Couldn't agree more. I have a film in festivals right now and didn't even know this... So thankful to have Waqas to show us how to make our next project pop!
Is the glow really necessary? Also can we learn more about that final node that sharpened everting? We are so blessed we can actually lean this thank you so much
How to Color Grade in just 7 steps: 1) Get in the Ballpark 2) Crank it Up 3) Give it pop 4) Not too Much 5) Bring it down a bit 6) Split the different 7) Park it right there
You're an absolute legend Qazi! It's not that you know the techniques, it's that you're able to present it and explain it so well. It's highly motivating. You are amazing at teaching.
Just watched this for the 3rd time as a beginner. With this lesson I'm able to actually achieve a look close to what the filmconvert nitrate plugin was achieving. I no longer rely on plugins!
Its a beautiful! Thank you very much! This is very useful for me. I wish you to develop and that all people appreciate your work and your enormous knowledge
That's what I was looking for man!!!! Can you pls make a guide about how to grade images like what should I use and what after what, curves, wheels, etc, like workflow especially interested in flog2
Nice work! Would love to see how you match up two shots in a row, lets say this is the closeup and the next shot is a wide angle or medium. I always struggle with that part.
Your tutorials are so good that even after I went through all the course of your amazing masterclass (best investment ever), watching those free tutorials still provide fire informations not to miss. 🔥
Waqas sir you are the reason why I leave premier pro and switch to davinci resolve and guys he is expect if you wanna be pro color grading mater you have to listen him ya for start its painful to understand new software but trust within month you will nailed it....
Gosh! I’m learning so much ! I love your setup and I’m going to build something like it! Your information is so valuable ! Can’t wait for the webinar on the 3rd !
man, what an amazing tutorial! best channel ever for learning color grading!!!! thanks for putting all the effort. saving up money to buy the full course.
Thanks for all these awesome vids Qazi Keep rewatching and then watching others to really understand whats going on and how to use the tools and make the most of them Still trying to figure lots out, but getting there slowly
This tutorial is a revise lesson to me...sometimes its very important to go back and revise all those things what u have learnt before and then go further....thank u so much sir...so much respect and love for u♥️
Boy this looks like the opening scene of a goddamn action film and always, looking the before and after of your grades i am convinced this is actually art...you're an artist man! Love your video tutorials from the first one and looked at the 1 hour tutorial for coloring sony files since i have one and i kinda hate 8bit. Keep it up man, amazing stuff
Super easy and well construction tutorial to follow. Thank you, this truly helps me getting things up to par with very little work for a quick in and out to export.
Freaking cool tutorial as always, besides that video had covered a tip that has been considered a riddle to me for a long time. You are the greatest, bro! 💪👍
On the surface, this seemed like it might be a pretty basic tutorial, but I should have known better coming from the Qazman... Not only did you prove a really clear demonstration of how the two tools are different, you explained why that difference is important and how to use them together to create an amazing image. Boom! 👊🗯
Masterpiece 👍 I had to work on project for the first time with Resolve a couple days ago, I didn't sleep for three days !! I used Eos R c-Log and my footage looks worst then ever before.. I couldn't make even a good starting point. Thanks for your content, I think I have seen all videos on you tube about Resolve but you have ability to explain all this things and make it clear👏👏 Quick question, what type of c-log is EOS R ?
I find log wheels especially useful in HDR grading (resolve studio) since HDR content is PQ curve log based, not linear, so that's where log wheels really make sense. Of course in a SDR workflow this makes sense to definitely use both though.
Great explanation Qazi. One side comment that came to mind when I saw you moving your scopes window around...I wish that Blackmagic would allow us to dock the Scopes anywhere we want. It sucks that we're so limited on UI customization.
Great man!! Regarding the new Sony a7sIII, I would love to watch you color grade some footage from it, when available, to have your thoughts on their 10bit 4:2:2 quality. Or even the supposed 16bit Raw with external monitor.
This is great, I do have one question. When working with Red IPP2 workflow, is there a reason not to apply the Log to REC709 conversion lut at the end of the node tree? Can I simply try to grade footage like what you did here? Also I love the energy of the actor's face, may I ask from what film is the shot from?
