@@Cyrusyami I also learnt some cool technique from Qazi, now it is depends on how fast i learn the shooting technique using lumix s5. Well im totally noob on this
@@difficsambalao oh it's not gonna be so hard, i have a friend which he is professional Cinematographer. I offered him to go out and shoot some cool video together . He agreed, a week from now surely we have cool content showing how to work with camera and cool editing technique on a videography channel . I let you know when we start it, or even i will upload them here . I don't know yet :)
If you're interested mostly in actual color grading the majority of it is done in look creation. So when looking for a masterclass that term is probably what you are looking for. Also people should know that the better the people that supply you the content, the more impressive the grades will be. Colorist is just a small credit when you see the hundreds of people scrolling by you at the end of a film. Most of which are rockstars in their fields.
To be honest, I've tried a lot of courses and very few of them ever live up to their own hype. The only decent ones I've taken where I didn't feel ripped off were the School of Motion ones... Those things really rock as they pack in a tonne of info and really give you lots of tasks to do with feedback and everything.
Have you tried by any chance the gimball “masterclass” from that asian dude (I totally forgot his name) who is like a magician with gimbals? I feel it’s just only practice but I’m curious if it’s worth it haha
I've taken SoM's Animation Bootcamp, and it's expensive but they make it worth it. You get personalized feedback from the same instructor throughout the whole course, so they track your progress no matter your starting point.
I still remeber how Qazi was teaching in his early videos how film look LUTs (e.g. Kodak 2383) should be applied 😁 And it was the “right way” until Darren Mostyn published a video on which he explained that you need to use cineon film log output gamma in order for this LUTs to work properly 🙂
qazi says that too...film luts need cineon film log before the lut node...but darren first converts to gamma 2.4 then he converts to cineon film log and then the lut on last node then he compounds them to be able to play with its key output gain...qazi passes the 2.4 node and goes straight to cineon output and lut output in last 2 nodes...both ways are right....if u wanna play with its gain u have to do it darryn's way ,if u dont qazi's way is okay
Thanks for sharing! I was curious about it but I’ve heard a similar thing about another MasterClass; that just watching their UA-cam is just fine. I’m sorry for what happened.
just took in his most recent webinar and literally most of it was an ad for his course. I totally had the impression that it might not be worth the amount he's asking. Glad I saw this :-) Thanks for putting it out here...even at a personal risk...appreciate it from a first hand perspective.
I agree he's very good at segueing into promoting his course while not showing you much at all, and you sit there for 2hrs just to get a node tree and a discount.
Qazi is a classic "street-smart" guy, who (probably) worked hard to acquire some of the trade skills and people skills. HOWEVER, his pedagogy skills are zero, even lower than that. The jargon, "parking it here", "guys, this is the sauce" and all the other crap without any real method to his madness makes those lessons unusable. Watch even ONE video by Cullen Kelly and there is a man who teaches you how to fish, and not just giving you the proverbial fish. For anyone really, I mean REALLY interested in becoming a pro in any trade, one should focus on learning the WHY, not the HOW. Why am I changing this part of the image? SHOULD I be changing it at all? How much should it be changed? Cullen really has exactly this beautiful approach and builds upon solid foundations. Dado Valentic knows his stuff (but he is really, REALLY up there, so you need to do your prep work), Alexis Van Hurkman is another one, Darren Mostyn has great teaching skills as well... Lowepost is a good community to be a part of, ACES Central, Mixinglight is TERRIFIC! Qazi is a joke.
I think someone already said it on here but you should definitely look to other legendary pro colorist like Dado valentic and Cullen Kelly . In fact, in one of qaz’s video he mentions that he even learned from them. You’ll be amazed at how smart these guys are and how they both even created their own software and tools for resolve that can get you incredible looks once you’ve learned them well
Yep Dido and Cullen are very legit. Dido is doing some amazing things with his plugins and software. I love and use Look Designer on everything these days.
+1 on Cullen Kelly. Even his 40min-ish UA-cam videos already packsa lot. His UA-cam videos already feels like MasterClass content. For shorter videos, also check out Avery Peck.
In classical music, a masterclass is usually a master giving live feedback to students. That WOULD be interesting from colorists. It'd also be interesting to see how a pro colorist would handle amateur footage. (I know the short answer is that they wouldn't. 😅 But it'd be helpful for newbs like me to see how one might go about maximizing suboptimal footage.)
Thanks a lot mate for this video!! I was about to purchase Waqas Qazi's Masterclass, tho with a bit of hesitation due to exactly what you described. Your video (and comments from other people) brought A LOT of insights that saved me money & time. Sometimes what we do brings value in so many different ways :)
I tried watching his channel and his ego is killing me, plus I have doubts about what he's doing. I recommend Darren Mostyn, he is a true professional who has been doing this for about 25 years and he is so responsible he took the exams to teach it plus he is very personable and humble. Other notable names in the business are Daria Fissoun, Cullen Kelly and Casey Faris. Golden nice people!
Cullen kelly , recently I watched his videos and he is really great, People in the chat recommended him many times. And you bro :PPP his ego is really on our nerves :P
I scrolled down the comments to see that how could anyone not mention Darren Mostyn's Channel yet.... Its one of 'the amazing' channels. Totally awesome.
understandable. there’s a point where you’re not sure if you’re improving, but at least you know you’re not terrible. i think that, like with any craft, you master it as long you learn the fundamentals of what your tools do, you’re free to do what you want. and that through a lot of trial and error, you develop your own methods and then you get well paid for your taste/vision and customer service.
and also, that you always approach your trade as a student as well as a professional. longevity in any career can always be attributed to an open minded attitude.
Thanks a lot this video & the comments from the sweet people really helps me to take decision as i already agree with you the content of qazi in youtube is almost of the intro and to get into it
The only way to become a master at the skill of coloring is doing it, his regular info is everything you need. From there it's just doing over and over, and understanding for yourself the different approaches. It's not gonna magically gonna happen by taking courses.
So I do agree with some of the things you said in this video. Especially the suggestion you made about him doing walkthroughs of him actually grading client work and talking us through his thought process and why he does whatever he does. At this stage I would really enjoy that. I do also have to say that the weekly color grading challenges in the Facebook group (that you participate in after the course) do offer this via his critiques and feedback. They can be immensely helpful in refining your skills for real world experiences. Also masterclasses can exist for different skill levels. There can be (and are) masterclasses for beginners, intermediates, and advanced pros. It’s interesting that you went into it with the expectations that you did. Everything about how he markets his teachings and the course in the webinars, marketing videos, and descriptions on the site is the opposite of what you expected. He literally says that the course will “give you what you need to go from beginner to pro” as a freelancer and from “zero to hero”. And in that regard, I think the course combined with the Facebook group challenges absolutely delivers on that in you’re willing to put in the work. Am I claiming that he’s the best colorist or teacher? No. But IMO, he does provide a product that delivers on what it says it will do.
My only complaint about the weekly challenges is that they changed to only a select few being critiqued by Qazi himself. You do get critiques from others on your post but going into it it was kind of like put out there that you’d be getting feedback from him personally but then that changed because the group and amount of submissions got too high. I also feel that for the course that as his techniques change that he would update those parts within the course. I also feel the way the modules are organized could be better.
I have it too and it has so much great things but I have to say that its not up to the level expected of him, specially that not has been updated over time to the level I expected it to be since I first purchased it. hoping that he has a plan to take it up there one day and not just forget about it.
