My Davinci Resolve Color Grading Process - Simple & Effective!

[@dunnadidit]

*Want to learn more about Davinci Resolve Color Grading? Check out my video on Lift, Gamma, & Gain here* → kzbin.info/www/bejne/favCgq14ma13j8U

[@dubstepzsi]

Hiya not dsure if you know but the link above is not for lift gamma and gain in davinci Resolve but for lightroom... just thought i would let you know buddy. could you post me the link to that video would love to check it out. Thanks. Simon,

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks so much for letting me know Simon! I've now updated that link so you should be able to click and head to the right place now! Cheers!

[@JosiahObregon]

With the color space and input gamma should I use the settings you did? I shot on a BMPCC4k

[@ilonaklimkiewicz1417]

is color editing avaliable in free version of da vinci?

[@dunnadidit]

Yea it is!

[@threeelancer]

First color correction tutorial that doesn't start with "bro, stop making these beginner mistakes" and just gets into a nice lesson. Thanks.

[@dunnadidit]

Glad you liked it!

[@lanresingsvevo4870]

I know what you did there 😂😂😂

[@fredriksvard2603]

@@lanresingsvevo4870 Qazi wants to know your location

[@crownedqlegend]

Sheesh tag his name already 😂

[@biswajit07]

are you talking about Qazi 😂

[@rynonortje]

You just blew my mind! I'm just starting with grading in Resolve and have watched a ton of videos. This is the first one where the logic has been completely sound and the explanations clear enough to make feel confident in grading with this new platform. You're the man Dunna!

[@lailasearth1432]

Feel you!!!

[@Rosstheboss-kg8ve]

totally agree lol

[@chadnathan5681]

lekkker

[@rynonortje]

@@chadnathan5681 my bru

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks dude!!

[@karlosjeri7592]

Been trying to learn and teach myself Davinci but you just made it make SO MUCH SENSE in such a short amount of time. Thank you!

[@IceCreamJUSTICE]

Yesterday I finally decided to jump from Premiere into DaVinci , so today was the first day and i dedicated it entirely to absorbing as much info as i could to have an understanding of it…From basic tutorials, to more advanced ones to see what features DaVinci has , to reading comments, people with different opinions and bringing up topics , looking up those topics , etc. Now 15 hours later back at your video and definitely having a much easier time folowing through the process, still overwhelmed but excited to get to work and keep going. Great one ! Thank you for your help!

[@BracketReviews]

I need to sit down and listen to the teacher. So interesting. On my way around my city. Thank you for the lesson.

[@dunnadidit]

Enjoy!!

[@BadSloucher]

Dunna! 3 years later, your video is still helping so many people, including me. You probably won't see this because you get so many comments every day, but you truly saved me!

[@JaredSoyring]

Sammmmeeee

[@thisguyclive3841]

After watching so many other tutorials that just confused me, this was the first one that made everything easy to understand and follow along. Got great results from following your steps, thank you!

[@Charlottesbeautifulcult]

Thank you! I have been trying to find a video to help me understand nodes and this is the first one to truly help.

[@yavare22]

Quick tip: If you work on a picture for more than 10min your eyes get used to it and do not notice the differences. That's why professional colourist suggest to do the primarily correction on the scoops.

[@juansigamer]

Hii, what do you mean by "scoops." Still new to video editing, so any light you can shine on it would be very useful. Thanks!

[@Noah-es7tw]

@@juansigamer Probably the scopes, so the information like the weird flow lines on the right bottom. You can use it to gain information about the colors in the video

[@imperial-gamer]

This is the freaking best video about colour grading in davinci resolve Super simply explained and understandable It has all the data from all of the youtube videos regarding colour grading. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dunnadidit]

Well thank you so much!

[@SILVERSPADES]

This program is amazing

[@dunnadidit]

Agreed!

[@joz1ah175]

It really is, I love it.

