My Color Grading Workflow - DaVinci Resolve 18 Tutorial

What is your favourite color combination?🎉

You're such a don man, thanks for this:D

Excellent post! To the point, concise and super interesting! Couple of questions... You placed the CST node after a "balance" Node? Was this shot with the BM 6K or the Sony FX6... and (sorry...), last one: Davinci Resolve can work with ProRess but not ProRess RAW? or neither? Thanks! Excellent channel!

Too much contrast
Too much saturation

Great video! Two things though: firstly placing you CST in the beginning essentially kills the benefits of RAW/LOG shooting as you squeeze you colors into a significantly smaller container, and secondly when using the DaVinci film LUTs, the CST before it should not go to Arri LogC or any other camera log, it should export Cineon Film Log to produce the right film print output. Technical aspects aside, if it works, it works. I love your end result and the shots are great! Keep it up!

When is it appropriate to use a color checker to make skin tones accurate? Does this artistic grading process make the use of a color checker obsolete?

Awesome video thanks

I appreciate your breakdowns. Thank you!

Great sharing！Thank you so much :)

Not sure why but I am not understanding the way you explained the High range and Low range. Also, didnt understand why you needed a keyed node for the skin... If you key the skin on one node, whatever changes you make on it, wouldn't it be the same?

Amazing and beautiful the experience of watching you explaining. Very useful! Thank you!!! you're hot 🤠

great mate

Hmmm I find this coloring workflow a little over complicated for something like this. I find the film lut cst thing to be a bit of a cheap trick. Idk don’t take it wrong but the problem I have with watching content creators explain colorgrading is I wonder if they know or thing what they’re doing is destructive of an image or if its just a means to an end. I mean keying things is also just a quick way to destroy that image.

Awesome video! I learned so much. Thank you!

When you mentioned how you create an intimate shot by introducing foreground elements-that blew my mind. You're so right!

These videos are so rich. Why is this channel not have the recognition and subs it deserve!!!!

Hi, as a DP / Colorist myself I would be very interested to hear why you choose to put the Rec709 CST in the front of your node tree instead of the end and then building the node tree left to the CST. This way the image would be manipulated in its natural Log State remaining all of its dynamic range while still giving you the rec709 on your display as a reference.

Also, why did you use Log C for the FPE LUTs from Resolve? As far as I know, these LUTs expect Cineon Film Log as Gamma, not Log C - although the difference might not be that big. I know Log C is a hair more flat that Cineon, but the FPE LUTs were designed for Cineon.

Would be great to hear your thoughts on this! Greetings from Germany

Beautiful film and great explanation on how to arrive to that aesthetic.

thank you for this one

Excellent tutorial. Always in each shot you try to block the frame, even if it is a feature film. Do you use a tripod?

Loved this Sjoerd! Very nice to watch, easy and calm. We defenitely need a tutorial on the color wheel made in Fusion!! I would love to learn that.

I have both Filmconvert and Dehancer. I will say this. Dehancer is hands down more superior plug in. It puts filmconvert to shame.

I had to try the workflow for my latest clips 😃 it's amazing - thanks man! Any tips for shooting on C-Log for shadows? I feel like sometimes they kind of fall apart.

Geabonneerd 👊

You should put CST in the last node so you dont limit the full range of the information your footage has.

Love this, thanks so much. Came over from Jacques page.

I'm not a pro colorist, but this is amazing work to my eye. I'd love to shoot something so imperfect that used non-standard techniques! :) How big was your crew on this? Am I correct in understanding that you were responsible for camera and color? This work is so good I'd expect there to be a different person responsible for each.

filmconvert is pretty good but the optimization... rip your pc

what the level of video!

Solid post, Sjoerd. Tailoring content to viewer knowledge level is key, IOM; the mix here too wide. Target viewers more advanced than most, my guess. That means opener stuff is likely “well known” to viewers. Node tree stuff for advanced folks — segment could benefit from outline-type step by step text shots for clarity and emphasis, if that makes sense, if for no other reason than to keep attention of lesser advanced folks. Shot comp and palette section more understandable. Final vid would benefit from YT cc, multi-language by viewer choice — was that an option for you?
“Possess” a good word😁. Nice that the camping tent lasted all those years. Oil lamp to LED a nice touch — wouldn’t have noticed if you had not mentioned it. Grown lady should be using Google Lens to ID wildlife😁. Cheers!

This was fun and easy to follow, thanks!
Also, I loved the end product of the commercial :D

I found this so helpful - thank you so much Sjoerd 🙏🏻

I love your edit bro!

Stop qualifying skin tones when it is not necessary. ;) Would not reccommend it. So-called "COLORISTS" should stop "teaching" this technic.

niiice, just what I needed! gracias

Nice man.

Great video! I can't belive how u have so little followers, kepp it going! Greatings from Spain!