This seems to be theme with every single masterclass in existence. I think it's time for people to realize that no, there is no difference between a masterclass and a tutorial. They are the same. There is only so much that can be taught without individualized mentoring, and if it can exist, then it exists already on UA-cam. Every single field's masterclass is like this lol. I've literally never seen a single exception.
Unfortunately Yeah ! !!! But Master class should be way more different than this. A masterclass is when you know all the details and the master show you that pal, you missed some important things in there, It's class that a legend explain details to masters not beginners :D
I agree with you that every "masterclass" out there has somehow failed to deliver much more than what's available on UA-cam. However, in the case of color grading I know there are a ton of techniques and information in this space that does not exist on UA-cam. It's often in the hands of professional colorists who don't want to share their tricks, and academics. So at the end of the day, you have to source that stuff from technical blogs, papers, and networking with colorists. Networking, not because the material requires individual mentorship, but because those people are only willing to share with their friends.
its taken me so long just to get davinci optizimed i was just having headches with projects once i learned a bunch of work arounds i felt comfortable to really sit there and try and learn davinci slowly its been about 2 years i put into davinci or more and im just started to get it going .
Its extremely interesting what you said about Master class. Because I never really thought about it. And probably he didn't either. 'people' are quick to call 'things' by names they don't reallt understand what they mean or people expact from. But it labels it as something that can be marketed much more easy, as for a higher value and so for a higher price. I landed on those same issues 2 times already and thought I'd never purchase such '(whatever) classes' again. Because most of what's in those 'classes' is mostly on their channels already. Thank for the video!
Your comments are very true… You could just watch his tutorials and get even more out of them and there are a few other teachers on UA-cam that are just as good as he is. The problem I’ve always had with him is his ego seems to stick out like a sore thumb. He’s good but he’s not great. He’s technically terrific, but he’s not really an artist. I do watch his tutorials, his free ones, and there’s just so much ego in the way. Sorry that you had to waste your money. But I tell people with the Internet these days no need to pay for training. Everything you need to know is free.
Yeah And there are so many other things about him which is not so great aparat from his ego :D He's trying... Well... Yeah such a waste of money and time ! Maybe 4years ago if I was buying it, back then it could help way way more than now :D but life is at is!
@@Cyrusyami Absolutely. Kevin Shaw , Cullen, Dado all are color scientists, look developers & dolby trainers. There are many more who are engaged in CTL coding & advanced workflow. But these guys are good to cover from basic to advance.
Apparently, you can watch Walter Volpatto on TAC resolve training but that can't be considered as a series of masterclasses as it's a single content only. Always learn from a real professor than a hoax youtuber. There are many from company 3 & some reputed post houses who run their own masterclass or associated with mixing light.
I couldn't agree more with you. It is really a great fast lane to color grade, but lacks the way of thinking that we would like to see in an advanced level material
yeahhh. Mostly experience and having a good taste is the key, and lemme tell you my friend, having an awesome set and good lightning is the great secret here. without having them you can do any magic with only davinci!!! for having awesome project you need everything in their own unique way, camera, lightning and ...
I took the masterclass and I understand what you mean. Besides what other people mention about other masteclasses being the same. I think that Qazi does mention several times that this takes practice, like a lot. The people I’ve seen on his private fb group, practice a lot and have incredible results. I do wish he had some other technical stuff about how color spaces works, understanding some tools better and workflows with the client in much bigger projects like movies. I don’t think I threw my money away and I think of myself an intermediate colorist as well when I started, but I agree it has some problems for the price, but I did learn a lot of other stuff as well
Thank you for the review. Qazi is good and his tutorials on youtube is also very advanced and easy to understand. However, I agree with you that masterclass should be informative with all the basic and need to understand why we do things.
I totally agree with you. I think the only way to get that pro look it’s to sit down with a professional Colorist and to sit in front of Davinci Resolve every single day and practice. I think a beginner can learn a ton from his master class but I do think the price of it is quite steep, $240 to $300 is ideal IMHO.
Davinci releases all the training one needs but not the teacher to teach everyone, meaning their Help file is over 4k pages, and growing. And it will take the person to dive and and spend a few years getting over the curve.
Could it be that creative use of DR tools is the challenge? I've watched several DR tutorials, including Qazi's, on YT and understanding what the tool does and how to use it is only a part of the work. Creative use of the tools is, IMO, the critical part. I struggle with that one.
You are right ! In general knowing your tools are like sharping your saw ! creativity is the key of course ! Color grading and everything about it apart from it's standards it's a subject thing ! Whatever you want as a colorist or director will be the thing!
He had another guy in his channel that did the teaching for some epidodes and he did a so much better job at explaining WHY He was using certain tools and and techniques
It's highly suprising for me, I watched most of his materials on YT and have good opinion of his work and wisdom about grading. I didn't expect this.. What's more I really planned to buy this Master Class, even for such a high price, but now I know that it's not worth the money. Thanks for this truthly comment of his course! We'll save some money in the end ;D
The Master Class is ok but it's just not worth $1000. I got it before the price jump and learned a lot from it. I did Matthew Falconer Color Grading with Da Vinci Resolve: Beginner to Advanced on Udamy first it helped a lot as he explains everything in detail, and at a fraction of the cost. Qazi is a good colorist but a better salesman.
I almost bought it. I didn’t because I have specific questions to things I want to know. For example the movie Knives Out, when you look at the actors skin it’s almost like you can see their pores. Is that noise/grain, post sharpness added, or is it the camera be filmed with. If this is done in post how can you achieve it. It’s hard to get someone who’s so big and with so many followers to respond to your questions. And you aren’t the first person who’s said it was disappointing for the price. There’s a whole Reddit page about it.
My approach was the same, i got it for the same reason and... Yeah He almost talked about these details in his UA-cam channel , but if it helped you it's good . I guess all it matters is how much we can get benefit from the masterclass apart from our own skill. So hope you got your answers from his masterclass man . Have a good time
Search on UA-cam. HDR videos. Which is kinda close to dobly vision. Imo. If that's the look your looking for then search tutorials on how to make them. Also don't need a HDR monitor to edit them. My favorite HDR short film is called turning point, uploaded 6 years ago. Check it out.
Ive never bought his Master Class but he is a good colorist and since 2019 I've been watching his free stuff till this day my grading has been climbing a ladder but I do understand your frustration I hop he pumps more information and scenerios into his course rather then repeating what you already know.
Same here Conrad ! I learnt most of the things from his free stuffs, but bro :D his free stuffs are more of a masterclass than the 1000$ masterclass itself :D
So True, I got to sit on his tutorials via some other person's account who actually bought it & I FOUND IT BORING! I could only watch it till the shot matching part & then I just stopped. The hype he created through the ads on instagram has to mean that the quality might be compromised. Nevertheless his tutorials on his YT channel is somewhat more interesting than his $1000 "Masterclass".
Before you buy a “Master Class” check the person up online. Have you checked his IMDb? He doesn’t have any films in there, it is pretty much those car TV shows or similar. Not that those are bad, they are not, it’s just that it doesn’t require the same skills. Hope you find your way in the industry. Best regards.
Just picking your brain but what was something specific (or specific things) you were hoping to learn from the class that you didn’t receive? I’m a big fan of Qazi and have benefited a lot from his YT videos so it’s hard for me to see so many comments below of people ripping on him. I don’t know him personally at all.
