DON'T BUY Color Grading Masterclasses! Do this instead.

DON'T BUY Color Grading Masterclasses! Do this instead.
My grading setup:
Reference Monitor: Sony PVM-A250
UI Monitor: Benq SW270C
Panel: Black Magic Design Mini Panel
Mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight
Keyboard: Logitech MX Keys Wireless
Various: Wacom Intuos Pro M
Headphones: Beyer-Dynamic 80 Ohm 770
Feel free to ask my anything in the comments. I try to answer all of your questions and will maybe even do a video on it!
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My website: www.gavin-haughey.com
My Instagram: / gavinhaughey.colorist
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[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks for the recommend - trying my best from nearly 30 years in the industry! appreciated. Darren.

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

You‘re welcome! Love your videos :)

[@billkastanakiscom]

Hi Gavin, thank you for encouraging people not to buy those random courses, and pointing out great free resources! Darren and Cullen are awesome but I really like your content too! Hope to see more soon!

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

You‘re welcome :)

[@pauls1ngh]

Thanks Gavin. Cullen Kelly & Darren Mostyn are awesome.

[@allenpayne9182]

Interesting topic. Cullen Kelly also got a "SHOWLUT DESIGN" class for 250 Dollars on "colour training" website. And an even more advanced "color science" course on TAC. But this is NOT for Beginners. But really good. I don't agree with "Lowepost" and "Mixing Lights". I am a member on both sites for more than 2 years. Mixing Light content is pretty "old" and the "talk" a lot but show very little. A lot of content is just "outdated" or they focus on masks or sharpening or "little things" but you will learn how to grade a whole TV series or movie. On "Lowepost" there is one or two good videos. How to grade a TV show like "suits". But this course now is only available on "Ravengrade". BUT: On Ravengrade they also do a lot of "name dropping". I can recommend the videos. Those are good. But not the "ravengrade" grading tool itself. So "professional sites" are often not really better. It depends. I think "tacresolvetraining" ---- Learn with the masters and all master classes with Walter Volpatto are amazing. You can also search for Walter Volpatto here on KZbin and you will find some videos which are very similar to his masterclasses. So watch the free content first, and if you want to learn more... check out "TAC Resolve Training". Nico from "demystify-color" is also very technical but I can highley recommend his website. And search for "Color Management in DaVinci Resolve 17 with Alexis Van Hurkman" - A video for 80 DOllars... that teaches you everyhting on "Color Management". The fundamentals. Stay away from "Dado" and his "colour.training" website. I think this one is outdaded and he just pushing his tool (Look Designer) in those videos and he is talking for hours without teaching you much. Stay away from Qazi. You will only learn how to do it the wrong way. May advise: BUY the courses if you have the money. But don't expect much. Try to find free content first. Like "Walter Volpatto". I highly everything from Walter Volpatto and his classes on TAC / and on KZbin. About money. I´ve spend 750 Dollars on "Dados Colour Training" website. Watched 20 hours and more. And i WOULD not recommend it. And there are coures on "ravengrade" for 80 Bucks. And those are basic, but good. /but only 10, 20% of the courses are good.) As I said. Don't expect too much. And expensive doesn't mean it is better. BUT: I don't think those courses are overpriced at all. every single one of them spend time into those courses and I con´t care if they cahrge 100 or 500 for a course. I think most color grading courses are pretty cheap if you compare if to "designer courses" or "writing courses" and so on. Those are often 700-1200 bucks. And "Color grading" courses are often just 100-200 bucks. Creating a good course is time consuming and not that easy.

[@Longdancer]

Thanks for this Gavin Absolutely agree with your choices. I went down the M'class road initially and spent a long time unlearning bad habits. All those you mentioned are the best out there and should be compulsory viewing for everyone wanting to break into the Colouring world. 🙏 Thanks again for your content Gavin.

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Thank you very much! Yea.. I thought that someone finally had to say it. There is so much good stuff out there for which you dont have to pay or at least not a lot!

[@albertusbodenstein1976]

Thanks man.. Apreciate your honesty.

[@MahmoodNasr44]

Thank you, Gavin! Can’t agree more. I just hate the fact that people who have a little experience taking an advantage on other people who eager to learn. I had a masterclass from a well known youtuber and it was a huge scam. The information given I realized later was all wrong!

[@istian_]

Thank you for this brother. Love your genuine contents. Keep creating!

[@LockeVincent]

Hey Gavin, thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts. Always appreciate your insight.

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

You‘re welcome :)

[@adsmithtx]

Thank you for this! you have picked what I believe to be the very best resources on KZbin and the internet.

[@gianvanharten9883]

Big thanks for your tips!

[@AdalbertoAlmeida_81]

From a non-native English speaker to another, you’re doing a great job explaining things. Everyone is different and we all have a very unique way to see things where others wouldn’t. Thanks for the advice in this video. I also subscribed to Lowepost and can confirm that it it’s very good content. I’m glad I found your channel and I’ll subscribe. Take care.

[@gerardedit]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@MEZCOLORIST]

You're totally right

[@keloduma]

Vladislav Novickij is also a good mention as well

[@slaww666]

Holy shit!! This is gold.

[@alfredoperez4826]

Thanks so much for your advice bro

[@alex_f_stop]

Thanks, this is very useful!

