Creamy Color-Rich Commercial Look | DaVinci Resolve 19 Tutorial

[@george.colorist]

Watch the multilingual dubbed version of this tutorial here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioq1qId-iNacjJo

[@KweenLizzie]

My biggest issue with this is only just finding your channel now. You blow every other colour grading channel out of the water. Thank you.

[@blackcatooow]

no wonder you have .Colorist on your name this 20 minute video is a piece of gold, i’ve seen people sell 3 hour coloring courses for $1200 with lackluster results

[@george.colorist]

Thanks for watching! Im glad you found the tutorial helpful. What would you like to see in a color grading course?

[@СеверьянЧичуа]

3 minutes in i was shocked, full vid got me rethinking my color grading proccess

[@ramifilali4140]

Same lol

[@mediaflmcreation]

It's typically that one video we run into that makes us evolve and literally think about our past but now we are better so we move forward with BETTER results.

[@denaco]

tell me about it buddy. how the hell does this guy know so many hidden gems

[@long.vannoeun]

yes me too

[@viniciusadrn]

this is by far, the best color grading tutorial i've ever seen

[@jackiejustfilms]

AGREED!!!!!

[@gremlingaming16]

this has to be the most relaxing and informative video I have ever watched.

[@nicholasbrecken7357]

this was probably the most helpful KZbin color video ive seen next to Cullen Kellys stuff. Especially that trick with cleaning up neutrals. Thats a huge challenge sometimes with camera work in forests where everything is yellow green even after a general balance. The slight reduction on lift is perfect.

[@george.colorist]

Thanks for watching! You can also experiment with the same adjustment but with the Log wheel. With that, you'll be able to set adjust the range of this "clean up" effect. ;)

[@flo-photo]

@@george.colorist how would it affect it if you used HSV in mids instead of gamma and gain for instance?

Music: Flight of the Inner Bird by Yehezkel Raz feat. Sivan Talmor

[@marcospldno]

That’s THE BEST Davinci tutorial I’ve ever seen. No bla bla bla, just right to the point. Thanks a lot, man!

[@george.colorist]

Thanks for watching Marcos 🤝🏼 more to come.

[@MovieBlastRecaps]

@theqazman Waqas Qazi, will waste your time analysing things, if he handle this video we will comeback tomorrow begging him to round up this video😓This video went straight to the point.

[@biswajit07]

Please never stop making these super amazing, informative and helpful tutorials.

[@george.colorist]

More to come.

[@beardedbozo]

this is not only one of the best colour correction tutorials i've ever seen, but in general, best tutorials I've ever seen. Instant subscribe.

[@niklassundin]

Amazing tutorial! Really appreciate you taking the time to to create this and explain the process so thoroughly! Great work!

[@george.colorist]

@@niklassundin I’m glad you found this tutorial helpful and thank you for my first Super Thanks 🙏🏼🙂

[@DavieMorgan]

George seriously you should do a masterclass course. You really are amazing with Davinci resolve. Honestly can’t thank you enough with these tutorials. Awesome

[@george.colorist]

Davie, thanks for the kind words. I've started to develop something but it could be a while. For now, there will be plenty more tutorials. Thanks for watching.

[@Andre_Blais]

@@george.colorist I just used and adapted this approach to a video I edited for a client with stunning results! One question: If I'm working with LOG footage, where in this node tree would be the most appropriate place for me to convert from LOG to Rec.709? After the primaries? I'm going to experiment but would love to hear from you George if possible!

[@george.colorist]

@@Andre_Blais That’s great! I would love to see the final result. Regarding the conversion from Log to Rec709, I would place it towards the end of the node. It could go at the very end but it could also go before the sharpen node in this case.

[@jadonseitz]

I feel like I learned SO MUCH bonus information in this lesson. Walked away with way more than I expected. Thank you for sharing your Resolve wizardry with us George

[@george.colorist]

Im happy to hear that! Which tip did you find the most useful?

[@DreamsI.M]

Sir, I loved the way you carefully walked us through this, beat by beat. Giving us great examples on what to do not to do and why not to do, and why to do. This is perfect sir. I appreciate you, God bless you and thank you. 🙏🏽

[@george.colorist]

Glad you found it informative. Thank you for your positive review. 🤝🏼

[@reyvaz2951]

Maestro, you're my go to guy, when it comes to color grading, you have so many videos here, that every time I want to do a look, they help me to do so, Thanks!

[@JeremySry]

GEORGE! One of your BEST tutorials yet man! Learned so much!

