Understanding Nodes in Color Grading // Davinci Resolve 18

Nodes for Color Grading can seem scary when you see them for the first time but I promise you, it's actually quite simple and when you understand the basics, you can never go back!

So, in this video, I wanted to teach you the basics of Nodes, how they work and how you can use them in color grading for yourself.

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments!

Happy color grading!

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Overview:
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - The basics of Nodes
02:51 - Serial Nodes
11:24 - Parallel Nodes
15:37 - Layer Nodes
20:46 - Outside Node
23:43 - A Simple Node Structure
27:24 - Outro

[born]

This tutorial didn't just teach me, it also made the process, which was beginning to be a "head-banging against the wall" sort of process, really fun, so thank you

[tomschristy]

Man, the best I have seen... simple and deep... thanks mate..

[martinsmallridge]

I’ve purposefully avoided the colour tab in DaVinci Resolve as too complicated to even begin to understand so this was actually a welcome introduction. Granted some of the stuff zipped way over my head but still helped get me out of the wilful ignorance phase. Thanks.

[ReginaldoKono]

A complete confusion to understand without help, made easy by a paused and clear english dictation explained by Alex. Now I understood, and I hope I also can do it. Davincy has so many options to get the work done in a high level. Thank you!

[ausdoug]

Very helpful. I learned a lot about the nodes. They make more sense now. Thanks for creating this video for us.

[Moustafa]

Thank you so much for this tutoria! I appreciate the thorough explantions and examples. Nodes are usually glossed over in a lot of other tutorials and this helped me fill in gaps in my understanding.

[billyjayamunga]

This was somehow both comprehensive and thorough at the same time. One of the best explanations on nodes I ever saw. Bravo Alex and thank you!

[AaronMoneyMindset]

A great tutorial on nodes. I love the explanations and explaining the ins and outs and showing where you go and how you create nodes, where in the color graphs, etc. Thank you!👍😃

[blcsuperdave]

Nicely done. Thank you for taking the time to create this video. I am in the process of moving from Premiere to Davinci. Your video will be very helpful.

[jamesrooneyy]

I really love how well you explained this. Thank you.

[matrixate]

Superior demonstration. Thank you so very much for this.

[kennynoel]

Thaank you for this! Alot of value. I never understood the difference between layers and nodes but this brought more clarity.

[ToledonativeAl_V]

This is very powerful and helpful I just started messing around with DR and this was something I needed to push me to keep using it THANKS!

[michaeltreephotography]

Thank you, well explained, the more detail you give, the easier it becomes to understand nodes. You don’t rush through the exercise, and that is a welcome blessing. Step by step guide, makes it easier to understand 👏👏

[shabin]

thank you so much for the easy to understand tutorial on this subject.

[lezedits]

Thank you so much my man! This was the intro to nodes I was looking for. Not too dense, not too easy breezy, perfect. I can actually look at a node tree now and not just panic out of pure lack of knowledge hahah

[thewildermike]

Great work! You made that very easy to understand, Thank you!

[venturasurfing]

I have liked and subscribed. I have learned more basics of nodes in the first 8 minutes of this video than I expected by a large margin.

[MarteenMayjer]

Best tutorial on this topic. Thanks so much!

[latenightmark]

This was very helpful explaining how this works. Wow, very powerful. Thanks.