[Color Grading Central] Davinci Resolve 11 [2014, ENG]

Setup State

Welcome Screen & Project Manager
Preferences & Project Settings
Monitoring Solutions
Interface Overview
Media Page
Edit Page
Color Page
Gallery Page
Conforming Introduction
Scene Cut Detection
Fixing Scene Cut Detection Errors
Conforming with an EDL
Conforming with an XML
Roundtripping from Client to Delivery (Part I)
Roundtripping from Client to Delivery (Part II)
Resolve Conform Issues
Scopes Introduction
Waveform Scope
RGB Parade Scope
Vectorscope
Histogram Scope
Order of Operation Workflow

Order of Operation Workflow
Working with Nodes Series

Working with Serial Nodes
Working with Parallel Nodes
Working with Layer Mixer
Working with Key Mixer
Correction Stage

Setting Exposure
Recovering Skin Tones
HDR Grading Technique
Log Grading
Color Balancing
Shot-to-Shot Matching
Using LUTs

Using LUTs Overview
Using LUTs for Technical
Using LUTs for Speed
Using LUTs for Creativity
Grade Management

Working with Remote/Local Grades
Working with Groups (Part I)
Working with Groups (Part II)
Looks Building

Creating Mood
Suggesting Time of Day
Contextual (Location Based) Looks
Bleach Bypass Look
B&W Look
Day for Night Look
Cross Process Looks
Vintage Looks
Cosmetic Look
Orange/Teal Look
Dialing Looks to Taste
Creating Looks Around Skin Tones
Stylized Looks Based on Color Scheme (Part I)
Stylized Looks Based on Color Scheme (Part II)
Secondary/Isolation

Cleanup with HSL Qualifier
Cleanup with HSL Qualifier (Advanced)
Cleanup with Hue Curves
Cleanup with Power Windows
Enhancements
Racoon Eyes
Focusing
Color Theory

Contrasts of Color Introduction
Contrast of Light & Dark
Contrasts of Hue
Warm/Cool Contrast
Complementary Contrast
Contrast of Saturation
Finishing Stage

Broadcast Safe
Render Page
Additional Concepts and Techniques

Working with RED
Keyframes Editor

DaVinci Resolve is a high end color grading application that is used to correct and enhance the color of film and video. It has been used to color grade more feature films and TV spots than any other system and is considered to be the benchmark or gold standard upon which all systems are measured.

DaVinci dates back to 1984 when the corrector was used in conjunction with a telecine system and only very rudimentary color correction could be performed. Nearly two decades later and lots of groundbreaking development DaVinci Resolve software (the flagship product of DaVinci Systems), is now owned and aggressively furthered in development by Blackmagic Design.

Perhaps the most exciting and revolutionary part is the fact that the system once costing in the hundreds of thousands of dollars is now available for free in the Lite version (pick platform, DaVinci Resolve then Lite) from Blackmagic Design (the full license is available for under $1K).

If color grading is something that is of interest to you for either improving the aesthetic look of your film or because you want to embark on an exciting and lucrative career as a colorist I have tutorials that teach you the “how to’s” of DaVinci Resolve. Learn more about DaVinci Resolve 9 by watching the DEMO video below and I will soon have tutorials on the NEW Blackmagic Cinema Camera!