Cinematic Color Grading Tutorial for Beginners in Davinci Resolve

[@portraitblake]

Best Davinci tutorial where you not a total beginner to the platform and not an expert. So thankful for your help

[@petersarellas]

I feel like that’s the sweet spot for tutorials tbh. Sometimes when I’m doing Premiere stuff it can be difficult to remember all of the struggles that a beginner faces since it’s been so long, so having taken on a new software and then teaching it has been an enjoyable experience.

[@maximeescario5180]

Hi! We switched to DaVinci in our agency. A really good one to learn color grading from is Darren Mostyn (pro colorist). What we've learned is that you have to convert to rec 709 on your last node. That way you are truly working with the file's dynamic range, and not a converted version of it. Give it a go 🙂

[@petersarellas]

I’ll have to look into that! Appreciate you stopping in

[@joncm-r5z]

This tutorial was amazing!! Thank you so much man! I hope it still translates now despite Davinci Resolve having quite a lot of updates the past year.

[@luigibro2340]

You are the best to me as a beginner I appreciate the simplicity of this I am greatly appreciated

[@petersarellas]

I’m very happy that this video makes it easy for you to follow along!

[@DylanRayPro]

SO GLAD YOU MADE THE JUMP TO DAVINCI, LESS GO

[@petersarellas]

Still editing in premiere haha but resolve has been great for colour

[@ZamoraChristian]

OMG i have seen 100 of tutorials, this is simple to the point and I learned so much THANK YOU

[@petersarellas]

Glad it helped!

[@MediaByMatias]

This video is so helpful, so easy to understand yet so detailed! Thank you for making a davinci video !!

[@petersarellas]

No problem! Figured I was overdue for one. Thanks for watching!

[@AndrewTheLifestyle]

I’m in the process of switching to DaVinci for color grading purposes. I appreciate this video.

[@alecpalmeri4986]

He listened 🙏

[@petersarellas]

Trying my best haha

[@kibaki8125]

this video just took my color grading to a whole new level

[@AmielMercado]

this on is straight forward! best tutorial I've seen

[@petersarellas]

Amazing, happy it helped!

[@zahkilovett]

Thanks for breaking it down this helps a lot

[@petersarellas]

You’re welcome! Thank ton for watching!

[@allie50]

Your filming setup is sweet

[@petersarellas]

Thanks!

[@isaiahtuck9319]

I keep seeing a lot about davinci really considering the switch

[@petersarellas]

It’s certainly a very cool software! I haven’t fully switched or anything but I like it

[@dan19422]

Yes please do the night time grade using your LUT!!

[@petersarellas]

Can def add it to the list!!

[@qd_visualz]

bro this video is a game changer. just downloaded davinci im excited to start using this!!! definitely subscribing

[@petersarellas]

Awrsome, hope you enjoy it!

[@oscar.Bmarin]

please share that video with us, it's a good way to practice for those of us who don't have footage of that quality.

[@keyshawnjwilliams]

Was just experimenting with luts and color grading today, this video is a god-send! 💯

[@petersarellas]

LOVE to hear that 🙌

[@thebobbymedia]

Great Stuff! I also just recently switched to Davinci and have been loving it so far

[@petersarellas]

Awesome! 🙌

[@ReginaldLawrenceCarterii]

Thank you very helpful

[@petersarellas]

Love to hear it 🙏

[@Brandon_Cash]

Another great video with great content. Thanks Peter!

[@petersarellas]

You’re welcome! Thanks for tuning in!

[@MyFavTech247]

I just started learning the free version of resolve from Final Cut Pro

[@lcerwinske]

Exactly what I needed! Thanks, Peter! Also wanna say you inspired me and I'm posting my first youtube video soon!

[@petersarellas]

That’s awesome! Glad this helped and best of luck to you on KZbin!

[@providencephotographydfw]

Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing

[@zollohusky]

Love the tutorial! Would you ever consider switching to DaVinci? If so id love more tutorials.