Mentality, his own POV, how he handle a project, showing workflow not the possible ways and ... There are a lot that i can list here you could do but he didn't. Specially avoiding explaining the basics and going through every single explanation, because it says masterclass, not a complete guide or full beginners tutorial
In my humble opinion a "master" class should be only 30 - 50% technical. Color gradring is an art by itself, and masters don't teach the tools, but are able to pass on something more that will allow you to make the best out of the tools. The tools are numerous and always evolving. UA-cam+lot of practice get most people to a descent level. I actually noticed I benefit more from these classes when I already experimented myself. They just give the words and a structure to what I already figured out.
I think sum of these people who do this kinda thing Shud use footage from camera's that real people use, not just red and arri as the footage from those cameras is good anyway, Sony ,canon,Panasonic DSLR cameras are what most use
Exactly ! good point ! Arri and Red are really easy to work with ! It seems like they dont need to be balanced ! They are already something ! but working with mid range cameras are real deal here ! to be able to balance them mostly!
Straight forward review. I agree with you your logic. I am totally new to editing and color correction and want to learn more without having to spend a lot of $$$ at this point. What channels or websites would you recommend to learn from to go from zero to hero. I clicked on your video because of the thumbnail and don’t know any of the people who are the in this genre. But I want to learn. Thanks for any assistance you can help me with.
There are a lot of free tutorials available for sure, fellas in the comments recommended Cullen Kelly ! He is such a nice dude but after all you should find the one you really like, beside, waqas qazi free stuffs are nice as well, they can make you start . No so deep and rich but yet useful! I also made a video about color grading on my channel but It's kinda like an intermediate level video ! I don't explain the basics but you can understand how everything work. If you had any other question I can answer that aswell.
that's the same with most youtube courses. they have you believe that their classes are way better than their youtube content but it's actually the other way round. they make their free yt content the best to sucker you in thinking ' imagine how good the paid course will be', and then once you pay, there's no refunds.
Well you are ok with learning everything on your own, you can find all the materials online even 70% of the package already free on his channel, also there are more useful things on his channel that he didn't put in the masterclass . It's too expensive for what he offers . I learned everything i know from qazi's UA-cam channel . I owe him alot in that regard but the masterclass was so disappointing.
@@Cyrusyami go for tac resolve training and check their classes, some true legend siting their and taking class for very cheap price, trust me don’t spend much
Definitely buy when it’s on discount, like 700usd. The facebook group is great but you have to put a lot of effort as well to have the most of the group and the weekly challenges.
Classes from online sources are meant for beginners. They’re trying to reach everyone possible. You reach a point in a skill where the only way to get questions you actually have answered you need to make mistakes, practices, do your own experimenting, and assisting/interning. In photo work I tried all the classes, but none of them answered the very specific questions I had. You have to find those on your own in many cases. It’s crappy but it’s true.
judging from the way he "teaches" on the basic channel I was was hesitant and thats why i ended up not pulling the trigger and this video shows me i was right. There is a difference beetween clout flexing and actually wanting to add value to the people that engage with u . For me just the way he moves quick assuming you understand and spends more time selling than explaining i pullede out. SO atleast now after watcching this i saved A LOT of money Converting those dollars to ZAR is CRAZY!!!
He should do a masterclass of how to color grade a bunch of clips with all the adjustments he adds and not have Davinci crash or give memory errors. Better yet, how to work with anything besides Red or Arri for us non rich people. He picks the highest quality footage so he looks better.
It's not hard to use BRAW and get great results. And the pocket 4k goes for 900 dollars used + M43 lenses are cheap as dirt. The masterclass sucks, but the problems you're talking about are totally fixable + using Arri footage doesn't really make things easier. It actually makes things noticably harder because increased DR gives more room for decisions to be made, and possibly making the wrong decision.
I am agree with fact thats If you you are New and beginner, each $ you spend on it’s worth. Without any doubts, but yeah intermediate sure it will help something but, it won’t make much changes to your grading skills. I won’t lie became a Colorist because of he’s UA-cam videos, and I still enjoy and learn form he’s UA-cam videos, but believe that’s enough, spending 1000$ is not worth. You any buddy wants to spend $ to learn grading spend on - tac resolve training they Competency-Based Course 2, more events and classes from very pro Colorist who Color for joker, transformer, dunkrik, 1871, mostly all the company 3 senior Colorist classes are available in tax resolve training and worth each and every $ you spend
Do you know if there's a real masterclass out there (one that explains everything you mentioned)? I've never worked with a camera, I don't know anything about color...All courses I've found seem to be for people who already know basic stuff.
I agree. Qazi can do better. His UA-cam channel thought me 80% of this I know now and am surprise of his master class. His master class should be something totally different from his UA-cam videos and give us something different and not the existing UA-cam video that we have to pay for it and re watch it again
Yeah ! He is just using his name to sell that masterclass and it is disappointing ! Masterclasses should be about the creators personal idea, not just some general thing that even I can talk about it ! then what is the difference between an intermediate and pro colorist hah ? :(
Qaz man is good if you are a beginner he actually laid the foundation for me on colour grading as a beginner then i got to a stage where i have gotten better insights so i started looking for more steps on grading that's when i switched to Cullen he is well detailed tutor i also did gain fro a young lady called frenchie color she is playful detailed in her tutorials to they help build my structure of knowledge of colour grading i won't forget Darren Mostyn if am correct with his name am grateful to all channels dishing out free stuffs to us
Other fellas recommended the people which they are really good ! one of them is Cullen kelly ! You can search him ! I checked him out and he was good. He knew what he was saying
Everyone learns differently. I lost count of the success stories of members that came out of my masterclass but of course there are times when people ask for a refund and it's just not their cup of tea. It doesn't make either of us wrong. We are accustomed to paying pennies for online education so I can see how there can be a sticker shock with FCM. That said, when you compare it to traditional school education it is still on average $59,000 cheaper and about 3 years and 11 months shorter to get you to your destination. Again, all of this data is backed by the results of our members, which can be confirmed on my course page. I wish you the best of luck and success in your family and work life. Stay Possessed. 💪🏽
Sure, I wanted to send you an email today as one of the fellas recommend today, good that you left a comment here. Well as I mentioned earlier I learnt whatever I know today from your UA-cam channel, and the whole purpose of watching your masterclass was because I believed you can teach more, but the idea of masterclass is going for more details and total mastery. This was what I expected from your masterclass, but it was a nice tutorial for beginners . As a student I expect from an instructor like you, to explain your POV and what is going on in your head, what you like to do, and not what it needs to be done.
You are a nice guy I think you care about these stuffs, I can tell you, you can add a section in your masterclass and going for only showing your workflow, your ideas, why you choose specific tools and colors. The why's behind everything, your specific reasons. That can improve your package and it can make a real masterclass in my opinion.
My style is based on real-world practices I will never be the user manual reading instructor and again it's ok if that's not how one learns. I purposely keep my masterclass content out of my UA-cam channel. It is not the same. Plus, the biggest benefit to my masterclass is getting access to a mentor. I can't tell you how many times in my life I would've paid 100,000s of dollars to learn from other's experience than my own. Lost clients by inexperience mistakes costs way more long term than the small price you pay. All that being said, my next course will be an Over-the-Shoulder experience. It's going to be unlike anything people have seen especially in the post-production world. I just have to expand my team by 10 more employees so I can have some free time to finish it. 😂
@@theqazman I feel you, good that you explain this things, alright then, looking for the new module . Hope you finish as powerfully as you expect it yourself. Hope you find that free time . Btw thanks alot for whatever you've done in your UA-cam channel, it helped alot.
