Color Grading Masterclass: Resolve 15

Navigate the Resolve media browser to locate footage, manage project media, and organize assets with smart bins, optimized media, and power bins for efficient ingest and logging.

Explore practical color grading settings, including proxy versus high quality rendering, timeline and frame rate choices, 10-bit color depth, cache and media locations, and gamma 2.2 color management with LUTs.

Navigate the color grading workflow in Resolve 15, editing with media pool and timeline, applying effects, text, and audio, then fine-tune with the inspector for opacity and retiming.

Explore Fusion's node-based workflow to fix artifacts, paint and smear corrections, and apply blur and 3-D effects, while navigating media in/out, clips, spline, keyframes, and inspector tools.

Explore the Resolve color grading workflow with palettes, timelines, reference stills, and split-screen previews, and master color wheels, curves, masking, tracking, and scopes for precise grades.

Explore Fairlight, the sound mixing hub, with tracks, media pool, effects library, ADR, transport controls, and a mixer that organizes sessions, plus video tracks and waveform previews.

Deliver your project by selecting in and out points, choosing the render destination and Kodak codec settings, and initiating the render process.

Explore practical workflows in Resolve, from backing up databases and ingesting media to nonlinear editing, color panel exploration, Fairlight mixing, and delivering your project.

Master the color panel in Resolve, exploring the gallery and power grades, nodes, color wheels, and tracking to balance and grade footage efficiently.

Configure DaVinci Resolve preferences, system settings, and project options to optimize media storage, autosave, optimized media, render cache, and 25 frames per second, 10-bit grading workflow.

Deliver color-graded work across platforms by matching gamma 2.2 in Resolve, testing on target devices, and following broadcaster and Netflix standards, including DCPs, encrypted delivery, and letterbox considerations.

Download practice material and follow along to color grade with practical, varied footage; learn to match different materials and camera looks by adjusting sharpness and tone, becoming a professional colorist.

Learn a practical color grading workflow, starting with noise reduction, then saturation, white balance, contrast, light shaping, sharpening, grain, and final touches to build a cohesive look.

Demonstrate a practical grading process for color grading, starting from a flat image, using the color panel to clean up, and right-clicking to create a new version and reset.

Master noise reduction with a dedicated node, adjust spatial threshold, and balance luma levels across camera noise patterns; organize projects with separate nodes for easy workflow.

Explore saturation using color wheels, labeled as eye color correction or white balance, while noting chromatic aberration from cheap lenses and applying shortcuts to speed up your workflow.

Master white balance techniques, from blackpoint and white point adjustments to false color aids, to maintain detail in shadows and create a consistent look across footage.

Refine contrast to shape the look, adjusting the white point to reveal noise in highlights and pursue a 60 millimeter look.

Explore corrections in color grading by using masks and window controls to even out vignetting and shadows, refine with curves, and decide between simple and advanced masking approaches.

Mask the foreground and corners, balance shadows with subtraction and parallel layers, then subtly brighten areas, avoid vignetting, and finish with a light sharpen.

Apply sharpening in a single pass, run a couple of takes, then use masking and click to select the areas you want sharpened, aiming for the final stage.

Explore building looks with LUTs and power grids, previewing options and mapping them to your project for a teal-orange look; fine-tune with curves, white balance, and selective saturation.

Apply a quick mask to target high-contrast areas, correct chromatic aberration by adjusting reds and saturation, and reset or tweak offsets as needed.

Add grain for an organic look, noting it requires the studio version; set grain size high (about 0.5) and emphasize highlights while balancing shadows to hide artifacts.

Learn how to finalize a color grade by tweaking contrast, blacks, highlights, shadows, and vibrance, and polish with noise reduction and color wheels for quick, precise color balancing.

Master tracking workflows in color grading with masks and the tracker to stabilize, track moving subjects, and keep face tracking accurate while resizing the tracker to avoid touching the nose.

Explore basic tools for color grading in Resolve 15, using selective sharpening and selective blur to control image sharpness across shots.

Use the vectorscope skin tone line to balance skin tones, isolate the face with a mask, and fine-tune with color wheels for a consistent workflow.

