5 Things You may be Doing that are Ruining Your Grades | DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

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In this video, I am going to share 5 common mistakes you might be making that are completely ruining your final grades.
00:00 - Intro
00:22 - Live Training Details
01:07 - Project Settings
04:29 - Wrong Thing no.1
06:40 - Wrong Thing no.2
09:12 - Wrong Thing no.3
11:31 - Wrong Thing no.4
14:39 - Wrong Thing no.5
18:34 - Final Look
18:42 - 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
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[@theqazman]

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[@Cchogan]

As someone who is just learning this stuff (for pleasure not work) but coming from many years in recording studios, I really appreciate your approach of boiling it down to just what is needed and nothing more. That is how you work with sound design too. I was told a story years back of some sfx people that had to get the sound of a paper bag full of porridge hitting a wall. (Hey, some jobs are mad). They tried everything and nothing was working. Moved the mikes, changed gloopy substances, played with all kinds of material, and messed around half the day. Then someone said, "why don't we try actually putting some porridge in a paper bag and throw it against the wall in the corridor. So they did. Perfect. The simplest solution was the right one.

[@camcamwatt]

Right! I run a creative team of 10 + and my goodness so many creatives overcomplicate so much of the process for no need, or in the ego's pursuit of originality and it wastes so much time.

[@maxmakesfilms69]

Honestly, I'm learning more from your videos about colour grading than I have in my 3 years at University 😂 thank you!

[@rafaelnahafahik7781]

Were you going to a Uni for Colour Grading?

[@biswajit07]

​@@rafaelnahafahik7781 The California University for Grading and Color Science

[@PhilipBlank]

This was definitely a quick and valuable lesson! I've learned a lot more from this quickly than a whole culmination of videos that have a little of this and a little of that. Well done!

[@TrailRaiders]

You are the best colorist I've seen on KZbin. Thank you for these tutorials. God bless you Waqas!

[@JasonToddRoberts]

Thanks for the tip on converting with the last node! can't wait to try it.

[@FlyingOverTr0ut]

This is great. I've literally been taking notes on all this and learning so much.

[@AdamLangdon]

The King! As always, easily explained, simple-smart choices. So glad to be a part of FCM!

[@theqazman]

LFG 🔥 #fcmfam 😀

[@GeorgeSBlonsky]

Thanks so much Qazi ! So appreciate you sharing your knowledge like this..! 🙏

[@timsolomon2840]

Thank you so much! Beatiful!

[@TheIkeRai]

Glad you made this one. Also glad you made all the other videos, I have been learning a TON about thought process in grading. Thank you!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome bro. I gotchu.

[@ronischuetz]

by far the best color grading video for underwater video which i saw as of now, it is much appreciated. thank you

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love, brother.

[@naviknanubhai4244]

Thank you Qazi, just the tutorial I needed as I’ve definitely made all these mistakes in the past!

[@theqazman]

Happy to help

[@warfaceindiablackburnfire330]

Amazing tutorial as usual ❤️🔥

[@mcewan-media]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@kkmjpkjbts751]

You are a life saver! Kudos to you! You rock!!

[@Niklasbrock]

Massively helpful! Thank you

[@personaldronerepair6141]

Dude you rokk!! Good to see ya back!!

[@theqazman]

Good to be back. 🙏🏾😀

[@TheDanich78]

Awesome !!! Thank you so much !!!

[@hendleyroadent2612]

This is the best colorist channel on the internet. Hands down.

[@theqazman]

Let's go! 💪🏾🔥

[@AyushSharmaa]

Great tutorial as always!! Can't wait to see you at the webinar 😁

[@theqazman]

It'll be 🔥

[@ectoproductions]

You can also click-n-drag Hue VS eye dropper to widen the range if needed.

[@MyJeanf]

Thanks bro. Excellent video as always 🙂

[@anton_sokolov]

Outstanding skills! Thank you for teaching and sharing your knowledge! As a diver I’m really impressed with this tutorial!

[@theqazman]

Thank you.

[@ATLJB86]

Thanks Waqas!

[@doodylima5712]

So helpful!

[@sajeedsarwarbd]

Welcome back!

[@DylColeman]

It's amazing how much knowledge you are giving away for free on this channel, bro. Gems! Thank you so much 🙏🏾

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@JoseSpenaN]

Super helpful amazing and see you on Monday! THANK YOU.