I purchased a big UA-camrs course and was disappointed as well. I couldn’t get a refund so I called my Credit card company and said it was an unauthorized purchase and they gave me my refund, lol. One class I will highly recommend is Flat Pack FX Animation Master Course. He explains everything in detail.
Hey man i'm in the same boat as you ive been doing grading using resolve for 5 years now and i feel in between an intermediate and pro but when can you call yourself a pro? when you have the best equipment? when you have taken a class and got a certificate? when you have landed a big budget indie or Hollywood release thats being shown in Cinema? i genuinely ask what defines a pro at our stage? what has to happen to turn people at our stage of the a colourists journey into a pro? I watched Denver riddles free 1 hour class i just thought i cant afford this i'm not making big bucks yet certainly not to afford this snd the way the two free webinar classes where structured was exactly the same as Qazi's.
Honestly, I believe pro is a person who make good amount of money while working on serious project. If someone offer me a good project I feel i can't take it, cause i need to learn more. But yeah you are right, it's not a clear line between intermediate and pro
I pirated his course, and just learned Color correction and shot matching. The grading was indeed lacklustre. I’m an intermediate colorist but I still have ways to go before going pro. I can create most looks but it’s limited off the top of my head cz I still lack the mindset. But learning
Well... I kind of felt that his UA-cam channel has great content and i practiced on same meanwhile i found Darren Mostyn's channel and few videos from many profs like Cullen and film simplified got a great deal. Just with this content... I got commercial Gigs, i was able to sell my skills and now i charge for grading. I kind a like the short length videos from cullen bcoz the longer 1 hour videos...yeah i got lost inbetween. But coming back to the point, just look for selling your stuff (probably from lower cost atleast) and you'll realise what you are missing and if you are able to sell, you'll start recovering your money atleast and its a win-win.
That's fantastic ! I mean in general when you get into the business that you love such as grading and charging for this service is really nice ! cullen's content are really nice ! the way he talks and teach is nice ! I really liked the guy the moment I clicked on his video !
@@Cyrusyami yeah , basically if you are an editor too, its not tough to convince your clients about charging for grading. You need not mention that you are charging separately for Grading, just include it in the whole quote and client usually pays for jt without bothering much about details. Bcoz once they realise the difference of your videos from regular ungraded/old-school profs. Client wont bother much asking about the little extra in the quote.
@@SagarGanesh_ContentCreator great , agree . I always found this part a bit challenging when it comes to payment and stuffs, there are many people as clients left me without paying my money, but you are right . It makes alot of differences
@@Cyrusyami you get 'no pay runners' everywhere. 1. Dont be scared to take advance. 2. Use 50% opacity watermarks ruthlessly. 3. See to that you take payment before giving final copy. I usually follow these protocols and 80% of times i get my payments, i too still get 'no pay runners' and ill pay tomorrow schemes. Dont get discouraged, Just try avoiding them at most and delay their work if you take up.I felt Its all just the courage to act for yourself.
Thanks for your honest review, I am in the same stage you're at and it's unfortunate paying a good sum of money and not getting the value needed. I am in the same boat of looking at some Masterclasses and glad to see your review.
Thats why i downloaded the torrent 😂 Many people complained about the masterclass. I agree, the videos are more some kind of UA-cam tutorials than a real masterclass.
As a beginner in color grading, I recommend Darren Mostyn, Cullen Kelly, Dado Valentic & Filippo Cinotti
Thanks a bunch pal . Thanks for the comment btw
@@Cyrusyami I also learnt some cool technique from Qazi, now it is depends on how fast i learn the shooting technique using lumix s5. Well im totally noob on this
@@difficsambalao oh it's not gonna be so hard, i have a friend which he is professional Cinematographer. I offered him to go out and shoot some cool video together . He agreed, a week from now surely we have cool content showing how to work with camera and cool editing technique on a videography channel . I let you know when we start it, or even i will upload them here . I don't know yet :)
Thanks for the mention Diffic! Appreciated. Watch this space!
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks to you, sir
If you're interested mostly in actual color grading the majority of it is done in look creation. So when looking for a masterclass that term is probably what you are looking for. Also people should know that the better the people that supply you the content, the more impressive the grades will be. Colorist is just a small credit when you see the hundreds of people scrolling by you at the end of a film. Most of which are rockstars in their fields.
To be honest, I've tried a lot of courses and very few of them ever live up to their own hype. The only decent ones I've taken where I didn't feel ripped off were the School of Motion ones... Those things really rock as they pack in a tonne of info and really give you lots of tasks to do with feedback and everything.
Cool , I will definitely check it out
Have you tried by any chance the gimball “masterclass” from that asian dude (I totally forgot his name) who is like a magician with gimbals? I feel it’s just only practice but I’m curious if it’s worth it haha
School of Motion is great. Their videos are super informative and well-explained.
I've taken SoM's Animation Bootcamp, and it's expensive but they make it worth it. You get personalized feedback from the same instructor throughout the whole course, so they track your progress no matter your starting point.
I still remeber how Qazi was teaching in his early videos how film look LUTs (e.g. Kodak 2383) should be applied 😁 And it was the “right way” until Darren Mostyn published a video on which he explained that you need to use cineon film log output gamma in order for this LUTs to work properly 🙂
Darren Mostyn is woefully underappreciated. He’s one of the best colorists posting free tutorials on UA-cam.
@@aro9462facts!
qazi says that too...film luts need cineon film log before the lut node...but darren first converts to gamma 2.4 then he converts to cineon film log and then the lut on last node then he compounds them to be able to play with its key output gain...qazi passes the 2.4 node and goes straight to cineon output and lut output in last 2 nodes...both ways are right....if u wanna play with its gain u have to do it darryn's way ,if u dont qazi's way is okay
Thanks for sharing! I was curious about it but I’ve heard a similar thing about another MasterClass; that just watching their UA-cam is just fine. I’m sorry for what happened.
Austin dude, don't be sorry pal ! I'm so glad that you watched it about you found it useful ! this is all matter to me.
just took in his most recent webinar and literally most of it was an ad for his course. I totally had the impression that it might not be worth the amount he's asking. Glad I saw this :-) Thanks for putting it out here...even at a personal risk...appreciate it from a first hand perspective.
Your welcome;)
I agree he's very good at segueing into promoting his course while not showing you much at all, and you sit there for 2hrs just to get a node tree and a discount.
@@CGPENT yep! that's exactly what happened to me lol...
@@kelvinfunkner 😂🤣😂 definitely glad this video came out. He’s such as good colorist that it's easy for him to entice people to buy the course.
Qazi is a classic "street-smart" guy, who (probably) worked hard to acquire some of the trade skills and people skills. HOWEVER, his pedagogy skills are zero, even lower than that. The jargon, "parking it here", "guys, this is the sauce" and all the other crap without any real method to his madness makes those lessons unusable. Watch even ONE video by Cullen Kelly and there is a man who teaches you how to fish, and not just giving you the proverbial fish. For anyone really, I mean REALLY interested in becoming a pro in any trade, one should focus on learning the WHY, not the HOW. Why am I changing this part of the image? SHOULD I be changing it at all? How much should it be changed?
