Fastest Way to Grade in Resolve

FREE 1-hour Color Grading Training: bit.ly/2J0aOig
0:00 Intro
0:48 FREE 1-hour training teaser
2:18 Step #1
4:13 Step #2
7:08 Step #3
10:34 Step #4
17:28 Look Recap
18:19 Final Look
18:37 Conclusion
In this video, I will reveal the quickest and most efficient way to grade in DaVinci Resolve 17.
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Equipment used:
Canon C500 mkii
Sigma 50mm 1.4
Rode NTG3
Nanlite Pavotubes
Resolve Advanced Panel
Apple XDR Display
Eizo CG279x
Waqas Qazi
Instagram: / theqazman

[@theqazman]

Don't forget to check out my FREE 1-hour Color Grading Training: bit.ly/2J0aOig This will teach you everything important you need to know about the NODE TREE

[@KAY-kj8th]

Thanks a lot Waqas I’m very much new to Grading... I am an online editor and woah your content surprises me every I learn a lot Thanks a lot for such value added tutorials keep goin cheers brother💜

[@ozprana]

so when should the davinci wide gamut be used ?

[@t.a.williamsjr4007]

Where is the link to the master class?

[@JoJo-cy4tb]

Hey Qazi, if im shooting cinestyle with the canon m50 which color space am i in? thanks for the video!

[@AnansiHarmony]

I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOUR CLASS.....How do I get one on one teaching from you?

[@JaymesMedia]

You finally did Fuji Log 😍😍😍. I use the X-T4 so I’m definitely paying attention

[@NICUofficial]

as always, your tutorials are on another level from everyone else in the space - it's not even fair. The first half of this video was most useful to me - I mean, literally 2 clicks and my 70-minute video with 180+ clips suddenly looked TEN TIMES better. Took 3 seconds. This is for a video on my channel that's a DIY project - NOT something that needs gorgeous footage, just utilitarian and clear visuals to explain what's going on as I make a homebuilt vocal booth in my home music studio. So, these color tricks have already saved me literally days of effort, and I can get back to work on making music much sooner :)

[@theqazman]

That's amazing bro. Makes me very happy.

[@malozfilms]

Finally you grade F-Log ;) Thank you Qazi, really helpful as always, and yes, you should pick up an xt3/4, its an amazing camera xD

[@punkedface]

Really nice to see you working with Fujifilm footage! Looking forward to more from Fuji!

[@daviddenton5630]

Would love to see you dabble some more in Fuji X-T4 footage! That's what I just started shooting on and it's blowing me away.

[@goldeneaglearts8421]

Congratulations on your 100th upload 🎉🎉🎉... Many more to go... Keep guiding us Thank you 😀😀

[@quickpickle]

Omg.. finally a tutorial in resolve about how to properly setup ur footage for color grade... Thanks man!!!!

[@LPedro81]

One of your best lessons here!!! I love it, great video.

[@MegaReaso]

Thanks man. This is a huge help. Appreciate it. Will do the course asap.

[@muzappar]

This one is sooooo important! Thank you so much Qazi!

[@nirinaratsisompatrarivo4960]

Very informative as usual Qazi! So happy to finally see a Fuji footage yeahhh Definitely get one bro! Their color science is so nice, I own a xt3 paired with an Atomos ninja V , it's fire...

[@itsaaronward]

Yes to the F-Log footage! Just discovered your channel and loving the tutorials.

[@Natey_B]

This is classic man. Thanks for the edge. Such an amazing creative edge. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 😁

[@AllThingsFilm1]

You really come up with time saving techniques that really make life so much easier. Now, I'm going to go play with this technique. Thanks again, Qazi.

[@GunclePat]

Very cool, thanks Qazi!

[@zonta647]

Great content. Another video added to my playlist.

[@BENNYSARBU]

Finally a video that includes Fuji xt3 footage a have this camera and never loved a camera more i really recomand it and thanks for all your videos i learned soooo much God bless you !!!

