Grading YOUR Footage!! Ep01 | DaVinci Resolve 16 Tutorial

[@theqazman]

FREE TRAINING: Grade in DaVinci Resolve like a Pro bit.ly/2wdU3Kb

[@SathyavasanRemixMedia]

DaVinci Resolve Is Best For Editing & Grading And I am Like Your Videos Do More 👍

[@limitedhangoutlive]

Wouldn't you want to adjust the gain / gamma / lift after the contrast node instead of on the same node? Otherwise, it's basically pivoting your contrast instead of moving your luma correctly?

[@PurpleSpiritFoxFire]

I'm not trying to become the best color editor or anything like that but I want to be able to produce something acceptable with footage from mid-range and budget phones. Like I really want to be able to color correct and grade any type of footage and I really want to see a video on how to color correct and grade footage from phones like Samsung A51 and other budget cameras. cause usually unprofessional footage don't have good lighting and other important stuff for the footage to be easy to edit. I've searched for it on youtube but I have not found a video on this topic. If you would like I would be glad to send footage. can you do a video on it please?

[@TaylorMoore4K]

Dude. This is absolutely spectacular. I can't get enough!

[@surmenekoprubasi]

You do a very fine job, thank you Qazi!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@williamnewton4572]

Qazi...you're amazing, brother. This 16min tutorial took me ~2 hours to watch because I had to stop/rewind so much for my note-taking. PLEASE continue doing these!!!

[@theqazman]

that's so epic I ended up using this on my IG Story

[@wasidinazsha1716]

well understood. Thank you you are the best teacher.

[@Sonio-]

4.39 . I dont have composite mode. Where can i find it?

[@adamboozer5215]

Really enjoying your series Qazi! I have been an editor for 100 years and have been pushing myself hard to get more proficient in Resolve. Your workflow is super effective and your presentation style is fun to watch while being educational. Its also super refreshing to see someone on KZbin presenting valuable information without simply trying to sell LUTS. Keep it up!

[@theqazman]

Thank you brother. I hear you. Much more to come.

[@5thHouse]

I never would have imagined it was that many nodes right off the bat. K, let's start! BAM 10 NODES! Awesome

[@GoProFREAK10]

DUDE!! I just found your "Color grading crash course" video today and now I'm obsessed with watching and learning from your videos!! These are some of the most informative color grading videos on KZbin! Definitely earned a sub and I'd gladly share these videos with anyone who's looking to grade using Davinci!

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love brother

[@juliand2107]

Impossible to learn anything from this, other than watching you show off your brilliant skills. and learn it by heart.

[@wujBat]

My feelings too. I'm during Photoshop courses and what I miss here is information where to click what first plus too high tempo

[@johnanar9430]

i agree...... i didn't understand a thing

[@egjundis]

Start with this kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3OblZ9qaK1gg9k it covers what he is doing on the first two nodes. But if you are a real newbie even that is too far advance. At this point, I am 50 hours worth of Davinci studying plus much more real-world practice. His explanation of process and creativity are gold for someone like me, but will just overwhelm a brand new student.

[@kdz1248]

ledgit its actually impossible to follow what he is doing in this video

[@dylanrogersfilm]

I see why folks would find this hard to follow. I was able to follow along with a few pauses and rewind, but my background includes 20 years of Photoshop experience/retouching photography. I'm fairly new to DaVinci, doing my first project in DaVinci a feature length film. I just finished a 5 hour course on Udemy: "DaVinci Resolve 15: Color Correction & Grading" which covered some best practices with the nodes and the 'color correcting' steps. So it's interesting seeing the similarities and differences between the two. The Udemy instructor made a more clear distinction between 'color correction' and 'color grading'. Waqas, focuses on attaining a particular look, assuming you already have a solid foundation to start with.

[@lyhormom2547]

I shoot A7rII. I though my camera is not that good in term of video. but your tutorial shows me it can be done beautifully. my clients are so happy.

[@pollito5553]

Thank you so much for making stuff in soft a lot easier to understand.

[@theqazman]

Of course

[@Goaolly]

Great video! What if you didn't want to affect the hair in the skin node? I can't stop noticing the hair has patches of different colours

[@theqazman]

The only part of his hear that it's affecting or the parts that it should be affecting because they're not the same skin color as the skin so that is totally normal there's no way around it the reason why your eyes can't move anywhere else is because you're looking for something to critique instead of looking at the entire image because trust me when you're watching a movie there's 10 million things that I can pick a part but when we are focusing on the characters were not looking for every single strained of their hair and see if something is not graded or lit perfectly. Also, there is absolutely no work around it if you were going to go to the qualifier out it will do exactly what it did in this video.