[@theqazman]

LFG 💪🏾

[@AllThingsFilm1]

You always provide new techniques and tips in every new video. Thanks so much for valuable walkthroughs.

[@theqazman]

Of course. 😀

[@AdamHarrisTrader]

Awesome vid, thank you

[@AradioCardone]

Amazing film. I am just a beginner in Davinci and I don't quite understand everything you're doing but your tutorials are very helpfull. keep dooing man. You're the BOSS

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love. Will do.

[@matthewdrew9539]

love this info thank you!!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@S.ARIF_2020]

NOOOO I've been converting my image right in the first node XD Thank god, I've watched your video...because I was steadily moving towards shooting a documentary. Didn't want that mistake to happen there XD Thanks a LOT for the awesome knowledge you provide!

[@DavidHorizonFilms]

Amazing info. Learn something new everyday

[@theqazman]

Of course. 😀

[@sadoptimist8]

4 Videos/4 that i watched was rly helpful. And information You give, by that way, i understand better. I feel Your passion here, and im enjoying)

[@sadoptimist8]

Subscribe)

[@juancarlos_mt]

Thank you! 😃

[@sashazephiria3869]

Always happy to see one of your videos pop into my feed :D it's been a while indeed ! :D

[@theqazman]

Always happy to your comment. 😀

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

i have been learning from when u started this Chanel....on that time there was no information out there....thank u so much♥

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love brother

[@tech.couple]

Good one..... BRAVO

[@supersecretmoves]

I would love to see a specialized video on skies 🙂 Skies are just a big part of outdoor videos, and they can go into so many directions when recording and when grading them.

[@theqazman]

Will do.

[@payungbiru8012]

Many thanks

[@skevenshow]

Thank you very much😇 I love your videos, they help me so much in my work!

[@theqazman]

You're so welcome!

[@jolanpery4780]

Thanks!! It’s very cool to have underwater shot

[@migel4065]

Much appreciate the practical content

[@theqazman]

You know it.

[@aerofart]

One way of looking at color grading is to see it as a two-adjustment process. One process involves moving all values towards a “true” starting point (correction). In this first part, the goal is to preserve the original relationships between all the initial values, and only shifting all those values as a group, towards a true center. Then part two is where developing the “look” comes into play, and that involves moving each of the values or groups/subsets of each of the values relative to one another, so that their original relative positions within the color gamut are modified, thus changing their original relation to one another. Same process applies to luminance relationships. First offset the whole group, then change specific areas to achieve the particular look.

[@KiaOrion]

killer. really a testament to focus on the fundamentals

[@theqazman]

💯 bro

[@v2mofficial521]

U just the best at wheat u do sir 🙌🙌🙌much appreciated

[@theqazman]

Ty 😀

[@mcewan-media]

Was just listening to your podcast on my evening walks :)

[@theqazman]

Let's go! My man. 😀

[@Dive_Me_Crazy]

Thanks for this. Would love more on underwater colour grading. Especially gopro😎

[@kirbypfilms1]

Good Morning Qazi

[@eddieblanquiz2542]

Great vid! I would love to see a video on grading low light footage with various colors!!! Club/Bar/horror movie(Mandy, Color Out of Space, Bliss, Etc) scenes etc.

[@putvogel25]

nice! thx.

[@orelbitan]

Thanks!🙏❤️

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@KillingTheMost]

Phenomenal 🤩

[@ArcodGame]

18:43 Helpful?? Man! That was life saving

[@theqazman]

Let's go!

[@BillyMinxFashion]

even on my weak computer the installation did not take much time, thank you very much

[@maverick13de]

Thanx

[@norgerichard]

You are the king

[@theqazman]

😀🙏🏾

[@adamkoepke1366]

I purchased your master class last year and have gone through it. It's absolutely amazing, but I'm still having trouble figuring out when I should use parallel nodes over layer nodes and vice versa.

[@theqazman]

Watch the sub module where I breakdown different types of nodes.

[@evanderhollyfield7104]

Woooow nice tutorial,I didn't know that someone can use offset and on HDR someone can use global worth watching,see you on the webinar

[@theqazman]

😀

[@DavidZalka]

Best channel if we are talking about learning color grading in Davinci! So clear explanation through real world examples. Thanks Qazi ! :)

[@theqazman]

You're welcome.

[@RLTPhoto]

I wish I could watch Monday but I have a day job... Thanks for the info! always learning!