[@danielceam8333]

Right

[@george.colorist]

Hi Jeremy. Thank you 🤝🏼

[@CosmicCompletionist]

The music, the speed, the concise tone. Beautiful man

[@george.colorist]

Thanks for the kind words Tommy. 🤝🏼

[@hangtian]

Yes!!!! I woke up 2 times in this video!!! Learning a technique and a good rest in the same time!!!

[@NosaAlways]

Wow! 😢 Wow!!! I would love to learn color grading from you from scratch

[@NellaShen]

this is crazy, you just reveal most of the answers to my long awaited unsolve problems WITHIN 20 minutes!!!

[@GodkingGaren]

it feels like im in Nuai thai Massage Room while watching this. So relaxing. Keep it up this way

[@AlanTheAnalyst]

This was excellent George. Really love you style, techniques and teaching. keep it up

[@amalmp2712]

Best color grading tutorial ever I seen. No bla bla bla and have tons of informations👍

[@semihsenturk]

I don't have the "Add Matte" option in Group Pre-Clip. Is it a feature of version 19 or something? Also, when I lower the mid-detail, it affects everything, not just the blacks

[@george.colorist]

It's not a feature of Resolve 19. You can't create matte nodes on any Group level node tree. Only in individual Clip node trees.

[@daniellrodriguezs]

@@george.colorist that is an issue as you don't only grade one frame. always a group of clips. Any solutions for consistency?

[@anung_raihan]

I have never said this, but im truly glad i found this channel

[@itsfarisfakri]

I’m glad I found your channel a couple of months ago. Bought your LUT pack and it’s the best LUT so far. I’ve been using it for all my work. Keep it up George! Big fan!

[@george.colorist]

Im glad the LUT pack has served you well! Thank you for the support and for subscribing.

[@sikwititbeats9700]

absolutely amazing bro, best video on commercial look by far

[@george.colorist]

Thanks for watching!

[@knobtvghana]

Great tutorial George. I purchased your K85 powergrade and I must confess it’s worth more, for me it’s a gift and I appreciate you. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and will also pass it on. Cheers.

[@studiostone3703]

This was fantastic. In particular, the matte node and how it comes into play. Gotta rewatch and make sure that part of it's clear. Maybe you have earlier tutorials how to set that one up.

[@CameronGravesVideo]

when you are checking the skin tones around 2:50 how do you get the little circle to appear on your waveform and scopes it won't show up for me?

[@george.colorist]

In the Video Scopes panel, click on the Scopes settings (3 little dots on top right) and enable Display Qualifier Focus.

[@CameronGravesVideo]

@@george.colorist perfect thank you so much!

[@pranavpillai97]

Best color grading video by far

[@AhsanZafar]

didnt expect but Learned so much new from this video

[@JoseWela]

This video is pure GOLD, so much great information to study and experiment with further. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@george.colorist]

My pleasure! Im glad you found the video to be a good resource of information. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jakebaine]

Just want to let you know that you can do the same functions in your HSL look nodes with the color slice tool instead. The color slice saturation slider applies saturation in a way that doesn't increase luminance which is the same as what you're doing with your HSL workflow. It will save you the time of disabling channel 1 & 3 every time.

[@george.colorist]

Good tip. Thanks for posting this in these comments Jake.

[@daniellrodriguezs]

I tried both and they are slightly different. I use HSL for look development and the colour slice for grading only

[@Muhsin_PM]

Sharpening technique is mind blowing, Thankyou Man..

[@george.colorist]

You bet! Thanks for watching.

[@devendrapisda3528]

Best video on color grading I have watched in my life

[@roland642]

great tips thanks man

[@george.colorist]

No problem!

[@Shauny_D]

First time I've seen some one use the level control in sharpening. Great little tip

[@quantumimagesQC]

To be honest, I don't need to use your LUTs, but I just bought them to thank you for the amount of tips you just gave us for free! :)

[@george.colorist]

@@quantumimagesQC Thank you for the support and for watching! I’m glad you got some tips out of it.

[@igorvisconte]

Nice content George, been helping me out a ton, shout out from Brazil. Keep it up :)

[@george.colorist]

Glad to hear the tutorials have been helpful for you Igor. Thanks for watching!

[@OKLAHOMALOVE2]

In DaVinci Resolve 19, I don't see the option to create a matte node like you did in the video here: 1:43 Is there another option to do so?