[@Goaolly]

@@theqazman Hey thanks for the detailed reply, makes total sense

[@outdoorsinontario3037]

Nice! Well done qaz

[@Northeastern]

As always a fantastic tutorial. Way juicy to move the skintone node into the vignette! Watched your webinar yesterday. Brilliant. I haven't seen you use Primaries Bars in your other videos so that was really rad. Clean white baby! Oh and the glow for the Deacon's look - clutch bruv. Gonna sign up for the masterclass. Build your army of graders globally. Much respect.

[@theqazman]

That's the plan. QazNation 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@uncleanAlibertine1]

value bomb! thnx Qazi!

[@bidzkhattab1754]

This Chicago winter look is amazing...I love it

[@theqazman]

Thank you

[@TANZANIAFILMMAKINGTV]

have problem of Shift Gamma when Iexport the video play on QuickTime my Color is washed out, Litle desaturation how can I solve this ??? I'm ver fruasturated

[@theqazman]

I'm frustrated that I literally talk about how to fix gamma shift and you ignore it. Watch the free training brah!

[@OdinYG]

Bro... this is seriously my favorite channel. This has taken over every single favorite channel I have had for the last 10 years and took the belt like it was nothing. Kudos! Keep up the good work brother. Love it

[@theqazman]

Make me happy. 💪🏽

[@rbmrobin]

Very cool. Loved the quick sumup at the end. Thank you

[@theqazman]

you got it

[@danieldelgado5737]

Just came across your channel and can't stop binge watching. Fantastic content and real world solutions. Thanks for taking the time to make these!

[@theqazman]

music to my ears. Let's go

[@rootdown7954]

Qazi its aaaaaaawesome, thanks for the powerful tutorial! nice to listen!

[@theqazman]

Let's go!

[@CroIntr00X]

do some with mortal people footage quality, like dslr camera (entry level) even mobile phones, cause 1% of us have alexa or pro cinema grade equipment...just saying for a change lets see how much we can push such footage

[@theqazman]

That ain't a challenge. When you're working in the real world you won't be grading Nokia cell phone from the 90s footage. This is shot with pocket 6k which you can pick up under $2000 used.

[@CroIntr00X]

@@theqazman I understand your point. Just saying im into colorizing my footage and learned a lot from you but im amateur. For example im traveling a lot and making some videos for myself, decent FHD or 4k from flagship phone or dslr, stabilized and using gimbal. Grading adds ton of improvements but source is not that rich. Thats why I would love to see such video from you in the future. Regards.

[@ahmadirfan8649]

@@CroIntr00X true🙌 i would love to see iphone grading🙌

[@ustinkompaniets]

@@theqazman When you're in the real world what you have to use is Sony A700, Gopro 7, Iphone 7 Plus and 5D3 with Magic Lantern. Most people (for whom you're selling your courses) use the kind of equipment I mentioned before. If you don't believe me - read a book "The mom test" and go out make some real life interviews with people and figure out that part on your own. Yes, you *clients* would provide you the footage from BPCC6K or C300, but cmon, you're not making this tutorials for them, you're making ALL your videos for consumers, who could buy your course... Or will not with that attitude.

[@sphereofambience4504]

@@theqazman Ustin Kompaniets is right, I for myself use a Sony A6500 but still want to push the limit of what this camera as to offer. That's why I chose your channel.

[@SDWits]

If white balancing was needed for this clip, in which node would you have added it?

[@christiankunsch5011]

By far the best color grading tutorials on youtube! Your grading is phenomenal!

[@theqazman]

Thank you so much

[@RoshaunPage]

Since I can't afford to hire people like CO3 just yet. I had to learn how to be CO3 and your videos have been getting them there. Thanks bro!

[@dragonboy3351]

Do you have a video on best compressions and outputs for best color result?

[@simonmonty7171]

Quick question, why is the node for noice reduction first and not last. I mean not sure it changes anything but isn't color grading adding noise in the colors?

[@bricecarette8509]

Insanely informative. Still working with FCPX at the moment but definitely makes me wanna switch to Resolve. Thanks for sharing !

[@ivainmartinossi7529]

"to me, it's a cold winter day in Chicago". Yeah, that's also how I feel when I see log footage of anything XD

[@ira_shambary]

The best chanel about colorcorrection! Thank u so much 💖

[@theqazman]

Let's go!!!

[@noahburt2722]

This is great, thank you for being so specific and explaining your process. What would need to happen to capture all of his hair to avoid that two-tone situation?

