Color Grading in Davinci Resolve

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In this tutorial I show you how I edit a new music video I did for Anna Cyzon, titled "Never Broken" using DaVinci Resolve 12. I use Adobe Premiere CC 2015 for editing and then I export my edit to Resolve. You can do this even if you are using other editing programs.
You can watch the finished music video here: • Video
Watch the making of this music video here: • Making a Music Video "...
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Song: Never Broken
Artist: Anna Cyzon
Music by Mariusz Michalak and Krzysztof Lysiak
Lyrics by Mariusz Michalak, Krzysztof Lysiak and Anna Cyzon
Video Directed by Tom Antos
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[@sdavifcom]

Hey Tom! Thank you so much for this. Recently, I was able to have my old 8mm family films transfered to digital files. Using Davinci Resolve and your great tutorial on grading, I managed to color correct those films from the sixties. The result is AMAZING! Your tutorial made it so easy. I can't believe I was initially going to go straight from editing to rendering! Thanks a million!!! Serge

[@chriskight7080]

VERY nice!! With this easy to follow tutorial I was able to quickly get color and exposure correction completed for an interview video that I had overexposed a bit. Now it looks great. Thank you. I look forward to an easier learning curve now that I've been "introduced" properly to this lady.

[@yuniea2670]

This is really good, straight forward and easy to follow Davinci tutorial. Tom thanks for educating us and please keep the tutorials coming. God bless you.

[@masbass1011]

thank you. this the most comprehensive video I've seen on DaVinci Resolve 12 so far.

[@ina00203]

Color grading in lumetri is really hard for me, your tutorial made me to use da vinci, and finding this way better and comfortable tool. Thank you so much for your detailed tutorial. Stay blessed.

[@micheldemolder]

Tom you rock! This is by far the best tutorial on Da Vinci I have seen, you absolutely made my day. Thanks

[@Mrgijs]

Best Davinci Color Grading tutorial ever, Thanks Tom!

[@DanielScotch]

I already know all of this stuff.. but boy what a good tutorial.. wish this was online about 2 years ago ahah!! Really would have made my life much easier! Keep it up!

[@minxlabrada]

Very comprehensive! Subscribed. Actually decided to use Resolve now for editing after I went round & round with Adobe tech support over audio tracks not importing into the timeline. Their solution was for me to go in and delete some folders. And I told them, a technical issue like this that has been complained about for over a year from several users was not a problem to be foisted upon the users. I told them to fix the issue before my subscription runs out next year, or I would not be their customer. As, such, I've decided to become a master of Resolve. It's a lot different. But, so far I like it a lot. There is a bit of a learning curve. But once you see how they lay everything out, it starts to make sense. And it most importantly has yet to fail to add audio with the video track in the timeline editor.

[@awesomelord98]

Wow, simply the best tutorial on Resolve I've seen. Really nice work

[@stephenlaurenceharvey6522]

Great video - I'm just about to start working with DaVinci and you really answered all the questions I had, I feel like I can jump right in after watching your video - Thanks

[@nazahmedfilms]

One of the best tutorials if not the best on divinci Ressolve 12 very well explained thank you @tom antos

[@deibyvalenzuela1642]

WoooooooooooW, I Started watching your video and my knowledge was zero, now I have learned a lot about how it works. Thanks.

[@mateisons]

One of the best Resolve tutorials I've seen! thank you very much

[@TomAntos]

+Mateisons You are welcome

[@helenamaia9637]

Thank you very much for your tutorial. Though English is not my native language, I had no problem understanding you. I am just starting with Davinci Resolve and I learned a lot with you. Thanks again!

[@dcdrone8397]

Excellent!!! An incredible amount of information in a reasonably short clip. I feel like I'm ready to starting learning DaVinci. I'm sure I'll refer back to your clip often. Thanks!!!!

[@billmctough]

Excellent video! Exactly the right amount of information and the right pace! Thank you very much for making this, I learned a lot!

[@daniquegodwin]

Best DaVinci tutorial ever. Thank you!

[@Vautksch]

Just a quick tip for everyone looking into color correction or grading. Alex Van Hurkmans "Handbook of Color Correction" is like the holy grail for learning it. Currently working my way through it, wow, just so much knowledge compressed into 600 pages. As he wrote the manual to Resolve, he often refers to Resolve itself, so that makes it easier to adapt. Though Speedgrade and Baselight etc seem to be very very equal.

[@vikasm2517]

This was like a crash course! Really helpful. Thanks Tom.

[@joepvanuden3913]

Hi Tom, great tutorial!! It has been a long time that i havent seen a tutorial without any useless information. Thanks, you really helped me with this figuring out this program

[@TheHamNut]

Enjoy your tutorials, please keep them coming.....

[@videowithdamir]

thank you Tom for everything you make! really appreciate your work! you are awesome!

[@invisibleguest770]

That was really helpful....You made it very easier..so thank you @Tom Antos

[@gitaarstartersnl]

Absolutely great! this video really helped me in getting some selective color adjustments done! super! Thank you Tom

[@josephfriedman614]

Thank you for doing this. I'm new to Resolve 12 and this is very helpful.

