Grade School: Senior Colorist AMA

Pro Colorist answers your questions about grading and DaVinci Resolve.

0:06 Introduction
2:50 Is the color warper a spatial tool?
3:32 When using RAW do you lower the ISO to open up shadows and compressed
highlights as part of the break, or do you prefer protecting highlights or shadows?
7:37 Do you avoid using the color warper for look creation? Can you show or explain
the potential artifacts of using color warper?
12:40 Is a spatial tool similar to texture in DCTL?
13:56 How would you correct a chromatic aberration in a video?
15:51 What are other ways to raise the shadows without breaking the image?
23:02 Could you explain how to create a bleach bypass look?
30:12 If you use the shadows and highlights controls in a node that has a composite
mode of ‘’Luminance’’ would that still result in a spatial operation?
36:00 Is it possible to achieve subtractive saturation using the given tools inside
Resolve?
38:47 Is making a curve adjustment only on the Y the same as adding a node in Lab
and adjusting only the first channel?
39:19 Where in the waveform do you set your black point?
47:14 Does noise reduction change depending on the resolution of the image or the
timeline?
48:28 How would you deal with infrared polluted footage?
52:49 Have you had a chance to work on any new Arri 35 material with texture
baked in camera? How do you feel about in camera texture application?
55:44 What are some ways of using vignettes or power windows instead of just
masking around the image?
59:21 Any idea for learning resources to go from an SDR workflow to HDR?
1:05:18 Conclusion

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[pingopallo]

too bad I missed the live episode, since you mentioned calibration at the end, is there any chance to delve into that topic in the future? What softwter do you calibrate with and what settings do you use for the most common deliveries like rec 709, DCI P3.

[bobbydrake]

After getting the feel of an OLED monitor in my grading practice, I’ve come to the conclusion that not having perfect OLED like contrast ratio is in itself also an ‘inaccuracy’ on your reference monitor.

What do y’all think?

[Patrick-mgvv]

Great Q & A thanks. Does the qualifier's blur slider count as a spatial operation. I have a parallel node set up. Three nodes in parallel luma qualifying lows, mids and highs for grain. Each qual has softening and blur within qualifier controls. Any thoughts?

[nm]

Always great content! I'd really need some tips about gamut clipping 😅

[mcjayred]

Hey Cullen, first off I love your content, well done! I have a question about Cineon Pipeline -I shot a movie in a RedOne MX, RedRaw, I will be using IPP2 + FilmConvert Nitrate to Convert into Cineon Profile for best results from Nitrate Colour / Grain rendition of the Red Raw Profile.

Iv no idea where to set up this up as a colour managed or a non-colour managed workflow, have you any ideas?

Would I be going from CST from IPP2 Node to Nitrate Cineon Node to 709 Gamma 2.4? Or have you any suggestions?

Any help, greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Jay