[@slxxpn]

I just started filming, I was looking for a video that was not too long, I know everyone has different methods to color grading but seeing you do it made it look easy. thank you.

[@Zvive16]

Thank you for this! I've been using Da Vinci for sometime but wasn't able to figure out colour grading. You explain it so clearly, showing the process along the way. Glad I found this!

[@dunnadidit]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Skyboundheart]

I never used Davinci until today. Your tutorial made my first video possible, easy, clear, to the point and learning. Thank you!

[@dunnadidit]

Amazing! Thanks for watching!

[@deonambrose]

Man, as someone who is new to this stuff, you did it very well!

[@mikebennett214]

Going back through all of these videos now that I am switching my studio over to resolve and I forgot just how good your content on this stuff is... so good. so so good.

[@dunnadidit]

Thank you!

[@thmallik]

I used to do the actual film grading for motion picture negative n positive with chemical processing. That was very very complicated. That process used to depend on A To Z color balance with mood n contrast correction. I found the same theme in your work flow. That is really very professional. Keep it up.

[@dunnadidit]

Wow! That would be super fun to learn and probably very tedious to do regularly haha. Thanks for the kind words about my process. That’s really cool that it resembles the real film process

[@thmallik]

@@dunnadidit thanks and I really appreciate your effort to educate us about the simple and efficient colour grading process. Keep it up.

[@esnnfesnnf5087]

I just moved from PR to Davinci and for last few day i've been watching videos about Davinci,this video by far was the best.Thanks Dunna and looking forward to learn more from you.

[@cameraredi]

wooow this is the greatest davinci colour grade video, you made it so simple, explained everything you did and why you did it, explained the nodes perfectly. Thank you

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks a ton!

[@ljmproductions1]

Broooo! I had a literal mouth hanging open moment in this video when you showed click-and-dragging to select the skin tones... Didn't know that was a thing. And then isolating with the node layer so the teal adjustment didn't affect the skin: that was completely new to me, after 4 years of messing around with Resolve color grading. Thanks so much!!

[@ryanbishop3586]

I don't know why, but this was the first video I've watched, that made me realise nodes in Resolve are just steps in your colour grading! Now it feels like Resolve's learning curve is less steep, it's definitely got me thinking about downloading it. Thanks for breaking it down!

[@dunnadidit]

That’s amazing to hear! I love knowing that I made things a little more straight forward.

[@dunnadidit]

Nodes give you the ability for a lot more than just organization, they also allow you to build off of your previous work. So if I change the luminance levels in one node, I can go to the next node and work from the new luminance levels instead of guessing. Then on top of that there are different types of nodes for different jobs. Basically saying “can’t you just use basic saturation” is like asking a painter why they have different brushes, canvas materials, tools, and techniques instead of just always painting on paper with the same brush in only red.

[@filmmakingandthoughts]

This is the first colour correction tutorial I've seen that explains nodes! Thank you so much!

[@DTiPNZ]

I’ve been procrastinating on a colour grade all afternoon cos I couldn’t get my head around it, but this video has been a huge help! Thanks!

[@dunnadidit]

Great to hear! Have fun!

[@MateiCBostan]

I actually applied all the steps and it works wonders, thanks for showing this process! It is also versatile if you save and use it as a powergrade & only readjust some nodes for footage from the same location.

[@ayanbanerjeefilms]

Dont know why this is the first video which helps me to understand Davinchi and Nodes, Thank you.

[@chillcomputerguy]

Excellent I’m coming from Premier Pro I couldn’t deal with it freezing up all the time anymore. At first I didn’t like da Vinci because I was stuck on Premier Pro having used it for so many years, but after giving da Vinci a chance I’m never turning back I got the studio version and I absolutely love it. I never thought of color grading in such a creative way, but now it’s got me motivated to shoot more and really think about the post processing of color, no more dropping a LUT on it and calling it good. SUBSCRIBED

[@dunnadidit]

That’s awesome! Glad to hear it! I had a similar experience!

