Color Separation SECRETS for Beginners | DaVinci Resolve 17 Tutorial

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In this video, you will learn how to create color separation to make your projects stand out. This is one of the most useful techniques you can learn as a colorist. Grab a notepad. 💪🏽
0:00 Intro
0:54 FREE 1-hour training teaser
1:43 Camera Info
2:02 Node Tree Build-out
2:11 Base Grade
3:37 Step #1
6:09 Step #2
9:34 Step #3
12:27 Step #4
14:26 Look Recap
16:03 Final Look
16:11 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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[@theqazman]

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[@jcinewilliams8819]

Mr. Qazi Do you do one to one mentoring? I don't believe your site mentions but I need that level of coaching. I realize time is money. But I think I benefit greatly with a personal coach. I've paid for so many different classes. I do have a "basic" understanding but I feel I'm not absorbing it the way I like to know Resolve. I understand it takes time and practice but I be having so many questions about identifying and being able to be better understand scopes, using bars, etc. that the principles get lost to me. Lol. Alot of what people say is there is no exact formula to get a good grade we just have to know the look that we want. I've reached out to 2 trainers so far hopefully one will have the ability to do virtual learning. I really want a coach.( Lol. I know I'm asking for too much)

[@AdamLangdon]

Dude, CRUSHING IT. We are spoiled with all this content! SOOOOOO glad i joined FCM for the deeper knowledge and excellent community.

[@theqazman]

FCM fam 💪🏿

[@AyushSharmaa]

As always...you're the boss! I've been using color warper and never faced such glitch, but hopefully its gets fixed for you!

[@rowanstrang8072]

At first I just found these tutorials relaxing and just generally enjoyable as a way to advance my understanding of how colour works But a few things have come together and I’m ready to jump over to DaVinci resolve properly. Can’t wait.

[@johnnyyunusa5510]

Congratulations Legend 💪, may God bless u for the gd work u do for us. The sky is no Limit Go beyond bro! We love u

[@jcinewilliams8819]

I'm sooooo excited ! Just received my Davinci Resolve Mini Panel yesterday! My workstation is ready to begin to be built. I have contractors coming out this week to build out my studio. Wish me luck guys. I finally have everything. Mr. Qazi you really are a wealth of information and inspiration. Really wish you could mentor me through this Journey. I know you have a master class I could enroll into but I wish I had a more personal education. But that's asking too much.

[@edikristo3227]

This is INSANE 🔥🔥🔥 simple and mindblowing..

[@dandottimusic]

Love that you listen to you subscribers and make it consumer friendly🤩

[@iamakkkshay3032]

Just awesome & great knowledge, THANKS

[@TaylorMoore4K]

Another OUTSTANDING video brother. I love these so much.

[@guapdonfit]

I love it 🔥 looks dreamy

[@AllThingsFilm1]

More invaluable techniques. Thanks a million.

[@ogvideographyphotography9594]

Thank You!!

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

its fabulous ❤️

[@ssurfit]

Great video. Thank you

[@mishukx]

Awesome!!

[@Photogabi]

SWEET LOOK, Qazi! Nice to see you turning the warper. I'm always wary to use that tool. It looks promising.

[@theqazman]

For sure brother. Got it's quirks but very promising.

[@STGFilmmakers]

Nice Tut brotha, thanks again!

[@mozzfather]

Great stuff as always! Thank you so much for sharing, you are the #1 on KZbin, that's for sure! I would have one Idea maybe for a future video...I'm preparing a short film right now and the final result should be black and white. I'm sure even without color you would have some aces up your sleeve ;) Thank you and keep up this great work!

[@rockout13productions]

Amazing!!!

[@InTechxicated_SyedAsif]

wow, love itt.

[@rafael_simoes]

TKS for sharing.

[@orelbitan]

Smashed that like button!