Qazi, a lot of the times I see other colorists drop a utility lut when grading footage shot in one of the "flat" profiles, yet I never saw you do this. Is it at all neccessary to have this step? Or are other using it as a "starting" point? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us!
This is unbelievably helpful. You da man! Question though. You said primaries and log wheels should be used together. But does it matter where in the node tree the log node goes? Like should you do a separate log node when you are starting out with the initial exposure/cont adjustment? Or just do them in the same node when you do them or what
Qazi: have you ever thought about using an over-sized Windows cursor??? (In the Windows mouse pointer settings) Or, even an over-sized *colored* Windows cursor??? Do you think it might make it easier for viewers to follow the constantly and rapidly moving cursor as you point to things??? It moves rapidly in the tutorials and I find myself trying to catch up when it instantly seems to disappear from one spot and then try to find it in the screen among the other (also white) text. Thanks for great videos, Qazi!
I've been living a lie. Yes, (sob), wasted all those years at the feet of the log wheel gods and wondering why they seemed to work so well sometimes but so uninspiring at other times. Answer: as your grey scale test pattern showed, the log wheels have, to me, surprisingly sharp cut-offs in their applicable tone range. So, as you say, first might best be the "old" Lift-Gamma-Gain, as they apply across all the tone values. Thanks, Qazi! Mike
Your video blew my mind and made me curies, soooo I DID THAT TEST IN FCPX! and what I found out is that FCPX color wheel is actually the Primaries wheel!!! although FCPX named the wheels - shadows, midtones and highlights (like Devinci LOG wheels), when I tested it with your gray scale image, the scopes reacted like Devinci Primaries wheel! what do you think of that?:)
How do I avoid the excessive splotches caused by qualifiers? When I qualify a color on a static frame it works well, but then when I play the clip colors go crazy.
Broo.. awesome info here.. but I have a question.. please please someone answer this.. my colour workspace seems so odd, the video looks so Small and the wheels look so big I can't even notice the changes I'm making.. how can I do to change the proportions of the colour workspace to look like yours???
@@theqazman Seriously, in one video, you helped me understand my biggest mistakes in colorgrading!!! I watched two other videos and my colograding skills have ridiculousely improved!!!!! Seriously considering saving up for your masterclass!! Thank you man, thank you so much!
Boys and girls - probably the most important. Actually the foundation of coloring in DaVinci Resolve. Please watch at least 5 times until it sinks in.
I know I made it so my opinion can't be bias but I must agree with you. 💯 😂💪🏽
Couldn't agree more. I have a film in festivals right now and didn't even know this... So thankful to have Waqas to show us how to make our next project pop!
Is the glow really necessary? Also can we learn more about that final node that sharpened everting? We are so blessed we can actually lean this thank you so much
I can't believe this is free
This is like a free master class with great value
You know how I do 💪🏽😀
@@theqazman Can't wait for the master class on 3 August
How to Color Grade in just 7 steps:
1) Get in the Ballpark
2) Crank it Up
3) Give it pop
4) Not too Much
5) Bring it down a bit
6) Split the different
7) Park it right there
Love that!
And find the happy medium too :D !
@@sashazephiria3869 Right?!
bingo！
Learning english with Qazi. From Russia with love__))
a bit fast for me... but i pause and go back x10 times if i have to. This is GOLD. I have a feeling that I have to GET this.
Your color grading skills are freaking inspiring 🤯 Keep it up!! 💪
you inspired me 4 months ago to start color grading and yesterday i build my own pc for color grading you are a true inspiration❤
You're an absolute legend Qazi! It's not that you know the techniques, it's that you're able to present it and explain it so well. It's highly motivating. You are amazing at teaching.
Thank you so much.
That demonstration with the grey-scale clip is genius! It just lays bare the relation between so many things in the process. Thanks!
Dude, how do you keep getting fire content ideas. Btw pumped for this thing, as always...
magic 😀
Just watched this for the 3rd time as a beginner. With this lesson I'm able to actually achieve a look close to what the filmconvert nitrate plugin was achieving. I no longer rely on plugins!
