How to use a Fixed Node Tree in Davinci Resolve like a pro Colourist

[@kman0159]

Great way to work with fixed node structure. Thanks for your knowledge and wisdom.

[@hdframez]

Maybe THE best color page tutorial on youtube. Thank you!

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks, means a lot. Glad it was helpful

[@Jonny2won]

Please don’t stop making this videos ! ❤️ We learn a lot from you ! Thank you

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks Jonny, not stopping anytime soon. Just trying to find space to film :-)

[@InLightVFX]

I learned more from this one video than all the Waqas videos I've watched. I appreciate how you use a consistent workflow throughout your videos which makes it really easy to connect the dots between different concepts. You're a talented educator and I hope your content gets more views in the future! Cheers!

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks so much - Means a lot!

[@sergebenassutti2975]

Waqas video are not meant to teach you, really. They are meant to make him money.

[@thomaskaddu1967]

Hi , Tk here from Uganda ,Kampala, just love this system of your fixed node tree , i look forward to getting into it, really apricate it true keeping it consistent and in control .great job,cheers.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

You're welcome. Thanks mate.

[@harrysharma2471]

please keep making more and more in depth tutorials about davinci color page... I really appreciate what you are doing ....

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks!

[@istiancabusas]

From an aspiring colorist, thank you so much for this man. You're a blessing

[@juricavidakovic2762]

Hi Joshua, your videos are so helpfull and full of value. I enjoy every one of them and wach from start to end. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wish you many subscribers as yor chanel definitely deserve.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Wow, thanks! This means a lot and stoked you are finding value in the videos!

[@ahmedhyder6922]

You're an absolute legend! Thank you so much for making my life easier!

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

No problem!

[@matoflynn]

Thank you so much for this! Haven't been able to find information like this and your teaching style is so clear and concise. Gumroad didn't like my credit card so purchased for free but will absolutely try again with future digital downloads.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks Mat, appreciate this!

[@PeteEdmunds]

Thanks so much for the downloads and tutorial. I’m just starting out with grading. Lots to grasp. Your warm delivery and gentle pacing makes the ideas easier to understand. Look forward to seeing more.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Cheers Pete, happy to help :-)

[@Motortriker]

This is a great video. Thanks for sharing your node tree too. Love the qualifier outbreak section. Makes so much sense. Gonna binge the rest of your uploads now

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks 🙌 Glad it was helpful!

[@markarnold8308]

Joshua... nicely done. appreciate the details... love the 2nd line for keying. ps... me love some Cullen too.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Haha yes he has taught me a lot over the years!

[@ninthnotemedia]

Such a wealth of information! Thank you for giving us a fixed node example we can learn on. Keep making more videos like this, always enjoy your calm voice

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks for the words. Hope the free download helps with the practice.

[@irvdonaldson4137]

Thanks, not what I am used to, but it all makes sense. I will look to see how it can make me more consistent. I had to rewatch some parts because I thought you were using magic. Again, thanks.

[@barrywallisable]

Awesome Joshua! Please make more. I personally loved the couple of videos on you have created on the editing techniques you use to tell stories, can you make more of these? Or perhaps a run-through of previous work explaining your choices in the edit and why? What mistakes you made or changes/solutions to problems you had on a particular job? Most KZbin creators seem to concentrate of small effects or basic info. No-one is creating content on the art of story telling through Resolve. Thank you.

[@kaizenpain3529]

Thank you for this Joshua

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

You're welcome thanks for watching

[@kevingunawan6111]

Wow. You are awesome Josh. I was searching on how to really structure my node tree to be the more advanced. Thank you for sharing this. really love it!

[@FiletOvFish]

What an informative video - thank you for the in-depth explanation, you're one of my fav channels for DR!

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thank you - Appreciate this!

[@andrewbarth4729]

Goodness gracious, another banger. Your videos are the perfect antidote to my normal experience searching through tutorials- I'm always clicking through long meaningless introductions and then finding there isn't enough depth in the explanation of the topic. As somewhat of a grading novice, I had never known about grouping clips and having multiple spaces for different parts of the grade. And you really seem to have considered the potential questions that might arise, so I feel good to try it out. Thanks!

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Hey Andrew, Thanks for the comment, means a lot to know it is helping people! Appreciate it!

[@thehalecollective]

Awesome information as always. 🤙

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Cheers!

[@elineev]

Great video Joshua! I learned a lot. Would love to know more about your texture workflow. Please keep making videos :)

[@JJ_Khailha]

Excellent vid. The concepts are very clear.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks :-)

[@Lifethrufujifilm]

Thank you for making your video. This fantastic. And very helpful

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Glad it was helpful, cheers!