[@george.colorist]

Right click on any node. "Add Matte" should be at the bottom of the menu. You can't add matte nodes when working in Group Pre-Clip, Post-Clip, or Timeline level node graphs.

[@OKLAHOMALOVE2]

@@george.colorist Thank you for this. I was working in a group. That's the problem. I really appreciate you!

[@MCCraftAdventure]

This is literally the tutorial I've been looking for.

[@Felipe.Graton]

That was a very good tutorial, thank you very much! Does anybody know whats the genre of the song playing in the background? Want to find more like it on the platform i use for music (epidemic sound)

[@george.colorist]

Its from Artlist. Flight of the Inner Bird by @yehezkelrazmusic

[@Felipe.Graton]

@@george.colorist thank you very much my brother!! 🙏

[@AutheraBay]

Wow, this video is intensely dense with useful information. You're helping a lot of people, thank you!

[@rubanrio3079]

This amazing bro..i seen ever best clear explain to DR Colour grading..👏🏻

[@fabimesizae]

You are really very good. Sorry to bother with the basic question but at minute 2:23 you write about inverting the mask, could you please write how to do that? Thank you very much

[@george.colorist]

In the Key palette.

[@itsfarisfakri]

Hey George. I revisited this video to get densed colour in saturation and I did exactly what you did here - inside compound node, hsv and hsl. The colour density turned out great but it also created somewhat weird artifacts to my footage. What did I do wrong and how to solve it please?

[@george.colorist]

Go easy with these adjustments-it's easy to introduce artifacts, especially when using the Lift and Gamma wheels. Unless you're working with high-quality footage, avoid adding HSV or HSL saturation with the Lift wheel. The Gamma wheel is generally fine, but keep an eye on the shadows. The Gain wheel is the most flexible, so if you're noticing artifacts, try sticking to that one.

[@IrakliySherozia]

Thank you so much! It is a perfect lesson empowering with sold knowledge and your expirience! Thank you so much for your help and time

[@george.colorist]

Thank you for watching!

[@martinadamcz]

2:15 what is selected before MID adjustment? In node Blacks

[@george.colorist]

The red dot that is on the Key panel icon is showing that theres a key being applied. In this case, the matte node.

[@ruchitbarot9362]

Thank you for the detailed video. Can you please make a tutorial on Types of Looks for different moods/Genres? Would be really helpful.

[@orthopriyoa.7148]

I've been back to this video so many times ! glad that i discover your channel. Thank You !

[@airsty]

Awesome video here. Plenty of great tips and I've learned lots. I'd love to see your take on the look that Timelab Pro make. The seem to go for a really extreme teal & orange where the vectorscope is really focussed on these areas and they seem to have some sort of glow too.

[@alexpott1893]

Well daaaamn....this was gooood! Nicely explained!

[@george.colorist]

Thanks for watching!

[@vinaykumarjambarapu2729]

the best tilldate on youtube

[@danielceam8333]

I'm so glad I have subscribed to your Chanel. Thank you George

[@george.colorist]

Thanks for subscribing!

[@PatrikMatheson]

Bro at 5:22 when you say you're gonna turn off your highlight. I have no clue what you're talking about and it's at the worst time in the tutorial because the look looks all messed up in the power window state with no saturation etc. so confused

[@babyandromeda8762]

Is the video in rec709 at the beginning? What if I have a slog video do I convert it first then used the way you color grade?

[@george.colorist]

This workflow was in a Resolve Color Managed timeline. Resolve converts for you so you just apply the same workflow you see in this tutorial. If you're using regular DaVinci YRGB (not color managed) for your color science, use a CST to convert your log footage and keep the CST at the end of the node tree so all the adjustments are before the CST node.

[@adamcmastering5170]

Really fantastic video, thanks so much for making this! As someone less experienced with grading, you totally lost me during the HSL and HSV node section. I get WHAT they did, but I don't know much else, like with all the details of the setup and use. Maybe you could do a video just on that concept?

[@herokme0]

when you dragged down the blue for white balance all the way down, it only shifted your image slightly blue, then you balanced with the tint. when i drag my blue down, everything turns dramatically blue. am i missing something?

[@george.colorist]

The HDR panel is color space sensitive so it refers to the timeline color space to calculate adjustments. For example, if your footage is S-Log3 and your timeline color space setting is set to Rec.709 or something else that's not SLog3, adjustments done in the HDR color wheels will behave like that. You can set the Color Space and Gamma in the HDR panel settings (3 dots on the top right of the panel).