[@theqazman]

If I spent an additional moment I would've cleaned up my key and resolve this issue.

[@noahburt2722]

@@theqazman thanks! Glad to know it’s that easy. I’m trying to get better at color grading and appreciate your tutorials big time.

[@asmpreels]

wow this is GOLD! Thank Qazi for sharing this.

[@theqazman]

My pleasure!

[@cammackey]

PLEASE DO A COLOR GRADE TUTORIAL FOR BLOOD FATHER

[@theqazman]

I'll check it out

[@KtmDesignz]

amazing once again

[@theqazman]

Thank you

[@jammabbella]

THanks so muuch Qazi, great tut! Just wandering.. what if the client wants to soften those spots made by different tones of reddish pink on his face? I mean that's what happen to skin when you do sports and it's so real, but what if we do have to deal with such issues? What would you do?A key?

[@nguoimientay99g9]

MANY THANKS TO YOUR TUT!

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

sir u r doing so much...god bless u...luv u sir

[@theqazman]

I gotchu

[@bad_keyzi]

bruh, insane workout!!! loved it and watched it till the very end! Imma start applying these techniques! U are my sensei Qaz! bless

[@theqazman]

Let's go!!!

[@MrLambda48]

Would be great to know what camera the clip was shot on . :)

[@theqazman]

P4k

[@MrLambda48]

@@theqazman thank you !

[@NathanKatash]

@@theqazman really? looks like c200 - amazing image and good color grading!!!

[@markcinelast]

Hi! Waqas amazing tutorial. i have quesstion. why you didnt apply the color space? and when to apply it?

[@bulltivation7846]

Hey, please tell me how to disable the colour view around the skin when I mark the skin in the amplifier? Like you do it on 6:13?

[@theqazman]

Shift+h

[@gabrielsergioblasco1023]

I love your work and the way of explaining ... thank you very much !! I keep seeing you. you are the best

[@theqazman]

Thank you 😀💪🏽

[@satyajitroy7289]

You r fabb😍😍😍😍

[@FaizanShakeelKhan]

Is a log footage not supposed to be converted to rec709 first using a lut? pardon me if thats very basic missing knowledge kind of question but im new to this work.

[@theqazman]

time and place for everything. When you're creating a look I would say no if you're just doing a quick turnaround work then sure.

[@norgerichard]

As always. Good content from you Waqas..

[@theqazman]

thank you

[@enricovezzu]

I really appreciate your way to make tuts cause you make simple what is considered pro 🙌🏻

[@theqazman]

that's the point.

[@emanuellmoita]

man your tutorials are really awesome, but this time I cant enjoy what happened to is hair. its a problem working with keys I know, but maybe increasing the range of the selection to avoid that blueish tone at middle of the hair. learning a lot from you

[@theqazman]

it's not a mistake. That part of his hair is darker than what I was trying to grab so it left it alone. If I start frame fuc**** Hollywood movies my channel will turn into all the imperfections we can find in a 300m $ films. 😂

[@rainerschiffhauerofficial19]

Great tutorial. Learned so much. But how to fix the part of his hair? 🤔

[@tigerbeatfilms2943]

Pull his hair with the key tool?

[@DRAMAFLS_official]

Goat 🤙🏾

[@theqazman]

Ayyy

[@hiopjioo4335]

How come you can't do everything within one node? I'm a beginner to this.

[@SwansongMedia]

You could do a lot of that in one node. But then you wouldn't be able to bypass just a part of that one node to check before/after. You also couldn't use qualifiers to select just part of the image to change. Much better organisation to keep nodes separate.

[@mcut6684]

Really great video I will definitely check out your 1 Hour Course. Props!!

[@theqazman]

Let's go!

[@filippoconta7910]

i'dont have the composite mode, where i found it??

[@dangershotz]

The colors do not come out as easily with my footage. It’s very flat. Any idea why?

[@redietdebebe6264]

I like your work

[@notdot.6293]

Is it normal that you have a warm shade on the sides and a cold one in the middle?

[@Mr.E.and.Ms.Fortune]

Waqas. LOVE your work. Discovered this channel a couple days ago and have learned so much already. Can't thank you enough for your generosity in sharing your (hard won) knowledge. seriously friend, you're the first "tutorial" type channel that is inspiring to drill down into the ART that rest on a foundation of technicals, recognizing what actually maters in the whole process. peace and love. ck

[@theqazman]

Really appreciate the love and the kind words.

