it's actually a great one. If only someone could teach me to "see" these colors properly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 27 minutes ago, scotchtape said: If only someone could teach me to "see" these colors properly... Yeah, that's my problem too. I know how to drive Resolve and what curves and the other controls do, what I don't know is what to do to take a shot and make it look great. My next push might be to find some before and after shots done by skilled colourists and try and replicate their grades. When people do the before/after wipe in their showreel that might be something I can emulate. Especially when they do a few wipes showing how they built the grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 @kye Great thread, man! @Andrew Reid Stick it, Andrew! : -) kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaconda_ Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Resolve 15.2.1 update was released today: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/nl/support/ kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 This channel has a bunch of interesting stuff for free: https://www.youtube.com/user/LearnColorGrading/videos Emanuel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 i like this chanel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZtUUSXgoWy6_c_e1CoWH5w/videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 3 hours ago, thephoenix said: i like this chanel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZtUUSXgoWy6_c_e1CoWH5w/videos I'd watch his equipment reviews but suggest there are more experienced colourists you can learn from. When I said earlier I had to un-learn things, many of them were from Aram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turboguard Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 For people who likes to read books; (It’s only $30 today with the November code!) https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-DaVinci-Resolve-Blackmagic/dp/0999391364/ref=aw_pd_cart_wl_crc_4_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0999391364&pd_rd_r=S11CK0PAWKTHVQQ4E5W6&pd_rd_w=C1CSw&pd_rd_wg=SUEtJ&pf_rd_i=mobile-cart-carousels&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=72597dac-cd81-4840-ad11-d53cfc65d0fb&pf_rd_r=S11CK0PAWKTHVQQ4E5W6&pf_rd_s=mobile-cart-carousels&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=S11CK0PAWKTHVQQ4E5W6 kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Yikes, 393 pages! Now that is a read. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielVranic Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Turboguard said: For people who likes to read books; (It’s only $30 today with the November code!) https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-DaVinci-Resolve-Blackmagic/dp/0999391364/ref=aw_pd_cart_wl_crc_4_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0999391364&pd_rd_r=S11CK0PAWKTHVQQ4E5W6&pd_rd_w=C1CSw&pd_rd_wg=SUEtJ&pf_rd_i=mobile-cart-carousels&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=72597dac-cd81-4840-ad11-d53cfc65d0fb&pf_rd_r=S11CK0PAWKTHVQQ4E5W6&pf_rd_s=mobile-cart-carousels&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=S11CK0PAWKTHVQQ4E5W6 I have that book! It actually is almost entirely about editing and not the coloring~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turboguard Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 2 hours ago, DanielVranic said: I have that book! It actually is almost entirely about editing and not the coloring~ Oh shit, really? Well then I’m glad I forgot to purchase it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 5 hours ago, kye said: I'd watch his equipment reviews but suggest there are more experienced colourists you can learn from. When I said earlier I had to un-learn things, many of them were from Aram. ok good to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buggz Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Though now old, the youtube Goat's Eye View channel is excellent. I learned a lot. https://www.youtube.com/user/goatseyeviewUK/videos I've purchased several courses from filmsimplified and enjoyed them. I learned a lot from these also. https://school.filmsimplified.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 what about this chanel ? https://www.youtube.com/user/theavenogfilm/videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 4 hours ago, thephoenix said: what about this chanel ? https://www.youtube.com/user/theavenogfilm/videos I've watched a few of his videos but don't remember them either way, so would have to have another look thephoenix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trek of Joy Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 This couldn't have come at a better time as I downloaded R15 over the weekend and started my (super procrastinated) transition from FCPx/Premiere to Resolve. My goal is to complete at least one new tutorial every day. I'm still doing just the basics, but this thread is a bookmark. Thanks Chris webrunner5, kye and Emanuel 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 3 hours ago, Trek of Joy said: This couldn't have come at a better time as I downloaded R15 over the weekend and started my (super procrastinated) transition from FCPx/Premiere to Resolve. My goal is to complete at least one new tutorial every day. I'm still doing just the basics, but this thread is a bookmark. Thanks Chris Let us know if you have questions. I'd encourage everyone to just start using it and jump in. Once you're familiar with how to use it then it's good to learn tools you don't know yet, but in the beginning its good to concentrate on how you like to work. Pumping out little 10-60s videos is fun and gets you familiar with the whole workflow thephoenix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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