Pro Colorist Explains: All 7 Curve Tools in Resolve

[@HRCreativos]

Excellent, Cullen! You explained the curves panel in a clear and practical way, great for taking color grading to the next level in Resolve. thanks for the pro tips!

[@kuunami]

That's by far the best explanation of the versus curves I've ever seen. I finally understand it now. Thanks so much Cullen!

[@redstoneranger1404]

Another great presentation, your channel is a true gem. Learned quite a bit from others but you give me the foundation.

[@andrewsan4697]

This was perfect for me as a photographer who is just starting out on the film adventures. While I've been digesting your 'Live' casts, there are so many gaps in my knowledge that made those difficult to follow although slowly that cloud of gas is starting to precipitate and feed my brain! So this down to earth explanation is just what I needed. Thanks so much and I'm lovin' the learning experience.

[@testcams]

Every one of your instructional videos is a masterclass in how to distill complicated technical subjects into easily-understood concepts and application. You set the bar quite high for others.

[@colorist_asankin]

Kelly, hi, it was a pleasure to watch you when you started making your channel. You gave a lot of useful and exclusive information based on your experience. But now all your topics have slid down to the level of ordinary youtube happiness sellers. You are a professional colorist, why are you telling people about how the simplest tools in Davinci work? I apologize if I wasn't being delectable.

[@plumberski8854]

wah, an eye opened for me on the x vs y. Many thanks.

[@MarvinFalz]

Thank you, Cullen. Very informative video. Looking forward to your deep-dive on the curves panel!

[@aaronwalterscheid4496]

It would be pretty sweet if Resolve gave us an option to switch all the "vs" curves into something like an HSV color space. For now, Mononodes and Contour are my go-to alternatives.

[@Patrick-mg7vv]

As it stands, what colour space are the VS curves in? Is it HSL? I also use a dctl for hue rotation and so on. Wonder what the drawbacks are of this particular tool set vs mononodes et al.

[@MrTomTopp]

Fantastic tutorial! Your channel is a treasure trove. Thank You!

[@t3chrs]

Learned so much just in the first 4 min. Thank you.

[@TechTrainTracks]

Excellent simplification of the curves panels uses. Thank YOU!

[@gillescharvet]

can't wait the next tutoral on the curves ... well yes I have to wait ... thanks

[@StuartHetzler]

Fantastic overview of these tools.

[@seancloutier2577]

this is a great presentation!!

[@nickyesteban1010]

Another quality video as always! Thank you!

[@The0riginalDavid]

Would love to see a grade school on the custom curves. I use it in my work almost all the time but sometimes I feel like I’m guessing first rather than knowing exactly what I’m going for

[@brad_in_yyc]

That was exactly what I needed to get started on using these. I can't wait for your primary curves deeper dive. I've noticed a pink hue to the skies in some gopro footage, is this the best way to correct that problem and, I would assume, multiple vs curves to correct it?

[@reedrobinson2940]

Great video. Thank you!

[@christospantolmos9524]

Cullen are the saturation adjustments in the curves subtractive in nature or more like the primaries tab? Thanks, great video as always.

[@divinevideo]

Thanks for the video! Does saturation in DR work the same than in a photo editor ? I mean does the tool saturation had grey when it desaturate or remove grey when it saturate ? That takes me to the next question : is there a way in DR to manipulate color like in a photo editor with the selective color tool ?

[@frankinblackpool]

Very interesting. You are only the second Colourist that I have seen who is going to dive into all the different curve tools, and I'm looking forward to it. I may be wrong but aren't the Colour Slice and Colour Warper repackaged tools of the Curves which perform a mix of some of the Curves tools at the same time but in a more acceptable/understandable graphic interface for the user? I mostly like using the Hue/Sat Curve to rein in the saturation levels if they are peaking in my Vectorscope.

[@memorysoundsightcue4285]

Excellent !!

[@diegochak7560]

Great class! thank you

[@jelanmaxwell4762]

Another banger ❤

[@cristigordas]

Thank you for sharing

[@baruchratz512]

Hey, I'm currently working mainly with premier pro, as I'm not working on my computer, and mine can't run a good editing software, so forced to use premier. I often find the tools there are lacking accuracy for coloring. Do you have any knowledge on coloring in premier, if so, can you make a basic technical tutorial on it? If not, do you have anyone to recommend watching to learn that stuff?

[@welchworks]

This video could save so many people years shaved off of their lives and hair pulled out of their heads. 💡😮

[@andersistbesser]

So if the curve is the primary you could skip the color wheels completely if you are good with curves.i do this a lot and i always wonderd if i do something wrong

[@HPBirkelandPhotography]

I guess it sort of makes sense to do so if you don't have a control panel, as the curves may be easier to manipulate with a mouse or pen. Nothing beats the balls and rings on the panel, though!

[@stefanocson6237]

great

[@kirankiranmishra]

Hello sir/- I actually couldn’t understand what is the difference between luma vs sat & sat vs sat ( how it is different from each other ) ?????

[@JimRobinson-colors]

sat vs luma - is setting the values where the image is darker or lighter - especially in shadows and highlights where the human eyes will see less saturation. And sat vs sat is when in an image something are already very saturated and you might want to lower the sat on stuff dependant on the current saturation. Nothing worse than something in the corner that is not important, attracting people's eys and attention when they should be looking at the subject, ( someone talking for example ). So for a grade, using the sat vs sat can allow you to zero in on that distraction and lower the sat.

[@kirankiranmishra]

@ great! Thank you so much sir! Really appreciate- just need to start using now for better experience. 🙂🙏🏻

[@CullenKelly]

I’d encourage taking another lap through the video! As discussed throughout, Lum v Sat will adjust saturation (second of the two “vs” terms) on the basis on luminance (first of the two “vs” terms). Sat vs Sat, on the other hand, will adjust sat on the basis of sat.

[@kirankiranmishra]

@@CullenKelly got this sir! Waiting for delicate video whenever you will drop. Thank you 🙂

[@NONE2NONE]

Cullen, you should really check out the mononodes dctls for Davinci. They are so much more precise and natural than the resolve curves. I would love to watch you do a video on them in the future!

[@chebosludo]

He obviously knows curves aren't the best for look development, in fact he built his own dctl called Contour

[@deepmusic2456]

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