3 MISTAKES you shouldn't make as a freelance Colorist.

3 MISTAKES you shouldn't make as a freelance Colorist.
My grading setup:
Reference Monitor: Sony PVM-A250
UI Monitor: Benq SW270C
Panel: Black Magic Design Mini Panel
Mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight
Keyboard: Logitech MX Keys Wireless
Various: Wacom Intuos Pro M
Headphones: Beyer-Dynamic 80 Ohm 770
Feel free to ask my anything in the comments. I try to answer all of your questions and will maybe even do a video on it!
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[@allenpayne9182]

Good advices! My number 4 would be: Learn everything you can about color management, Rec709, CST and so on. At the beginning, I did not do any of that and went completely "freestyle" with my grading. Same with my node tree. Try to find a "fixed node tree" that works best for you. Name your Nodes so if you have to work on an older project, you still know what you did in all the nodes. :)

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

I always try to name mine as well!

[@adsmithtx]

Excellent advice to all that are starting out and even working colorists!!

[@Crimbtw]

Thanks Gavin for providing great information! I look forward to future videos

[@LockeVincent]

Thanks again Gavin, your insight is always appreciated.

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Thank you :)

[@asuhfarias]

So glad that I found your channel! Thank you for the content!

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Im glad YOU found me :)

[@cristinac.571]

Thank you for the advice

[@kudzanaimaneswa5800]

No bullshit. Straight to the point. I love this guy

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Thank you man :)

[@fjouper]

Thanks. Needed that to remind myself to not invest to much money in gear. I invested in books to not look at a screen/monitor to much :).

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Haha, good investment!

[@YuvalAloni]

Keep putting these out :)

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Will do!

[@billkastanakiscom]

Thanks Gavin, super good advice. One interesting thing in relation on spending too much money is, equipment cost goes up really quickly. E.g. Mini Panel to Advanced 28k difference, a non HDR Flanders to a BVM HDR Sony 25k difference. There is no mid tier!

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Highend equipment gets extremely expensive extremely fast. They only produce low numbers of certain products and they kinda have to charge crazy prices for that. There aren’t that many suites out there with a Sony X300, an advanced panel etc. And, of course, Sony and Dolby can charge much more due to their name. Im glad that there is no mid tier as the lower end stuff is so good today, you almost dont need it.

[@NibuThomson]

200% agreed👍👍

[@mileva128]

What do you recommend to have for settings instead of black magic panel? To have something temporarily until you can buy it

[@FilthyBadger]

Is it possible to make a good living from freelance colour grading?

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

It is!

[@castielvargastv7931]

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