[@thedronetravelers]

Best color grading channel hands down (at least in my humble opinion). Keep up the great content!

[@elcubofilosofico]

You are soooo great!! Thanks for this channel!

[@Dar1usz]

Great as always, thanks for your work :)

[@a2filmsxpression347]

Thanks so much on this

[@losmandu]

Fast and easy!! Valuable! Thanks boss.

[@deepmusic2456]

Awesome video very help ful

[@recfilm1883]

I am a beginner in color grading and in Resolve as well. I do not aspire to be a "Hollywood colorist" - I only want to be able to properly manage my log clips from camera and deliver a "correct" output (look). For a couple of past weeks I have been browsing through various tutorials about basic color management and correction. When I am watching you work in Resolve everything suddenly becomes so "natural", simple and obvious. The way you explain things inspires and motivates me. You are a very talented teacher. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Best regards from Poland. Hubert

[@WellRfilms]

That's why I bought a Fuji X-T3. The colors are amazing, if you nailed the white balance. I hope Fujifilm will build a cinema camera in the future. It would be the perfect camera for me :)

[@dosuseun2972]

Qazi!!! Full respect!

[@sergeibogomiakov3554]

Amazingly well! Thanks a lot :)

[@marvinco4596]

Just came back from watching the 1 hr stream, really really great stuff! So I was literally just trying to do some simple changes to a video (relatively new at davinci resolve), a small project I had but then ended up watching the 1 hour stream, I'm GMT +8 timezone actually and was about to go to sleep when the stream started, ended up watching up until around 12:10, great stuff, Im like a college freshman who has davinci resolve as a hobby and so didn't enter the master class haha but the video really helped me understand the color tab and the nodes. Idk why im writing this haha. Going to try making some cool effects in the color tab when i wake up mm.

[@bala576]

Your video are really great bro

[@topicruben]

First time here and I have to say, I'm impressed!!! Happy to be part of your gang. Thanks for the awesomeness!

[@theqazman]

LFG. 😀

[@Dir-Daniel-Jr]

bro thanks for this video. have just landed on your channel and have loved it.

[@theqazman]

Welcome aboard!

[@Artfulscience1]

I think one of the first things people need to realize is that there are colors to separate tho begin with in these shots. I’ve learned by watching your videos when the dp and production design do their job properly, it allows the colorist to do their magic.

[@AnthonyHadleyJr]

This was so clutch!

[@rasmushedinvisuals5959]

Opens KZbin Banner message: Waqas qazi Fastest way to grade in resolve 🔥😍 good timing brother

[@alfredodelfino1]

amazing video, thank you very much

[@theqazman]

You are welcome!

[@KamranJawaid]

Excellent way to start off a grade.

[@bralynstokes9193]

life saver

[@fujifuji9701]

Champion 👑

[@definefilms794]

Love your content. So high quality. Question, in previous vids you recommended using Resolve Wide Color Gamut, in this one you recommend SDR Rec 709. Which do you prefer?

[@RomanSerenade]

waiting for answer

[@lulumink0]

Hey Qazi, great work as usual. Really enjoy it. Btw, can you tell us what monitor color calibration device you using? 🙏

[@ahmedehab4098]

Love You Bro

[@saadmemon90]

Hey Waqas loving your videos! Can we have a tutorial on Wes Anderson look please?

[@davidstrathmore117]

🔥🔥🔥 Please more F-LOG!!!

[@adult93]

Watched this 15 mins before your node training is set to start. Timing immaculate

[@JamieFenn]

@waqas Qazi How do you feel about using this method versus using a CST? Do you limit yourself by not having luminance mapping and saturation compression?

[@EverydayTechSJB]

This is great, my cabin M50 doesn't shoot in log though, and I have no idea what input profile is select for my M50...yet I still feel like I learned so much 😅

[@mayurankumar226]

Cool!! 👏

[@stu9000]

I’d love to hear more about your opinion on grading in 709 space vs grading in a log space. I’m finding I’m getting more natural looks grading in a log space (is DWCG a log space?) Cheers

[@mpell66]

I found this very useful. I have been able to do something very similar already, however this workflow is an improvement over what I have been using and I can see how it will help to save time in the future. It provides a more foundational basis for progressing from than I have been using so far. And I have gained more understanding into the way Resolve is intended to be used. Nice! Thx.

