How to color grade super clean low light footage in DaVinci Resolve

I thought I would jump into DaVinci Resolve really quick to demo some low light footage color grades this wintry evening. Modern cameras are becoming more and more capable of shooting in less than ideal lighting situations. There are cameras on the market (like some of Sony's sensors) that you can basically use as night vision. It's not enough to rely on fancy cameras to get clean footage though, there are some basics to keep in mind. Hopefully I can teach you something here that helps clean up some of the noise in the shadows
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Mitakon Speedmaster 35mm T1 - amzn.to/3sMZZXJ
0:00 Intro
0:15 Color space transform
1:42 Using curves for clean shadows
6:55 Noise reduction
8:15 Film grain
9:38 Working with other shots
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[@Aaron-ec3mr]

Great tutorial, thank you very much! I'm new to grading BMPCC4K-footage and still struggling in low light.
Also I really appreciate your down to earth style as I often feel overwhelmed by the 'preaching' of other camera-youtubers.
Hope the channel keeps growing! ✌🏼

[@jakehayden998]

Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate that

[@sichtbar]

you made my day. Thank you for this explaning.

[@Tren_is_okay]

Thanks for being thorough. Easy to understand and follow along. Appreciate it!

[@jakehayden998]

Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate that

[@kimeriksson7445]

Whoa, you're getting amazing results using curves! Looking forward to trying this myself.

[@AndrewZeletrainStudios]

Great video! Definitely going to incorporate these methods for my low light footage corrections. I've used Neat Video to get rid of the noise after coloring and it's just a big resource hog as well as then spending time to render in place the noise reduced footage since not rendering it makes the final output take forever to render especially to an already long video.

[@pdboudreau]

Great Stuff Jake! I’ve been watching your channel for a while now. Thanks for all the camera cameos! These are fantastic first exposures to cameras I am thinking about renting or buying.
Quick question. My histograms don’t move when I adjust my curves, yours do. What setting am I missing? That feedback & responsiveness makes all the difference when trying to use curves.

[@DaveyPitts]

Just a cool dude making cool videos.

[@jakehayden998]

Just a cool dude commenting cool things

[@filipmichalsaffray441]

Hi,
Great Video, just shoot a very dark black theater performance yesterday with P6K and Sigma 18-35 1.8...I prefer shoot at 800 iso because of high contrast I would have clip the highlights in second ISO and more DR in first base.
By the way I have P4K and mitakon set T1.0 great lens but lot of CA and uncontroled flares...and Image usable at 2.0...1.0 too soft very dreammy but starting of 1.4 it's better...my 50mm got a loose screw inside I opened the can and surprise a lot of plastic parts inside and no way I can reach the screw because it is in the barely chamber of focusing in-between somewho...had no problem with original set 17-25-35 but the new 50mm build quality is worse unfortunately....
Will you go for BM 6KFF?

[@2ndStoryVisuals]

You got good results but I'd never use curves in this way. Also, when in color managed, the hdr wheels are the way to go.

[@georgediakoslomnios908]

How to grade low light

[@GRSsonick]

I thought the 2nd native iso was 3200?

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Curves can be a great secondary tool for creating a look but I’d never use them for real grading in the first place. There’s a reason why all colorists use color wheels lift gamma gain and offset

[@jakehayden998]

Yeah it seems like most colorists start with primaries, I just like curves to have complete control of my shadow falloff. I’m curious, what is the reason you think all colorists start with primaries?

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

@@jakehayden998I think it’s because you can manipulate your contrast much better with the wheels. Especially the log and hdr wheels allow you more precise adjustments and they even let you define the ranges each wheel operates in. Also, the transition between each wheel is much smoother rather than using curves which quickly can break your image. But since you are using editable splines and shot in raw, this shouldn’t be much of an issue.

[@jx3Mom]

I prefer using curves too

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Why? It can easily break your image / decrease image information especially if you use several points. There’s a reason why every colorist works with lift gamma gain offset wheels

[@olivesbooknook]

lol you decorated for Christmas already?