[@phoenixjurgensfilms]

Legend

[@stevestrasser6833]

Why would you set your output color space to "same as timeline" in the color management? So you output in Davinci Wide Gamut? This does not make any sense to me. That being said, I really like the idea of adjusting exposure in the hdr tools before working on the contrast. Great tip!

[@kelvinfunkner]

Already signed up for Monday, and I would LOVE it if you could explain the "why" behind each of the HSL panels...they seem so confusing to me...hue vs hue? hue vs sat? what does that even mean lol...sounds like a boxing match and one of them comes out the winner hahaha......anyway...I'm just a new subscriber to your channel and so far I'm loving it!!!! See you on Monday :-)

[@jonathanblanckaert]

If you use hue vs hue with 8 bit or 10 bit footage you also get a lot of artifacting. But it is faster ofc...

[@kozprod7537]

@Qazi - Man justluvu ! Where would u put the sat node if u would need one ? At the balance node with the offset (2) ? Or after the EXP (3) node or maybe after thet at the HSL curves stage (4). I like to take down the Temp a little bit on the OUTSIDE node (5) and warm the INSIDE to make it pop.

[@noumanrafi8990]

you always surprise me

[@PistonUniverse]

Sir big fan of you and the way you teach, sir can you make a tutorial on how to colour grade a video for supercar meet-up type of ?

[@MarselT75]

Hi Master, i like the Power window technique you used. advice, more faces in motion, I want to balance the skin of the face/hands .. in that case qualify and Power windows? thank you 🙏🏼

[@marineanimals]

Nice Tutorial, thanks! How would you deal with a mixed-light situation underwater in order to create a natural look?? So let`s say you got 6500K video lights on the close object (WB setting 6500 as well) but ambient light of around 8000K. Usually I correct for the object in then artificial light and then shift the ambient colors (f.e. by using HSL) in a way that it looks appropriate for me. But I'm wondering if there are smarter ways? ^^

[@Seanlikeseen]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! I have a BMPC 6K pro but don’t see that’s in the CST drop-down menu. What should I use instead?

[@nestorpool]

Qazi, extremely thank you for this amazing video, would you be able to work with some Nikon Raw Footage? (I can provide some of them if you like too)... Thanks again for the tips. I can't wait for the 22.

[@theqazman]

Email me or send it to me thru IG dm.

[@ArcanePath360]

I wish there was a way to see the meta data shot from my R7, which shows the colour space I used without having to guess if I used 2020 or 709 for instance. I'm also struggling to make sense of HDR PQ and how to output a file that Windows can play back as a HDR movie.

[@curtdp]

I know that i must hit the like button when I'm watching Waqas Qazi's video. It's no brainer. Thank you.

[@theqazman]

My man. ♥️

[@entredeuxbouchees]

Can't wait for Monday, just got Resolve and I am ready to get away from Premiere!

[@theqazman]

LFG 🔥

[@2000Six]

Would love to see a video on how you color correct different scenes in the same video with vastly different lighting styles so they look like they came from the same video

[@theqazman]

In my free training. Link in the description.

[@JasonZurowski]

I have fireworks that show a lot of smoke (from the previous fireworks). Is there a good way to remove (or lessen the visibility) of the smoke)?

[@sarcasticfpv3862]

One quick question/request could you make a colorgrading video with drone footage or even better fpv drone footage? You have changing areas in the view all the time so its difficult to work with gradient stuff if the drone doesnt only go forwards and the horizon stays pretty much the same. If you dont have footage I could even provide since I am fairly new to a bmpcc4k I am in the process of learning how to colorgrade it. My most recent clip is a really good example how not to do it :) because I used a wrong transformation lut to rec709 and other than that havent applied pretty much anything else to the image since I am lacking the knowledge

[@CryWolfFilms]

even easier. just adjust your tint and it would be very similar to this.

[@doughnut5286]

what a great tutorial. In the next video, would you like to make video about Color Grading in Resolve from using clips by phone (iPhone, samsung, etc), sir?

[@theqazman]

Thank you. Will do. 😀

[@everettejay]

Do you have tips on prepping Prores RAW for color in Resolve? If I understand correctly, PR RAW is 16bit linear and needs to be converted to 10 or 12bit log during the transcode. I'm having issues maintaining the camera's original color space while using Assimilate Play Pro, and don't get me started with Premiere's color management. I already have enough problems with ZCam color, and adding PR RAW has thrown me for a loop.