[@cheat46official]

Amazing my teacher 😘

[@cisiskrayst]

Finally fuji:)

[@frankinblackpool]

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. You kept the process succinct and gave me the information I needed to understand the Basic Correction process. However I do have some confusion about the Input Colour Space and I'd appreciate a little help. I have a Panasonic GH5 and I shoot 4:2:2 Hybrid Log Gamma, simply because I refuse to pay the Panasonic Tax for a Log Profile. Could you please advise what setting I should select in the Input Colour Space? Is it something like Rec.2020? Cheers

[@nikolairitzkowsky202]

Thanks 4 all the great tutorials. Please talk about which new macbook pro is working for davinchi colourgrading! Mine is from 2013 and i need a new one soon.

[@Sabrithai]

Hi thanks for your video. Why I don't have Input Color Space on my DR 17 ?

[@velicann]

Teşekkürler Hocam. Türkiyeden Selamlar.. (Thank you teacher. Greetings from Turkey..)

[@ArseniiSavitckii]

clip from RED looks like it shot on iPhone, everything else is gorgeous! Thank you for tutorial!

[@GabrielAlves-lp1qr]

Generally, people would use IPP2. Not Legacy.

[@atanupalit6337]

Hey Qazi, first of all thank you for the video. I have to say that you have a big impact on how I work in davinci resolve. I have a question though, if I use something like film convert ofx should I change my log footage like you showed or should apply film convert directly on my log footage??

[@victorfilm_]

Yes Fujifilm!

[@_ascanio_]

Thanks for this tip Qazi! Have a question, do you by any means know what input color space to use in case of Nikon Z6 internal recording (using Flat profile with everything zeroed, other than saturation set at -3, which is what I use with the Leeming LUTs: until now, the only effective way to match the Z's internal recorded clips and N-log 10bit clips). Thank you!!

[@herveamiotphotographyvideo4817]

Hi Qazi. What about the Davinci Wide Gamut you were talking about in another video ? From what I understood, I would always go for this one because that gives me more room for grading, knowing that I can convert it in any other gamut at the end. Did I misunderstand ? Thanks.

[@aaronwalterscheid4496]

I can't get over how great the Pocket 6K looks. The 4K was great as well, but the 6K is even closer to the colors and tone of an Alexa.

[@sambullard7155]

Are you going to release a full course for color grading?

[@DSLRMAN01]

Thanks for the great info.. I tried this process but it seems that you have to each clip separately. Is there a way to apply this process to all the clips instead of one clip at a time? Thanks again.

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

sir we have been learning that we should turn the image into log then built from there to get more flexibility so my question is when should i use these techniques i mean both are different.

[@FilmConvert]

Don't forget to check out CineMatch! it provides much more accurate transforms than the DaVinci Color Management options, because we profile the individual camera sensors and use that data to match the footage prior to applying the target color science

[@ThokozaniMtshali47]

ola, can you also focus on canon cine style profile? please

[@WizCreates]

Do you have any tips for Panasonic flat profiles? like for an HC-X1 for example.

[@louis840]

Hi Quazi, in case we use a good enough but not branded action cam (Akaso), is it best to still follow this colour-managed-method or not ? If positive, then what "input colour space" should we choose ? Thanks for info. Regards

[@bhargavsunkara4103]

what is a good color grading practice to get better and learn?

[@jianzhizhang8333]

Hey Waqas! I really enjoy your content man, keep it up! - do u have any experience in working with projects that both will be delivered to web, but also screened in the cinema? I often set my output to Rec709-A because I had good results when comparing my grade with the result. But I'm often being told that the post production house needs a file which was set to output in gamma 2.4 when they're making the DCP. So when I do change the output, the grade change drastically.

