Color Grading with DaVinci Resolve Studio

Introduction to Resolve

• A complete demo of the system, looking at every area of the new software and how it works with the control surface.

Setting up your Resolve

• Loading the software and getting started

• How to create a new customised user, and getting all the config settings correct before you kick off

• 2K

• HD

• What if you only need SD?

How to get your images into Resolve

• Importing and conforming both film and digital material using an EDL/XML/AAF The scene cut detector and manually creating a timeline.

Basic Color Theory

• Looking at the waveform, vectorscope, and histogram

• How different Colours interact with increased saturation/contrast and why some colours complement each other more than others

• RGB v YUV correction in Resolve.

Primary Correction/Grading with Curves

• Primary correction is very important. It’s the base of any “cool look”. Get it right and it will simplify your whole color correction process.

Serial and Parallel nodes

• You’ll use them all the time, how do they work and when do you use each one.

Secondary Correction

• Keying is a very important part of what we do as colourists

• Learn how to key in Resolve using either HSL RGB or LUM

• Learn if it’s best to key a colour or adjust its Secondary curve.

Power Windows

• Each node has 4 Power Windows, the classic DaVinci Circle, Linear square, Polygon and a Bezier Power Curve

• Learn how to use each one, and why we decide to use one over the other

• Repositioning

• Key-Framing and Auto Tracking

Tracking

• Using the Resolve tracker, to lock a window onto a subject both manually and automatically.

Keyframing

• Using the pan, tilt, zoom and rotate controls, learn just how far you can zoom in on a film or digital image

• Key-framing in the timeline, manually and automatically.

Versions and the gallery/Powergrade.

• Versions, setting up the gallery including importing and exporting stills.

• Making your own Powergrade looks.

Rendering and Output Options

• The grade is finished but how and where do you render it to?

• Playing out to tape.

Resolve workflows

• Film, Red, Canon, Arri Alexa, Sony F3 and other digital formats.

• Resolve works with lots of formats, get to know the pros and cons of each one.

Looks and Styles

• How to create looks and styles within Resolve that will give you a great start to your session.

• You will look at a couple from the following…. Orange and Teal. Cross process Bleach Bypass “Schindlers” red coat, Duotones Day for night.

Layer and Key mixer nodes.

• Nodes offer lots of flexibility.

• See how to combine them with the other Resolve nodes to complement our grades.

• Learn how to mix between the nodes.

Certification Exam at the end of course included