[@herokme0]

@@george.colorist hmm gotcha. what would you set for slog3? having trouble figuring out what to put for color science, timeline color space, and output color space. or if you have another video that goes into that more in depth, that would be great!

[@moonwoods7105]

How do you make the nodes skip and add extra node ? For example node 8 is there and you replace node 9 to 10, how do you make new node 9 Shortcut way ?because I’ll get 12 from not being able to replace.

[@george.colorist]

Go to DaVinci Resolve Preferences > User > Color tab > and uncheck "Preserve node numbers when adding nodes".

[@moonwoods7105]

@@george.colorist ok thank you!! I will try that, I the node preview was gray couldn’t see. Also wasn’t able to get Saturation for bottom portion of video it was dull but sky was perfect soft blue but trees and people River were dull as if everything done didn’t even affect it. What do i do? Would really like to master color grading, but sometimes seems like when editing the video it not effecting it all way way

[@sam96ai]

Hello, a newbie here! :) At minute 6, is it where i do the color space transform for my log-footages as well? or should i set rec709 as input color space & input gamma like George did and do the conversion from log into rec709 somewhere else?

[@george.colorist]

Yes! You would set the Inputs to match your log footage.

[@calebenson2543]

Dude. You are smart and talented af

[@george.colorist]

Thank you for watching Cale 🙂

[@mogulbound7019]

still learning this fine art of coloring. You should really have some master classes. I would definitely purchase it. This video helps out more then you know!

[@george.colorist]

I've started developing a course. Stay subscribed for more info in the future.

[@LucasRobertoKjr-Christensen]

Great stuff as always. I'm definitely buying the LUT-pack!

[@george.colorist]

Thanks for the support Lucas!

[@kitasgotsochill]

😮😮😮 Best video by far learned so much 🙏🏽thank you.

[@allyeid1814]

Huge info in this video thank you for putting this content out, tbh I didn't see anyone work with this technique but it is great

[@fakerapperakachipibin7737]

❤. Best colorist ever

[@Nythoes]

George, this in exactly what I was looking for. Incredible well made tutorial, Thank you! new sub!

[@george.colorist]

@@Nythoes thank you and welcome to the channel 🤝🏼🙂

[@MRFrank1004]

USING SONY A7SM3 FOTTAGE WITH S LOG 3 CINE BUT AS SOON AS I APPLY 2383D55 IT BECOME SO MUCH DIRTY EVEN I APPLY THE CORRECT CST ?

[@JohannWard]

I loved the music on what was the best tutorial in KZbin! Thank you! Subscribing!

[@WiR3D169]

Thank you for this! New to DR and video editing all together.. Actually learned a couple things outside of creating this look such as color transform rec 709 and cineon to apply a lut and sharpening.. Subbed!

[@george.colorist]

Glad it was helpful and welcome to the channel! 🤝🏼

[@kuyafoxtv]

Thanks, bro. Now, I know where I can learn color grading.

[@george.colorist]

Sure thing. Thanks for watching.

[@eduardgermis9683]

just watched this with my sunday breakfast, thanks for that nice music you used for the background! (and all the info, learned a few new tricks) ;)

[@FilmOneShot]

Very efficient and interesting ! But in a node level workflow, it doesn't work because the matte is still in log. Do you have any tip to add more contrast in this matte node ?

[@george.colorist]

You can do the soft blacks effect in a node after your contrast node if you prefer. It will still work if the matte is in log. The intensity to which you set MTD will just vary.

[@FilmOneShot]

@@george.colorist Thanks ! I'll try !

[@lucaenricocanessa5002]

Hello George, after watching your great video, I would like to ask you this: what is the reason of working in the Sat channel on both HSV and HSL? Also why are you tweaking only the green channel in color wheels? Also should be better to create a custom selection for the High lights/Low light luminance selection? Otherwise we will need an alpha matte in each shot. Thanks in advance.

[@HariSinghPhoto]

Such a great video. Thank you.

[@george.colorist]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@HeliopausePictures]

A very nice approach! Thanks!

[@EditorAnmolBhangu]

Simple, straight forward, helpful

[@okaySam]

Great job, mate. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@eyesofatiger1]

George... Dude.... Oh My F**king GOD... You are simply AMAZING!!! I have watched Waqas Qazi and Fillipo Cinnoti courses... Your miles ahead of those guys in terms of educating abilities... I will be the first one to buy your Master Class Course, Please make one!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this lesson - 19 minutes passed like 5, you are from another planet!

