Davinci Resolve: Basic Colour Correction and Grading
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- 2 day course
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Course Outline
- Set-Up
- Workflows
- Colour Theory
- Using Scopes and Correcting Luminance
- Using Scopes and Correcting Colour
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Overview
Course Outline
Set-Up
- Setting Up a project.
- The Project manager
- Databases
- Importing content
- Setting up locations
- Understanding the interface
- Interface overview
- The Media Page
- The editing Page
- The Color Page
- The Fairlight Page
- The Deliver Page
Workflows
- Importing Clips for Digital Dailies
- Editing in the Timeline
- Importing XML, EDL and AAF
- Working with Timelines
Colour Theory
- Understanding the Colour correction process
- Primary Corrections
- Secondary Corrections
- Grading
- Analysing a shot visually
- Analysing a shot using Scopes.
- Analysing and fixing Luminance issues
- Analysing & Fixing Chrominance Issues
Using Scopes and Correcting Luminance
- The Waveform monitor
- Customising the Waveform monitor
- Using the Colour Wheels interface
- Life, Gamma, Gain, Offset controls
- Adjusting Contrast
- Adjusting Exposure
- Using Curves to adjust Exposure and contrast
Using Scopes and Correcting Colour
- Analysing Colour balance problems
- Understanding the RGB parade
- Understanding The Vectorscope
- Fixing colour balance using the Colour Wheels
- Fixing Colour balance using Curves
- Fixing Colour Balance using the Primaries Bars
Grading
- Using the Hue Saturation Curve
- Understanding the Hue V Hue Curve
- Understanding the Hue Vs Lum curve
- Understanding the Lum Vs Sat curve
- Understanding the Sat Vs Sat Curve
- Using the RGB mixer
- Adding Blur
Grading Continued
- Secondary Correction
- Using the Qualifier
- Keying on Hue, Saturation & Luminance
- Adjusting the qualifier range
- Optimising a Key
- Using Windows (Masks)
- Tracking using Windows
- Using Nodes
- Adding Nodes
- Serial Nodes Vs Parallel Nodes
- Outside Nodes
- Layer Nodes
- Sizing – Cropping and scaling
- Adding Effects
- Amending Effects
- Keyframing Grades and effects
Using LUTS
- LUTs
- Using LUTs
- Importing LUTS
Grade Management
- Stills Gallery
- Light-table view
Grade Examples
- Creating a basic grade
Delivery
- Rendering Clips
- Adding handles
- Rendering a sequence
- Round Tripping
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SEE COURSESUseful Links
- Main Davinci product page – Learn how to use Resolve for professional editing, colour, effects and audio post!
- The download page – All the downloads in one place
- The PC Mag review – See what PC Mag says about Davinci Resolve ...
- Find out more about Resolve – Great explanation of all the features and benefits of Resolve
- Wikipedia page for Davinci Resolve – History and capabilities of Davinci Resolve
- The official BlackMagic Design support page – Support on all the BlackMagic products