[@LowLightVideos]

I was looking for a Tutorial like this only a few days ago (spent at least an hour searching) don't know why this didn't come up (and worse examples did) - it's not like I haven't been on the Internet as long as you've been around Film. Search Engine is jinxed. Subbed also.

[@FlashOneFilms]

Very helpful tom!! I want to see more videos going in details. Thank you!!

[@arthurbrown7501]

Awesome tutorial. Very well explained and easy to understand. Thank you!

[@hchattaway]

One thing that made color correction make more sense is realizing that color correction for video is pretty much the exact same thing as using an equalizer to adjust sound... you can boost the bass, but not the treble... just like here you can boost the blacks without boosting the whites. More people are familiar with a sound equalizer which i think makes for an easier to understand analogy.

[@user-ej7ss8ei2g]

Continuing this comparison, it helps more than anything if you have a grand recording to begin with.

[@LeaperiteProductionsLLC]

You definitely got me interested in Davinci Resolve. Especially with how you tracked shots. I need to look into how it differs from Nuke and After Effects. The color grading and interface looks so simple and easy to use! I love it! :D I would definitely look forward to any tutorials for Davinci Resolve that you create, this one was VERY "Illuminating". ;)

[@simongentry]

always have tissue and lens wipes! keep your camera DRY! ty Tom - Happy New Year!

[@Haxel0rd]

Exactly the info i was looking for and well explained, thanks a lot Sir!

[@mlck13]

Really great tutorial Tom! Really useful for me especially since I just started learning Davinci. Thanks a bunch :)

[@saretenkov9129]

This helped me so much, thank you for taking the time to make a tutorial :)

[@obscuras5618]

You are the real mentor...Thank

[@tomhealey8408]

great tutorial tom! recommended this to a few mates!

[@rhoadie]

This is gold, thanks for this Tom.

[@pepper669]

Super tutorial! Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to watching your advanced features tutorial!

[@gearbox122]

Tom Antos , this is a great video, probably the best video explaining how to color grade in DAVINCI RESOLVE that i have seen so far. I do wonder though, is it possible to export your clip from premiere when edit it with transitions, so for example you if you use time ramp and dissolve to black etc is is possible to export all this data to davinci?

[@Zi9makin9]

DAMN what a GREAT video! Best grading video I´ve seen on KZbin, thank you so much!

[@Altcine]

This tutorial is fantastic

[@justpoopeson]

this is so good! perfectly explained. Thank you Tom!

[@0676Boss302]

WOW best tutorial of resolve !!! hope this will improve my video quality ... thanks a lot ;D

[@cohexu]

That's awesome bud, thanks for sharing your skills with us! I'm looking forward to do the same in future!

[@victorpalm2293]

This was exactly what i was looking for. Thanks man!

[@charged]

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[@tjpoe4695]

Thinks for sharing I been looking for this for so long

[@kajalkarmakar3623]

It is a really very good tutorial ....thanks ..!

[@delaportonotzki]

Fantastic Tutorial. Thank you!

[@monkeynuts1069]

This was so helpful. Thank you Tom!

[@TheSilverAgeSurfer]

I have been waiting for a tutorial which specifically focuses on grading Slog-3 in Davinci Resolve - this is perfect. You mentioned this at the end but how exactly do you export the timeline back out as an XML file to load back into Premiere? Thank you very much. I may head over to your site and buy your LUTS too!

[@mestuptim]

I watched all of the adorama videos and this, and I must say this is so helpful, I can't believe how well everything comes together. One quick question, I've been using Premiere Elements but I just built a more powerful PC so I can use more advance software. Would you say Premiere Pro is worth the price or should I just use Resolve for my editing or something like hitfilm or even just continue using Elements? Curious to your response, thanks

[@TomAntos]

+mestuptim Depends what type of videos you plan on editing. The free editing programs like Davinci Resolve are great and will work 99% of the time. For that extra freedom and speed of working you might want to consider spending the money on Premiere Pro but it's not necessary. Really your call.

[@mestuptim]

Tom Antos Thanks, I think I'm going to try a trial of Premiere Pro then see if I like it. I've done 3 weddings and a music video with Premiere elements and it did what I needed it to

[@adamroberts7712]

+Tim Maly dont trust me it doesnt work it crashed my friends computer

[@KyleMoorePiano]

Very well done, sir. Incredibly helpful! Subscribed :)

[@Ric3Wasabi]

This was very useful. Thank you!

[@ditlaboratory]

Great video. Keep up the great work!

[@MetamoraFilms]

Thanks for all the great information!

[@TomAntos]

You are welcome!

[@lorahad2885]

Tom, you are cool and very useful . thank you!

[@seanbela2847]

Thank you. You're a Godsend.

[@00dahc]

Thank you Mr Tomato

[@herly79]

wow tom you are the best thx!!!!

[@louisconway8556]

Great video thanks for the great detail

[@skyblue021]

U rule! Amazing videos, great effort! Thank you so much!

