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Exploring the Essential Features of “Bernd Klimm – Color Grading with DaVinci Resolve – VFXstudy”
Learn the professional color grading tools and workflows to fix production problems, create continuity and enhance your storytelling with a unique look.
Course Introduction
Color Page Tools
Learn the basic tools in the DaVinci Resolve Color page. Use Primary Wheels, Log Wheels, Adjustment Controls, Color Bars, Curves and more for your primary corrections. Perform selective secondary corrections with Power Windows and Qualifiers. Add powerful advanced tools like the HDR Wheels, Color Warper, and Magic Mask to your toolkit.
Efficient Workflows
Learn strategies and workflows for shot matching and work through entire shows efficiently. Reuse grades, work with stills and memories, or use group hierarchies to grade entire sequences at once.
Technical Background
Learn the fundamentals. Understand the impact of node order and color spaces. Leverage DaVinci Resolve Color Management and understand the Cache system. Use the right codecs and create deliveries that meet any client demand.
This Course Offers
- >14h of video instructions
- Detailed Exercises to Work Along
- Quiz for each lesson – Coming Soon!
- Auto-generated English subtitles
- Exercise package with practice footage and solutions for DaVinci Resolve 18
- High-quality exercise footage
- Download lesson videos
- Lifetime access
Bonus Lesson on Grading Panels
Do you have a grading Panel?
Great! Use it throughout the course and watch my bonus lesson for some additional tips and tricks and see how I use and supplement the panel.
No Grading Panel?
No problem! Get a first idea of what grading panels are about, and try out the concept for free. See how I approach my setup and why the most expensive panel is not always the best solution.
All features in the color page can be accessed via mouse and keyboard, so keep on learning and grading even if you do not want to invest into a panel yet.
DaVinci Resolve 18
All recordings are presented in DaVinci Resolve 18 Studio. Most exercises can be followed along in the free version of Resolve, however some Resolve FX will appear with a watermark and some advanced features like Noise Reduction or neural engine features like the Magic Mask are not available in the free version. All main concepts and workflows for color grading can be learned with the free version though.
Summary
Part I: Color Correcting a DaVinci Resolve Timeline
Get up to speed in the Color page with the most important grading tools and techniques. Learn all about primary and secondary corrections and solve the everyday problems encountered in a nature documentary.
Part II: Managing Nodes and Grades
Learn more about node order and managing your node tree efficiently. Copy grades, work more with stills to create and share your own looks and learn about parallel and layer nodes. Import footage that comes from a different editing application and learn about creating continuity across footage shot on different locations.
Part III: Optimizing the Grading Workflow
Learn to use groups to grade entire sequences via multiple levels of hierarchy. Learn about image sizing, noise reduction and more advanced tools like the HDR Wheels, Color Warper and Magic Mask. Learn how to work with raw media and leverage Resolve’s cache system. At the end we look at advanced delivery formats and options. In this part you mainly work on a commercial project where you need to create story continuity and a strong polished look.
Bonus: Color Fundamentals – Coming Soon!
This chapter will be added with the final release by end of March 2023. It will contain additional information on color spaces, color management and file formats as well as tips on setting up a grading environment.
Should I take this Course?
This course is ideal for you if you…
- …are a Resolve user and want to start Color Grading.
- …have some experience in the Color page but want a complete systematic course that goes through all details and concepts.
- ….are already color grading your videos but want to strengthen your fundamentals and review some workflows you may not have used yet. Even experts can get stuck in their ways!
Prerequisites: Basic editing knowledge in DaVinci Resolve. You should be able to import and restore projects, load media, and work with bins and timelines in the edit page. Previous experience in the color page is great but not required.
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