Cullen really has exactly this beautiful approach and builds upon solid foundations. Dado Valentic knows his stuff (but he is really, REALLY up there, so you need to do your prep work), Alexis Van Hurkman is another one, Darren Mostyn has great teaching skills as well... Lowepost is a good community to be a part of, ACES Central, Mixinglight is TERRIFIC!
Qazi is a joke.
I think someone already said it on here but you should definitely look to other legendary pro colorist like Dado valentic and Cullen Kelly . In fact, in one of qaz’s video he mentions that he even learned from them. You’ll be amazed at how smart these guys are and how they both even created their own software and tools for resolve that can get you incredible looks once you’ve learned them well
Sure Bro ! I Will definitely check them out
I also recommend Cullen Kelly
@@christianrushpostpro mos def
Yep Dido and Cullen are very legit. Dido is doing some amazing things with his plugins and software. I love and use Look Designer on everything these days.
+1 on Cullen Kelly. Even his 40min-ish UA-cam videos already packsa lot. His UA-cam videos already feels like MasterClass content. For shorter videos, also check out Avery Peck.
In classical music, a masterclass is usually a master giving live feedback to students. That WOULD be interesting from colorists. It'd also be interesting to see how a pro colorist would handle amateur footage. (I know the short answer is that they wouldn't. 😅 But it'd be helpful for newbs like me to see how one might go about maximizing suboptimal footage.)
Thanks a lot mate for this video!! I was about to purchase Waqas Qazi's Masterclass, tho with a bit of hesitation due to exactly what you described. Your video (and comments from other people) brought A LOT of insights that saved me money & time. Sometimes what we do brings value in so many different ways :)
thank you for sharing this!!!
Thank you for watching this!!!
THANKS FOR YOUR REVIEW. Thought about buying class for spring but 1k$
I tried watching his channel and his ego is killing me, plus I have doubts about what he's doing. I recommend Darren Mostyn, he is a true professional who has been doing this for about 25 years and he is so responsible he took the exams to teach it plus he is very personable and humble.
Other notable names in the business are Daria Fissoun, Cullen Kelly and Casey Faris. Golden nice people!
Cullen kelly , recently I watched his videos and he is really great, People in the chat recommended him many times. And you bro :PPP his ego is really on our nerves :P
I scrolled down the comments to see that how could anyone not mention Darren Mostyn's Channel yet.... Its one of 'the amazing' channels. Totally awesome.
@@SagarGanesh_ContentCreator I'll check him right away ! Thanks for mentioning pal !
Really appreciated
@@SagarGanesh_ContentCreator Yes, that's right. Darren was also the only one who corresponded with me personally. Very nice guy:)
I agree! Darren is awesome!
Great video, thanks we need to evaluate what we need from somebody.
Yeah, even when you are about to pay a big deal of money
Thanks for your insight, this'll definitely help a lot of people and definitely helped me dodge a bullet 🙏
Glad you made this video
Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome pal .
I was contemplating of buying his master class but can’t effort it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. New subscriber
Thanks for the sub! much appreciated pal!!
Thank you for making this. I appreciate the honesty!
Your welcome sir ! Thanks for your comment
Thanks for the heads-up. Nothing worse than feeling one has wasted time and money on something you are passionate about.
understandable. there’s a point where you’re not sure if you’re improving, but at least you know you’re not terrible. i think that, like with any craft, you master it as long you learn the fundamentals of what your tools do, you’re free to do what you want. and that through a lot of trial and error, you develop your own methods and then you get well paid for your taste/vision and customer service.
and also, that you always approach your trade as a student as well as a professional. longevity in any career can always be attributed to an open minded attitude.
Absolutely !!!!
Thanks a lot this video & the comments from the sweet people really helps me to take decision as i already agree with you the content of qazi in youtube is almost of the intro and to get into it
You're welcome sir . Thanks for your comment btw
thank you for sharing
You're welcome
The only way to become a master at the skill of coloring is doing it, his regular info is everything you need. From there it's just doing over and over, and understanding for yourself the different approaches. It's not gonna magically gonna happen by taking courses.
Just found that out, you are right ! practicing was and will always be the best approach
So I do agree with some of the things you said in this video. Especially the suggestion you made about him doing walkthroughs of him actually grading client work and talking us through his thought process and why he does whatever he does. At this stage I would really enjoy that. I do also have to say that the weekly color grading challenges in the Facebook group (that you participate in after the course) do offer this via his critiques and feedback. They can be immensely helpful in refining your skills for real world experiences. Also masterclasses can exist for different skill levels. There can be (and are) masterclasses for beginners, intermediates, and advanced pros. It’s interesting that you went into it with the expectations that you did. Everything about how he markets his teachings and the course in the webinars, marketing videos, and descriptions on the site is the opposite of what you expected. He literally says that the course will “give you what you need to go from beginner to pro” as a freelancer and from “zero to hero”. And in that regard, I think the course combined with the Facebook group challenges absolutely delivers on that in you’re willing to put in the work. Am I claiming that he’s the best colorist or teacher? No. But IMO, he does provide a product that delivers on what it says it will do.
My only complaint about the weekly challenges is that they changed to only a select few being critiqued by Qazi himself. You do get critiques from others on your post but going into it it was kind of like put out there that you’d be getting feedback from him personally but then that changed because the group and amount of submissions got too high. I also feel that for the course that as his techniques change that he would update those parts within the course. I also feel the way the modules are organized could be better.
@@MDFariasMusic Yes, I agree with everything you said and feel the same.
Yeah , Agree Shon !
Amen brother !
I have it too and it has so much great things but I have to say that its not up to the level expected of him, specially that not has been updated over time to the level I expected it to be since I first purchased it. hoping that he has a plan to take it up there one day and not just forget about it.
I feel he probably will, and even though he'll gonna update it, it will not be such a big difference unfortunately, but we all can hope for it
This seems to be theme with every single masterclass in existence. I think it's time for people to realize that no, there is no difference between a masterclass and a tutorial. They are the same. There is only so much that can be taught without individualized mentoring, and if it can exist, then it exists already on UA-cam. Every single field's masterclass is like this lol. I've literally never seen a single exception.
Unfortunately Yeah ! !!! But Master class should be way more different than this.
A masterclass is when you know all the details and the master show you that pal, you missed some important things in there, It's class that a legend explain details to masters not beginners :D
I agree with you that every "masterclass" out there has somehow failed to deliver much more than what's available on UA-cam. However, in the case of color grading I know there are a ton of techniques and information in this space that does not exist on UA-cam. It's often in the hands of professional colorists who don't want to share their tricks, and academics. So at the end of the day, you have to source that stuff from technical blogs, papers, and networking with colorists. Networking, not because the material requires individual mentorship, but because those people are only willing to share with their friends.
Cullen Kelly is awesome and has a ton of really great informative content now
its taken me so long just to get davinci optizimed i was just having headches with projects once i learned a bunch of work arounds i felt comfortable to really sit there and try and learn davinci slowly its been about 2 years i put into davinci or more and im just started to get it going .
Uh so you had a beautiful journey learming this tool. Love journeys
Its extremely interesting what you said about Master class. Because I never really thought about it. And probably he didn't either. 'people' are quick to call 'things' by names they don't reallt understand what they mean or people expact from. But it labels it as something that can be marketed much more easy, as for a higher value and so for a higher price. I landed on those same issues 2 times already and thought I'd never purchase such '(whatever) classes' again. Because most of what's in those 'classes' is mostly on their channels already. Thank for the video!
