Color Grading Made EASY | Davinci Resolve 18 & 18.5 Tutorial

[@DianneRobbinsSocial]

Thank you so much for this video. It was easy to follow and use for a beginner and now I just have to practice. :)

[@MarcTaraz]

Thank you for your kind comment! I’m glad you found it easy to follow and helpful! That was my ultimate goal!

[@censorthis152]

Stop doing that stupid elbow shit with 'whats up guys'. It's cringe as fuck.

[@TapticDigital]

After watching many tutorials on color grading I’ve determined it’s basically just an overpowered Hue/Saturation slider, no matter the LUTs used any adjustment to a wheel will always wash the entire image in one overwhelming color. It’s leagues easier to just film the shot with the proper settings than spend hours on a color slider.

[@maddogtank8425]

I mean sure, but you're gonna be quite limited on your results. If you're experiencing the fact that it's all giving washed out with one color you might wanna do a little bit of research on color theory. Other than that, yeah, you can shoot. All in camera and just go and raw dog. It like that you're just gonna be creatively limited. To what your camera can produce in camera.

[@The_CGA]

I think you think this because you’re filming in 8 bit 709. Yes, if you’re crushing your dynamic range and colors, or your camera is very basic and can’t even shoot 8 bit log, then, yeah. Color grading is pretty much only for real cameras. Only IPhone JUST started letting you shoot in log

[@Zaton66400]

@@The_CGAnie tylko iPhone ma płaski profil

[@bertrandmedia]

lmao wut. like yes it’s not /always/necessary to shoot in a log profile and color grade, but this is terrible advice

[@temptyy_]

Wild take

[@gingerbreadzak]

00:18 🎥 The video discusses the color grading process in DaVinci Resolve for beginners. 01:12 🌈 Setting the color management in DaVinci Resolve to the appropriate color space and output is crucial. 01:54 🖥 Use Mac display color profiles for viewers to ensure consistency between editing and final export colors. 02:21 🎨 Adding nodes and using LUTs can help adjust the initial color space and improve exposure. 03:17 ⚙ Adjusting settings like white balance, contrast, and color tones can enhance the overall image. 05:08 📊 Fine-tuning settings for highlights, mid-tones, and shadows can improve image quality. 07:01 ✨ Adding effects like sharpness and glow can enhance the visual appeal of the video. 08:44 🌅 Adjusting the color balance and highlights can create a unique look for the video. 11:19 🖼 Adding a vignette can focus attention on the subject and balance the lighting. 12:57 🌟 Using noise reduction techniques can help clean up the image while preserving details.

[@juliancanalesphoto]

HE HEARD MY PLEAS😭❤️ Thank you so much for this Marc you’re a life saver fr, I want to get better and this is what I needed

[@MarcTaraz]

I gotchu fammm I hope you find it helpful!

[@chills_tiny_mom]

this is my first time color grading tysm for this fun tutorial

[@MarcTaraz]

You are most welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@dylanfulmer4469]

That was fantastic. I’m going to use this as a guide to grade my next video!

[@MarcTaraz]

I’m so glad I could help!

[@BANGBONSCHANNEL]

Haha, it's enjoyable to see ourselves improve the results of our old work. Your node tree would probably be better if you observe color grading channels like Darren Mostyn, Cullen Kelly, etc. But I'm sure everyone has their own time to develop!

[@dylanfulmer4469]

What a passive roast haha

[@sahamation]

anyone who watches this for the first, I highly, HIGHLY recommend first to do a color correction then apply luts and color grading

[@bhapampa]

I was about to watch that first video till i saw you posted an update (this video) directly under it

[@ChristinaEileen]

So informative!! Thank you 🥰🥰 you’re so talented

[@MarcTaraz]

I hope you found it helpful! And you are far too kind

[@AIwithNoel]

Greate tutorial - I have tried to color grade in Davinci by following many tutorials, but this one made sense :D.

[@shahrierkhan3370]

bro how do you get the wide aspect ratio? really want to know, my a7siii only gets 16:9

[@MarcTaraz]

It’s all in post! My a7siii only shoots 4K uhd 16:9, but then in post I use a 2:1 aspect ratio, so I lose a bit of resolution off the top but that’s ok

[@shahrierkhan3370]

@@MarcTaraz thanks, keep more color grading tuts coming please.