[@PoliticsandEntertainment254]

Hey bro i can get vinci studio

[@KiraMerrell]

I've followed so many color grading tutorials, and I love my colors best with this one! Thank you!!!

[@dunnadidit]

I’m so glad to hear that!

[@PrithviRey]

Dude this is like the best video of color grading on resolve, please do more resolve tutorials🙏🏼

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks! Will do!

[@glennwidelko]

WOW … that is the first DaVinci Resolve colour tutorial … that brought art and simplicity … in a way that is relatable … amazing … thanks for sharing … 🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@jakabudiana2348]

from this video, i can see another perspective about color grading. such an amazing technique! Thank you!

[@deepaksammi]

I have watched so many tutorials on colour grading ... but your video and your way of teaching is way far from others .. Thanks aTon .... I also bought your LUTs pack... 😍😍😍

[@dunnadidit]

Thank you so much!!!

[@DavidFlowerOfficial]

Just the video I was looking for! Started using Resolve a while back, but I'm still getting to grips with it. This was a huge help, man. Thanks👍

[@dunnadidit]

Awesome! Glad to help!!

[@PaulSidor02]

I finally understood colourgrading! Thanks

[@cj64films]

Dude I finally watched this as I was color grading and it helped so much.

[@dunnadidit]

Nice!! Glad to hear it helped!

[@lucahines]

Thank You! genuinely one of the best colour grading tutorials I'v watched (and I've tried many).

[@JRAkaoni]

El mejor tutorial que e visto, no se como explicaste todo tan claro, e visto videos de una hora tratando de enseñar lo mismo que tu en 15 minutos, sigue haciendo videos asi pls.

[@Marika_Films]

Thank you for this! Love how clearly you explain it and love the finished grade. Been playing with grading for 6 months or so but can feel really overwhelming when there’s so many variations. Thank you!

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Nicely done, I think if you set a keyboard preference key for your node labeling you can access it without all the mouse clicks. I have mine set to the "Tab" key ( nothing else is set to it by default ) - Also I have tried white balancing from snow before - to me when you did that it looked a little cool and you later added some warmth, most likely from the sky reflecting on the snow and making it less white than it actually is. And for some of the new users - in the layer node on the skin, after qualifying the skin you can still put a power window on it and narrow down the selection - not necessarily needed here, but it is a standard thing for a colorist to do, checking the vectorscope at that point is also a good idea. Your eyes can get fatigued while color grading and referencing the vectorscope to confirm what you are looking at ( second opinion ) is always a good option.

[@dunnadidit]

Great points

[@Earth.513]

This is freaking amazing! For a beginner this was super clear and easy to look through. Massive props!

[@calebstasko]

You have a way of making things easy to understand. I've been using Davinci for a little while now and I wish I had this and your other video when I first started!

[@dunnadidit]

Wow that’s so kind of you to say! Thank you!!

[@itaylorm]

This was extremely helpful, thank you. I was looking for a simple video on how to do this and you went through short cuts and gave me all the details that most people often skip over.

[@justin1000stra]

uhm i still dont get it..

[@SnaxPlayz]

Ur a lost cause then 😂

[@Anessu]

Skill issue

[@yostoomtrood]

I love how sensible Davinci Resolve is. Excellent video!

[@HSBAILD]

Nice video so far. One suggestion: i would always use the color transform plugin on the entire timeline rather than on single clips (click „clips“ under „nodes“ and switch to timeline). If all clips are from the same base/setting in your hardware.

[@dunnadidit]

I’ve done that too! But I’ve also found that from time to time I end up wanting to apply a node after the CST but for only one clip and it’s bit me in the ass haha. As long as you don’t need that or have footage from multiple sources, then doing the CST on the timeline works great!

[@30Salt]

This is really good for EXR based CG workflow. Thanks!