[@dmisiraca]

Thank you,,i did my first atemnt on color colorisation , i learn a lot from you, great job man!! Just do it litlle bit slower ! but great!! thx

[@rasmushedinvisuals5959]

Thank you Qazi!!!

[@theqazman]

🙏🏾

[@ecofriend93]

Magician!

[@AleksanderZh]

As usual. Detailed and very informative. Glad to be a part of FCM

[@theqazman]

FCM fam 💪🏿

[@SrFilmssadulshahar]

Thanks brother

[@sluncommonnature3679]

Good work 👍😁 be safe

[@UnknownSageMaster]

Thanks

[@SHORTFILMMANTRA]

Awesome tutorial Asian Guru

[@Its.Tricky_]

Let’s be honest this guy is a magician with camera footage

[@SoultyBoiBeats]

Another one😎✍

[@BloomfieldProductions]

Temple University Student here! I've watched the movie moonlight several times and CANNOT get over the color grading on the shot of little in the ocean if you could break that down it would be a game changer!

[@PartyKingJeff]

I love you 💕

[@Tobias_Mester]

can you do a ''A QUIET PLACE 2'' Tutorial. Just watched the movie in cinema and it was amazing and I loved the look.

[@narrativasavulsas]

For me he had it with the noctourniquet @ first node. Than became a little bit fake for me. Cool techniques tough. Thanks.

[@Traffik74]

You are genius

[@florianarzt1512]

Can you please make a tutorial on the look of the new Loki series on Disney+. Would be amazing!

[@idrisso.g.6316]

@qazi is there a way to get more information out of the blacks/ shadows or would it be better to record 1/2 stops above - depending on the camera

[@parthsanghavi300]

can you make a video about reading colors from the footage as it looks most difficult task when we try to make the same as other

[@junglepahad]

Could you please make a tutorial with Fuji footage?

[@husainfoolath4287]

Qazi be fresh af !

[@hamark_videography]

Hi Qazi! Great video! Couldn’t you use offset instead of temp and tint? Why did you go for temp and tint to adjust the balance?

[@finnxm7616]

can you make video how to best setting render? i saw different color from Davinci Resolve to Premire Pro. Pls!!!

[@pratiksolankar7591]

Sir tips for sony a7iii slog plzzzz

[@JerickMoss]

How does this work with skin tones? If I mess with the temp or tint it messes us skin tones

[@thisisilyasraza]

Sir plz give us this video which you edit In this video

[@lanifwtf]

Why use CST instead of DaVinci wide gamut Qazi?

[@uleraphaelterseer5233]

Hello Qazi, really love your content, is it possible to get the clips you use for your class? so we can follow

[@theqazman]

Yes, tons of practice footage in the Masterclass.

[@GurpreetSingh-ow5vy]

WHERE DO I GET THIS FOOTAGE FROM?

[@aatmansharma9036]

I LOVE YOU MAN , THANKS FOR INTRODUCING ME TO COLOR GRADING AND MAKING ME CONFIDENT THAT IT'S NOT THAT HARD....LOVE FROM INDIA ❤❤

[@darkshines800]

Respect your work man, but after you put the log node on and the sky went green I was waiting for you to pull that back. I guess I'm still waiting! But then that's why every grade is different and no grade is right or wrong

[@timxthyn.2200]

it would be rly cool if u did a tutorial on color grading 8bit footage , i shoot on a sony a7ii and its hard to find color grade tutorials for 8bit color

[@theqazman]

I have. Watch other videos.

[@ElenaPadoveseFilmmaker]

Why don't use da vinci resolve color managed to convert your color space? I don't understand when to use color space transform and when color managed. Thank you

[@GurpreetSingh-ow5vy]

WHERE DO I DOWNLOAD THIS FOOTAGE??

[@yungdaddydk]

Quick Question: In some tutorials you apply Colour Space Transform on the very first node, then in some videos you apply in the middle node and in this video you've applied it on the last node so in which exact node are we supposed to apply it?