[@petersarellas]

I’ve gradually been doing more and more in it. Don’t know if I’d fully switch but ideally it would be nice to get fully proficient in all aspects of Premeire and DaVinci over time

[@Authentically-Andrew]

Thank you for this!

[@petersarellas]

You’re welcome! Happy you enjoyed it

[@idtfamily]

THANK YOU!!

[@petersarellas]

You’re welcome! 🙌

[@husseinosman8976]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 thanks so much

[@petersarellas]

No problem 😊

[@Givebacknation]

yes to the night time grade video please!

[@petersarellas]

👌

[@Anjaneya_production]

recc709 looks too good 👍

[@SpaceNinja321]

Do you have another tutorial explaining what the heck LUTs are and why you use them? None of the other tutorials have mentioned these at all and I'm not sure which one to choose.

[@shanemartinphoto2974]

I will be studying this for sure. Switching over from FCPX. Going to be snagging the LUT pack as well. Coming over from the real estate video world and shooting a lot of my sons 7th grade travel football team this winter. Been doing a deep dive on your page and I have learned A LOT!! so thank you. One question real quick. Are you making sure to shoot over exposed when shooting Slog 3? Its a big deal when shooting inside for houses but wondering if its still a must shooting sports?

[@petersarellas]

Yes shooting 1 and 2/3 stops over for slog3. So glad my channel has helped you!

[@deldiomyg6042]

good explication 🙏 how can we geet log footage for practicing ?

[@hunterstewart04]

Awesome! I use the free version of davinci!

[@petersarellas]

Amazing 🙌

[@dabosch11]

Are we recording?! 😂 relatable feeling

[@petersarellas]

Always a mini heart attack when I have to ask myself that question 😂

[@kozmo3801]

How do you get to edit so smooth do you use proxies? Studio version?

[@petersarellas]

In premiere pro when I’m working with a lot of footage or large files I’ll use proxies but here I’m not using any. This is the studio version of Reaolve and I’m also editing on a fairly powerful desktop which all helps.

[@TimrollProductions]

Which picture profile did you used to choose back when you were shooting with the Sony A7III ? Since it’s 8 bits I guess it wasn’t s-log 3, but maybe s-log 2 or HLG 3? Very helpful video 🙏🏼

[@petersarellas]

When I was in A7iii i used HLG3!

[@TimrollProductions]

@@petersarellas awesome thanks 🙏🏼 And does HLG 3 need conversion LUT to rec709 when colorgrading ? Or just small color adjustments ? After hours of tutorials you finally confirmed my thoughts on this question, and you motivate me to go deeper into DaVinci for my colorgrading. Your work is an huge inspiration, thank you sm🤌🏼🫶🏼

[@EJ_hmfc]

Hey man, i know this is an older video but just wanted to ask a question anyway! Once you have made these tweaks to one specific shot, is there a way of almost copy and pasting onto another if each of your shots are fairly consistent in colour? because for me it seems like a lot of time if you done this for each shot if you’re working towards a tight deadline. and how do you incorporate this into your premiere workflow? do you use DaVinci to grade and export all your files through there first and cross back over? or do you just solely use DaVinci now? Your work is stellar so i’m just tryna get the whole picture in my head before i make the leap to another editing software

[@seanporter6813]

Thank you for this 🙌 if you need quick turnarounds after games would you recommend not shooting in log or can you still achieve quick turnarounds while shooting in log and colour grading?

[@chp438]

Hey, thanks for your video. I have a question about your video export setting. Could you open it for us? how to upload good quality video on instagram? Thanks!

[@ousseynoudiop]

Hi Peter. Thanks for this helpful content. Question : which log profile are you using ? Pp8 pp9? And what are your profile parameters details?

