Simple Color Grading Workflow - DaVinci Resolve Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- In today's video we're going over why it's better to start developing your look with a simple workflow in DaVinci Resolve 17
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Time Stamps
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - The "Complicated" Way Setup
2:00 - Look Breakdown
2:44 - The Problems
3:50 - More Efficient Setup
5:00 - Why it's Faster
5:40 - Why Use Offset for Look Creation
8:07 - Using Offset w/ Printer Light Hotkeys
9:00 - Changing Look Quickly for Entire Scene
10:00 - Final Notes and Take-Aways
Notes:
Please watch the note at the end. I'm not trying to say that you're wrong for using a certain method, it's more about working efficiently and making things easier for yourself especially in the initial look creation phase. There's a reason why we have the term secondary grading, and it it recommend to leave these things til further on in the project to avoid tons of work if a massive change is required.
I also don't mean to say that you shouldn't use tonal specific color adjustments, in the demonstration I do exactly that to balance out shadows. it's just that a look created in the offset will translate more easily to other shots because of how it's uniformly applied.
The main shot of me is in bad need of some noise reduction, but after many attempts my laptop was not having it. Not enough Vram to get the job done I guess. So apologies for that. I'll find a brighter corner next time in this hotel room. Lighting options are limited.
Also, should I be labeling my nodes? Probably. This is just a quick example project, but it is a good practice and invaluable for large projects involving many sessions or multiple people working on it.
References:
Check out the DaVinci Resolve 16 reference manual to learn more you can find it in the help tab of Resolve.
How the Standard Color Controls Work: • You're Adding Contrast...
How to use Groups: • How to Use "Groups" - ...
Gear I use:
Camera - Black Magic Pocket 4k
Microphone - Sure SM 58, Zoom H4n
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Other lenses - Meike 35 mm f1.7, Rokinon 50mm T1.5, Rokinon 24mm T1.5
Tripod - Velbon Videomate 638
Computer Specs:
Dell G7 17 inch 2020
CPU - Intel 10th gen i7-10750H
GPU - RTX 2070 MaxQ
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first true video ever about color grading,
Great as always Nathan!
Great video! I'll definitely have to watch through this a few times to absorb everything! Thanks for the tutorial!
Let me know if you have any questions. Happy to help.
Apologies for the setup on this one. Gonna have the audio fixed up for next week and hopefully be out of this hotel. Also, yes I should label my nodes. It's good practice and I list more reasons in the description. Thanks for keeping me honest ya'll.
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@Xavier Leandro yup, been using flixzone} for years myself =)
Thank you Nathan!
Hey! Super helpful video. I just have started to integrate group clip workflow in my editing. I was wondering if there’s a difference in using group pre-clip or group post clip. I found I’ve done NR and balancing in PRE for the same scene. But love to hear your thoughts and insights. Cheers!
Great question, and it's a simple answer. So the group pre clip happens before the clip. This is great for things like noise reduction. Group post clip happens after the clip, so this would be a great place to add your grade or toss some type of film grain on the end. Then the clip node graph happens between the two. Hope that helps.
Beautiful😍✨❤
Thank you! 😊
Late comer here. Using DV 17. Options are now different. I can use Davinci YRGB color mgmt and by unchecking auto color mgmt under that, it looks like the closest option to Davinci wide color gamut is HDR Davinci wide gamut intermediate. If I select it then gives an option for use separate color space and gamma. Thoughts? Also, for some reason it does not give me an option to save at the bottom
Try using the global adjustment in the HDR wheels too! They’ve been a handy alternative to offset. It tapers at the low end so you don’t tint the shadows as much.
Yeah that's another way for sure. I actually did a pretty deep dive on the HDR Controls. What exactly they do to the image ua-cam.com/video/ni5IR8Xk2io/v-deo.html
And ways to set it up and some workflow tips ua-cam.com/video/9xSp9HOHz-I/v-deo.html
Good tip though.
As someone very new to color correcting and using this section in Davinci in general, this was a little overwhelming 😭 I was able to follow up until the white balancing part, which is still very useful still. Thank you!
Oh jeeze my bad. Is there anything I can help clarify?
@@NathanCarterVids No I think it's just on me to learn the basics and terms involved in this process haha. I'll keep rewatching until I at least get the workflow down, then dig into deep understanding from there! Thank you!
i was about to go in on this video but i see you've already been grilled in the comments. i'll still have to thank you for the group shortcut thing. that's the real gem here and it's even more true if you're working on a major project with complex nodes.
Group workflows are great. Especially for starting a project to decide a look. When you only have so many hours to work on project, the value in working simply is tremendous. Fix the big problems, then if you have time iron out the smaller issues. Not a big fan of people starting off qualifying every shot with skin in it, and compressing every sky or field just cause it can really paint you info a corner. Especially if you need to make large changes and ultimately can eat up time. Wether you're on set or in post, you're always fighting against the clock. There's only so many hours in a day. But to each their own and every one is at different places in their learning journey. Thanks for the feedback
Thanks for all info bro, i hope you grew up faster
Thank you. I appreciate the support man
Hi Nathan, learn a lot from your tutorials. Good Sharing. By he way, wish to check how you display the "small circle" in the waveform every time you place your cursor on the clip? Thanks
Happy to help, thanks for the support. That's the display qualifier focus tool. Top right of the scopes you see the 3 dots, click that then check the "display qualifier focus" box
@@NathanCarterVids Thanks for sharing. I am using new Apple M1 with Davinci Resolve 17.1 Beta 6 and the display qualifier focus don't work. I guess just to give them Black magic some more time. Nevertheless, I had tested on my old Apple Mac, it work fine.