This is basically the bread and butter of color grading. Cannot thank you enough.
You're welcome
Its a beautiful! Thank you very much! This is very useful for me. I wish you to develop and that all people appreciate your work and your enormous knowledge
I'm starting to learn davinci and god i am sooooo lucky to find your channel i feel like i fell in the honey pot
I make sure to turn my Adblocker everytime i watch a video of yours to make sure i help in a bit, thats the least we can give !
Thank you so much brother. Means a lot.
That's what I was looking for man!!!!
Can you pls make a guide about how to grade images like what should I use and what after what, curves, wheels, etc, like workflow especially interested in flog2
Nice work! Would love to see how you match up two shots in a row, lets say this is the closeup and the next shot is a wide angle or medium. I always struggle with that part.
Your tutorials are so good that even after I went through all the course of your amazing masterclass (best investment ever), watching those free tutorials still provide fire informations not to miss. 🔥
FCM fam. Let's go brother. Much love. 💪🏽
Best color grade tutorials on youtube.. 💯🙌yet so underrated!
Thank you 💪🏽
Your literally becoming the DAVINCI god.
ayyy 💪🏽
As someone who is a super beginner. This is amazing to watch.
Dude your channel is gonna blow up with millions of subs. Just calling it now.
Hell yeah. Love you back, brother. 💪🏽
Waqas sir you are the reason why I leave premier pro and switch to davinci resolve and guys he is expect if you wanna be pro color grading mater you have to listen him ya for start its painful to understand new software but trust within month you will nailed it....
Great! Do not forget the Pan's Labyrinth grading technique that you had mentioned a few weeks a go.
It'll happen.
Awesome stuff! Really appreciate how you pull the adjustments too far and then scale it back so we can more easily see how it is affecting the image.
You know it✊🏽
Gosh! I’m learning so much ! I love your setup and I’m going to build something like it! Your information is so valuable ! Can’t wait for the webinar on the 3rd !
Thank you, brother. That's exciting. Live Training will be 🔥
man, what an amazing tutorial! best channel ever for learning color grading!!!! thanks for putting all the effort. saving up money to buy the full course.
Let's go!!! Looking forward to having you in FCM.
From somebody just learning Davinci Resolve, thanks for this clarification. My only experience with color grading to this point was Lumetri.
You're welcome
Salam,
Your video popped on my feeds. Clear explanations and concise presentation. Will look forward to more Resolve tutorials. Thanks!
Much love. ✊🏽
Perfect Reminder of the Primaries / Log Wheels use. Great content as always dear Qazi !
💯 you know it 💪🏽
After years of using Luts I finally understood the process.I finally get the idea of creating a Look thaank u Qazi
Let's go
Wow. Amazing work. A very simple node structure, yet very dramatic and effective look.
Thank you, brother. 💯
Superb explanation! As you said, you saved my life. Thanks, man!
😂 let's go!
You are amazing Waqas. Congratulations and thank you!!!
Thanks for all these awesome vids Qazi
Keep rewatching and then watching others to really understand whats going on and how to use the tools and make the most of them
Still trying to figure lots out, but getting there slowly
Of course 😀
This tutorial is a revise lesson to me...sometimes its very important to go back and revise all those things what u have learnt before and then go further....thank u so much sir...so much respect and love for u♥️
💯 well put
Thank you Qazi! You're a great teacher! It is really "enlightening" :) (I put this video in my fav Top Ten).
Thank you
You the best, bro! Thanks for taking the time to share your talent.
I love your intro man, just amazing selection of music
Thank you 😀
Boy this looks like the opening scene of a goddamn action film and always, looking the before and after of your grades i am convinced this is actually art...you're an artist man!
Love your video tutorials from the first one and looked at the 1 hour tutorial for coloring sony files since i have one and i kinda hate 8bit.
Keep it up man, amazing stuff
😂 much ❤️, brother. ✊🏽
Super easy and well construction tutorial to follow. Thank you, this truly helps me getting things up to par with very little work for a quick in and out to export.