[@WheatonNorthBasketball]

It's easy to copy your color transform plugin from one clip to other clips in the timeline, just select the other clips, then push your mouse wheel in on the clip you modified.

[@JPKDVC]

@@WheatonNorthBasketball Ty so much! I was looking for this tip

[@branimirpavlic3119]

Hvala!

[@Priyam_B]

M watching this even if I don’t know anything about vid editing or colour grading cause it’s super fun idk why 😂

[@dunnadidit]

Haha I’m sure there’s something in there that you’ll use at some point haha

One of the best color grading tutorial believe me, i have watched saveral tutorial even in skill share , u are best , every explation and work process u nailed it , many many tnx, absulutly amazing.

[@dunnadidit]

Thank you!!

​@@dunnadidit please make a tutorial about low light situation best picture profile settings for sony camera and how to grade them

[@itswilliamvisuals]

Sweet n simple, nice! This might make me transition from Adobe premiere CC (Crash Computer) to DaVinci Resolve

[@dunnadidit]

Yeah! The transition was easier than I thought it would be.

[@juzzonmorris]

Bro. You more than earned another subscriber. Finally a simplification of Davinchi!👊🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@jaid32]

What a great video, thank you for simplifying the color grading! For a beginner like me it is super helpful!

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks for watching!!

[@buyungreza]

I love your disclaimer.., makes me want to listen n learn more.., as most of us, we're not a professional color grader also.. So it matches well ..

[@LtRyanPYT]

I'll just pretend I know what's happening here. So much different to what I'm used to doing with Photography 😳

[@joeltunnah]

It’s all the same stuff as editing a photo in Lightroom, it’s just called different things and laid out differently. “Lift” is shadows, “Gamma” is midtone contrast, “Gain” is highlights, “Offset” is like Exposure. Also I’ve noticed that most Davinci tutorials on KZbin are geared towards professionals doing commercial work. They have like 25 adjustment nodes, and it’s all a but much for an amateur who just wants to put together a decent looking 5 minute KZbin vid.

[@LtRyanPYT]

@@joeltunnah 100%. I've found this out, but LR just has a much more approachable layout compared to Resolve, and is much more 'to the point' with the way they word the tabs and edits.

[@joeltunnah]

@@LtRyanPYT agreed 100%. I’ve been in several different industries over my life, and each has its own specialized lingo methods and procedures. It’s like a form of job protection and gatekeeping.

[@LtRyanPYT]

@@joeltunnah after learning how to use resolve at an intermediate level, it makes you confident that your skills are worth what people pay. I offer my drone services for starting at $600 for a minute long advert, and it adds peace of mind knowing that I will produce $600 worth of content for people.

[@AtortAerials]

Yeah I do know but I don’t know at the same time. 😂🤪

[@lobsterthieved]

this has changed the course of my life

[@AshwinRamdin]

You have heard my prayers! I'm using DaVinci Resolve, but Color Grading scares me, even thou there is a lot of resources out there on KZbin.

[@dunnadidit]

Well hopefully this video helps you!

[@markaytonthelustybard1249]

Thanks so much! Delighted that you are not only a fellow Canadian KZbinr but also use Resolve!, thank you this was very helpful! Excited to see more potential DaVinci vids if that’s in the cards! Cheers.

[@dunnadidit]

Glad it was helpful Mark!

[@JocelynJBartolome]

This was a super interesting video! I would love to see more resolve tutorials. A basic tutorial on all of Resolve's features would be immensely helpful!

[@dunnadidit]

I’ll definitely consider it!

[@soulexhale]

This is an amazing tutorial, as a beginner in editing and Davinci, this is too much overwhelming for me. But by rewatching this video and practicing, I believe I will able to adapt to your color grading techniques. Thanks a lot!!!

[@shotby_wilk]

I always find myself coming back to this video to refresh my skills. Very straightforward process.

[@dunnadidit]

Nice!