@@StanleyPhua really? And you also have the qualifier tool selected? Sounds like a bug. Weird.
Great vid, 1 question that i need a tip on, you said grab a still so you can revert/apply later if you need to.... how do i apply the grade from a grabbed still ?
Left click your clip, then click the scroll wheel on the still or clip you wanna copy from. You can also right click and apply grade from there
@@NathanCarterVids great, many thanks
Although this video was a bit fast there are some great tips. Definitely going to use the group grade workflow after balancing shots one by one. It is interesting to see unnecessary complicated node graphs. Like what is the point of having tons of nodes with each node being used just for one adjustment or correction? Keep up the great content!
Thanks. I agree it can get excessive. However I've certainly I've been in situations where it's needed. Recently a client wanted me to fix the grass, cliffs, sky, ocean, the actresses' skin, and more. All needing big specific adjustments and tracking. The node graph for a shot like that ended up looking pretty nutty. I'd never recommend building a look starting off like that though.
The main reason for complex trees (when done correctly), is that it’s actually more organized. When I’m doing 30 processes, windows, and wb, primaries, etc., I can go into my WB node to make changes instead of digging around trying to find where I made that wb change. But also, order of operations is a huge part of the process. So you may need 3 nodes to get the result you’re after.
Not to mention, the strategy of fixed node trees makes it incredibly fast to blaze through projects.
Hey, I have an unrelated question I’m wondering if you could help with. When changing the speed on a clip, once I pass 800% it begins clipping the audio instead of compressing it like the video. It makes it so nothing matches when viewing. Anyway to fix this?
Hmm I haven't encountered this. I can do some tests and get back to you. Out of curiosity how are you changing the clip speed? I may need to know more about the situation cause I can't imagine when audio sped up to 8x speed would be super useful.
@@NathanCarterVids I’ve tried two ways, by simply changing clip speed on right click, then retime as well. I do a lot of time laps type videos, where I’m working in my garage. I can easily see it not compressing properly by grinder noises or something like that when I’m using hand tools. I usually turn it down, but it looks off still
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Dude how did we put out SUCH similar videos on the SAME DAY😂
Yeah what are the chances eh
I use printer light hotkeys on the first node to balance - fill the screen with a skin tone and using printer lights I can really quickly balance to neutral skin tones. I then do luminosity by desat and then adjust with curves. But everybody has their own way of doing stuff - and I see nothing wrong with any of the information you supplied.
I would say though, that people that are starting out should be told over and over to label their nodes. Your tutorials would be easier for them to follow if you labeled your nodes with something descriptive, especially when you are teaching them a Workflow". Always easier to see the big picture when you can view the map showing where you have been and where it is leading to.
Also ( not a big deal ) but I have had clients ask for new looks and then several others, only to go back to the original look. So in this video, using that scenario, teaching them about "versions" would have fit right in there, with your narrative. But labeling nodes is a huge timesaver when you go back to something six months later and a client is looking over your shoulder - no worse feeling then attempting to pretend you know exactly what's going on, as you click things off and on, and try to figure out what you were doing in each node. I have asked BLM to consider sticky notes even on node tree. Sometimes the node structure can be so complicated that a quick read of notes could be something really handy. I have built power grades before that save a lot of time, but not remembering which nodes required certain things, I have wished that the powergrade came with instructions.
Anyway - I like your tutorials because they have so far been spot on as far as being what I think is the correct approaches. I see quite a few tuts on youTube that are teaching things to people where I know they are going to learn bad habits and hurt them down the road. Your stuff is on the money. Merry Christmas
Thanks Jim some really great points here, however how would you use versions in that situation? As far as I've been able to tell, versions are clip specific and you can't do versions at a group level (which I would love). That's why I recommended saving stills to preserve the group node graph for later if you want to revert back to a look.
Also I totally agree about the node labeling. It's a bad habit of mine and I should be better about. I even called it out in the description. Thanks for calling me out. I'll be better about that going forward.
@@NathanCarterVids Yeah , you have a point there with the versions. I would still do it somehow to keep everything. Maybe make your look into a compound node and the turn it off. naming each compound node to remember which is which.
Right I could see how that would work. Hopefully we get a more streamlined system to manage this in the future.
@@NathanCarterVids Also on the node labeling, you probably already know this. I set mine up in keyboard preferences to the "TAB" key - makes it really quick to label as you go.
I love your tutorials, but i found this one too fast, some important infos was in the texts concurring with other in your narration. I Didn't keep up with it. Just a feedback man, i like your channel. Kind regards!
Thanks I really appreciate it. I think you're right, I wanted to be sure to add in all the info I could. I think it's decently well explained without the text blurbs, but maybe they should have hung around longer cause they can be distracting if they're too fast. Thanks for the feedback and support
I agree. Could barely keep up with the audio and visuals. Most of the time, I didn't even bother trying to read the text. Just too much too quick. Still great content!