[@lulumink0]

There is no exact way or absolute right way to do this. He graded this time in LOG space. Sometimes, he grades in Rec709 space. It depends what you do.

[@yungdaddydk]

@@lulumink0 so is there a specific node in which we should apply CST while grading for log or rec.709 footage?

[@jrydertr]

Depends really, keeping the cst as the last node and your exposure/balance nodes before it gives you more room to play with. Practice is always best!

[@antoniomarchante8349]

From what I know, when you apply CST to convert to a smaller color space, you lose range to make major changes to the image. I always use color management but I guess if you use the CST you have to use it in a node where you know that the wide range will no longer be needed for the adjustments you will make from that node on. I guess Qazi as a pro colorist knows when he can use directly the CST as first node cause he doesn't need the range, or when he can put it as the last node to preserve the max range till the end. Just guessing, please ppl feel free to correct me 😊

[@thenightowl5438]

@@antoniomarchante8349 I'd also like a clarification! Seems like, more times than not, you'd want to use the CST in the latter nodes

[@syafster]

now i know color separation is making details in the background..too bad about the bug, i was aiming for the web tool, its like colorista wheel that i used to use back in the day

[@jeetinj]

For this kind of grading work can we work on Da Vinci free version? or studio version is necessary?

[@theqazman]

Yes

[@RomeoBGomamis]

HEy! WAQAS can you also make a tutorial color grading a CANON EOS M50 footage.. please

[@diamondlabelfilms]

It's the same process. He isn't showing any specific camera. The same technique apply to any camera.

[@AllThingsFilm1]

In the meantime, you can do a search on KZbin for color grading 8-bit footage. There are a few tutorials out there that you could use on your M50 footage.

[@jamestanardi6347]

COLOR WARPER

[@shuolangliu304]

do u guys know how to turn on the circle thing on your RGB parade?

[@jrydertr]

You can find the option on the Scopes settings (click the 3 dots) and turn on the Display Qualifier Focus. Pick the Qualifier tool and hover over the video!

[@swaha55]

Hi Qasi, I love all your videos. I am getting ready to upgrade from v16 free version to v17 free version. I am on a mac computer. I am confused about whether to uninstall v16 before I upgrade to v17 OR whether to install v17 over v16 without uninstalling v17 first. It seems there are many different opinions out there on which way is best. I just do not want to run into unforeseen problems. What do you do? Do you think there is any difference or one way is better than the other way? Thanks for any help with this.

[@theqazman]

I usually uninstall the previous version and then install the latest. Appreciate the love

[@swaha55]

@@theqazman do you uninstall first if you are going from 17.1.1 to 17.2.1 or just between major versions like v16 to v17? Do you need to move any folders after uninstalling and installing the new version or is all that done automatically?

[@PozitiveVibes]

Did I missed somewhere, or why are you making the color transform at the end?

[@theqazman]

Watch the free webinar and you will know exactly why I used that way.

[@castielvargastv7931]

Gh5 rules!

[@sarthakvrm7]

Still haven't found any solution for the Quicktime Gama Shift !! Please help. Tried every other method on youtube but none of them work :(.

[@theqazman]

Watch my free training

[@litemakr]

I'm so tired of orange and teal, there must be another way to do this.

[@aatmansharma9036]

PLEASE DO A TUTORIAL FOR MIDSOMMAR PLEASEEEEE

[@cinnamondaddy5401]

I think you lost a lot of details in the shadows, as if it was shot in rec709 initially. the surf board has gone totally black, nice techniques though.

[@newtech8598]

Brother I have started new KZbin channel recently . We also want editing tutorial ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@murtza.rehman]

222K subscribers here at the time of this comment.

[@واي]

you explain too fast bro

[@karanjoshifilms7625]

then watch it in 0.5x speed, bro!

[@واي]

@@karanjoshifilms7625 thanks for your reply