Dos and Don'ts of Working with the Kodak 2383 LUT

I thought Resolve is a 32-bit float, so the node order shouldn't matter, right? WRONG.

In this video, you will learn why the node tree sequence matters, especially when using DaVinci Resolve's Kodak 2383 LUT.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 What's grading under a LUT?
03:12 Free Webinar
03:52 Do's and Don'ts when using Resolve LUTs
07:31 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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[Magic_Turski]

Thanks a lot Qazi! It's amazing how within less than 10 min I feel like I am learning something I will remember for all my future years of working.!!

[lulumink]

This is the gold advice from a pro colorist! A lot of people do it wrong and I've seen even youtuber giving out wrong tutorials by putting grade over the LUT. follow the right guy.

[AllThingsFilm]

You're the best. I've been watching/hearing people defend grading their shots after the LUT over and over. Thanks for clearing it up with this demonstration.

[jakeforsythe]

you can't beat the quality of information qazi puts out. what a legend.

[maenkarchipay]

expert level discussion, truely inspired by you

[AyushSharmaa]

A great video to demonstrate that there's a reason why you need to understand the node tree FIRST before even learning the basics. Great job🎉❤

[tristan_lp]

The exact info I was trying to understand at the moment! Thank you so much for your great work!

[JaymesMedia]

Definitely helpful and I see new resolve users do this a lot.

[BlackZEddie]

Great example of node sequence order matters.

[CSanoAct]

Great video! So are there any adjustments at all that would be done after the LUT? Or is this always the last step? Thanks!

[mrkumaran]

great tutorial, I have always wondered about this, and you have explained this so well. Thank you

[MSeanMcManus]

Neat, I knew LUT placement mattered, but this is great to see you step through it.

[brandonklemets]

LUT is the first thing I put in my edit. It goes at the VERY END of the TIMELINE node tree. Then I build my broad stroke look under it, and eventually work my way BACKWARDS to the source in my Clip node tree.

[spoltzproductions]

Thanks so much for this info!! This one really hit home.

[watzmaaname]

Very helpful. Excellent breakdown! More of this please The Qazman 🙂

[talktalk]

Thank you for the human fonts ❤ u rock! 🔥🔥

[Micka_nvan]

Would you do the same method with another LUTs, like the basics one for the look?
Putting your CST in and Out, and the LUT would be the last before the Out?
The before the LUT we adjust the exposure, WL etc…?

[CreateNowSleepLater]

Where does a color space transform go in this pipeline. I see a lot of people teaching CST is the last node and others putting it before the LUT. I imaging if the LUT is doing the rec709 transform it goes last and if a LUT is only creative, it goes creative LUT, then CST to rec709?

[Lensman]

Following the flow would seem to me that it's over and not under the lut. What am I missing in the node tree. Placing a corrector as you say before the lut is not "over" it? Great demonstration btw.

[abdulkahar]

well qazi… isn’t resolve 32bit float.. meaning i can put anything anywhere?😂

by the way your FCM class is cool, but i think the videos are mostly made in 2020….
what are you doing about resolve 19 version and updating your videos?