Color Correcting a highly COMPRESSED clip with the WRONG White Balance | DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

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In this video, I will show you how to save unsalvageable footage through the magic of color grading.
0:00 Intro
0:35 Analyzing the shot
1:19 First Step
2:07 Second Step
3:05 Third Step
4:37 Fourth Step
7:38 Final Step
9:11 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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[@SteveBerwick]

Sat vs Sat would have helped me a hundred times! Nobody else covers this stuff! Thank you once again my friend.

[@theqazman]

Of course

[@uncleanAlibertine1]

pure and simple! thank zou qazi, simply the best courses on KZbin on grading!

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@benjaminmaxant]

A really nice and quick way to edit colors efficiently. Thanks

[@Jorge_Ambruster]

Qaz! I was thinking you should try doing a color processing breakdown from a well known movie from before computers were an option. Something like Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, the original Star Wars Trilogy, Terminator, Alien... That would be interesting not just for people wanting to get the look but also, if you could find out how they worked to achieve those colors it would be a really good lesson for all of us to learn.

[@NathanOrlick]

I would love one of these for 2001 A Space Oddysee

[@joeymascarenhas6749]

Yep Qazi that would be coool

[@JonZMovies]

lots of the past color grading were done on the film choice and the chemical used to develop them. I'm not sure what's to be taught about it. Color grading is also a thing that happen in front of the lenses such as lighting, colors of the set props etc. It not only a thing that happen during post production.

[@sashazephiria3869]

Loving it, especially the hue VS sat on the blue, really helped sell the look :D

[@theqazman]

💯

[@Tonelf]

great videos again, I finally have time to go through your latest vides. I was working with 8bit footages a lot and I do know, it will always wow the client even just balance the image or the issue clip, beyond their expectation.

[@theqazman]

Thank you, bro. All good. FCM fam ✊🏾

[@orelbitan]

Helpful professional video as always. Thank you!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@tedcruzinusa]

Qaz, you've given me such a wealth of knowledge already, but I think this video has proved the most valuable to me. It's helped me salvage projects I thought were DOA. If I ever meet you, a big ole hug is imminent.

[@theqazman]

Happy to help brother. Appreciate the love

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

awesome awesome tutorial♥️

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@AlexKovshovik]

Thank you! This makes so much sense!

[@theqazman]

😀🙏🏾

[@ePICS8]

Wow, hugeeeee difference! That was awesome!

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@GoluBhai__]

Sar Ji video bahut hi bon thi bahut kuchh sikhane ke liye hamen Mila thank u 🥰

[@AyushSharmaa]

Another banger!!🤩

[@theqazman]

You know it bro 😀💪🏾

[@ggproductions7078]

bloody brilliant video, thank you sir

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@Altcine]

This is great recovery. Kept the fix nice and simple

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@bnk48analyzer82]

Great as always.

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@mikeeeeyway]

This is super helpful, short and stright to the point. But long video is better to understand the concept and thinking.

[@theqazman]

Tons of long form videos on the channel and more importantly watch the free training.

[@pianoatthirty]

This is magic

[@tyjuarez]

I know a guy who's doing cintel scans of his film collection and i have a few questions about 1. Restoring color to red faded eastman film 2. Removing CMOS noise without removing film grain 3. Extracting the original grain onto another layer

[@GlenReed]

When I saw the title I thought how did this guy get ahold of my footage 🤣 but then I was relieved to see it wasn’t mine. Guess I’m not the only one who makes those mistakes 😂. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@theqazman]

😂

[@danbisson9679]

The sat. vs sat. tip just solved an issue I had no idea how to tackle, thank you!!!!

[@ScottSullivanTV]

Same! Desaturating just the saturated parts

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@AdamSzarmack]

Always nice to have a clean asphalt.

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@chayitofilms]

The Waqasman, the Davinci Guy, the best in the world for all his videos

[@theqazman]

Let's go! 💪🏾

[@SleipnirADV]

Killer video!

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@JM-wr2fo]

Loved it! I'm just an amateur, I don't even have a log profile on my GH5, I use cine-d so having these amazing lessons with footage similar to what I have to deal with is just amazing! I still watch your more advanced stuff but I find that I can't really apply many of the concepts you teach us just because my footage is way too compressed. But it's damn interesting nonetheless. Thank you brother!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@yann-davidakpa7635]

On gh5 you have 4k 4-2-2 settings I think it’s not compressed right ?

[@JM-wr2fo]

@@yann-davidakpa7635 Thanks for mentioning it mate, I actually didn't know this but it's just for use with an external recorder which I don't have. Good to know though!