[@baltor-]

Thanks for the presets 👉👈

[@kaykay1845]

some of these tutorials are not beginner-friendly, just jumped into a project like we knew how it already works...how do you get the files open?, that's the sequence, if we knew everything already we wouldn't be looking for tutorials

[@DerChristinaChannel]

Thank you for the tutorial! 2 questions: what would have happened, if you put everything in 1 node and how can a beginner fasten the process?

[@MarcTaraz]

Just like layers in photoshop, you CAN put everything on one node if you so wish, but if you want to change any aspect of your grade after the fact or just 1 specific parameter, its a lot easier and nicer and more organized to do it on separate nodes. If you do everything on 1 node and one to change something, it could possibly change the entire grade and force to you to start from scratch, vs having things on different nodes that you can polar with constantly without making DRASTIC changes that you might regret. If you want a great one node tutorial, check out my most recent film look creator tutorial for the newest DaVinci resolve version!

[@gottabeinspiring]

Instantly subsribed. The way you speak is very good. Audio quality is peak.

[@MarcTaraz]

Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel!

[@BiiBarros]

hey! how do you know where to put the node on the chain? like, in the begging of the video you added a node the middle of the two first nodes. Why? And at the end, you decided to put the node for noise reduction before every node you already had created... How do you make those kinds of decisions? Thanks

[@kannirathnam]

You can try out and see., like what happens if u add node in between.... What happens if u add denoise before the node ... And what happens if u add denoise after the node .....like.... U may Try n see... It's all layers.

[@SaiKumar-w1q]

my doubt is why did you put all the nodes.......i think thats just to show us editing process or does it have any other purpose in the colourgrading process

[@chillitz3667]

You normally use nodes to separate processes, so you first expose the image and stop touching that node so that in the case you mess up you don’t have to undo all the work you made. So basically you separate steps between nodes to “save” your progress.

[@Davonnaa]

It’s like using layers in photoshop or illustrator.

[@StephanBoyyy]

Hey Marc, I just wanted to say I took a little Screenshot of your video to explain to my viewers what Color Grading is and what it can look like when done right. I hope that's okay? I gave credit in the video itself and in my video description too.

[@mayankanurahi]

Love the procedure, can you also share the export settings pf this clip for youtube and instagram

[@LuciePetit]

Coaching the next generation of video editors! 🎉

[@MarcTaraz]

Just trying to teach what I know right now, I’m a forever student

[@johnrado1332]

This is so helpful and I got something here ❤❤

[@HemantHemant-k1x]

Thanks for this video. It is very easy to understand

[@DawgFL]

Damn i guess i gotta start watching videos to understand this video XD. Wanting to learn how to color grade but I dont even know what nodes or luts are. is it the same process even without log footage? the files are so big and im not a pro so i just use the normal recording mode.

[@MarcTaraz]

Everything I talk about can apply to any sort of footage, log just gives you more flexibility in pushing your image. You’ll just want to make sure your working in the correct color space

[@dingpongcrate]

Learned a lot. Is there an easier way to do coloring correcting? I'm a person who doesn't have a lot of time just doing correcting. Thank you

[@RefractedMoments]

Once you feathered the area around model, are you supposed to track? Seems like your clip has the model pretty much in the center. Great video and simple to follow. I wish you named the nodes so that I can pretty much use it as my workflow.

[@MarcTaraz]

I didn’t track on this shot because she stayed pretty much in the middle, I didn’t feel the need to track. The constant vignette suited me better personally

[@toofus70]

I'm loving your presentation style! One question though, are your chosen settings geared towards Mac platforms or do they also work for Windows-based setups?

[@DougGriggPhoto]

thanks for such a great video, very helpful to start my switch from adobe premiere to davinci

[@MarcTaraz]

I’m glad you found it helpful!

[@JEAANOO]

Now, is there a way to save all that work? So when a new project I create I can use the same settings and just play it instead of redoing it all again?

[@MarcTaraz]

Yes there is! If you right click on the viewer image when you’ve finished your color grade, you can hit “grab still” it will then go to your Gallery. From there, drag it down into power grades. And there ya go! You now have this color grade saved within davinci and easily accessible for all your future projects!

[@VisualsProject]

In the video when he is deselecting all the corrections to see how much it is changed how do you do that?

[@fahimsaleh2014]

Thank you so much for this video its really for beginners

[@MarcTaraz]

You are most welcome!

[@justinjwood]

Wait... using an A7S III and you're having problems with the noise? What ISO did you shoot at? That camera with the 12 megapixel sensor should have alleviated your worry for noise reduction. Unless you were shooting at an ISO too high.

