3 Simple Color Grading Tricks to make your Footage POP | DaVinci Resolve 17 Tutorial

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In this video, I will reveal an easy 3-step process to make your footage pop.
0:00 Intro
0:37 FREE 1-hour training teaser
1:22 Node Tree Build-out
2:20 Trick no. 1
3:44 Trick no. 2
5:49 Trick no. 3
11:32 Look Recap
12:02 Final Look
12:09 Conclusion
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Equipment used:
Canon C500 mkii
Sigma 50mm 1.4
Rode NTG3
Nanlite Pavotubes
Resolve Advanced Panel
Apple XDR Display
Eizo CG279x
#davinciresolve #colorgrading #resolve17

[@theqazman]

Watch the FREE 1-Hour Training: bit.ly/3rXUQJf

[@shamimfilms9607]

Plz upload project footage also

[@prodrummers5828]

The training always won’t be opened on phone I don’t why 😒

[@kobe0313]

This is unacceptable I watched the entire webinar and the links you promised never appeared, or an email with them, this is such a scam, and also how am I supposed to pay you, if you can not provide with the free stuff you advertised, I’m a business person like you, and that’s so misleading, its great content I’ll give you that, but if someone try to make people believe in them keep what you preach.

[@JJKaliski]

Stunning work!

[@AdAstraStakePool]

You're the best, Waqas!! Thank you so much for these excellent lessons 🙏🙏🙏

[@fade2nada]

Always great to see a new video! Keep them coming

[@Motionphile]

This is what I love about color correcting and grading 🤩 really learn a lot from your channel! And inspired 🙌

[@PaulRichards78]

Love the simplicity of this Thanks Bro

[@dots560]

Thank you for sharing. Always learning something new from your videos.

[@BlackBoyconcept]

Thanks much for such a cool and simplified tutorial

[@shanjayaweera3036]

Brilliant lesson Waqas. Awesome

[@orelbitan]

Love your channel, learning so much!

[@luisotero5354]

Good, simple, yet useful skills.

[@TakahiroOda]

Great tutorial!!! learned a lot!! thanx!!!

[@ZEUS]

Epicness as always!!!

[@shresthasahni]

Thank you for creating such content

[@SagarGanesh_ContentCreator]

Awesome as always 🙂

[@MegaErnest25]

Always Thankful🔥

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

awesome tutorial♥️

[@NathLestrange]

Hey! thank you so much! this video helped me a lot to understand Color better and inspired me to transition from Premiere to Davinci

[@Iamjsongz]

This explains it all thanks man....!

[@rayp6731]

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!

[@KillingTheMost]

wonderful!

[@victorcao3817]

Hey Qazi! Thx for your videos! It would be great if you make one about how to make deeper colors. Thx!

[@walidelmarouri]

incredible

[@1SubZeero]

Thank you so much for this! Excellent approach!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@FamJammersFilm]

Qazi always giving out the golden nuggets

[@madlove2339]

top tips Waqas.

[@saga-malak]

Man, I love you :) You explain everything clearly, straightforwardly without any unnecessary chatter. I have one question: is it possible to paint masks with a brush, softly? Like in Photoshop?

[@Forediting-dp9hi]

Thanks

[@GoluBhai__]

Bahut acchi hai video sar ji thank you aisi video banane ke liye jo ki hamen bahut pasand hai video ham is video se bahut kuchh sikhate Hain sar ji love u aapko ❤️

[@memorycaptorphotographyage2241]

I downloaded the all your video to learn continue

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Thank you for the tips. I would love to hear your opinion on the look of the Danish Netflix miniseries „Warrior“ (2018). I haven’t seen such a stark contrast with very deep blacks whilst maintaing a very interesting teal and orange look throughout long parts of the series.

[@atthasabi4554]

Thank You for the tips, please create sample color grading if using zlog from zcam, thank

[@pablojaviermuratore]

Awesome, thanks a lot for sharing! I'm rather new and wanted to ask is there any reason you put the Custom curve at the end and not at the beginning? Again, thanks!

[@groundcontrolvisuals1646]

Thanks for the vid. I was wondering why you wouldn't just use the white balance tool in resolve since the subject was wearing a white shirt? Also, why do so many colorists end up with unbalanced footage to work with?