[@petersarellas]

Shooting in Slog3 SGamut3.cine with all parameters at default except for detail which is turned down to lowest value

[@ousseynoudiop]

@@petersarellas thanks very much peter for your feedback. Last question : which sony rec709 lut are you using for conversion ? I found 4 luts on sony website: 4_SGamut3CineSLog3_To_Cine+709.cube 3_SGamut3CineSLog3_To_SLog2-709.cube 2_SGamut3CineSLog3_To_LC-709TypeA.cube 1_SGamut3CineSLog3_To_LC-709.cube Do you know in which case we can use the ...Cine+709.cube ?

[@ayahsaidalnaief]

How did you get to add the curves below? I have to switch back and forth. :(

[@eliclarkmedia]

So how is your workflow as far as color grading in Davinci and editing in Premiere?

[@petersarellas]

Export an xml from premiere, import it into davinci and relink media as needed. Then colour grade, export xml from davinci for premiere and import that xml into premiere. Lots of content out there on this already though it could justify its own video.

[@ghiencover8944]

i love ur tutorial. everyone try to got many node tree, it's not good for beginer

[@the.lazrus]

So when I'm color grading and adding a layer, I change the saturation of a skin tone for example, but then when I hit shift+h to get back to the full color of the node, I'm not seeing the change. Why would this be? When I go back to the first grade node, it doesn't look like the changes i made in my layer mode have changed at all. HELP please lol newbie to colorgrading and shooting talking head on an iphone 14 promax Thanks in advance!

[@racardodavis]

Same

[@Legend-vu5zh]

I know nothing about color grading. I do outer banks edit and I see videos with very good quality like vibrant, 4khdr. I dont know how they do this. Please do a tutorial on that. Thanks

[@yzmike]

🎨🔥

[@petersarellas]

🔥

[@leelivingston8325]

Thank you for this!!! Any suggestions on how to embrace noise or grain in a video? I noticed in a recent edit I kind of like the way the texture of the video looks when it has some noise in it, but want to use it with more of a purpose from here on out.

[@petersarellas]

In general I'd say the best way is to shoot your footage clean and then add back noise and grain with effects so that you can control how much and what type of noise and grain you're adding in. If you're referring to working with noise and grain already in a shot, I often like crushing the blacks on any really noisy shots that I get to control it a bit more or adding extra film and "vintage" overlays to play into the noisy look

[@leelivingston8325]

Thank you so much for the advice. Helps a ton! Typically it’s working with grain or noise already in a shot. Trying to get better at shooting clean in low light.

[@TriMeX1987]

thank you sir

[@JBK_MEDIA]

How do you know what you’re shooting in! This is where I get stuck. I’m using a Sony A7 IV and I’m just sticking with whatever colour the camera throws out because I have no clue what conversion luts apply to my camera

[@petersarellas]

There is an option to select different picture profiles within your camera. This function can be set to whichever custom key you’d like so I unfortunately can’t give you a specific button to press to get to it but once you get to a menu with lots of “PP#” options that’s it. You can from there choose picture profiles that are more saturated and require less work to colour, or some that are more desaturated and give you more dynamic range. Additionally, you can click into any PP to customize it to your liking. Regardless of what you choose you’ll likely want to do at least a bit of colour correction in post. I hope that helps.

[@Official.raymundo]

quick question, what camera did you use to film this? i been trying and trying to make my footage look cinematic but I have a sony a7iv with a sigma 24mm f1.4. I know these are the tools for a photographer but is there any way to make the footage really stand out? (context i film music videos and events)

[@thebloodcross93]

You have more than a strong enough camera learn log . Shoot log .

[@h3l159]

muito bomm

[@liarspeaksthetruth]

Go Riders! :)

[@MiguelRamos-xs7un]

More night time color grading.

[@solodagci]

The foam that comes with rode videomic ntg... There is a reason it exists, use it. Otherwise plosives will ruin your audio like here.

[@petersarellas]

Yeah mb I had taken it off for something and forgot to put it back on for this video 😂 not the first time I’ve done that on this channel and tbh might not be the last either lol