How I Color Grade BMPCC 6K Pro

A film by Shugo Akatsuka
Shot on Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro

[@koomar341]

why not use blackmagic wide gamut gen4/5 for input color space instead? doing so it's already saturated from the start and I guess then you won't need to boost the saturation from the start

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

You are right

[@koomar341]

@@ShugoAkatsuka Thanks, but I used your color grading method instead. Please check out my first blackmagic footage from the past summer and give me your feedback, Shugo! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5evl4ihq9eKfLs

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

So this is an alternative way to saturate footage. Try both and use whichever the method you prefer

[@DesignedbyKirk]

Beautiful process Shugo, I’m going to give this a go in my next film! Keep up the great work!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Hey Kirk! Thanks so much for your comment:) hope you enjoyed this one👌

[@odaimanea]

A great job

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you!

[@ryancrean.]

Could you make a video on how you colorgrade for night scenes?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

I will think about that

[@kevin2028]

This is such a gift, thank you. I really appreciate that you took the time to show us your process. Such a simple and efficient technique.

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Kevin, sorry I kept you waiting. Probably I wouldn’t have made this tutorial if you hadn’t given me very kind comments so I really appreciate that too :)

[@Potash_label]

​@@ShugoAkatsukaGood job!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

@@Potash_label thank you, sir!

[@MageEditz-ontop]

@@ShugoAkatsuka For some reason I'm doing the exact same thing that you are doing but it still looks bad

[@otayuki2369]

素敵な映像で見入ってしまいました。グレーディング方法もとても参考になりました！自分もC70を使って基本的にRAWで撮影しているのですが、C70の場合、カラースペース変換の入力カラースペースと、入力ガンマはどのように設定されていますでしょうか？

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

ご覧いただき、ありがとうございます。 C70の場合は、Canon Cinema Gamut & Clog2を入力しています。C70であれば、デフォルトでClog2が認識されるはずですが、Camera Rawパネルで一応Clog2として入力されているか確認してみてください！

[@otayuki2369]

@@ShugoAkatsuka 早速のお返事ありがとうございます！設定してみたところ、Shugoさんのようなきれいな色味を出すことができました！ありがとうございました！！

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

お役に立てて何よりです。 日本では数少ないC70ユーザーとして、お互い頑張りましょう!

[@FelipeMirandaStudio]

Owwww 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Yup! How was it? 😂

[@blialee4837]

only a few selected people can bring out the true image and colors of this camera, great job

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Haha thank you

[@AnLe-yg9ln]

what is macbook you use?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

2019 intel

[@giano81]

Hi why did you choose in CST Arri gamma to Output instead of Rec709?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Honestly just because it looked better that way

[@alirazastudios4427]

Hey, great video! Have 2 questions: - what were the settings you shot the clips on? Was it 6k BRAW or ProRes 422, etc? - The color space transform settings you used in the video are for a BMPCC 6k pro, so will that be the exact same settings for a standard BMPCC 6k also? Thanks and again a great and easy to follow video!!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Hey thanks for your comment! 1. They were shot in BRAW 2. Most probably the same for 6K

[@carlos.sierra]

Which compression rate do you use? and what are your export settings for uploading to KZbin?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

12:1 and nothing really special about the export

[@carlos.sierra]

@@ShugoAkatsuka which codec do you export and bit rate?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

@@carlos.sierra mp4 probably 10bit

[@takebresson9708]

Wonderful work!! However why can you speak English so fluently ? 日本語バージョン欲しいなあ‼️ プロジェクト設定のカラースペースとカメラRAWはどうしてるんですか？

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

ありがとうございます！笑 日本の登録者の方が少ないので、機会があれば作りたいと思います。カラースペースは特にいじっておらず、RAWはISOを少し変える程度です！

[@MageEditz-ontop]

@ShugoAkatsuka For some reason I'm doing the exact same thing that you are doing but it still looks bad

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Color grading isn’t a magic. Think about if lightning, exposure, color contrast and so forth were properly set

[@MageEditz-ontop]

@@ShugoAkatsukaOkay thanks!

