I'm confused between two monitors, one has 1000:1 Contrast Ratio but P3 98.5% and it's mini LED providing HDR1000 Nits (PA32UCRK) the other one is from MSI OLED. PLEASE HELP ME TO CHOOSE.

Hey this is to all that know a bit about the Davinchi Resolve and its CST input: I have the problem that I dont even know what Footage i have to put in correctly in the CST. And believe me i am not too lazy to google it or something. I really spend some time but i found out nothing. I have a Panasonic G9 and shot my footage in its colour Profile "Natural". All i could find about the G9 when it comes to colour grading is with V-Log and HLG Footage. But this is not what i was using. So what am i supposed to put in CST now ? Eveything i tried is a guess and it went wrong and looked awful. So does anyone know this or know where or how i could find out ? This would help me a lot because i cannot even start properly without this crucial information. Thanks a lot to you if you tell me :)

Thanks for the grayscale! the one you have as the link looks a little different from the one you show in the video.

So, on a subsequent node after the Linear node, should I switch the new node back to Gamma 2.4 or whatever I was using? Or does the Linear change only effect the singular node and not the whole chain?

Very interesting. Thanks

You can easily add density using color Warper in HSV mode. Dial down the luminance of the specific hue you want to make denser

Thank you! You are really good at explaining concepts! Definitely my go to tutor for Color grading! I bought your book a while ago, it’s great! Also, really enjoying the podcast! It’s fantastic that nowadays professionals as yourself share so much great information online! Thank you!

Suspected this to be the case but always good to see it in action. The group/timeline tuck trick for the bread of the sandwich.....awesome technique. Huge help. Thank you.

Do you do the look Dev first (in the post clip tab) before starting the grade in the clip tab? I'm using a non-managed workspace and use CST's. I find once I've set the correct Input & Output CST, working on the Look dev FIRST, lets me see 'the look' more clearly without disturbance from that individual's clip grade.. if you see what I mean?!

Hell yeah Kelly 10 out of 10!!

This is great video, but I have question related to grading workflow. Seeing that sometimes clip need different kind of split toning, but usually I put my split toning in timeline level. My question how do you change the split toning the "specific clip" that need finnessing ?

thanks for the awesome content but the link you provided for download is actually the grayscale chart not the exposure chart

Cullen your videos help me more than most I find in color grading. It's just solid foundational stuff

Hey Cullen, quick question here! how does working in linear differ from working in ACES? It's my understanding that ACES is a Linear color space too. just with a wider color gamut right? btw just want to also thank you for all the information you share. it has helped me so much in my work!

Cullen, what do you think of the ASUS ProArt Display OLED PA32DC 31.5"? I know the LG has since been discounted. Hoping to find something to serve as a good replacement.

Brilliant

Would it be better to create LUT with PS

hi mate! just subbed! i have a question regarding my dji pocket 3 dlog -m footages. ive understsood that it is not log and it is actually rec709. what would be the best in- cst and out-cst .... ive played around using these setttings for in-CST rec709 and rec 709 as input color space and gamma and dwg and di for output then for out-CST dwg and di for input color space and gamma and then rec709 and rec709-a for output. im playing around using the option 'use timeline' as input as well. im struggle to know which setting is the best to use ?. thank you!

fantastic explanation, thanks for sharing

Crazy good

Thank you !

Great tutorial as always, didn't see the link do the Middle Grey LUT

How did you get that curve to show on the waveform at 13:26? I've never seen that & cannot reproduce.

Where is the link to free dtcl?

THANK YOU!

His Contour program is the best tool that gives operators the freedom to perform creative grading as they use it more and more. I'm a fan of his, and I'm really grateful for the insights and experiences he shares on KZbin. Although I thought the program was a bit expensive at first, after using it for a few months, I now believe that Contour is definitely not overpriced. It may not have flashy effects or various film stocks, but it's a really great tool that stays true to the basics and helps the user focus on them. If you download the demo version and analyze it, you'll be able to understand DaVinci better.

An amazing explanation of the split toning, which is a realistic vision of the image with a subtle "aftertaste". It looks great

thanks very informative but u didn't put free dctl download link below as you promised in the video

I don't think it hurts the value of anyone's work to demo the use of two custom curve nodes, fed into preservation stacks (an opacity slider control for achieving what your talking about). If anything it provides an introduction to valuing these details. Concepts and techniques I've learned from this channel never seem to make it back into the conversation when discussing Resolve vs "Film system" videos.