[@moviebuff9775]

not showing composite node! 04:38

[@AndreaLivieriPhoto]

Absolutely awesome video, man! Horns up!🤘

[@theqazman]

Thank you

[@fairlie1000]

Love your tutorials. Have a question, if you have a shot where the camera is panning between three differently lit areas how do you travel the grade?

[@theqazman]

Thanks. Dynamic keyframing.

[@fairlie1000]

Waqas Qazi would you do a tutorial on that?

[@vathanacolorist9820]

Hello can you show us How to fix the Wrong White Balance and fix Under and Over Exposure on Footage ? I Can't make it look better when I see the the footage! It's all about DOP or Me

[@felixschwiderski]

This is pure gold 🙏🏼

[@theqazman]

Thank you

[@danbowers2561]

Forgive me for potentially asking a stupid question but do I need to colour grade every single scene separately? If so, how do I keep the tone/mood/colour the same throughout? Thanks.

[@theqazman]

Not necessarily. Once you have a base grade you can copy paste that and then make micro adjustments to each clip.

[@danbowers2561]

@@theqazman Ah brilliant. Thanks for that. Was worried it would take me weeks to grade lol.

[@Whatsup_Abroad]

Just do a basic conversion for color space, adjust contrast to taste, and then add a orange and teal grade to everything.

[@theqazman]

🙄

[@алексейакимов-к4у]

Why you are firstly desatureted image and then you will toning him again?

[@cappythana]

Awesome, loving this series already!

[@theqazman]

Thank you brother

[@miracleyacht__1538]

Hey Qazi. Thank you for all the help. Can you do Video, how to grade Braw? I cant get my BMPCC to look right.

[@theqazman]

its part of my masterclass.

[@miracleyacht__1538]

@@theqazman Maybe drop a short tutorial for us broke boys?

[@FlyingJackalope]

Hey Qazi, I have a shot I want to send but it needs some compositing to be a completed shot. Should I go ahead and do the compositing on it and render it out as one file or send you the two pieces of footage for compositing?

[@theqazman]

Composite first is fine as long as you send me the log file. Prores hq will work. Thanks.

[@edneijames]

Thanks Mate !!!! Really thanks !!!!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@THesK8LEmoN]

Thanks for your tutorial! I noticed, that the key only selected parts of the hair, which kind of threw me off. How would you remove that, if you wanted to?

[@theqazman]

You wouldnt. This is what I talk about in the video. It's the same hue as his skin so you would want to protect that. The key selected exactly what I wanted it to.

[@gngqp8]

@@theqazman the skin adjustment node only selected part of the hair, but why no select it all? you add more of a difference in his hair color. Also you could have power windowed parts of the background out by isolating your subject.

[@videolad3057]

@@theqazman So you specifically wanted the subject to have a desaturated mohawk?

[@bobbiethomas5137]

@@videolad3057 The bottom line is that you needed address how you desaturated the shot in the beginning, because that is where the problem started @6:06, and it's even more apparent in the final grade. Later in the video, you went so far as to suggest that trying to fix the issues in the background would be time consuming. If you're grading for yourself, then that's fine, however, if you think telling a client that trying to put color back in his hair or putting in power windows and possibly tracking them in order to address the red on the field or the shed in the background will take too much time, good luck with that. I started correcting on a Dubner ( I think that is what is was called), then a Sunburst, Polgel, DaVinci 8:8:8, & 2K Plus,so I knew what we could and could not do back then so when we got our first Resolve 8, I was in heaven! .

[@tomoyaokuda7635]

Your tutorial is always so helpful. keep up the good work!

[@theqazman]

Thanks

[@vrillconcept]

Qazi! I have a question for You. What is the color space and which slog 2 or 3 was used in this raw footage? Many thanks for Your tutorials!! Cheers :)

[@rahulrajeev3731]

Thanks for this tutorial bro. One small doubt: What would be the difference if we did this same look by using a parallel node mixer and selecting the skin tones as you usually do in the lower node? Like you can give that green look to the whole image and then key out the skin by using another node right?

[@theqazman]

You don't get the composite options in three later mixer. It won't work.

[@DMProductionsHQ]

Awesome video!

[@theqazman]

Thanks

[@joaquindavid6162]

Awesome !!!

[@theqazman]

Thanks!!

[@ahmadkhan-kd7gz]

Great video like alwayss! 🖤

[@theqazman]

Thanks

[@srtfilmswi]

Half his hair got caught in the skin qualifier and it made for a weird and distracting split tone in his lush locks... how would you fix that? just expand the key more?

[@haiderijaz3562]

Which software did u use

[@burhandalal7656]

Which software do you use?

[@bornfromthefires2515]

Does anyone know how to make the qualifier retain the previous setting?

