Cinematic Color Grading Made EASY! | DaVinci Resolve 18 Tutorial

In this Davinci Resolve 18 tutorial for beginners, I show you how I tackle cinematic color grading using some very basic techniques and tools. Getting a cinematic look shouldn't be difficult or complicated.

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00:00 Intro
00:27 What is cinematic color grading?
01:15 Download Free Sample
01:34 Color Space Transform
02:37 Color Correction
03:27 Color Wheels VS Log Wheels
03:58 Curves
04:25 Temperature/Tint
04:47 Cineon
05:29 Built-in LUTs
06:19 IMPORTANT!
08:06 Protect Skin Tones
09:14 Teal & Orange
10:23 Final Touch

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[JorisHermans]

So, is Hollywood still using that yellow filter whenever a movie takes place in Mexico? I've been to Mexico and it's not yellow... 🤔 It's all a lie!! They brainwashed me... 😭😅
Oh, and they have the most delicious food, by the way, and great people. 🙏🏻🔥

[ryan_bednar]

There are a few things I wish could be gone over a bit slower for a "basic" tutorial, like how to even make a node, or how to rename them like you do. But I went and watched other more basic tutorials and came back to this one and made more sense. Always good to get multiple opinions of a process to start formulating your own!

[sixone_visual]

That layer trick for the skin tone is great! I love how easy it is to accomplish complicated color grading with Resolve’s node process!

[lombardy]

Just picked up a Sigma fp for 12 bit raw and after going through this tutorial the results have blown me away. 100 times better than what I was getting with my XH1 and Premiere.

[railpressureflip]

I've watched so many "Basic" colour grading for Davinci Resolve, and holy shit, this one is easily way above the others! Thank you for the clear and concise explanation, cannot wait to try these out!

[JonnyWhitlam]

This is so useful, so easy to follow, and your style is so friendly, positive, and nice. Thank you!

[hellotoddsky]

Man, this is the best short color grading tip video I've come across and beats Youtubers with 1m+ subscribers! Lots of awesome tricks in here! Thank you for this!

[philcupper]

Excellent. Been watching similar videos lately but this was does the best job breaking it all down. Much appreciated.

[markjastrzebski]

Using Davinci for the first time making a video for a theater project. Followed your settings in the video and got the output better than I expected. Thank you so much!

[carstenortlieb]

So much fun to watch! That's the kind of entertainenment / education I like!

[benjamin]

Thanks a lot for sharing the ungraded footage!
I really appreciate that!

[poki]

I shot in v-log and was following other tutorials with limited success and was starting to get worried until I found your suggestions. Footage now is looking great!

[jonathanperpich]

This is a great video! Very well laid out. Very well thought out. Your teaching approach provides a great deal of clarity, and each point you made was extremely helpful. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.

[smcpark]

thank you for changing your color grading as you were talking about different types, that was actually really useful

[guydzqw]

Thanks for the video, very clear and helpful! I'm still a complete zero in video processing, and therefore was surprised that LUT is not the only thing needed. I thought that LUT were a ready-made setting from professionals for those who are not sure of their taste and experience. Now I know that this is just one of the tools.

[DavidWinstead]

Thank you Joris for sharing lots and lots of great techniques, Great video!!

[EllyValentini]

This is super helpful and easy to follow. Specially for someone who still lives in Premiere.
Thank you!

[treywillis]

My gosh this helped so much. Thank you! I love your style

[Spanishfoodlover]

Just started davinci and its pretty daunting, thank you for breaking this down.

[NitroLemons]

Layer nodes are really interesting, very useful for isolating elements you want to grade separately. Lots of uses outside of protecting skin tones, looking forward to using this technique.