[@MarcTaraz]

Noise is present because of lack of available light. When youre running and gunning solo shooting at night with no consistent lighting, there is going to be noise without a light source. The a7siii is absolutely incredible, but also because its only 12 megapixels, noise is a bit more obvious compared to an a7iv for example with its 7k oversample. The noise is absolutely fine, I just want it to be as clean as possible because why not improve your footage to the max? And secondly this is a tutorial. Just because I don’t necessarily need it doesnt mean other people may not. It’s a useful thing to know about when you need it. Hope that helps!

[@warren4838]

The moment you hit the reset node grade, it automatically omits the settings on color space transform?

[@ignyus1sinaloa]

Maaan I'm just gonna spend the Ps! This is too technical, you must have a lot! of passion to do this work.

[@vipassanamargaya5921]

best and easy color grading video. Thank your video.

[@MarcTaraz]

Thank you so much!

[@whosyourbrad]

Nice video Marc! Thanks a lot, finally getting into Dacvichi 😍

[@cherriestimefull]

Thank you so much!!! Great tutorial!

[@MarcTaraz]

Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed!

[@RadenmasPratama]

Thanks for your explanation and share education about color grading 🙏🙏🙏😎

[@thomaswindfeld728]

Looked amazing.

[@MarcTaraz]

Thank you so much!

[@SkinnyCorleone]

Incredible Color grade !!

[@treycino]

Can you apply these same nodes to multiple clips? I’m making KZbin videos and have a lot of cut up scenes and it would take a year for me to apply all these edits to each one?

[@MarcTaraz]

You can select all the clips and right click to apply grade to all the clips

[@galacticaspectacula]

Thank you for this tutorial. It was very helpful. Is it possible to copy over the nodes/color grading to another clip? Let's say the following shot is of the woman crossing the street, but from a different camera angle or shot. How do you carry over the color grading changes to the next clip without having to manually grade all over again? Thank you.

[@MarcTaraz]

You can! Click on the first click with the color grade you want, then hold shift or command to select the second clip. Right click on the first clip, and hit apply grade. And your grade will now be copied!

[@saviourudo1062]

Thank you so much for this🙌🏾

[@MarcTaraz]

You are most welcome!

[@wesleybamboo]

I’m subscribing! You made magic here 💫! Hopefully I can get up to that level one day

[@BRAWGWill]

How do I know what input colour space to use? I don't understand what input colour space, input gamma, output colour space and output gamma are, and what I'm supposed to choose for each.

[@DoCWE]

roar washed out footage is usually log,,, S log is log footage from sonny camera, if its Canon its C log,,,,,, if you have a background in photography take it as log= cr3,,, rec 709 = jpeg

[@devambkonnehproduction7463]

Love the video. Quick one, re 11:03 minutes of the video, how do you do that zooming? I have never been able to find a short cut or even know how to zoom it. Please help 😢

[@jacobooliveros6475]

Thanks for the video it really helped me to learned some tips. But I have a question since right now I dont have the filter. But how does the Glow Effect work with glow filters such as a ProMist?

[@QualityVideoService]

What about color shift settings for windows?

[@Twenty10sMedia]

Hi, I hope you can answer this question soon. it's kind of time sensitive! when I am in color mode and I add the nodes!! Where it says library and setting top right side. Color space transformation. I can't add anything because it is not highlighted. I deleted my project and the free version hoping it would change! How can I change this? Thanks

[@momosnailcorner]

Thanks for the video! I really want to know how to color grade just to get true color. I know that's not a thing and very subjective 😅 but I do videos that include swatching nail colors. I'm not necessarily looking for a beautiful, cinematic edit. I just want my colors to look accurate. If you have any tips for that, I would love to hear them! 🙏💜

[@MarcTaraz]

I’d reccomend using a color checker when shooting, and then you can achieve “perfect” colors various ways with that!

[@momosnailcorner]

@@MarcTaraz awesome, thank you! I'll look that up!

[@florenciagonzalezpena]

Thanks so much!! Marc! But what if I do not have a Mac to edit, I mean what should I do to monitor and edit correctly?

[@masharyalenezi9662]

how did you make the viewer bigger on 3:08?

[@masharyalenezi9662]

@marctaraz

[@arunpaul8624]

This is true technical information

[@anamariacocina]

WOW! All this info and training for freeeeeeeee😊

[@anamariacocina]

Thank you for making it easy to understand!!

[@MarcTaraz]

I just want everyone to learn and succeed! I hope everyone finds it helpful

[@ejazrjr6]

@@MarcTaraz footages?

