Pro Colorist Explains: All 7 Curve Tools in Resolve

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@redstoneranger1404]

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

[@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.

[@KombatFlix]

Love this channel , fantastic upload as always bro!!

[@MarvinFalz]

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

[@plumberski8854]

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

[@MrTomTopp]

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

[@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.

[@TechTrainTracks]

Excellent simplification of the curves panels uses. Thank YOU!

[@t3chrs]

Learned so much just in the first 4 min. 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.

[@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?

[@nickyesteban1010]

Another quality video as always! Thank you!

[@seancloutier2577]

this is a great presentation!!

[@EmilyLeishman]

Hi Cullen, I was just about to write you a message on your community with questions I had about these curves as I’m currently use them… you answered some but one So I wonder if you could consider it for your next Videos. Here goes. I like using the curves but found I switch between them and the HDR panel as I sometimes feel I have better hand control for very small areas and different purposes. ( secondary grade). Thank you for going and mentioning the histograms this explains a lot for me in terms of results. Sometimes, I have found that these curves seem to ‘not work’ as I would expect them to… mainly with the colour. Example… I was working on a shot that had a section that was blue I wanted to change it to yellow… I found this difficult using this tool even after opening the anchor points. I suspected it’s because the image didn’t natively have yellow within it?… unless using the custom curves or another tool… in the end I changed the hue range of that colour… I learnt by playing with it. ( the harder way). Haha! However, One question I have for you is… ( and I know you don’t tech this way but…) Do these curves stop working once a node has multiple adjustments on it?… is this a thing or is it my computer? Eg. Offset, primary balance, and power windows on a single node. Again something I have noticed..when playing around… I don’t see the change in image when using these tools… I understand your workflow so I just used a different node. Thank for passing on your knowledge.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@diegochak7560]

Great class! thank you

[@memorysoundsightcue4285]

Excellent !!

[@griff_again]

Cullen, sorry if you mention this and I missed it. But what is the effect chain, if you were to use all the curves in one node? Ie. Would Lum vs Sat take effect after Hue vs Lum for example? Appreciate all the effort in this series!

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

Thank u sir♥

[@Springstepper]

fab. Thanks

[@jelanmaxwell4762]

Another banger ❤

[@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 ?

[@martinadamcz]

Greath video, thanks

[@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?

[@stefanocson6237]

great

[@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!

[@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 🙂

[@deepmusic2456]

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[@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

[@welchworks]

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