And what do you think about mixing the custom curves method with a simple luminance qualifier for some fine tuning of where exactly the color starts/ends instead of making so many little points on the curve? Thanks a lot for showing the difference when using primaries and curves. No I know why it looks so different. My first subjective choice without that knowledge was to create two separate nodes - one for highlights and one for shadows. In the shadows I pushed the color with lift + luma qualifier for shutting it down where I want and the same with gain for the highlights node. That gave me the best ease of use and control because it was easier for me to push a direction on the color wheel than "calculating" the curve. The qualifier was also handy because you can exactly see where the color lives on the image with the mask on. Now I think of using the same method but with two curves :). Some might say it requires two nodes instead of "one to rule them all" but that really doesn't bother me much. This way you can also easily use the mask gain to fine tune the strength of the push not touching the RGB sliders on the curves.

I brought this up in one of your color grade school sessions, but couldn't explain it in the amount of characters given in the chat. I spent my teenage years selling oil paintings as an afternoon job while at school. So my life was all about color and painting back then. Master painters used the Purkinje effect to add realism to painting where in the daytime the rods and cones in your eyes pick up more on the reds and other warm coolers 
 As shadows have less light , this reverses - Greens and Blues become more dominant. Painters of course needed to add the pigment to the paint and mix in the warm and cool hues. The result being that we become nearly color blind under low levels of illumination. As the light dims, the rods take over from the cones, and before color disappears entirely, our color perception shifts toward the blue-green spectrum. With cameras we have an advantage over painters because they have to add the tones in to make the colors look natural. With skin there is also reflected sky that because the sky is so bright that it gets reflected into shadows and especially on the shadow side of skin. So direct light hits one side and the reflected light goes to the shadow side. That effect is sometimes graded out of the frame by keying the skin, and thinking there should be no blue in the skin that we see on the vectorscope so people push yellow into the face shadow, or use the color compressor to compress the different hues. In my opinion, it tends to make the people look phoney. Master oil painters that were looking for realism, would be adding blues into the shadows. Anyway great video topic Cullen. Split toning can make things look more natural and the Purkinje effect is a detailed explanation as to why we use it.

Awesome, thanks!

how can i make that curve appear on my waveform?

Hello Cullen, how is the 2 day course administered(live in class, zoom or pre recorded videos)

Excellent video on split toning.

Easily the best video (or up there) on split toning on youtube thus far 🔥

great video cullen! (as usual) ...BUT WHERE IS THE PROMISED GREY SCALE RAMP DCTL :(

I have had this exact problem many times over. I ended up finessing split tone point for all clips that I thought look wrong. It's a lot of work but I think it's worth it.

Awesome video, Cullen. I have learned SO MUCH from your videos. I'm very much an amateur at all this. My wife has a YT channel that she films on her iPhone and I wanted to improve the look of her videos and found my way into Resolve. It has drastically improved the look and feel of her content. I've always been fascinated by film and how those films were colored, but never dove in headfirst to learn more. I got my start watching a bunch of Qazi's videos and while I learned a lot to get started with, it wasn't until I landed on your channel that I REALLY started understanding the concepts of all this fascinating stuff more than just the "do it this way" approach of other teachers on the platform. And just a side note, I genuinely appreciate that you don't hard-sell your Contour DCTL. You're clearly making a case for it in this video but it doesn't come off as "salesy". You're showing us alternatives to Contour but really making a good strong argument for purchasing the DCTL. That is the proper way to do a sales pitch. Watching Qazi do a sales pitch is brutal because his toolkit is apparently the "greatest thing ever", and while that could be true, the sales pitch is tough to watch because it is a HARD sales tactic that feels arrogant and definitely car salesman-like "salesy", and it makes me not want to purchase his toolkit. Other channels could learn a thing or two about your approach.

could you send me the link for your free ramp dctl? would love to try that out sometimes :)

you rock!

Right on Cullen! Awesome stuff, as per usual!

its the power grade middle gary available?

Great video as always, is fun how you say something on your channel and then suddenly every other youtube channel is using the same techniques, Linear gain for balance for example we all appreciate the knowledge you pass. PS: could not find the Grayscale ramp link 😕

Thanks Cullen for explaining this.

Thanks a lot sir

Great, but the yearly plugin cost is 1.5x that of davinci resolve itself. I would love to understand how somebody can justify asking 450 bucks a year for a plugin like this. Blackmagic is a multibillion dollar company with whole a big team working on a whole program like Resolve, yet the license costs 295 to own, while this mere plugin costs 450 A YEAR.

Sorry to say it, but your split toning looks like shit.

At last , a real and depth explanation about Split Toning....I believe it was only for the post photo with Lightroom..