You're welcome buddy ! Thanks you for the comment btw
Thanks for this.
You're welcome buddyy
Your comments are very true… You could just watch his tutorials and get even more out of them and there are a few other teachers on UA-cam that are just as good as he is. The problem I’ve always had with him is his ego seems to stick out like a sore thumb. He’s good but he’s not great. He’s technically terrific, but he’s not really an artist. I do watch his tutorials, his free ones, and there’s just so much ego in the way. Sorry that you had to waste your money. But I tell people with the Internet these days no need to pay for training. Everything you need to know is free.
Yeah And there are so many other things about him which is not so great aparat from his ego :D
He's trying... Well...
Yeah such a waste of money and time !
Maybe 4years ago if I was buying it, back then it could help way way more than now :D but life is at is!
Qasi is a hack but Dado and Cullen I pay repeatedly to learn from. Their stuff, especialy DAdo’s stuff is not on youtube and is Gold!
I would suggest Dado, Kevin Shaw, Cullen Kelly, or mixing light for beginners to intermediate.
Can you do it for intermediate to advance?
@@Cyrusyami Absolutely. Kevin Shaw , Cullen, Dado all are color scientists, look developers & dolby trainers. There are many more who are engaged in CTL coding & advanced workflow. But these guys are good to cover from basic to advance.
Apparently, you can watch Walter Volpatto on TAC resolve training but that can't be considered as a series of masterclasses as it's a single content only. Always learn from a real professor than a hoax youtuber. There are many from company 3 & some reputed post houses who run their own masterclass or associated with mixing light.
@@Saba_Demitri thanks alot stanly .
I couldn't agree more with you. It is really a great fast lane to color grade, but lacks the way of thinking that we would like to see in an advanced level material
yeahhh. Mostly experience and having a good taste is the key, and lemme tell you my friend, having an awesome set and good lightning is the great secret here.
without having them you can do any magic with only davinci!!! for having awesome project you need everything in their own unique way, camera, lightning and ...
I took the masterclass and I understand what you mean. Besides what other people mention about other masteclasses being the same. I think that Qazi does mention several times that this takes practice, like a lot. The people I’ve seen on his private fb group, practice a lot and have incredible results. I do wish he had some other technical stuff about how color spaces works, understanding some tools better and workflows with the client in much bigger projects like movies.
I don’t think I threw my money away and I think of myself an intermediate colorist as well when I started, but I agree it has some problems for the price, but I did learn a lot of other stuff as well
This is incredible
Thank you for the review. Qazi is good and his tutorials on youtube is also very advanced and easy to understand. However, I agree with you that masterclass should be informative with all the basic and need to understand why we do things.
They aren't advanced at all.
I got it early on and every once in a while I log in to see if he has uploaded new stuff or things that are not UA-cam …well yea
I totally agree with you. I think the only way to get that pro look it’s to sit down with a professional Colorist and to sit in front of Davinci Resolve every single day and practice. I think a beginner can learn a ton from his master class but I do think the price of it is quite steep, $240 to $300 is ideal IMHO.
Cannot agree more with you.
it's a bit expensive, but at the end of day it is you to decide to pay for it or not.
Truth . I like this .
Davinci releases all the training one needs but not the teacher to teach everyone, meaning their Help file is over 4k pages, and growing. And it will take the person to dive and and spend a few years getting over the curve.
Thanks man, I was about to buy.
Yw bro
I’d love to hear more about what you’d like to learn. And how you’d like to learn it. Trying to revamp my teaching methods.
Hey Jake Thanks for the comment, Just checked out your channel. It was fantastic bro ! Sure I'll try to watch them Asap.
@@Cyrusyami came here to suggest Jake. Awesome that he commented
@@Themouras such a nice guy he is
Thank you for thet feedback, was thinking about investing aswell but had my doubts. Glad I just saw you video !
Good that i could help
Could it be that creative use of DR tools is the challenge? I've watched several DR tutorials, including Qazi's, on YT and understanding what the tool does and how to use it is only a part of the work. Creative use of the tools is, IMO, the critical part. I struggle with that one.
You are right ! In general knowing your tools are like sharping your saw ! creativity is the key of course !
Color grading and everything about it apart from it's standards it's a subject thing ! Whatever you want as a colorist or director will be the thing!
Youre so right. His masterclass isnt a masterclass. Just tutorials he hasnt uploaded on youtube
Absolutely brother ! Right words. It is as you said :D
He had another guy in his channel that did the teaching for some epidodes and he did a so much better job at explaining WHY He was using certain tools and and techniques
Howdy 🤌🏼
WELCO TO THE softIAN BROTHER !
Ay man I saw it from the start he’s just like the other guys who shill a master class and they aren’t top dogs at all.
I wish it was better ! I wish at least in the color grading section he could be better ! it was trash literally :D
You should check out my Skillshare classes. It’s not a full MasterClass but it’s stuff i think you’ll enjoy!
Absolutely Fred ! I will definitely check that out ! sorry for not seeing your comment. I think I missed it due to high volume of comments :D
PS… also check out the tutorials by Darren Mostyn… I have learned just as much from Darren than anybody else.
Sure bro !
It's highly suprising for me, I watched most of his materials on YT and have good opinion of his work and wisdom about grading. I didn't expect this.. What's more I really planned to buy this Master Class, even for such a high price, but now I know that it's not worth the money. Thanks for this truthly comment of his course!
We'll save some money in the end ;D
The Master Class is ok but it's just not worth $1000. I got it before the price jump and learned a lot from it. I did Matthew Falconer Color Grading with Da Vinci Resolve: Beginner to Advanced on Udamy first it helped a lot as he explains everything in detail, and at a fraction of the cost. Qazi is a good colorist but a better salesman.
@@uplift204 He really isn't that good of a salesman - he is a better youtuber though.
The best DR masterclass is the 3000 pages manual, once you ask yourself a question, go into it !
Good to know! I should search it!
I almost bought it. I didn’t because I have specific questions to things I want to know. For example the movie Knives Out, when you look at the actors skin it’s almost like you can see their pores. Is that noise/grain, post sharpness added, or is it the camera be filmed with. If this is done in post how can you achieve it. It’s hard to get someone who’s so big and with so many followers to respond to your questions. And you aren’t the first person who’s said it was disappointing for the price. There’s a whole Reddit page about it.
My approach was the same, i got it for the same reason and...
Yeah
He almost talked about these details in his UA-cam channel , but if it helped you it's good . I guess all it matters is how much we can get benefit from the masterclass apart from our own skill.
So hope you got your answers from his masterclass man .
Have a good time
Search on UA-cam. HDR videos. Which is kinda close to dobly vision. Imo. If that's the look your looking for then search tutorials on how to make them. Also don't need a HDR monitor to edit them. My favorite HDR short film is called turning point, uploaded 6 years ago. Check it out.
Ive never bought his Master Class but he is a good colorist and since 2019 I've been watching his free stuff till this day my grading has been climbing a ladder but I do understand your frustration I hop he pumps more information and scenerios into his course rather then repeating what you already know.
Same here Conrad ! I learnt most of the things from his free stuffs, but bro :D his free stuffs are more of a masterclass than the 1000$ masterclass itself :D
@@Cyrusyami jah then its not worth investing that kinda money.
@@conradmavundla5221 Never :DDDDD
So True,
I got to sit on his tutorials via some other person's account who actually bought it & I FOUND IT BORING!
I could only watch it till the shot matching part & then I just stopped.