[@yann-davidakpa7635]

@@JM-wr2fo nooo you have 4-2-2 in the camera. No pb

[@JM-wr2fo]

@@yann-davidakpa7635 I really need to know my camera better :) Thanks again brother!

[@backpacktings]

Thank you

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@albertcurielx]

Damn. NICE!

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@behzadebadi4717]

very very nice...

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@mac2pictures540]

i like this type of tuyorial

[@theqazman]

😀

[@adnan_velic]

Man this is great! Would be fun if you accepted messed up footage from your subscribers then said something like “ohh mannn this one is really bad” 😂😂😂

[@iuryjf]

I really want to buy the Freelance Colorist. But the conversion of the price in dollar to my country's currency, make this really hard for right now. I hope some day I could purchase that. U rock man.

[@theqazman]

I look forward to having you in FCM soon, brother.

[@PubbyRecords]

My Brother Qazi

[@Sizonenko]

Waqas Qazi, ты классный как 16 bit !!! )))

[@JaymesMedia]

Aweesome video

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@JaymesMedia]

@@theqazman you’re more than welcome

[@frankzhang3617]

Qazi, I want to ask what the difference is between your tutorial and adjusting the white balance in the primaries panel.

[@fu2re122]

Would you please make a breakdown of color in "Gold" movie (2022)?

[@gianbottoni]

🐐

[@norgerichard]

I will mayby come to LA.. Can I come for a visit?

[@laurenthenry]

Hi Waqas ! Why do you add grainnat the beginning and not the end ? Because usually you denoise first, then at the end add grain that's why

[@Shauny_D]

How is this process different with compressed footage as opposed to what you'd do with raw or a better codec? I don't see the compressed clip playing a roll except with the extra grain... Last year at least 80% of my coloring gigs were agencies handing me a pile of stock video clips to match. They are all compressed and shot inconsistently so what are those watchout where does compressed footage fall apart or what tools within davinci are gentle enough for compression but still useful...

[@filmyhub4717]

I qazi i have mild duetan (mild green red color blindness) ,Can i become good at color correction and color grading ?

[@JaimyKimani]

Amazing!!! I do have a request. I work with Sony footage a lot and I notice that the reds and purples always seem to be exaggerated when converting from S-Log to Rec.709. Could you perhaps make a tutorial showing how to clean up the reds & purples? Thank you

[@victorpavlovschi]

Hue vs Sat

[@yann-davidakpa7635]

Why you put the grain as first node this time sir ?

[@jd5787]

Hi! Quick question from a beginner. My Log footage (GH5ii) has color streaks when importing in DVR... It's shot in Avi, 420-10bits longcop 50fps. I accept "change the timeline" when DVR asks... When playing the log footage directly in VLC : no color streaks... How can I recover the footage and correct/grade in resolve please? Thank you

[@cedarandsound]

After bringing some of the saturation down on the sweater, you could've added color density to the red, so that it is more colorful without actually being "high saturation". Darren Mostyn has a video on that with DCTL nodes.

[@theqazman]

Ik how to add color density, thank you. The point is not to show the same thing in every tutorial. I have plenty of videos on how to do substractive saturation without using a dctl.

[@cedarandsound]

@@theqazman I know you were avoiding going on a different topic tangent, I was just excited about a video I had just seen. Not criticizing anything.

[@liquaard2824]

Hey Qazman , will applying the grain at the end of the node simulate the same effect ?

[@theqazman]

Watch the free training and find out. 😀

[@FirstImpressionMovies]

plz bro give me a breakdown of indian movie KGF ... COlorgrade

[@oscardoesit2129]

Qaz , can you make a video on how to correct a dark(under exposed) video?

[@theqazman]

Will do.

[@oscardoesit2129]

Thank You Qaz

[@temitayoisme]

if i was to try and replicate this in final cut pro, what would my gain slider be? Color wheels master? or the color curves RGB channel? Cheers

[@theqazman]

Sounds like it's time to switch to Resolve. 😀

[@theeddies]

Great videos! Truly! But please slow down your before and afters. I have watched several videos and they are perfect but please slow down when you are doing before and after clicks. Learned a bunch, thanks!

[@JWS1968]

Loved this very simple tutorial. We see so many tutorials for grading RAW or 10-Bit etc these days, but not everyone wants or needs higher bit depth video and certainly not RAW. I don't want to be a colorist. I just want to be able to correct my skin tones and make the image a little bit nicer if I didn't for whatever reason nail it in camera. Waqazi you are a very talented guy. Can we have some more 'color-correcting for 8-bit' tutorials please? Just what the doctor ordered.