[@chrislaf3635]

Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this, but is there a way to copy this grading to apply it to other clips ? Is this what we call a custom LUT ? I am thinking that once the formula is created, it should be relatively easy to cut and paste it or save it to apply to other clips. It would be great to see how that is done. Thanks, it was very helpful and informative

[@MarcTaraz]

Yes you can do this! Once you’re done with one clip; select your other clips, right click, and hit apply grade

[@ClearCutDesignStudio]

Thanks Marc! Fantastic tutorial!!!

[@EdwardUmpaFilms]

This was so helpful! Question. can u do this on a standard picture profile when you shoot the video? Or need to be in log? Thankyou!

[@MarcTaraz]

Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful! You can do this to any video footage, I color grade iPhone footage all the time. With LOG footage you just have more room to work with, and your image is less likely to tear apart when pushing a more intense color grade, but you can color grade any footage in any picture profile!

[@EdwardUmpaFilms]

@@MarcTaraz oh wow! Thats great! Thankyou so much! I’ll try this later!!:))

[@EdwardUmpaFilms]

@@MarcTarazoh btw is this what I need to do for every luts that I import and try to my videos? :) Its not like photo where u just copy and paste LUTS? 😅

[@Vr24creations]

Bro please provide log footage for practice

[@timnguyen4494]

Great tips! Thank you! But how the hell are you going to do this with every clip for like a wedding? That’s going to spend hours just color grading.

[@MarcTaraz]

You can copy and apply grades to other clips! Usually if a scene is the same, applying the same grade should get you basically almost there.

[@TheRealGuyWithTheGreenHat]

Does the color grading you taught in this video affect only 1 clip, or the whole timeline of your project in DaVinci?

[@MarcTaraz]

It’s affects only a single clip, you can then paste that color grade to other clips if you want!

[@TheRealGuyWithTheGreenHat]

@@MarcTaraz Thanks. 😁😁

[@gielaah]

Thanks for this. Appreciate the simplicity of you teaching! If you want to carry over these settings on other video clips, is there any shortcuts? Or do you have to do it manually?

[@MarcTaraz]

You can copy your edits from one clip to all your others if you want! Just hit “apply grade” after right clicking

[@gielaah]

@@MarcTaraz thanks a lot! 🙏

[@ExploreEmpires]

Nice editing thank you for this video

[@delwai_everything]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[@HomesteadPictures]

Thanks the video! : 709-A and "Use mac display color profiles for viewers" is only needed when using an Apple monitor, correct? I edit on a mac but don't use an Apple monitor and don't seem to have any issues.

[@SayonaraGaming]

@1:37 you should've added this fix for windows 10 as well. i dont have that setting.

[@amalft_]

I don't understand why there is no preview once I click on color grading which makes it impossible for me to edit. Could you please help?

[@maurogutierrez]

Hello, great, sorry I don't speak English, I will use the translator,, 1. I would like to know if in preferences when you select "use Mac display color profile for viewers" Do we select it only when you have a Mac monitor?,,,, in my If I use a different monitor that is not a Mac, wouldn't there be a need to select that option?. 2. In the EXPORT tab would we have to select "REC 709 A" somewhere? or is it enough like you did in "Color Management", Thank you!!! 👍👍

[@BradleyOcchipinti]

is rec 709-a the same color space for an 2024 m3pro macbook pro display?

[@allstarbury]

Basic question .When we have video in d-cienema for adding luts and grading do we need always to add another nod? Lets say i have 30 -60 minutes video and i want add same lut to entire video .Lut is 90% colors but still we can add some grading video cant be too dark (low light) too brights overexppsedb ( day time)

[@NoReturn996]

I dropped the Color Space Transform in the note box, the Settings button is still disable grayed out. What can I do? Thank you for your time.

[@SMFurqan]

Is it free version? Or studio version?

[@garfieldmtify]

Marc! Very nice work man! That is so cool. love that you love to do this, that is great & REALLY made me smile & happy knowing that, thanks for sharing. I would really like to learn how to video edit & become good at that. Besides practice practice practice which for most things people say & I agree with that. Can you help me be more specific with the detail of that. I would like stop my current work (the work is great), I just want to film, edit, I WANT TO CREATE video content, that excites me. I have looked at various on line courses and none have seriously hit the mark from yet. I am hopeful you can assist and or help me out. I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this note & I am hopeful to hear back from you. Thanks again!