The hype he created through the ads on instagram has to mean that the quality might be compromised. Nevertheless his tutorials on his YT channel is somewhat more interesting than his $1000 "Masterclass".
I agree with you. A masterclass should tell you why, rather than what.
Exactly
I appreciate your review. Thanks to you, I can see many nice recommendations in the comments.
Yeah everybody concerned with helping here and i love it myself, btw thank you for your comment
Before you buy a “Master Class” check the person up online. Have you checked his IMDb? He doesn’t have any films in there, it is pretty much those car TV shows or similar. Not that those are bad, they are not, it’s just that it doesn’t require the same skills. Hope you find your way in the industry. Best regards.
Good advice sir ! I'll try to check them later !
Just picking your brain but what was something specific (or specific things) you were hoping to learn from the class that you didn’t receive? I’m a big fan of Qazi and have benefited a lot from his YT videos so it’s hard for me to see so many comments below of people ripping on him. I don’t know him personally at all.
Mentality, his own POV, how he handle a project, showing workflow not the possible ways and ... There are a lot that i can list here you could do but he didn't. Specially avoiding explaining the basics and going through every single explanation, because it says masterclass, not a complete guide or full beginners tutorial
Thanks for sharing your experience 😢
You're welcome brother
In my humble opinion a "master" class should be only 30 - 50% technical. Color gradring is an art by itself, and masters don't teach the tools, but are able to pass on something more that will allow you to make the best out of the tools. The tools are numerous and always evolving. UA-cam+lot of practice get most people to a descent level. I actually noticed I benefit more from these classes when I already experimented myself. They just give the words and a structure to what I already figured out.
Good point sir
Very true
I think sum of these people who do this kinda thing Shud use footage from camera's that real people use, not just red and arri as the footage from those cameras is good anyway, Sony ,canon,Panasonic DSLR cameras are what most use
Exactly ! good point ! Arri and Red are really easy to work with ! It seems like they dont need to be balanced ! They are already something ! but working with mid range cameras are real deal here ! to be able to balance them mostly!
Straight forward review. I agree with you your logic. I am totally new to editing and color correction and want to learn more without having to spend a lot of $$$ at this point. What channels or websites would you recommend to learn from to go from zero to hero. I clicked on your video because of the thumbnail and don’t know any of the people who are the in this genre. But I want to learn. Thanks for any assistance you can help me with.
There are a lot of free tutorials available for sure, fellas in the comments recommended Cullen Kelly ! He is such a nice dude but after all you should find the one you really like, beside, waqas qazi free stuffs are nice as well, they can make you start . No so deep and rich but yet useful! I also made a video about color grading on my channel but It's kinda like an intermediate level video ! I don't explain the basics but you can understand how everything work. If you had any other question I can answer that aswell.
@@CyrusyamiThanks ! Will reach out if I have any other questions. I will look up the channels you mentioned.
that's the same with most youtube courses. they have you believe that their classes are way better than their youtube content but it's actually the other way round. they make their free yt content the best to sucker you in thinking ' imagine how good the paid course will be', and then once you pay, there's no refunds.
what do you think about the fcm facebook group contained in the "Masterclass" package? because I am also interested in the class.
Well you are ok with learning everything on your own, you can find all the materials online even 70% of the package already free on his channel, also there are more useful things on his channel that he didn't put in the masterclass .
It's too expensive for what he offers . I learned everything i know from qazi's UA-cam channel . I owe him alot in that regard but the masterclass was so disappointing.
@@Cyrusyami go for tac resolve training and check their classes, some true legend siting their and taking class for very cheap price, trust me don’t spend much
Definitely buy when it’s on discount, like 700usd. The facebook group is great but you have to put a lot of effort as well to have the most of the group and the weekly challenges.
Classes from online sources are meant for beginners. They’re trying to reach everyone possible.
You reach a point in a skill where the only way to get questions you actually have answered you need to make mistakes, practices, do your own experimenting, and assisting/interning.
In photo work I tried all the classes, but none of them answered the very specific questions I had. You have to find those on your own in many cases. It’s crappy but it’s true.
If you enjoy the process it's gonna be ok!
judging from the way he "teaches" on the basic channel I was was hesitant and thats why i ended up not pulling the trigger and this video shows me i was right. There is a difference beetween clout flexing and actually wanting to add value to the people that engage with u . For me just the way he moves quick assuming you understand and spends more time selling than explaining i pullede out. SO atleast now after watcching this i saved A LOT of money Converting those dollars to ZAR is CRAZY!!!
If you speak spanish check out Edi Walger courses. He's really a f**king master and a great teacher.
I love to speak Spanish but i cant, but i wanna learn this great language, fantastic language Spanish is
For the price it's better to by a raw film account and learn using youtube. Having as many raw clips to train on is the best option.
Good idea. Thanks pal
He should do a masterclass of how to color grade a bunch of clips with all the adjustments he adds and not have Davinci crash or give memory errors. Better yet, how to work with anything besides Red or Arri for us non rich people. He picks the highest quality footage so he looks better.
It's not hard to use BRAW and get great results. And the pocket 4k goes for 900 dollars used + M43 lenses are cheap as dirt. The masterclass sucks, but the problems you're talking about are totally fixable + using Arri footage doesn't really make things easier. It actually makes things noticably harder because increased DR gives more room for decisions to be made, and possibly making the wrong decision.
I am agree with fact thats
If you you are New and beginner, each $ you spend on it’s worth. Without any doubts, but yeah intermediate sure it will help something but, it won’t make much changes to your grading skills.
I won’t lie became a Colorist because of he’s UA-cam videos, and I still enjoy and learn form he’s UA-cam videos, but believe that’s enough, spending 1000$ is not worth.
You any buddy wants to spend $ to learn grading spend on - tac resolve training they Competency-Based Course 2, more events and classes from very pro Colorist who Color for joker, transformer, dunkrik, 1871, mostly all the company 3 senior Colorist classes are available in tax resolve training and worth each and every $ you spend
thank you !
Thank you for watching pal
true 100%
Do you know if there's a real masterclass out there (one that explains everything you mentioned)? I've never worked with a camera, I don't know anything about color...All courses I've found seem to be for people who already know basic stuff.
I agree with your definition of what a masterclass should be.
Thanks brother
I agree. Qazi can do better. His UA-cam channel thought me 80% of this I know now and am surprise of his master class. His master class should be something totally different from his UA-cam videos and give us something different and not the existing UA-cam video that we have to pay for it and re watch it again
Yeah ! He is just using his name to sell that masterclass and it is disappointing !
Masterclasses should be about the creators personal idea, not just some general thing that even I can talk about it ! then what is the difference between an intermediate and pro colorist hah ? :(
Dado is massive one 💯
I absolutely agree. i’m disappointed as well. even when I post something on his Facebook group no one ever replied to me .
Yeah, i feel you neven . Btw qazi is too overrated
THANK YOU!!! You have no idea how much tNice tutorials video helps!
A pro colorist never share his secrets even with master class remember that!
Qaz man is good if you are a beginner he actually laid the foundation for me on colour grading as a beginner then i got to a stage where i have gotten better insights so i started looking for more steps on grading that's when i switched to Cullen he is well detailed tutor i also did gain fro a young lady called frenchie color she is playful detailed in her tutorials to they help build my structure of knowledge of colour grading i won't forget Darren Mostyn if am correct with his name am grateful to all channels dishing out free stuffs to us
This is why I couldn't see myself paying $1,000 on a class like that. There's SO MUCH already on UA-cam.
