Common Mistake Beginners make when Grading LOG Footage

Learn the best practices when grading LOG footage.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:54 FREE 1-hour training teaser
1:41 Beginner's Look
3:36 Analyzing Grades from TV Commercials & Music Videos
5:00 Pro's Look
11:56 Final Look
12:08 Conclusion

About:
I am a professional colorist and have worked with brands such as Prime Video, Adidas, Toyota, Vizio, etc. Outside client work, I run a color academy with over 6000 students. My channel mostly focuses on the taste-making (subjective) aspect of color grading. With the rise of AI, I truly believe that most of the grunt, technical (how-to) tasks will be handled by the software, and the job of a colorist will be purely driven by their art and imagination.

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[martinXY]

'Here's what a beginner would do'. Describes exactly what I do. Oh.

[udeeksh]

Beginners look is all what youtube lessons taught me. :(
Finally something beyond that

[GoodrumMC]

quick recap,
node 2 we use color space transform to give rec709 look
node 1 we adjust primaries to balance out node 2
node 3 fix skin and details
node 4 shape light

[cupofjoen]

Qazi: Usually what happen with an amateur or a beginner...
Me: as a beginner I can confirm I do that every time when I grade without watching Qazi's tutorial.

[JusttJC]

It's funny, when you first see the beginner grade you think "hmm it's not that bad, it could pass" until you see how much it was missing with the pro grade. Valuable stuff man fo real🔥 Appreciated this video a lot

[theqazman]

Watch the FREE 1-hour Color Grading Workshop:

[AdamSzarmack]

Been working on some grades today that I don't think I was pushing enough because of fear of clipping some minor shadow areas. Honestly this was the exact message I needed to hear right now.

[luisdiazstudio]

Thanks to your course, I finally understand and was able to perfect my color correction which makes my log footage look incredible within just like 2 weeks of the course! Thanks Qazi!

[aaronbazil]

One of the most common tips you'll hear if you're into audio engineering or music production is " *Use Your Ears* ." And that same advice I've used when I started even learning how to play instruments without first learning theory. Training my ears and learning to discover what you're hearing and reverse engineering it on your instruments leads one to experiment, and go on a path of their own to get to a point, but the result is something completely unique. You find your voice, and you also learn theory, in reverse. I've carried that philosophy into the visual arts as well. Starting with photography, before even shooting video, I rarely used meters etc I started by experimenting first and learning to use my eyes. The common misconception is that "Well, what if your monitor is not calibrated, or eyes are off, or tired." The answer I always say is: you calibrate your eyes through using your favorite reference images first on the screen you're going to be editing on, or in music production, you listen to your favorite songs through the same monitors or headphones you're gonna use. Once your ears or eyes are "warmed up, " you can trust that you have an idea of what sounds good, or what looks good, based on your references and what you like.

This naturally leads you to just push things when you're working, naturally, without regard to meters or what theory says. Your eyes and ears are you guide. Theory can limit you, but is also useful once you've been doing the natural way for a while. It's a good tool to double check things, but never a tool to work with during the creation process. You wanna be as free as possible and trust your instincts. That's what I do it anyways.

And this video looks like the pro way of doing it as an understanding of this "intuitive" process as well. No matter how you arrive at it – whether you learned theory first and chose to disregard that theory to arrive at something new, or you started with just diving in without too much formal knowledge, and then supplementing that intuitive approach with theory, you arrive at the same place in the end.

[schuey]

Everytime I watch your youtube stuff, I learn something new. That selection you did for the negative fill was... *chefs kiss*

[CPtheCreator]

This was so helpful! I was definitely coloring my images like an amateur! Wow! Thank you so much for your kind sharing!

[MariaPimentel]

I just tried this with some log footage I had and the difference is insane! Thank you so much! Subscribing for sure!

[rinusworldzm]

Always beasting Qazi. This just opened my eyes to what I wanna grade commercial work like.

[InTechxicated_SyedAsif]

Even with this much subs, you still manage to react to every single one'em. Respect dude!

[SuperIceteapeach]

This shows you dont need 10 nodes to grade a good image. You need to KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING! Same goes for PS or Lightroom :)

[WilliamFaucher]

Man this is your first video that I watch, and this was an instant subscribe from me. So nice to see a pro who knows what he's talking about and understands the importance of a good grade.

[SourceAwareness]

👍🏾‎️‍🔥 AMAZING WORK, Waqas, my brother!!! Much Appreciate you, man

[foto_wlodar]

First 5 minutes of this video already has improved my work. Thanks for knowledge!

[naturallymitch]

This video definitely got me to subscribe. Awesome tutorial.

[TheLensSchwendi]

Awesome! Thank you very much for sharing this with us! Helps me a lot!