[@JoelPurnell]

Same problem! Apparently it’s to do with Mac Color management converting displays to Gamma 1.96. Here a video explaining the issue kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZSxiK2GYtt_gLs

[@mohammadarafath226]

At step 3, I was like wtf really??? thank you man.

[@omnirhythm]

"I'm ready to go. Look at my scopes." It's memeable, it's memeable!!

[@OODanKishere]

How do you add bezier handles to curves points? I can't figure it out.

[@GabbbrielRibeiiro]

@Waqas Qazi I recently start to film in a white studio. What do you recommend? Generally I film people doing exercises in fitness machines

[@tevo4555]

can you make a tutorial on how to get that analogic look from "Men I trust - Tides" From 1:13 beyond?

[@CaseyHardman]

For someone working with an a7S III in 4:2:2 10-Bit as the main cam and an a7 III in 4:2:0 8-Bit as a B-cam, would you recommend using SDR Rec.709 or DaVinci Wide Gamut?

[@homaidm]

Can you recommended for us best monitor for color grading

[@mediaterminal4719]

can u make video on sony fs7 raw

[@dontusedontuse8273]

Can you do a tutorial on 8bit canon flat profile

[@joshdiditt]

Is converting it like that the same as adding a color transform node? If so, this way is alot faster.

[@topicruben]

How do you go "before and after" when you make a change???

[@alistairbarclay3116]

How about a rec709 import workflow please?

[@DNdavidsonsnation]

which one would it be for canon eos r (log 8bit) ? It turn out super saturated and warm af

[@ElenaPadoveseFilmmaker]

Hi Waqas! I have a z cam e2-f6 and is it impossible to me setting my input color space. What is the best solution for this situation? thank you.

[@blendertutorialdotnet]

In the 3. point if i use BMPCC but the HD version, i still choose the BMPCC 6k from the list? Or do you suggest to choose something else?

[@shashishekhar3711]

I wish i could get a chance to work under you and learn from you. you are the best man ❤️❤️❤️

[@rasmushedinvisuals5959]

You have that chance join his master class That will teach you everything and more + You get direct feedback from the man himself every week

[@josephgmedia]

Where can I find the breakdown of the grade at the shot scene at 0:52?

[@juneluv69]

If u record from ur phone u can do as well?

[@roderixdekaper]

Is it possible to professionally grade videos with the free version of davinci resolve?

[@storyfirstfilms149]

Freak'n mind blown boom

[@narayanchauhan7808]

I shot on panasonic gh4, its cine like v, what color science should i use... ??

[@christiancumberlander8562]

Can you rank all of those cameras in the beginning?

[@calebkuhl]

Any plans to do a "Color Grading with the Canon R5" Video?

[@hopefulbrewing917]

I got lost on step #3 What Color Input Space would you use for footage shot on a Canon M6 Mark II? I understand this camera doesn't natively have clog but there are some options to shoot with Cinestyle or MarvelCine profiles so I wonder if that is worth checking out. I saw that you can add clog3 to the camera some how. Any help would be appreciated.

[@ScruffyDiamond]

I'm working on a laptop, no mouse, only trackpad. If I zoom into 4k footage (to 100%) what key do I press and hold to move around my footage with the footage window? I think with a mouse it is middle button and in photoshop it is hold space bar. Does anyone know? Thank you!

[@MegaReaso]

Quick question. What is the mastering display? And what should it be set to? Or does it matter. Mine is default set to 4000-nit, P3, D65, ST.2084,Full. With thanks.

[@drainyoo1]

How is this any different/faster than using the Color Space Transform on a node?

[@sashazephiria3869]

Just wondering : I'm never working with the original rushes, the editors provide me a ProRes 422 export, does this still work with Da Vinci Color Management ? (will it recognize the camera and color space the rushes came from ?) Or does this only work with the raw footage ?

[@5sensemedia161]

I don't have the option to set the input color space when I right click?