kye Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Here's my idea for a free perr-to-peer colour grading course for all of us. We have a bunch of people with skills here, so I imagine we can learn a lot from each other. Idea: Someone films one or two short clips and uploads the files SOOC People have a go at grading them and upload results We comment on what we like about people's work (someone might be good at tone, others at colour, others at something else) The people who did the grading share what they did so the rest of us can learn from it Repeat I'm happy to record some nice clips to get it started. It would need people to actively participate though. If only a couple of people actually grade anything then it won't work because they won't have other work to learn anything from. Who would be interested in actively participating by grading and sharing their results? heart0less, Katrikura, JordanWright and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Good idea, there’s been a few posts that asked the question... “How would you grade this? Usually the OP would post a frame grab of the ungraded and graded grab as a tiff file. It was a lot of fun until some turd would inevitably post disparaging comments about people’s grades. And then the thread would die off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 cool idea!!! ill play ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrothersthre3 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Cool idea, I'll play. I just did a color blindness test with my friend the other day. There was a chart with 4 different colors and I only saw two. My grading results should be interesting LOL webrunner5, kye and kaylee 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart0less Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoCH Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Count me in. (Subject to having time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 is there going to be an issue with what software is used to grade the footage ? because there's not much chance of me following along if premiere is used. but if resolve is used. i can do that. also are we talking 1080 or 4k footage ? that may make a difference for some. if this idea takes off maybe a monthly theme perhaps that might allow some time for busy people to have a go and may get us out of our comfort zones. however that might be biting off more than i can chew at the moment, just my 2 cents worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 6 hours ago, thebrothersthre3 said: Cool idea, I'll play. I just did a color blindness test with my friend the other day. There was a chart with 4 different colors and I only saw two. My grading results should be interesting LOL You may do things that are great just because you're not seeing them in the same way. It's not a critiquing session where we talk about what doesn't work, it's about gathering the bits that do 1 hour ago, leslie said: is there going to be an issue with what software is used to grade the footage ? because there's not much chance of me following along if premiere is used. but if resolve is used. i can do that. also are we talking 1080 or 4k footage ? that may make a difference for some. if this idea takes off maybe a monthly theme perhaps that might allow some time for busy people to have a go and may get us out of our comfort zones. however that might be biting off more than i can chew at the moment, just my 2 cents worth Resolve is wonderful, and I'm probably much more guilty than the next guy of making fun of the other platforms for not having as extensive a toolset, however the secret is that a great colourist will be able to make very good colour grades with only a few tools. Think about photo editing when photoshop only had the basic adjustment tools like curves - magazines were still full of stunning images. A good grade should be useful to everyone as a reference. Knowing that the person applied a conversion LUT, then custom contrast curves, then desaturated the shadows, etc etc should be useful information to everyone. Sure, if someone goes nuts in Resolve it might be difficult to replicate in PP/FCPX but I don't think that killer grades rely on these fancy tools very often. The point is to replicate the grade and figure out how it works so you understand it. Otherwise it just becomes another preset and you may as well have just bought a LUT pack. In terms of who participates, it's whoever has time and energy kaylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 great points @kye i think that saying one can use any and all software options would get the most ppl involved! and all i care about is the finished product after all! if you get killer results out of FCPX, resolve, or whatever, who cares ??? kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Totally agree @kaylee I think this is a go. Now to find a nice clip to kick things off. Unless anyone has one they're happy to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefanocps Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 i 'd like to partecièate too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 5 hours ago, stefanocps said: i 'd like to partecièate too! Then head on over - the first image is up, and people have been busy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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