[@xutsider]

on the converting log section how do you know what ones to set it as? i know everyone says rec 709 but the rest i wouldnt know what to click.. im using a fuji xh2s btw

[@GageHorobetz]

Great video. Nodes have been such a learning curve but this was simple and cleared a lot of things up! Cheers!

[@scottdunlap4109]

I think this is probably great for pro editors. My clips were all NOT filmed in LOG or RAW.I'm having a hard time finding where to start

[@pinetreeriots]

You can find some free LOG/RAW footage online by googling around for it.

[@PrakashYadav-zh8pr]

A Person Who Directly Started The Tutorial ❤

[@techlessYT]

Awesome to see you using Resolve and CSTs, great content! I hope you don't mind when I point out that doing adjustments before CST can lead to strange results. The wheels and curves etc are basically working in Rec709, which causes weird effects when applied to log encoded footage. Something simple like reducing the brightness before CST will add a steep shadow rolloff in addition to making the footage darker. This is of course nothing that would throw off experienced graders as this can still be corrected afterwards. But this often adds additional correction steps to the process and can be frustrating for beginners. Making the CST the first node avoids things like that. Btw you can simulate those strange effects with the inbuilt gradients just like you did in your color wheels explanation video. I could also send you my already made project if you like.

[@dunnadidit]

That’s a great point! I tried it both ways and always found I got where I needed to go quicker and easier this way but I’ll have to play with it some more with the CST first in the chain too.

[@JosephForrest-m7l]

Man... This just answered about 50 questions I have, in one video lol. Nice one man!

[@LucaDePazzi]

Hi Dunna! I think I’ve watched this video 10 times haha 2 questions: Is there a way to save everything as a preset once finished? What’s the exposure you suggest when shooting slog3? Thanks 🙏

[@dunnadidit]

I did a bit of a follow up to this video where I talk about a bunch of ways to copy your grades to other clips check it out… kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpy4lWOCadCNiq8 As for SLOG. I’ve got a video coming soon about this because it’s a bit complicated, but generally I expose to the right to the point just before clipping the highlights (94+ on zebras)

[@LucaDePazzi]

@@dunnadidit Awesome will wait for it then! thanks for the link! Love your content you are amazing man 🤘

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!!

[@ShirtlessCouch]

I have yet to mess around in the colour tab in davinci but now when I do I will know what I am doing! Thanks for this knowledge!

[@dunnadidit]

Nice!

[@pittsycreates9884]

I have a question about the order of the nodes. I am new to Davinci Resolve and have noticed people use different orders in their nodes. Would there be an advantage to putting the color grade nodes before the conversion nodes so you are changing the color of the log footage witch has the most amount of information?

[@MrMARS-yk1yv]

I read the comments and you guys said it alreasy. This guy does it sooo good. Thums up

[@plllot9713]

do you go through each shot and do the process from scratch every time or do you create some sort of a macro and just re-touch it depending on the shot?

[@local9]

You mention the shortcuts, ALREADY better than most videos I've seen on this subject.

[@dunnadidit]

Thank you so much!

[@droneshakk]

SIMPLE LOL YOU LOST ME AT SLOG3 AND LUTS

[@ev_p]

This is very helpful! I just shot some footage for a local musician; shot in Flog ( fujifilm ). I'm going to apply what I've learned from you video for this upcoming project of mine.

[@gnwebs1974]

Excellent tutorial. I truly enjoyed and finally understood the color grading process in DaVinci Resolve and shooting in v-log non-longer worries me.🎉 You are really good at explaining, looking forward to more videos like this. thanks agajn!

[@malcolm6557]

If you color grade your clients' videos... and they pay you money, does that not make one a "professional"? Great tut!

[@juansigamer]

Sure, it becomes your profession

[@sasss7060]

The most helpful beginner tutorial color grading on KZbin! Thank you so much 😊

[@MyagdiColorLab]

didn't get any of that. I think I have to watch it 1000 times more.