[@fox1574]

LOL at failing to making the key look bad with such great footage XD turns out, gear does matter sometimes :) I have a suggestion for a look recreation: "The Bear" (FX series, streaming on Hulu). It looks like it can be replicated using the Kodak 2383 as a basis, but I'd like to see how you'd go about it! Really like how punchy the look is, really fits the fast-pacing vibe of the show.

[@theqazman]

Hate when high end cameras make everything look so easy. Makes my job obsolete. 😂 I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@karliemorris7318]

Thank you quazi, I’m still learning about CST and getting the best transform I can with my BMPCc6k footage , also getting the best export , I’d love if you can use one of my clips as an example Because I’m not sure if it’s my recording process or in Davinci Thanks a lot sir

[@flipnap2112]

if youre new to it, best bet is to stick with color managed in SDR. Its really a miracle to have the capability to let resolve manage everything if youre staying in a rec709 for final. of course once you start exploring and getting brave CST are great but even to this day I can get lost from time to time. Obviously the "film look" LUTS in resolve are based on "cineon" gamma and you need to use it if youre gonna use them. Just trying to save you the headache of dealing with CST nodes if youre just getting used to your BMPCC. setting your project to managed for SD rec709 give you a great place to start.. a good frame of reference for what everything does in resolve color page

[@karliemorris7318]

@@flipnap2112 thanks

[@Franklin_10]

Lit 🔥

[@osbaldoalvarez6695]

Any chance you can do a video working with insta360 rs footage? Cheers!

[@rayyan495]

Can you give the link of this video so that i can practise color grading

[@sezayozturk6528]

I dont understand No3. Should I balance the image before using the color space transform, cineon film log ?

[@budiherryanto]

❤ Best

[@MysterixInfinity]

Hey Qaz, I'm a freelance colorist getting clients for mostly short films, but recently I'm getting Kollywood works (Indian Cinema Industry) thanks to your free training, but one question is bothering me throughout my whole coloring process. That is, how is shot matching achieved between different scenes? Like say a bunch of shots was from outdoor and then a bunch of other shots are inside a garage, how do I know if they are on the same world? Like will I anchor to their contrast or saturation levels or their color palettes? Cuz obviously the palettes differ scene to scene, then how do I bring them all to a single world? \

[@logiknotlogic6586]

if theyre shot with the same camera and similar lighting style, then I dont see the problem in applying the same base grade for both

[@theqazman]

First off, congrats! Super happy for you. Secondly, looks like you need to invest in yourself and join my masterclass. Everything you're asking for is covered in my course and much more. Rn I have a special so check it out. Link is in the description of my latest video.

[@MysterixInfinity]

@@theqazman Hey sure Qazi, soon to join the FCM fam!

[@jeremypope-levison721]

You don't really want to match two different environments 1:1. You can apply a similar look, but matching outdoors to indoors is not going to work. You can create a base look DNA for the project, then grade the inside to match that look. If you watch a film like Joker, teal and orange is all throughout but different when you go to different environment.

[@brandonross1202]

any tips on color grading iphone footage?

[@tomaskonvicka4135]

General advice for all. See how different people do the same thing.

[@schmollywood]

Regarding wrong thing no3: it’s confusing to me to compare it to the example before, because in example no2 you didn’t even use a LUT after the color space transform whereas in no3 you did. Of course this would look different, right? So since you basically also did do the transform at the end of the node chain in example no3 just instead changing the transform to Cineon and the LUT after this I wonder what’s wrong with that? Great channel and I’m a subscriber of your Masterclass too btw

[@armando.visuals]

Can you recommend any great LUT pack? I already have PHANTOM Luts for SLOG3 Cine. But one that is good for also HLG or all well around. Do you have a pack?

[@SaimantickBhadrasam]

How do you feather out the mask drawn by the pen tool? It was not clear in the video.

[@robert-gille]

How do you do the last shot where you can see the grades added step by step?

[@foxhouse_tips]

How to show the scopes in separate window?

[@khalafilyas2367]

Hello qazi. i recently watched "Decision to leave" movie and its colorgrading is insaane. could you do a review or a breakdown why it looks so appealing or maybe a look recreation

[@theqazman]

I'll check it out

[@Sappydance]

Hello Qazi, i have shot a footage indoor. there were a lot of warm lights, and when I went and convert it to rec709 the whole footage turned reddish orange. how do I fix this issue?? i shoot a lot of interior and many of them are designed with warm lights.