Exactly. Makes me happy.
Freaking cool tutorial as always, besides that video had covered a tip that has been considered a riddle to me for a long time. You are the greatest, bro! 💪👍
You know it 💪🏽
Your tutorials are top of the line. Thanks
Thank you, brother. ✊🏽
Sir You are my inspiration,,, Never stop uploading this kind of Tech.
Can't stop, won't stop
On the surface, this seemed like it might be a pretty basic tutorial, but I should have known better coming from the Qazman... Not only did you prove a really clear demonstration of how the two tools are different, you explained why that difference is important and how to use them together to create an amazing image. Boom! 👊🗯
Thank you for the kind words, brother 😀✊🏽
Such great videos! Thank you!
Lifechanging 17minutes.
Thanks bro.
Hope one day I can afford your masterclass. :D
SIIICK!
Let's go!!! 😀
Totally needed this right now for a project. Thank you sir!
You're welcome, brother. Happy to help.
Smashed it again dude! learning so much from you 😁 keep the awesome content coming 👌🏻
Much ❤️. Much more to come.
@@theqazman top man thats what I like to hear 👌🏻
Always awesome tips & tricks! Thanks Q!
You're welcome
Another great lesson and refresher!
Thanks brother. FCM fam 😀
Very informative, thank you so much Qazi!
You're welcome
Awesome tutorial!! Very helpful, thank you brotha!! 🌊
You're welcome
Masterpiece 👍 I had to work on project for the first time with Resolve a couple days ago, I didn't sleep for three days !!
I used Eos R c-Log and my footage looks worst then ever before.. I couldn't make even a good starting point.
Thanks for your content, I think I have seen all videos on you tube about Resolve but you have ability to explain all this things and make it clear👏👏
Quick question, what type of c-log is EOS R ?
Thank you.
I find log wheels especially useful in HDR grading (resolve studio) since HDR content is PQ curve log based, not linear, so that's where log wheels really make sense.
Of course in a SDR workflow this makes sense to definitely use both though.
That's awesome.
Bravo, man!
You are great!
This is very inspiring!
Great explanation Qazi. One side comment that came to mind when I saw you moving your scopes window around...I wish that Blackmagic would allow us to dock the Scopes anywhere we want. It sucks that we're so limited on UI customization.
I know. It only lets you show one scope in the dock mode. 🙄
@@theqazman It's a pretty terrible feature. Hopefully in the future they address it.
Thanks for this. Just today I was wondering about the difference between log and primaries 🙂
Let's go!
One of the most helpful content out there!! Thank you!
You're welcome.
Thank you so much for this eye opener Qazzi!!!!
You're welcome
Only 2min into the video, I like this guy. I hope he deliver enough value with this video
💪🏽
You are the best, Waqas ... Thank you
You got it. Welcome
you are the best, thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us
Of course 😀💪🏽
First class of FCM, you guys need to understand that's the base of color grading. There is no other way. Qaz breaking it 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
😀💪🏽
Very helpful! Thanks
thank u qazi love your videos!
You're welcome. 😀
Great man!! Regarding the new Sony a7sIII, I would love to watch you color grade some footage from it, when available, to have your thoughts on their 10bit 4:2:2 quality. Or even the supposed 16bit Raw with external monitor.
Will do
you're a warlock. god level
Thank you so much... it was really awesome session.
You're welcome 😀
Awesome content keep it up!
Could i ask what shortcut did you use when you grab his skin and it previews just the color section you are editing?
Shift+h
This is great, I do have one question. When working with Red IPP2 workflow, is there a reason not to apply the Log to REC709 conversion lut at the end of the node tree? Can I simply try to grade footage like what you did here?
Also I love the energy of the actor's face, may I ask from what film is the shot from?
Hey Qazi
Learned a lot from your video.
Can you make a video on different openFX available in the color tab
Thanks. Will do.
Qazi, a lot of the times I see other colorists drop a utility lut when grading footage shot in one of the "flat" profiles, yet I never saw you do this. Is it at all neccessary to have this step? Or are other using it as a "starting" point? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us!