Discover how to use shared nodes to apply grain consistently, save as shared nodes, unlock and modify one node, and propagate changes across timelines.

Master the color grading workflow in Resolve by balancing white balance, reducing noise, and shaping contrast with curves and masks to keep skin tones natural.

Explore creating filmic looks from scratch by shaping contrast, crushed blacks, and white point, then refine skin tones with color wheels, curves, and masks; compare LUTs and add grain.

Develop a color grading look without a LUT in this assignment. Explore practical techniques to craft distinctive visuals within the color grading workflow of Resolve 15.

Right-click to generate LUTs, export the selected 3D LUT to a chosen location, and copy-paste it into your workflow.

Copy and apply color grades across shots by saving memory of node structures, then transfer settings to the next shot while adjusting white balance, masks, and contrast.

Explore color grading in resolve, balancing orange teal looks with parallel nodes, midtones, rg mixer adjustments, skin-tone qualifiers, and masking to create two distinct looks with subtle contrast.

Watch a familiar movie and study the color grading closely. Note the grading details and pause to scrutinize the image to learn what the grading reveals about color.

Grading for clients begins with references to understand expectations and balance the client's look with your own style. Use mood boards and briefs to define the look before production.

Dial in a look on 5–10 shots, then gather client feedback on warmth, contrast, and saturation. Grade the entire video for consistency after pre-production alignment, and optimize for mobile viewing.

Balance and clean up footage in color tab to align white balance and exposure, then create a look from one clip and apply it to the rest for consistent grading.

Apply calibration to deliver an optimal, consistent viewing experience across devices—from mobile to cinema—balancing contrast, saturation, and color depth.

Calibrate your screen and room to create a consistent grading environment with 18 percent grey walls and 6500 Kelvin lighting, accounting for daylight, projector, or mobile viewing.

Use a 10-bit monitor (preferably with Adobe RGB) to reveal color shifts and shadows, calibrate with X-Rite for room-accurate grading, and prioritize viewing context over gear.

Calibrate color on a budget by using a mirroring app with your iPhone or Android, set the screen to mid brightness, and compare reference looks to achieve color-neutral results.

Discover practical color grading workflows for mixed-camera footage, from raw to proxies, addressing noise, low-light sensitivity and workflow challenges while grading a trailer.

Experiment with multiple color looks to start, then balance the image by adjusting contrast and highlights and applying LUTs to match across seven or nine options.

Set a cinematic, consistent look across shots by balancing highlights and muted colors, while fading blacks to reduce noise and preserve shadow detail in color grading practice.

Salvage badly exposed footage with a practical color grading workflow to achieve a Super 16 style with grainy, gritty, muted colors and faded blacks, using noise reduction and targeted highlights.

Apply a muted, colder color grade to achieve a consistent look by controlling grain and noise, preserving clean highlights and darker shadows for a cinematic finish.

Explore advanced skin tone control in color grading, learn the favorite method, and preview how to apply more nuanced adjustments.

Learn practical steps to salvage underexposed footage through raw processing, exposure adjustment, and selective noise reduction, then apply masking, grain, and light crush for a natural color grade.

Learn practical drone footage color grading by stabilizing the clip, reducing artifacts, applying noise reduction and motion blur, and adjusting white balance, curves, and grain for a cinematic look.

Master color grading techniques to fix color issues and post lighting by isolating sky, mountains, and ground with gradient masks, adjusting white balance, saturation, and shadows for three dimensional depth.

Dial in skin tones by first matching color balance and lighting for consistency across clips, then adjust contrast and exposure with masks or windows to harmonize skin under different lights.

apply skin tone adjustments with selective color grading and masking for skin, balancing greens, reds, and yellows. start with white balance, contrast, and sharpening, then refine with qualifiers and tracking.

Learn practical techniques to fix discolored surfaces in color grading, using selective qualifiers, masking, and curves to isolate snow, restore skin tones, and balance mixed lighting.

Isolate areas in color grading using masks to adjust the sky, mountains, sun, and snow, shaping the image with curves, boosts, and selective saturation.

Practice Resolve color grading to master node structures, power grids, and becoming a professional colorist through this course.