[@YannisStergioulis]

Fantastic video Joshua (just recently started following you and all your work on tutorials is great and the knowledge valuable, thank you!) I have a video request if I may!! On the same topic of the fixed node tree workflow, Ihave the folowing questions: 1) How do you stay consistent when you want to add new nodes in a fixed node tree and ripple that to all the shots or a group of shots? 2) How do you ripple changes to all the same-number nodes (even if you don't change the structure of your node tree)? And finally 3) how do you deal with reviews from director/producer.dop etc while staying consistent and making global changes? Do you have special node tree just for that Thank you in advance for your efforts and I hope you find time to make a "fixed node tree part 2" and let us dive deeper at your workflow!!

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Hey mate, thanks for the comment. Really great points - Here's another video answering these Q's kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYLVfmxnf8Z9hqc

[@mattspour3035]

Great video, thanks so much for making the node tree available for download. You may have this info in your other videos but what would your method be for texture and highlight control/rolloff in the TXT and HL nodes? Say if I wanted to add some texture and pull down highlights before moving onto the EXP node? Cheers!

[@wearetrackclub]

Super valuable info as always! 💯

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Appreciate it! What would you like to see more of?

[@calebstopa]

Super informative! Thank you!

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Thanks Caleb! Appreciate it.

[@jarrodbarker]

What do you use in the texture node to emulate “mist” or atmosphere that you may get from pro mist filters or fog/smoque filters? I’ve liked the trick to use a layer node set to composite “screen” and then basically zeroing out everything in the custom curves and only raising slightly. It seems to add some genuine looking atmosphere. Wasn’t sure you if you had a better/preferred method

[@YoussefBerrouard]

Thanks for that! Can you tell me where would you put the CST node in this node tree template?

[@raseyeproductions2473]

That's a great tutorial! I have a question though... Node 21 and 22 have their alpha outputs connected to a node... how did you do that?

[@pxlmvr7]

Great video! One small question; how did you get the thumbnail for your power grades to look like your node tree? Thanks!

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Take a screenshot of your node tree, then import that screenshot back into the timeline and then apply your node tree to that imported clip. Then grab a still of that screenshot with the node tree applied to it. It’s like inception.

[@rdstudios-production]

This is fantastic

[@rdstudios-production]

I guess there are shortcuts or keyboard customizations so you know that key +5 is always exposure?

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

I'm not sure you can set a shortcut to jump to a specific node. That would be awesome! I just cycle through the nodes using my panel.

[@Prismit-m7v]

hi, how can i make it so that a node only affects the previous node? example: i am in the color tab. node 1 is film grain and node 2 is blur. i only want to blur the grain, but not the entire video.

[@pedroarruda7878]

Thank you.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

No problem!

[@jgfilmz2528]

Good Morning, I downloaded the DPX file but Davinci is not letting me import it to the power grade folder. How can I fix this?

[@justMaddin]

Hi there Joshua, thanks for this amazing preset! I tried it but on import it doesn`t do anything to my nodes. Should be super simple to import it right? Any help much appreciated.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Hey yes it should be a simple drag and drop. Have you tried the .dpx file?

[@dpfilm72]

Hey Josh, thanks for these... can I ask how you're seeing the output of node 20 without an output signal? Cheers, Danny - Adelaide.

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

You can view what is happening in the node by selecting your highlight mode. You should see your signal up to that point with highlight mode. Is that what you are meaning?

[@DavidGilden]

What is the hardware controller your using with DaVinci?

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

Blackmagic Micro Panel

[@markarnold8308]

Joshua... quick question: downloaded the node tree. good stuff. but I am not seeing any changes on the KEYBASE node. what am I missing?

[@JoshuaKirkNZ]

That’s for you to make any adjustments prior to pulling a key if you want. You could add some contrast and saturation, or a color space transform etc.

[@jamesoreilley2557]

Mark, the keybase and qualifier nodes are not connected to the output so nothing will be seen unless you activate the highlight function ( found under the view menu, Shift H or via the BM panel.) The highlight mode is normally used to view a qualification selection but in this case can be used to "overlay "the keybase node corrector parameters which are fed into the qualifier nodes. The beauty of keeping these nodes separate from the rest of node tree is you are able to apply a correction (exposure, contrast, Color Space transform etc) in the keybase node separate and independent from the rest of the node tree without "Passing on" that correction into the node tree as it only affects the qualification selections which are then feed to a downstream corrector node where the actual correction parameters for the qualifier node is done via the key out and input connections. Joshua may have left out the highlight mode instruction as an "easter egg" discovery for fellow Resolve Powerusers. :) Thanks Joshua for your insightful and informative videos.

[@Commenter1270]

It almost feels weird that this is free.