Different ways to go about it this is the way I like to do it. 💪🏽
@@theqazman Thanks Qazi! I can't stress enough how much I have learned from you in the past few months. Thank you.
That was super useful! Do you ever use the Primaries Bars at all? Be great to see a tut on them if so!
I do. I have done tutorials where I used it.
@@theqazman Thanks, I'll have a search through your old vids!
Qazi: “this is going to make it black and white”
Also Qazi: “this is a greyscale image”
This is unbelievably helpful. You da man! Question though. You said primaries and log wheels should be used together. But does it matter where in the node tree the log node goes? Like should you do a separate log node when you are starting out with the initial exposure/cont adjustment? Or just do them in the same node when you do them or what
Thank you, brother. Shouldn't matter.
Qazi: have you ever thought about using an over-sized Windows cursor??? (In the Windows mouse pointer settings) Or, even an over-sized *colored* Windows cursor??? Do you think it might make it easier for viewers to follow the constantly and rapidly moving cursor as you point to things??? It moves rapidly in the tutorials and I find myself trying to catch up when it instantly seems to disappear from one spot and then try to find it in the screen among the other (also white) text. Thanks for great videos, Qazi!
I appreciate the tut. I don't shoot but I'm learning how to edit. I'm a one-man show so I want to learn all aspects of post.
Nothing wrong with that
that glow is just next level fawk
I'm telling you. Tried and tested.
Thanks and pls keep doing, you help me alot
Will do 💪🏽
Idk if you think this is basic, imagine how the advance tutorial? Keep the wonderful content qazi.
😀 I did get carried away a little. It was basic until the 3rd node.
@@theqazman hahaha, thank you qazi, you're my idol.
Amazing WAQ job, man!
Thank you.
You should grade my movie, brah!
YAAS...looks sick man!
Thank you 😀💪🏽
I have learned something new today :)
Music to my ears 😀
I've been living a lie. Yes, (sob), wasted all those years at the feet of the log wheel gods and wondering why they seemed to work so well sometimes but so uninspiring at other times. Answer: as your grey scale test pattern showed, the log wheels have, to me, surprisingly sharp cut-offs in their applicable tone range. So, as you say, first might best be the "old" Lift-Gamma-Gain, as they apply across all the tone values. Thanks, Qazi! Mike
😂 I gotchu ✊🏽
Your are sent by god! Thank you for all your content
Your are the best my friend !!!!
Thank you
Thanks bro. I watch all your videos and ads also for feedback . Salam from indonesia 🙏🏻
Ayyy. Much ❤️
can you share what color space this footage is in when you start the video please?
Your video blew my mind and made me curies, soooo I DID THAT TEST IN FCPX! and what I found out is that FCPX color wheel is actually the Primaries wheel!!! although FCPX named the wheels - shadows, midtones and highlights (like Devinci LOG wheels), when I tested it with your gray scale image, the scopes reacted like Devinci Primaries wheel! what do you think of that?:)
You're correct. They're primary wheels instead of the log wheels in resolve.
Best on UA-cam
Ayyyy
Really Great, Thnx
Very very useful
Hugs from Chile!!!
Thanks
How do I avoid the excessive splotches caused by qualifiers? When I qualify a color on a static frame it works well, but then when I play the clip colors go crazy.
Would you mind elaborating on the difference between midtone detail and sharpening? They seem to have a similar effect
Thanks alot Qazi ❤️
Of course 😀
Very nice classes sir.
Broo.. awesome info here.. but I have a question.. please please someone answer this.. my colour workspace seems so odd, the video looks so Small and the wheels look so big I can't even notice the changes I'm making.. how can I do to change the proportions of the colour workspace to look like yours???
Valuable tip 👍
That grey scale example for the demo was perfect! #valuebomb
Thank you brother
Man you're just... A FUCKING King!!!!!
Aye 💪🏽
@@theqazman Seriously, in one video, you helped me understand my biggest mistakes in colorgrading!!! I watched two other videos and my colograding skills have ridiculousely improved!!!!! Seriously considering saving up for your masterclass!! Thank you man, thank you so much!