[@RemmyMusic1]

its always the japanese that master the arts ..... excellent work

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you!

[@foggymossstudio]

Great!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thanks 🙏

[@takeshinagamatsu]

damn I've been watching your channel since you started. so much inspired me. and finally seen your face and vioce!! so nice to seeing you who making those videos!! respect

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Hey Takeshi, thanks very much for your comment :) I wasn’t planning to show my face on this channel but it happened😂 また見てください！ありがとうございます！

[@gbrielvision4048]

Do you know reason why my 6kpro footage braw comes out pretty faded or hazey when uploaded to davinci? Like when I do the first step it looks way more faded than your example still so it’s hard to judge the saturation.

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

That maybe is because of how you exposure your shots. Try to either overexpose and underexpose and see which works better for you

[@Jumideka297]

What lens and filter you use for shoot?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Sigma 24mm and Nisi Blackmist occasionally

[@morecarstuff]

Wish i met you while i was in Japan, I was there for 2 weeks. got some good footage. a7s3 and 360 1 inch.

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

I wish that too. That’s really cool though :)

[@Polostaycreative]

Awesome tutorial @ShugoAkatsuka, what lens did you use? also did you use any pro mist filters?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Blackmist for some of them

[@jabanin]

I will follow step by step. Hope my footage will be same to your footage

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Hopefully!

[@AkeemKerimov]

Hey, nice tutorial. Thank you. On the first footage with sign ( 0:00 ) i can see some kind of bloom but still the image is sharp. Did you use some kind of diffusion filter or is it some kind of vintage lens?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you. I used Nisi Black Mist filter which is 1/8 :)

[@wearetrackclub]

Great tutorial! Super cool to see your process, love how the results look 👏

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thanks so much :)

[@Street-clicks]

This was so helpful you’ve just made it all easy for me to understand..keep going keep sharing brother.. Much love and respect from Philippines 👌

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Yeah hope that helps

[@JQhardge]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 awesome job, that u for sharing!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Kept you waiting, Joshua! You’re very welcome ☺️

[@hyperspace]

a great way! thanks!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Sure, my pleasure

[@kohei2480nishiyama]

今まで見たどの解説動画よりもシンプルで分かりやすかったです！　とっても参考になりました。ありがとうございます！

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

ありがとうございます！！

[@Catturo]

Wow👏

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you

[@twistm6516]

本当にありがとうございます！ どうやって色を作るのかとても気になりました！ 最高です！

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

いつも見てくれてありがとうございます！

[@floridaliving9329]

Been waiting for a video tutorial like this for a while! Thank you so much!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

You’re very much welcome! Hope you enjoyed the video;)

[@acetopicviews4391]

Much appreciated, awesome video.

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you!

[@brennglasfilm]

Excellent workflow! Thank you for sharing!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you!

[@mightbefire]

Which project settings do you use with this in Color Management? Timeline Color Space and Output Color Space? Do those need to match your CST Node selections?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

I actually don’t change those setting, leaving as they are.

[@user02834]

The real question is: How do you manage to get such stunning footage? It seems that I suck at cinematography lol

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Try using a tripod and fluid head. I filmed these as if I’m doing photography!

[@user02834]

@@ShugoAkatsuka but like - the colours and the lighting are so damn cinematic and deep, mine always looks pretty flat no matter what i do

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

@@user02834 do you shoot in golden hours? I’m really picky about the time of day and weather

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

And the iso? Do you make sure to use the native iso of Pocket 6K?

[@user02834]

@@ShugoAkatsuka Not really but I also live in Northern Germany, it's always shitty here lol, I shoot with a BMPCC 4K and an olympus 12-40mm f2.8, but I never get my colours to look that deep, contrasty and stunning

[@TheBeatleLeafStudio]

Thank you this is the best color grading tutorial, thank you so much Shugo for taking time and sharing this.

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you! And you’re very welcome

[@NickBrengle]

Great tutorial! I really like your chill style. Your color grading looks really good! Thank you.