[@MarcTaraz]

If you want to reach out to me via my website we can discuss more!

[@virustsunami4096]

How do you make this delay in the overlays?

[@RaviSingh-pu1fq]

How can we follow along with you. We don't have same video footage?

[@akshperspective7502]

Thanks man

[@TripleH-s3w]

Can you provide some log footages like these , so i can practice , i will appreciate it .

[@unknowndynastyproductions6898]

This Was Amazing!!! Great Work!

[@officewestinghouse4146]

Can you guys please provide the clip so we an also follow along!? Thanks

[@AGop53]

Best video. I’m learning so much. Is there a way to apply the same setting (after set) to multiple clips?

[@MarcTaraz]

Yes! In the color tab, Select the clips you want, right click, and select apply grade

[@AGop53]

@@MarcTaraz Thank You. Keep up the awesome videos

[@dpowpenny5074]

soooooooooo you have to do this for every single clip your using for a video or is there way to apply it to everything and go back into it to micro adjust for certain parts ?

[@MarcTaraz]

There is! Select the clips you want to copy the grade to, right click, and hit apply grade!

[@dpowpenny5074]

@@MarcTaraz thank you very much. I'll have to try this out.

[@StevesRealWorld]

What if I'm on a PC? Can you include those settings also next time?

[@MarcTaraz]

It will depend on your specific monitor, the reason why it’s simple with mac is because it’s built in.

[@ThinkMediaTamil]

Hiw to reduce now without studio version

[@crescentmoon256]

what if you want to make videos that look close to reality inslead of film like

[@kamkhillzit]

How to apply this look to the rest of the clips on the timeline?

[@MarcTaraz]

In the color tab, select the clips you want to have the same grade, right click on the clip you’ve already graded, and hit apply grade. Now it will copy to all the other clips

[@florenciagonzalezpena]

have you tracked the actress for masking? Thanks again! ;)

[@shoryathegamerz5505]

i dont have mac display colour profile for viewers option why??

[@George.y.75]

this is amazing thanks Marc!

[@JK_smith]

Do I have to buy the paid version of davinci resolve?

[@zbiromax9228]

Hello. what parameters should the computer have for comfortable work with davinci resolve? that's the bare minimum. the budget computer. and what parameters so perfect. thank you.

[@SimonFittonDavies]

Beginner? Yeah right. What’s a LUT! I’ll come back once I’ve figured that out

[@MarcTaraz]

A LUT is a preset for video footage

[@amaljprasad6519]

Really helpful! Subscribed 👍

[@MarcTaraz]

I’m glad you found it helpful! Welcome to the channel!

[@nawarhamo5056]

How I can get this video for uesed editing

[@Suntil]

i don't have this atomos lufs in menu

[@jeffreykwakye8597]

I can see your footage was not shot with a native camera app. I want to know if this is applicable if i am just shooting the video on my iphone and with the native camera app?

[@MarcTaraz]

You’re right, this was shot with a professional camera using higher quality codecs and LOG. However, the color grading techniques that I talk about still apply here. You may not be able to push the footage as far, but I’ve color graded footage straight out of my iPhone and it holds up very well. I think the most important thing is being aware of the color space you’re working in

[@jeffreykwakye8597]

@@MarcTaraz Thank you. Will definitely try it out. Attempting to make my first video🤣

[@Farhan-qf1te]

I have a doubt tho how come the log video is soo colour less cuz I'm using my phone, and when i put that to edit, it comes with colored

[@MarcTaraz]

That is the entire point of LOG, that it gives you the most dynamic range possible and allows you to color grade the way you want

[@markpalmos]

1:52 what if you don't use anything made by The Corporation? Surely most users don't have "Mac" monitors?

[@MarcTaraz]

Then disregard it. If you’re not working on a Mac, you don’t need to worry about anything

[@ramanpaneru2005]

And i thought buying luts was enough. Besides noise, everything was in free version of Davinci Resolve. Also the color grading was for one subject in frame. It might be different for multiple object. Especially for vignettes.

[@dattebayonaruto5664]

beautiful can you bring your Lululemon - Breathe | Spec Commercial video color grading plz thank you marc .:)

[@MarcTaraz]

I’ll think about it for a future color grading vid! Your comment def helps encourage me to make one. If there’s demand, I’ll make it happen

[@luisbasauri]

Exelente video. Thanks ✌️

[@jacobsklar]

should the output color space still be rec 709 a if it is being viewed on an external monitor (asus pro art) but coming from a macbook?