Pro colorist explains rolloff

It's far too common for colorists to have a sense or vague understanding of roll-off for far too long into their career as they piece it together through context as they hear it mentioned by other colorists. Today, I want to give a clear, concise definition of roll-off and show why knowing that definition matters to us as colorists.

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[thatguypew]

You are the greatest source of info on color grading on all of YouTube and you do it for free. Thank you for your service. You are greatly appreciated

[johnwaldmann]

It is also worth noting, that Cullen has previously indicated a preference for turning off the automatic S-curve option in Resolve colour management so that he has full control over toe and highlights without resolve generating roll off for him.

[PerroneFord]

Absolute GOLD! Second of your videos I've watched today and learned more in an hour than I have piddling around in Resolve for a year. Subscribed!

[jonathanwest]

Thank you. Once again, you've taken one aspect of color grading and explained it in great detail... allowing us to better understand and utilize the tools we have to work with in Resolve. And thanks for the additional tools from CKC. A+++

[beargeistdesign]

I appreciated some of the use cases in the explanation. I'm starting to appreciate, how many times concepts are repeated throughout the pipeline to deal with unexpected, expected and implied things.

[Tensor_]

This is the first video I have ever seen that explains what exactly roll off is. Thanks a lot for making amazing videos

[cannyaii]

Thank you for giving me the language to talk about an issue I faced a week ago as a beginner 😍

[tommyfilms]

I have been looking for this specific answer and demonstration for years Cullen! Thank you so much!

[glen-draketoolworks]

Thanks Cullen. I have the perfect spot to employ highlight rolloff. Your drill-down posts are fantastic.

[seanlefloch]

Awesome information here. Especially the explanation of tone mapping. Great work Cullen!

[ConnerFoxx]

Clearest, fastest explanation I've seen in it's own video. This should be THE video on highlight rolloff. As it turns out, I already understood all of this, but it's good to know my understanding has been correct. You've got my subscription. I would love to hear your thoughts on the famed Alexa highlight rolloff compared to other high end cameras -- Do you think the rolloff is something that can be largely replicated in the grade, assuming the camera captured enough dynamic range? Or does the Alexa truly have an extra quality of highlight rolloff that simply isn't achievable with other sensors? So many professionals speak to the superior rolloff of the Alexa, and I genuinely can't tell if they're absolutely right, or if they don't understand that highlights can be rolled off the same way in any image that holds enough highlight /information/. I would love to believe that everyone in an industry knows exactly what they're talking about, but this is rarely true, so I'm forever scratching my head.

[sknemani]

If you make a course. Trust me I am selling all I got to be able to afford it. You are amazing Sir. Thank you.

[JrnMnd]

The best channel on color grading. Thank you thank you thank you

[oguzbuyukbas]

Its just perfect content for simple but complicated subject. Thank you!

[hazm]

Man you're amazing. Quite good humor there in all your videos.

[joshmethven]

Really interesting stuff. Something I never really understood. I appreciate your time in explaining this!

[daniel.h]

thank you for this video! now I have a better understanding on this subject

[redstoneranger]

One more topic demystified. Thank you again Cullen.

[SeeArtem]

Thank you! I really like your teaching style

[posebukse]

There's a lot of info and contrast in the door window when you pull it down real good at 9:02. Do you have suggestions on strategies to evening out the range as much as possible? I often find myself in this position and will have to use power windows and qualifying, but it's hard to make it look good. I really have to flatten the overall contrast of the entire image before being to grade the entire frame as a whole. Thanks for awesome content as always!