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked my style :)

[@albertlawrensantos10]

Thank you for this! Been waiting for a breakdown after seeing your great work, keep it up! 🙌

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

You’re very welcome! Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial :)

[@OriginRed]

Thank you, always interesting to see different creative processes!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

You’re very welcome! Mine is very simple though haha

[@realkut6954]

i love you my friend you the best thank you iam french

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@amoreterno001]

beautiful works, Can I know the piano player interpretation of your background music¿?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thanks very much! Not sure what you meant by interpretation. Can you say that in other words please?

[@amoreterno001]

@@ShugoAkatsuka I mean, about the artist of your background music

[@robbieodowd3373]

Thanks for making this Shugo, very helpful and great advice, well done and look forward to your next tutorial, keep up the great work

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you very much!! I’ll make one quite soon so stay tuned:)

[@MuphovieArts]

I'm waiting for this..😁😁😁

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you😭

[@MuphovieArts]

Thanks for your effort to make this tutorial video. I'm going to do the same for my next project. Only 5 nodes but the result is like a million.

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

@@MuphovieArts you’re very welcome! I’m wishing you the best for your next project :)

[@Hyplum]

Brilliant

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you!

[@mightbefire]

Pure wizardry, I didn't know half the techniques you used. Thank you so much. Lifechanging. I can't wait for more tutorials.

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thanks very much! I’m thinking of making another tutorial soon :)

[@GRANDDOSE]

Great tutorial..very simple and straight forward. Thanks for sharing your process! You have a great look of your footage and will definitely give this process a try. Excellent work ❤

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thanks so much! This is my first time talking to a camera and made a tutorial about something so I’m happy you liked this one. Hope this is going to help you at some point!

[@ahmedjuffairi]

i will save this video coz so helpful

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Please do that :)

[@yuenkee95]

So damn good !! 😮

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

bro🥺🥺🥺

[@ectoproductions]

Wooo! Thanks for this! Very interesting to see how you achieve your look!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thanks as always! It’s simple yet very nice, right? Hope you enjoyed this one👌

[@ectoproductions]

@@ShugoAkatsuka Yep! Going toward green really makes it stand out from other video footage, but keeps it elegant! I'm curious though why you use the "Video" gamma instead of the "Film" gamma in your CST?

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you very much! I actually must have used Film Gen5 for the input gamma so can you check it out??🥺

[@ectoproductions]

@@ShugoAkatsuka Oh, I guess I meant the Color Space. The Gamma was right. I just never tried or used the Video Gen 5 Color Space, but instead I use the Wide Gamut Gen4/5. But your results work so why not haha

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

I don’t think that does matter as much as it should so we don’t have to care so much about that 🫠

[@shueibdahir]

DAMN you're good. Try using 16:9 aspect ratio though. Looks just as good if you frame it right. I'd reserve letterbox for anamorphic lenses unless it servers another purpose

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

That’s a personal preference. Think about Arri LF

[@sarazinosarazino557]

Genius

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Cheers 🥂

[@Okangulderen]

Thank you 🙌🏼 Love it 👏🏼👏🏼

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

You’re welcome! Hope it was helpful:)

[@amen5850]

This is dope and no complicated...what was you Project setting timeline settings?

[@r.h.6581]

Also my question!

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

It’s just 4K 24p and REC709-A

[@AleksanderZh]

Thank you for sharing your process

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you!

[@alcatraz3603]

Thank you so much

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

You’re very welcome!

[@briancooperwildlife]

great video

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

Thank you!

[@leosylver7]

I prefer Premiere pro for my colour grade so this might be useless to me. I can't use davinci

[@ShugoAkatsuka]

I’m not sure if most people edit BM on anything but Davinci

[@leosylver7]

@@ShugoAkatsuka I prefer to edit on premiere pro. I'm not my best on Davinci

[@leosylver7]

@@ShugoAkatsuka what have you been doing latel? it's been 7 months since your last video.