[@UncleLongbeard]

some great tricks, thanks for sharing.

[@theqazman]

Of course. You're welcome

[@Blondyn1906]

@Waqas Qazi, how can i save only colour grading as a lut in resolve to use in other projects? (i know grab still)

[@theqazman]

This can't be a LUT. you have to follow specific rules to create one

[@Blondyn1906]

Waqas Qazi is there although 1% chance that you explain how to do it in some short film? All around we can find 'lut, lut for free, lut pack, perfect lut', but no one explain what is delog or how profesionally create lut.. I would be really gratefull!

[@HoundDogMech]

Some Video Editor could make a Fortune With an add on to DaVinci where when you hover over an icon or menu item it shows it name (some times) but pressing the F1 key it would jump to this add on where it explains What it is how it works and maybe a short video how it is used. That would be more valuable to beginners and old gezzers alike than all the separate Tutorials you know you have seen but can never find when you need them. So which one of you experts wants to be rich?

[@calebbarstadreels]

bring this back!!

[@JanuszLekkiegoTerenu]

Hello, thumbs up. Please show us how you colourgrade few clips in one story.

[@theqazman]

Shot matching is much more involved than just a quick tutorial so for that I will encourage looking into my master class.

[@FabEnPeOr2]

Qazi always amazing tutorials! I just have one or maybe two questions... 1) do you have any vid where you talk about color management like RCM vs color space transformation tool, and why some ppl transform i.e. black magic braw to rec and then from that to arri, or going with RCM to red and the arri with the transformation tool??? It's a bit confusing to know how to set a proper Timeline and color management. Like when should I work with rec709 ... Since you make such a great vídeo I thought to ask you for some tips or the name of the video. Again thanks thanks a lot for your time and knowledge sharing! Big fan! Greetings my friend!

[@theqazman]

In my Masterclass

[@dontsubscribetothischannel9667]

I know how to use Lightroom for photos but the things you can do with DaVinci Resolve are amazing. 8:56 There's always little things I learn when I watch your videos.

[@theqazman]

Totally agree!

[@mikidanapictures9755]

Could you share your specification PC?

[@bidzkhattab1754]

Loving the idea...would love if you mention the camera?

[@theqazman]

P4k

[@kristoferanwar3154]

Great tutorial. Really enjoyed seeing your process, such a help to me (just beginning getting my head around Davinci!) One thing I wanted to point out was the hair in this shot. In the end shot the hair was still half completely desaturated and half not and it looked really unnatural. I'm sure this was just a little oversight on your part but is this something that's quite easy to get around or a product of this kind of aggressive correction?

[@theqazman]

Easy. I would power windows his face and track it

[@mellowingman]

BEST COLOUR GRADING KZbin CHANNEL,😍😍😍😍

[@theqazman]

Thank you.

[@royalproduction8915]

Hi qazi, im shooting with phone and i have nice footages. I need advices because iv not image profil like log forexemple. Thks

[@OfficialJ2M]

The video is 10bit or 8 bit?

[@tigerbeatfilms2943]

The magic really comes after pulling the skin

[@taulantskendaj8486]

Great man, keep the juice going

[@theqazman]

You know it

[@seancloutier2577]

it is impressive what you can do when you know what you are doing...

[@theqazman]

Ty

[@JDM525]

this has been very useful, thank you

[@theqazman]

You're welcome!

[@vinaykumar.skarode5088]

how come I don't see "composite mode" when I right click, as shown in the video?

[@NathanCarterVids]

Are you right clicking a layer mixer node?

[@vinaykumar.skarode5088]

Yes I do right click. I’m on version 16

[@NathanCarterVids]

@@vinaykumar.skarode5088 and you're sure it's not a serial node you're clicking on? The layer node is the one with multiple inputs and one output. I'm currently on 16.2 and it works for me. It also did on 15, and 16.

[@vinaykumar.skarode5088]

Nathan Carter thanks, I figured it out. I was right clicking on a parallel node which didn’t have composite mode option but had option to morph into mixer node. So I morphed my parallel node to mixer node and now when I right click on this I do see composite mode option.

[@NathanCarterVids]

@@vinaykumar.skarode5088 awesome. Glad you got it sorted out

[@vaideeshsrinivasan8265]

I love this tutorial man. I don't know you really know me but still I keep loving your works man... KEEP WORKING GET obsessed..

[@theqazman]

Let's go!!!

[@johnmacharia2607]

hello. good work sir. i like ua tutorials.pliz help me set my worspace so that both 'color wheels' and 'curves' can be visible when i am color grading. thank you.