Sure There are alot of free and powerful stuffs ! but you know :D I thought I can learn alot ! I did actually but not for 1000$
Have you found anything or anyone that’s helping you gain knowledge towards your goal?
Other fellas recommended the people which they are really good ! one of them is Cullen kelly ! You can search him ! I checked him out and he was good. He knew what he was saying
Everyone learns differently. I lost count of the success stories of members that came out of my masterclass but of course there are times when people ask for a refund and it's just not their cup of tea. It doesn't make either of us wrong.
We are accustomed to paying pennies for online education so I can see how there can be a sticker shock with FCM. That said, when you compare it to traditional school education it is still on average $59,000 cheaper and about 3 years and 11 months shorter to get you to your destination.
Again, all of this data is backed by the results of our members, which can be confirmed on my course page.
I wish you the best of luck and success in your family and work life.
Stay Possessed. 💪🏽
Sure, I wanted to send you an email today as one of the fellas recommend today, good that you left a comment here.
Well as I mentioned earlier I learnt whatever I know today from your UA-cam channel, and the whole purpose of watching your masterclass was because I believed you can teach more, but the idea of masterclass is going for more details and total mastery. This was what I expected from your masterclass, but it was a nice tutorial for beginners .
As a student I expect from an instructor like you, to explain your POV and what is going on in your head, what you like to do, and not what it needs to be done.
You are a nice guy I think you care about these stuffs, I can tell you, you can add a section in your masterclass and going for only showing your workflow, your ideas, why you choose specific tools and colors. The why's behind everything, your specific reasons. That can improve your package and it can make a real masterclass in my opinion.
My style is based on real-world practices I will never be the user manual reading instructor and again it's ok if that's not how one learns.
I purposely keep my masterclass content out of my UA-cam channel. It is not the same.
Plus, the biggest benefit to my masterclass is getting access to a mentor. I can't tell you how many times in my life I would've paid 100,000s of dollars to learn from other's experience than my own. Lost clients by inexperience mistakes costs way more long term than the small price you pay.
All that being said, my next course will be an Over-the-Shoulder experience. It's going to be unlike anything people have seen especially in the post-production world.
I just have to expand my team by 10 more employees so I can have some free time to finish it. 😂
@@theqazman I feel you, good that you explain this things, alright then, looking for the new module . Hope you finish as powerfully as you expect it yourself. Hope you find that free time . Btw thanks alot for whatever you've done in your UA-cam channel, it helped alot.
Thank you, bro. Stay possessed my dude. 💪🏾
Warren Eagles DaVinci Resolve 18 Training is good? Would you recommend it? 3 Volumes?
I don't know, maybe it's a faster way to get a soft than using the soft roll
Things work differently for everyone , yeah maybe for you it works ! I don't know ! but to me nah :D
I purchased a big UA-camrs course and was disappointed as well. I couldn’t get a refund so I called my Credit card company and said it was an unauthorized purchase and they gave me my refund, lol. One class I will highly recommend is Flat Pack FX Animation Master Course. He explains everything in detail.
Darren Mostyn has always been the go to guy for me.
Such a lovely guy, I think he left his comment on my video as well . Such a humble guy :)
Anytime I get suggested a video from Qazi he's always making a teal and orange grade
Seems like he only mastered one style and that's it
Exactly my thoughts. It's mostly just tutorials of the basics. Not a masterclass. Helpful for any beginners but disappointing.
yeah unfortunately bro !
its ocverpriced fro mhim , of course, but what do you recomend ?
Hey man i'm in the same boat as you ive been doing grading using resolve for 5 years now and i feel in between an intermediate and pro but when can you call yourself a pro? when you have the best equipment? when you have taken a class and got a certificate? when you have landed a big budget indie or Hollywood release thats being shown in Cinema? i genuinely ask what defines a pro at our stage? what has to happen to turn people at our stage of the a colourists journey into a pro? I watched Denver riddles free 1 hour class i just thought i cant afford this i'm not making big bucks yet certainly not to afford this snd the way the two free webinar classes where structured was exactly the same as Qazi's.
Honestly, I believe pro is a person who make good amount of money while working on serious project. If someone offer me a good project I feel i can't take it, cause i need to learn more.
But yeah you are right, it's not a clear line between intermediate and pro
You can call yourself a pro as soon as you get paid for a job. Literally the definition, it does not matter if you are are good or not.
I pirated his course, and just learned Color correction and shot matching. The grading was indeed lacklustre. I’m an intermediate colorist but I still have ways to go before going pro. I can create most looks but it’s limited off the top of my head cz I still lack the mindset. But learning
Sure ! it's just like any other skill, needs time and dedication :D Keep up the good work and share it in the community as well ! that would be great!
Hey mate, would you mind sharing the class with your pal?!
yeah if its possible share it with our friend here :)
@@thierryprinston4390 send me your ig…..I’ll look up the link and send it over
@@thierryprinston4390 google and you will find it. As simple as that
Well... I kind of felt that his UA-cam channel has great content and i practiced on same meanwhile i found Darren Mostyn's channel and few videos from many profs like Cullen and film simplified got a great deal. Just with this content... I got commercial Gigs, i was able to sell my skills and now i charge for grading. I kind a like the short length videos from cullen bcoz the longer 1 hour videos...yeah i got lost inbetween. But coming back to the point, just look for selling your stuff (probably from lower cost atleast) and you'll realise what you are missing and if you are able to sell, you'll start recovering your money atleast and its a win-win.
That's fantastic ! I mean in general when you get into the business that you love such as grading and charging for this service is really nice ! cullen's content are really nice ! the way he talks and teach is nice ! I really liked the guy the moment I clicked on his video !
@@Cyrusyami yeah , basically if you are an editor too, its not tough to convince your clients about charging for grading. You need not mention that you are charging separately for Grading, just include it in the whole quote and client usually pays for jt without bothering much about details. Bcoz once they realise the difference of your videos from regular ungraded/old-school profs. Client wont bother much asking about the little extra in the quote.
@@SagarGanesh_ContentCreator great , agree . I always found this part a bit challenging when it comes to payment and stuffs, there are many people as clients left me without paying my money, but you are right . It makes alot of differences
@@Cyrusyami you get 'no pay runners' everywhere.
1. Dont be scared to take advance.
2. Use 50% opacity watermarks ruthlessly.
3. See to that you take payment before giving final copy.
I usually follow these protocols and 80% of times i get my payments, i too still get 'no pay runners' and ill pay tomorrow schemes. Dont get discouraged, Just try avoiding them at most and delay their work if you take up.I felt Its all just the courage to act for yourself.
@@SagarGanesh_ContentCreator Thanks pal ! I will follow your instruction !
It did discourage me in some ways ! but I will run for it again! Much Love
that sounds pricey. Give a TAC resolve training a shot. Walters class is infused with tons of useful info.
Sure thanks for the recommendation !!!!
Thanks for your honest review, I am in the same stage you're at and it's unfortunate paying a good sum of money and not getting the value needed. I am in the same boat of looking at some Masterclasses and glad to see your review.
You're welcome Brandon ! Happy to see it was useful for you buddy!
Frenchie colorist is also great, shes a sweet person
Thats why i downloaded the torrent 😂 Many people complained about the masterclass. I agree, the videos are more some kind of UA-cam tutorials than a real masterclass.