[@george.colorist]

I appreciate the kind words. I have started to develop a masterclass course and will share more about it in the future. For now I hope my tutorials serve you well! Thank you for watching.

[@DESIJEHASHAYAR]

This was simply amazing ❤️

[@ZephaniaMaweleZM]

Hey George. Great tutorial. Would love to know more about the matte node. Why do you choose to use it? What is its purpose in layman's terms.

[@george.colorist]

I use it often because its quick to pull up and i like the key that it gives me for quick, broad adjustments to highlights or shadows.

[@daniellrodriguezs]

@@george.colorist I like the matte thing, unfortunately is only available in clip mode and not in pre or post when grouping. How do you use matte for glow and sharpness when adding to a group of clips?

[@george.colorist]

@@daniellrodriguezs use it at the clip level.

[@daniellrodriguezs]

@@george.colorist that’s very inconvenient as some clips might need to be slightly adjusted in exposure or balance. So copy and paste on all clips will not work. If anyone knows a better solution?

[@rumorscameras]

Colorist, when u select rec709A it means what you did looks like what you saw when viewer use apple products. Not advs

[@malibongwecele2811]

Hi i have a slog 3 footage and i would like to do a follow along of this tutorial but when changing to Rec 709 it becomes something else, any tips?

[@george.colorist]

Keep your CST node at the end of your node tree and do everything in this tutorial before it.

[@malibongwecele2811]

@george.colorist Thank you so much🙏💯

[@ReelWitnessProduction]

is it posible to save the node tree? so that no need to create it again manual on a new project? thanks!

[@george.colorist]

@@ReelWitnessProduction Yes. Save it as a still into a PowerGrades album. Right click on the preview window and select “Grab Still”.

[@mohitsharma8912]

Matte is for highlights right? so when you lower mid/details, it would affect only the highlights... Our goal is to soften the shadows and sharpen highlights?

[@mattthedirector4670]

You are a beast man.

[@shayanirshad9237]

Great Man proud of you

[@DenhefDigital]

Is it possible to share that node tree instead of recreate it? Thanks

[@imeanbillya]

You are an actual wizard

[@unrealventuresfilms]

when you lowered the mid/detail, it affected the highlights which you can see in the waveform scope. So I'm confused, isn't it supposed to be for the blacks/shadows only? how do you invert the node like you said?

[@george.colorist]

Im pretty sure I inverted after making that adjustment but I cut it out of the edit. Just make sure this adjustment targets the blacks and shadows. You can invert the selection in the Key palette.

[@NathanHoang]

love the vid and your explanations behind your adjustments

[@Childrenoflightprod_]

Could you explain why in hsl and hsv you only boost greens/magenta?

[@journalweddingfilms]

This is great! I am a little confused about the part where you talk about inverting the matte to make sure it only affects the blacks - how do I do this or how do I know it's done right!

[@george.colorist]

You can invert the selection in the Key palette. Select Shift+H on keyboard to see the selection you are creating with the matte.

[@journalweddingfilms]

@@george.colorist - thanks George - I got it. This structure and one of your lots is the backbone of my whole workflow at the moment.

[@PiingpeiPictures]

Your HSV and HSL Saturation nodes are very interesting, Do you apply all your saturation like that?

[@george.colorist]

Not always.

[@PiingpeiPictures]

@@george.colorist I'm using this as my default saturation, any disadvantage???

[@george.colorist]

@@PiingpeiPictures HSV sat can be a little strong and can easily create artifacts if you apply too much so just keep a good eye on your image. Besides that it just depends on what kind of look you want. If you want dense colors, HSV saturation is a good choice but maybe not for other kinds of looks.

[@AdamNoya]

I just wanna know what type of nodes you're adding 😅

[@george.colorist]

They're serial nodes. Any time someone adds a basic node in Resolve, its a serial node. I'll mention it if I'm adding a different kind of node.

[@livingforhim]

Thank you for not using techno or "upbeat rock" music in the background, I can focus a lot better with this calm music.

[@dherveyphotography]

Could you do some blackmagic grading tuts?

[@yayitan11]

Hi, im a newbie. Can you use this method when color grading flog footage? Thank you

[@Tharunjpeg]

How can i get that waveform values from 0 to 100?

[@george.colorist]

Go to the top right of the Video Scopes and select the 3 horizontal dots. Go to Waveform Scale Style, and select Percentage.

[@Tharunjpeg]

@@george.colorist Thank you for replying ❤️