[@NicholasMcDonald845]

Hahah I feel ya

[@adityanarayankar1471]

But still able to explain each stage in a basic manner. Honestly thanks man!

[@RodGibsonAcousticGuitar]

Adios Premiere Pro, Hola! DaVinci Resolve :)

[@dunnadidit]

Hola 👋🏼

[@squaresaucemedia]

love how you managed to go so in depth without wasting a lot of time. thank you so much I really appreciate it. Your video helped me get started in davinci resolve color grading slog3

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks for the love! Glad my video helped you with DaVinci Resolve and slog3 color grading. Keep up the good work!

[@simplyoutstanding]

Literally the best explanation of Davinci I’ve seen 🙌🏾

[@Mohammad-yt8vn]

I haven't tried it, but the first time I saw how to color correct in Davinci, it looked like a big problem. Now after watching this video I'm motivated to give it a try

[@srtgee]

Genuinely just saved my life, great video thanks man!!

[@faragashttravelagency]

thx god to know you. my first language is not english but you teach with perfect talking by good speed so i undrestand. same as your pro knowledge. thank you and good luck (siyamak from iran)

[@Himmelsdrake]

This is the first video that actually got me excited about editing videos! Looking forward to try out some colour grading 😊

[@BikingBeyondBoundaries]

I know this is an old video, but thank you! This was so helpful and easy to understand.

[@jaxtheimpalor]

Amazing video with great, general explanations for what things are adjusting. I really appreciate this!

[@ayushisingh2139]

I was banging my head on my workstation with da Vinci ...your video is just making me comfortable with my editing process

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks for letting me know!!

[@wiredcreator5999]

Was upgrading my camera for my KZbin channel and you just kept coming up for every subject I searched, ig after 15 vids its time to subscribe!

[@dunnadidit]

I gotta step up my game if it took 15 videos to convince you to subscribe 😜

[@wiredcreator5999]

@@dunnadiditYour vids are amazing man im just super picky about who i sub to

[@NikandYas]

thanks so much for the work through! You explained everything really good! It's so hard to find someone actually telling you how to color grade on youtube without just selling their luts...

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks for saying that! My luts are pretty cool but you need a lot more than that to really know how to grade 😜

[@ian11hendri03]

thank you Dunna for this fantastic Davinci Resolve tutorial. Your tutorial is very straightforward and easy to understand.

[@dunnadidit]

Happy to hear that! Thanks for watching!

[@TastyFare101]

Yesterday I shot my first s log footage and colored graded it per your tutorial. Looks fantastic so thanks a million.🙂

[@dunnadidit]

My pleasure!

[@jasonmulikita]

Pretty much everything I needed to know at this stage of my journey in Davinci! THANK YOU!

[@alyshots]

I'm new to DaVinci and this video helped me A LOT! Thanks

[@Obriezy]

Thank Dunna, you hands down have the best explanation I’ve seen on how to colour grade in Davinci Resolve. It’s simple and effective as promised. Your one the reason I’m jumping to Davinci fully, I’ve been on the fence about it but thanks to this I’m going in coz I’ve had a license for a while and just never used it.

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks for the kind words!!

[@itsjustmeand4walls]

most helpful color correction video period

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks so much!

[@vivekgajjar8632]

Dude ! Watched many tutorials but you explains very well. Starting Grading on davinci Now !

[@dunnadidit]

That’s great to hear!!

[@Dermitderblauensimson]

I’m completely stunned. This is so amazing. Thank you for this nice tutorial!

[@TysonWright]

This is exactly what I needed jumping into davinci!! Makes alot more sense, you beauty, new sub think i need to binge some more davinci tutorials of yours

[@samuelboagraphy]

Man, I am trying to switch from Premiere to Resolve and this video it is so simple and make it easy to understand the linear editing that now I just want to try and try it to master it, thanks a lot, this is super useful

[@dunnadidit]

Glad to hear it!