[@AdNessTv]

Like always bro you’re video gave in 10min more then one day at school lol 😂🤙🏻🤙🏻 I have always this problem when the node tree is simple even if the shoot looks good i feel like I need to more.. and sometimes less like you show here you can get there just be few steps! Need to remember that lol

[@demetrixxx8962]

Hello mate, what is the advantage of using editable splines on custom curve? I'm new to grading but generally just pull in the curve to the left at the top and to the right at the bottom (without splines) then add a curve if necessary. Thanks for you great vids

[@lifestreamdalycity2894]

Is fixing the tint better using the offset tool (as opposed to the tint parameter?)

[@Ritefita]

Great channel! Subscribed) Question: should I install 17 if I feel pain with 16 on my FX8150 & R390 ? (win7 only =)

[@capestranosfilm3047]

Hello Qazi, could you make a tutorial with the iPhone footage?

[@Azamat-Han]

Круто!

[@ericbloom6937]

RIP my ear drums. Definitely should've expected someone immediately yelling at me while I had my monitoring earbuds in. My bad dude. Other than that, thank you for the much needed info! 👌👌👌

[@LYN4X]

Hi! Random question, where can i find colorspace transform for Cinelike D for panasonic Lumix cameras? I want to be able to convert them to rec.709

[@Spawn666949]

How did you soften out the windows at 7:02 ?

[@consciousxz]

Why when I press on the very top highlight on the curve it doesn’t show a separate arm like you did on 2:48 I have the latest update. Any help?

[@MartinAaberge]

Output looks stunning! Why do you do the custom curves first on the node in the end of the node tree before the primaries? Is it because you're not really tweaking any colors, but values only? Also, how do you get that circle over all your waveforms etc. based on where the mouse cursor is? That is super handy and should be on by default :D

[@theqazman]

Thanks. Watch the free training to learn more about the node tree structure.

[@sakissarakinis]

What if the man moving? Do the same nodes with moving subject!

[@castielvargastv7931]

You could pull out the green with curves too right? In lightroom i always do my curves first. The white the red the green and the blue until my colors have the balance i want.

[@theqazman]

It's never a good idea to start narrow. Make changes on a broader level then narrow in.

[@nomer440]

the producer of the matrix watching this :o

[@hmusic8635]

Sir 8bit footage grading video please 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@AdamSzarmack]

Still find myself confused at times on when to use parallel nodes and when not to. What would have been different had you done that second power window on a sequential node vs having it done via a parallel node?

[@Tanguy709]

In this specific case it wouldn't have changed much, because the masks are hardly overlapping. But in general, think about input signal. Both nodes in this case receive the same input signal, only affected by the primaries. Had you put the vignette first, the face node would have received an image that had been affected in the highlights (very slightly). Hope that helps

[@Tanguy709]

Also in general, keep in minds that parallel nodes blend together nicely.

[@orlandoasson]

How did you get your eyedropper to show the values on your waveform?

[@shebbe5510]

That's just an option under the dots menu on your scopes window.

[@orlandoasson]

@@shebbe5510 Thank you sir

[@philphoto6299]

I'm curious: Why did you use Offset to bring Green down.. but Gain to bring Blue up? Why not use Offset for both?

[@theqazman]

Because I needed to adjust just the highlights and not the midtones or the shadows.

[@beastgner]

Алекс Топольський?)

[@kuldipchandravanshi7039]

bones luts not thear 😞😞😞

[@gavachavlogger]

End kra te

[@SnehithPamarathi]

it would be helpful if you zoom in the screen when you are pointing out something.. the numbers and letters look pretty small and blurry.

[@FalconFilmworks1]

I agree, and especially for someone working in the video / editing realm 😂

[@KeyIntelMedia]

You think this green cast was IR pollution from using NDs?

[@theqazman]

That's just Alexa. It always lean toward green.

[@ashrafuzzamankhalid3465]

A tutorial about getting the look of 'Dr. strange Multiverse of Madness'??

[@notnikola]

Fun fact, the footage was taken inside the Matrix.

[@kuldipchandravanshi7039]

i m disapointed for waiting ...... 1hour 20mits

[@scottpollock6549]

I love it but don't be messing with the shadows on faces like that without checking with the cinematographer, a lot of my work has been trying to get that look, I would hate for it to be for nothing on post production!

[@toponecoffee6535]

its too fast, and dificult to understand whats going on

[@niqvuk]

You really want to do something educational?Make some 8 bit sony files pop! 😂

[@theqazman]

Already did 🤣🤣🤣

[@niqvuk]

@@theqazmanholy cow i came back to this video a year later. youre the man!