[@ApostleOfficial]

This is really valuable, thank you

[@haserway]

You’ve just received a new subscriber!

[@patrick-mwit3537]

excellent. Thanks a lot

[@jt-moneyHockey]

this is really useful. I've got the ice looking beet red in most of my clips

[@jt-moneyHockey]

also good English!

[@darkechoproductionsllc9559]

Highly recommend all those you mentioned, amazing people. There's a certain colorist who's been scaming people out of a lot of money with his flashy setup.

[@wakkowarner8810]

I only buy a masterclass if I find a good channel as a way to support the channel.

[@martinadamcz]

Thanks for inspiration

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

You‘re welcome! :)

[@rockysikander.8177]

finally an honest man ! ! !

[@iamvartist]

Thanks for the lowepost mention. I just made the stupid mistake of purchasing a course from youtube for 99 USD and then going here and seeing that they offer all their courses at 70 usd/year

[@workgmail2375]

Love your stuff, do you think that there is room for more colourists in this world? I took 2 weeks off work to buy a course on colouring. What would you choose lowepost or mixing light? I defiantly need structure so a course is the way to go. Maybe it you were starting from day one again?

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

There definitely is more room! I would start with Mixing Light and use the two youtube channels on the side!

[@workgmail2375]

@@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist Thank you!

[@sharpcarrier]

I would start with cullen kelly and darren. After that lowepost would be better.

[@ReshaTech]

Hello I just started color grading and I know the basics to some extent But after the color correction, it is somehow difficult for me to portray a certain look and I stop there What do you suggest for me?

[@fjouper]

Darren Mostyn just released a Masterclass. Tempting for sure 😅.

[@akoabo7]

Darren is an actual working in the industry colorist, his tips are basic, sometimes a little more in depth, but well explained and very useful, not like those youtube hacks who aren’t actual colorists and just give you “tricks”. He explains over and over again who this masterclass is for these last few weeks. If you belong to this demography , I’m sure it will be an incredible masterclass. Darren is the real deal.

[@lucasmatthew22]

can you recommend any onsite training places

[@shotardour]

Color theory is important for color correction/grading, right? can you suggest some material from where I can learn?

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Some of the camera manufacturers have test footage in raw that you can download. RED for example!

[@cahiterayeldemir7716]

Is there any chance to add Turkish subtitles option?

[@thomasbil1781]

You should tchek demistify color, a very good website where you can learn very spectific thinks like recreating film lut from real film footage etc...

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

A colleague of mine actually knows Nico Wiesender. Havent checked out his stuff, though!

[@HimanshuSharma-nf1eg]

❤👑

[@deepmusic2456]

Sony PVM rec 709 and BenQ 270 c rec 709 they look same or not sir..I have BenQ 271 4k monitor but when calibrate my black look muddy..how to calibrate BenQ monitor...help sir

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Thats totally normal. Your Benq can never reach the deep blacks of an oled reference monitor. As long as the colors match, you are fine.

[@checkmate559]

What about fxphd ..¿

[@lokeshOdisha]

Love from India 💖

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Thank you Lokesh ❤️

[@robertk4444]

👍👍💪

[@botbot3698]

cullen kelly the goat

[@Vorobiov_Evgeny]

Rarely to see someone sayng what most pro colorists think about youtubers. Sad that a lot of people watch youtube and think they learn a lot, when its mostly entertaining and marketing of some "educational" product

[@IridiumZero]

It comes down to whether being a colorist is a viable and lucrative career or not. If it is, then it is worth buying a premium masterclass. If it isn't then it's not worth using free sources either, because you would still be wasting your time.

[@modikoekgotso]

Qazi is doing a great job, too. He deserves a mention.

[@rohanzucc]

Hell naw 😂 L-est dude

[@bigsnap5]

I have also transitioned from following youtubers as well in general. When I first started, I was looking at Qazi's stuff and his masterclass is the only one I've ever bought, but he isn't a "youtuber" he color grades for real, as a profession. Outside of him, I was tempted to engage with some others, then I got put on to Cullen Kelly and Darren Mostyn ( Just did an awesome video on the RGB Mixer), and decided from then on that if I was going to spend time, or money on someone's product it was going to be from someone who was a full time colorist with verifiable credentials who happens to put content on youtube. All of the sources listed here by Gavin are the people or companies I've ended up gravitating towards. If I could recommend one more group, it would be Raven Grade, Cullen Kelly is also associated with them as well. I would say their stuff is a little more for the intermediate to advanced. The interest in color grading has exploded over the last 3 years, please seek out the professionals who do this everyday and also happen to make content for us to consume. Some have youtube channels, most don't, they tend have their stuff behind a pay wall, but most of it is reasonably priced. If you feel like it's a worth while investment then go for it. If not, there is plenty of free stuff from legitimate professionals for you to consume and learn from.

[@YJKadventure]

Im planing on buying Qazi’s course. Do you think it’s worth it? Or are the options mentioned in this video about the same or better tools?

[@TechMediaLifr]

@@YJKadventure heard a lot negative opinions about Qazi since I went to the resources mentioned by Gavin here. I'd rather stay with Darren and Cullen. Qazi to me sounds more like a good salesman then anything else. His videostyle also annoys me by now. I'm a bit allergic to it you could say. Finding Darren and Cullen much more pleasing to watch and learn from, way less hyping and more toned down.