[@AbdulMajidAbbasi]

amazing tutorial. thanks

[@ClaudioDesideriMusic]

Thanks, very useful. You're great!

[@andrik23]

good job from Mexico

[@GalstyanHayk]

This workflow works fine just for simple cuts or it works for different transition cuts also? I mean with dissolves and fades for example?

[@andyuxd]

Nice work Tom, I am learning this at the moment. I notice you shot on the A7s but your files are DNxHD - did you convert them before the edit and if so was this because of the processing demands required to edit XAVC-S straight off the A7s?

[@TomAntos]

+Andy Davies I just converted it for this tutorial because I was recording the screen and working in davinci on the same laptop. Otherwise I just use the original files.

[@sulfonicpear]

nice tutorial man, thank you

[@nunoviotti]

Excellent turorial. Great work Tom :)

[@MattHeere]

Nice Tom! The techniques should apply to most color correction scenarios, Resolve or no. Speaking of which, do you ever bother with Speedgrade? I have a CC subscription, so I have access to it, but so far I haven't found a compelling reason to use it (or Prelude for that matter).

[@TomAntos]

+Matt Heere I used to use Speedgrade. It's a great application, but I still find for more advanced stuff like tracking and curve controls Resolve still is better.

[@wwtuber]

Wonderful tutorial. Thanks. What is a middle click to copy node adjustments to clips? Never mind. I copy and pasted since my middle mouse is a scroll.

[@gauthamkvs279]

i like this video , it helped me so much

[@firlanarahmalinni9064]

Thanks this is worth it

[@AbdulThameem]

Helpful thank you my brother

[@adsmithtx]

Excellent thanks for sharing

[@jean-sebastiendutil7728]

Thank you for the video, it's really easy to understand the workaround! I've got a question...does anyone knows if we can put the project back into Premiere Pro instead of exporting it to a final video? Like if I want to adjust some other things after grading, like noise reduction ?

[@tptrsn]

Amazing video Tom, BMD should LOVE you for this!! Looking at their teaser for the editing tools in Resolve, it looks pretty good. What is still better about PP?

[@LesiureBoy]

Great job, thank you!

[@anchen9828]

great tutorial!

[@MAVROro]

Great tutorial!

[@m-bigzadaproductiontm7262]

Thank you so much appreciate that.

[@REDSOULmagazine]

Really Nice !

[@TheHughyg]

loving the vid. Little question. Why did you edit in premiere pro?

[@TheHughyg]

also, how do you feel the a7 autofocus compares with the 70d?

[@Firstgenerationmedia9530]

Hi Tom, your tutorial is helping me a lot with my profession of filming. please help me with Davinci resolve file. I have tried downloading it, but was difficult for my.

[@socc3r7k1ng]

So do you prefer Davinici Resolve for the color grading over Premiere? Thanks! Does Resolve have built in noise reduction?

[@CamOp.ButhoNcube]

great one Tom! thanks. If I'm working on a documentary and I have to have overlays/cutaways for the interviews. Do you still suggest I put all that on one track, do the grade and then re import to final cut and re do my overlays? i.e a messy timeline. One more thing, I am thinking of moving over to Adobe's video editing system, does it work just as well on a Mac computer?

[@ArtinFlight2]

Would be great to see you color grade some footage without using a LUT to do the heavy lifting.

[@BurnProcessMedia]

Tom great tutorial. If you are using the Cinema Camera Raw, can you edit in Premier Pro first and export to Resolve for grading in Raw via the XML route or do you have to open in Resolve first and then round trip via XML proxies? It would be so much easier to edit raw footage first so just wondering if that flow is possible. Thanks

[@TomAntos]

it is possible but you will need a very powerful computer that can play back raw footage in real time. Most can't. Specially laptops.

[@guytrefler]

great tut, thanks you!

[@AzraValani]

Thanks for this!

[@shadowcolor]

thank you tom

[@creativehorsekamalsaromuni8513]

hi toms, thanks for the trustworthy tutorials. can u pls guide me , what LUT should be prefered for the footage taken in iphone.

[@frenkidog]

Super useful, thanks

[@jean-sebastiendutil7728]

I have a question : How can you make all your footage (before grading) fits? They all look like the same. How do you get the correct white balance for each shot? Are you using a color correcting cardboard like the X-Rite ColorChecker?

[@RazzuqaBasha]

Great work Tom! I wonder if can I apply 'film look' LUT like fuji or kodak when I use s-log? In my case s-log-2 from the combination of Sony FS700 & Odyssey7Q (I use RAW.dng files. I will be so thankful to read your opinion.

[@GabrielBucataru]

Thanks, Tom! The question I have is - what if you have certain edits on the clips in the Premiere timeline (say RedGiant's denoiser, etc.) Will the rendered clip export in daVinci or just the source un-touched footage? Should we do a render timeline in Premiere before saving as an XML? Thanks!

[@lizzydejonge8588]

great tutorial.. thank you ;)

[@iii6216]

Hello! I'm French, so I can't understand very well your tutorial. But it's the only I find about Davinci Resolve 12. Can you add French subtitles? Thank you if it's possible!