[@ThokozaniMtshali47]

I'm like if i don't see a tutorial about editing a 4:2:2 video on Davinci I'm divorcing my Davinci. Them Boom Waqas releases this. Thanks bro. i low keyed did wanna leave DaVinci.

[@theqazman]

I gotchu

[@inb4goldenage848]

My dude, it looks like you are not using your Davinci Panels anymore, and instead you are using a Stylus pen + keyboard. Is that correct?

[@dreamburst410]

Pls tutorial how to get film look without lut

[@theqazman]

Will do

[@dreamburst410]

@@theqazman thank u qazi

[@shakirsha3784]

How many peoples can use the course …me and my friend planing to take your course in partnership can we both of use the course for learning

[@theqazman]

Technically just one. 😀

[@rodricfrancis2281]

Awesome tips! How would recommend removing yellow (say on a wall that's in the BG) in an image without affecting skin tones too much?

[@earthpond8043]

Well depending on the luminance you could isolate, but that method is a little dirty. Rather go to your hue vs hue and select the color there and drop up or down depending where you wanna take it. That or add a little bit of blue to negate the yellow as they are opposites. Obviously you can’t do too much otherwise everything turns bluer but a smidge should help. One last thing would be to desaturate the yellow by going to the hue vs sat and selecting it there.

[@AyushSharmaa]

Video suggestion: We all know that pulling keys on an 8bit image is not good, but what if we had to and there's no other way other than pulling keys. how would you pull a clean key on an 8bit image.

[@filipchojnacki]

Use Six Vectors - Color>Presets pick your color this is the best way for 8bit, it dont work for every single scenario but mostly its the best option.

[@SyafiqAnuar]

this the reason i get the GH5.. doing a 8bit footage really need to be precise

[@AyushSharmaa]

@@SyafiqAnuar exactly, that's why this topic is important

[@AyushSharmaa]

@@filipchojnacki regardless, pulling keys meaning choking your 8 bit image. Thats why this topic sounds good

[@liquaard2824]

dont use keys instead use Curves

[@Outtromedia]

Qazi is coloring Velma from Scooby Doo

[@jmoralesh]

Great tips! I'm curious, why sat. vs sat and not hue. vs sat.? I've never used sat vs. sat before. Thanks!

[@billdowling8428]

I find in some situations it helps blend a little better, but in this case he could’ve but just did sat vs sat instead. Same results I’m sure.

[@kenkondo8663]

i think because the red was obviously the most saturated part in the image and sat vs sat helped to balance the overall saturation of the image if that makes sense. plus if he used sat vs hue in this case, her skin would also lose saturation.

[@earthpond8043]

You should use it! It’s a great tool! Sometimes I’ll use it to merely balance out saturation as you can bring the overly saturated down and the under saturated up. Hue vs sat in this instance would desaturate all red including her face, since there is such a difference in the level of saturation with the sweater using sat vs sat tool was the correct choice.

[@theqazman]

For the reasons I mentioned in the video

[@billdowling8428]

@@theqazman 🤣and that if you want to get technical🤣

[@fade2nada]

How to emphasize to an employer that does video- that color grading is an essential part of the process? Especially when they downplay their own content. It’s hard to convince.

[@saviwaves5337]

He has a master class for that. but you can watch free videos on The Futur channel where Chris Do breaks down fundamental business and negotiation for creatives. the focus is for graphic designers and content creators, but his lessons apply all creative services.

[@theqazman]

Don't tell them, show them.

[@saviwaves5337]

@@theqazman maybe one day we can get a Qazi and Chris Do collab? i'm sure you 2 would have a lot to talk about.

[@fade2nada]

@@saviwaves5337 I dig his content… I follow him on IG 👌

[@pepekai]

The end result of this shot is too far fried in my opinion, the grade also changes the time of day. The original does not look like an incorrect white balance. It was shot during the blue hour after sunset and the sky blue is reflected from the snow bathing everything in blue light. Ambient blue light is everywhere, this is how it looks in the North. A key to making snow look more natural is to have blue tones on it. Colorists and artists usually make snow black and white and it makes it look dirty and unnatural. Try to paint beautiful looking snow, blue in the shadows makes it really pop. I’m an artist that grew up in Northern Finland, been surrounded by snow all my life.

[@o0OmrmusicO0o]

bro but the clip was unbalanced for sure

[@theqazman]

The clip is shot with a incorrect wb or I'm going blind. 😀

[@robinhoodaryan8668]

Im from nepal, for the people of the country like this your clour grading course is too much expensive. Can we get something affordable or can break down courses for affordale prices?