Basic Look Creation in DaVinci Resolve pt. 2

In part 2 of our creative look design series, you'll learn about customizing the color palette in your look, including handling hue rotations and color density using tools inside of DaVinci Resolve.

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[ankitjojha]

“Sweeten the yellows, ” yes, exactly the way I go when I see colors on screen that I want to… literally eat for some reason. There were these deep purples in a galaxy in Ad Astra when I saw it, and I just knew I wanted a nom. 😭

Cullen gets it. 😭

[finaltouchstudio_]

Thank you man! Can you do a tutorial of how you would color grade this project AFTER the look development?

Because I watched both these tutorials thinking this was the ACTUAL color grade, not just preparation for it lol

[thatcherfreeman]

Love the idea behind that monochrome/color/luminance mixer trick.

On the Hue v Hue topic, one thing I really dislike about the presentation of the HvH curve in Resolve is that it's a horizontal line, so it's not visually obvious if you've made an adjustment where you've rotated a hue past the rotation of its neighbors. The two alternative approaches that come to mind are to use the Color Warper or to do those adjustments, or to convert a node to HSL and apply the normal RGB curves only to Channel 1. I'd have a similar complaint with regards to the Sat v Sat curve in Resolve too. These things have no business being displayed as a horizontal line.

[laniakeasupercluster]

If you're putting this look development in the Timeline section, wouldn't this affect Graphics and Titles in your project too? Wouldn't it be better to just put it in the Group-Post Clip section instead? AFIK, you cannot subtract a clip from the Timeline section?

[apocryphal_man]

A thing I noticed before when layer mixing using color composite mode: As soon as I switched the RGB mixer to monochrome on the top layer, the colors in the overall image would change very noticeably - before I had manipulated anything. That's why I stayed away from that technique. Any thoughts?

[shonmyles]

Great video as always! Question: why is the density method you showed cleaner than hue vs lum? What is it about the way hue vs lum works that makes it the less cleaner option in this case?

[joonasjoo]

I want to make grade in time line section, but want to bypass it for few clips. How to make it?

[VideoPine]

The rgb mixer trick does not seem to work in aces colorspace. its affecting the blue channel making it become brighter as the reds are increasing density.

[beargeistdesign]

I've noticed when using the monochrome density trick, (when enabling monochrome) it immediately changes the appearance of contrast. I thought it may be a slight difference of luminance coefficients, but I guess DWG and Rec use the same values.... so is it the mixer, or how monochrome is defining chrominance? or both.

[JimRobinson-colors]

I have a strong feeling of dejaVu with the last two videos. Strange.

[masonaaselund]

Hey Cullen,

quick question.

When developing a look do you color correct x amount of shots prior or after?

Thanks.

[jukkahillberg]

Can I use the Voyager LUTs with ACES color management? If so, what would be the best way to do it?

[sashazephiria]

Oooh I didn't know about the RGB mixer layer node technique ! Gotta try that :) Just one question : even if you're touching the Red channel only, it does affect the luminance of the yellows too (I guess because there is some red in those yellows, as yellow is composed of both green & red), is there any solution to target more precisely only the reds, without neighbouring colors being affected (orange/yellow/magenta) ?

[MareckiTV]

This monochrome mixer is making huuuge difference in grading!

[christianrushpostpro]

Is there a world in which you could use a splitter combiner node, so that it splits RGB to three nodes, and then use sat vs sat or something to get density in a different flavor per channel? I'm experimenting but not getting anything to work for density. I'm able to make an interesting split tone with LGG though.

[jj]

Hey, if I'm using your voyager LUT pack at the timeline level, how would the node structure look with the split toning and contrast in conjunction with tone and foundation nodes? Or would be better just to use the LUTs and not worry about this aspect too much? Not sure if that's a stupid question but I thought I ask.

[Keegster]

I am currently grading one of my videos where a subject is wearing an overly loud red shirt so the density technique is perfect timing. Thanks again as always!

[elvisripley]

You mention other tools for look development. What are the other tools you are using?

[kirankiranmishra]

greatttt.... what a sweet demonstration of look creation.thank you sir.

[SailInFinland]

Great info again, thanks. Always enjoy your stuff, especially the part with the "why do I do this" and clearly marking what is preference and what is "technique". Just wish that you would use chapters to mark those sections with "what this channel is about" and the marketing at the end, they are pretty much word by word the same and it tends to get a bit repetitive 🙂.