Is Color Boost good ? explained by a PRO [+ FREE Footage and Node included]

Is DaVinci Resolve Color Boost better than Saturation? Which is good, which should you use, when and why? Explained by a Pro Colorist in detail - aimed at all ability levels. You can download the footage and nodes I use FREE and practise along with this episode HERE --- bit.ly/2RrjvpN
This clip is from a real project so you can practise the techniques I describe here. Just writing the word Colour Boost for my fellow UK subscribers here!!!
Thanks to the amazingly talented and fabulous GEM who is the subject in this episode. Check out Gems website here www.gemswholesomekitchen.com/
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[@Gedaly]

Great video, as always! I hadn't considered the order of operations with this tool before, so that's great to know. Thanks!

[@vnzkee]

Same!

[@user-pi1si1er8s]

I've watched like 20 or 30 of Darren's videos in the last week or so and this guy could teach a college course for real

[@MechaUsagi]

I'm working my way through all of Darren's videos about grading. I like the way he explains things and he genuinely seems to know what he's talking about - he's not just a youtuber with a free copy of Resolve. This video is a good example of how well he understands things, especially the bit about order of operation later in the video.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you are enjoying binging my content Mei. Appreciated. Have a good weekend, Darren. (I do know my stuff BTW - 13 years on Resolve as a pro colourist).

[@jonesfotodirector]

He's just so good. Clean, clear, and no gratuitous self-aggrandizement! Nice.

[@wulfrunian77]

Thank god I found you in my first week of moving from Premiere. Ripping through your back catalogue and you've already saved me days/weeks of my life in the future!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad I could help Dave. Hope you can join my KZbin LIVE on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link.

[@wulfrunian77]

@@DarrenMostyn It's in the diary! Thanks again, you've made a steep learning curve a hell of a lot shallower

[@kenny1463]

Another really useful video:) Thank you Darren. It's great to see your channel growing

[@pierre.colourist]

Always informative Darren! Thanks for the great piece.🥂

[@joewrigley4962]

really good stuff, extremely concise, no BS, so helpful, thanks Darren

[@image7d]

Hi Darren. as always thank you for another incredible episode

[@nikitaachkasov]

This is so great! I don’t know how else would I have found about this! Kinda forgot to wonder about those controls once already got used to them… Thanks Darren!

[@paul-travels]

Very useful. How about a tutorial on using Wheels vs Log. What they do and when to use each, and more importantly when not to?

[@oliverpinelli3334]

just the best tutorials on this topic I have ever seen...Alwys enjoying it... thank you so much. Clear, precise, no fuzzing around...AMAZING

[@nikonfan76]

Brilliant Darren, very helpful. I wasn't able to work out the difference between the two controls before. Thank you.

[@MartinH81]

Man these videos are really good, so helpful and insightful! Thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you like them Martin, thank you.

[@jonathanmacc281]

Miss you so much Darren Thanks for this useful technique sharing which allows me to understand more

[@image7d]

Hi Darren. Apologies for my previous comment I pressed send by mistake. As always thank you for another incredible episode. This is a prime example that set's your videos apart from every one else's, it's not just showing us the Colour Boost & Saturation. Moreover, the real education begins explaining the difference between them and how they effect the Colour Grade thereby, improving the appearance of the image. This has certainly change the way I'm going to grade from now on. Thanks again Darren, for your Invaluable Help. See you Tuesday, stay safe mate

[@yandyspixels]

Happy I found your channel, only a couple of videos in and your way of explaining things is top notch. Keep up the great work

[@DarrenMostyn]

Awesome, thank you!

[@andrewillis3957]

Best colourist tutor on KZbin

[@DarrenMostyn]

Andre - very kind! Thank you. There are plenty of good ones!

[@niemandschuldet]

Never heard about it elsewhere. Great video. Thank you!

[@PicturesofNewYork]

Best explanation I've seen, brilliant and thanks!

[@mzdial]

Thank you for sharing this! I keep learning so much from you Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

My pleasure! Likely doing a live on Tuesday 7pm BST...keep an eye on community tab

[@akcivan]

you are an amazing teacher Mr.Darren

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you. Appreciated

[@RobytheFlorentine]

Dear Darren, you are one of the best (the best) colorist that I have seen in youtube. Your grading is natural but in the same time spectacular. I have learned really a lot from you and I wanted to thank you. My future videos will be much better and I wish I knew you years ago. Best regards from Florence, Italy

[@DarrenMostyn]

Very kind of you. You might want to look at joining my free list here bit.ly/2RrjvpN Good luck in the Euros tonight!

[@acsomiT]

Very good! To the point and pedagogically! Thank you!

[@superpowerpictures]

You are amazing. The best on KZbin for resolve . Thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

appreciated, Thanks.

[@JazzSparky]

Great video as always, Darren. It's funny, I have a lot of experience with music production, so in Resolve I tend to gravitate towards the curves as they resemble an EQ. That 'high pass filter' you applied to the Sat v Sat is something I often do to clean up slight colour casts, just as I'd use the same shape to cut the sub bass in a track. There's a surprisingly large amount of crossover between the two disciplines in fact, which I think is pretty cool. Anyway, great work, carry on.

[@MikeVR180]

Really great stuff. Thank you!

[@paullondon445]

Great tip and well explained, thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks Paul.

[@avisualstoryteller]

Such a great video, love your content always.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoy it!

Don't know about beginners but it's so easy for me to digest these tutorials. Thanks Darren! Was always wondering the difference between those two.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Happy to help Radek. Im doing a live on KZbin (only my 3rd) to say thanks for 20K subs in 11 months. Hope you can join on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link

[@MotionTips]

Excellent as usual

[@marnikovic]

Brilliant tip as always Darren. Best,

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed it Mark.

[@mfe3038]

Top content as usual! Keep em coming

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks! Will do! Hope you can join my KZbin LIVE on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link.

[@BruceMoyle]

Great explanation.

[@derekjcooper]

Brilliant as always - I often wondered the difference.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Derek.

[@ChristopherGuillou]

Perfectly explained ! Thanks :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful! Hope you can join my KZbin LIVE on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link.

[@skellam8010]

Great vid thank you!

[@marcunruh3951]

love your videos. Thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you like them!

[@acoast84]

Great video Darren! Please make a seperate video about order of operations. Thank you!

[@ianharper6015]

A fascinating tutorial. Thank you.

[@DarrenMostyn]

You're very welcome!

[@makethemost]

Keep it coming! Such great content. Really on point.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Nick! Will do! Hope you can join my KZbin LIVE on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link.

[@CreateGreg]

This was a game-changer to learn about the order of operation. I had no idea how important it is. Thanks Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

It really is the foundation on which to perform your grades. Glad you got it!

[@PEDERCARLSSONIC]

Thank's for all tips and tricks. Been working in Premier professionally for over 10 years. Have now done a couple of jobs in Resolve and love it. Still a lot of things to catch up so you and your channel has been really helpful.💥💨

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you so much. Appreciaetd and welcome over to Resolve!

[@omdev]

I'm in awe of your knowledge

[@DarrenMostyn]

Im greatful for your comment - apprecaited.

[@-PiP-]

That was interesting and explained really well! I'll keep this one : )

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Great video Darren!

[@hariprasadkl42u]

After knowing what colour balance do it seems useless after you showed the tricks it can do in combination with other tools its marvelous 🔥

[@pauliesKitchen]

Thank you Your channel is awesome! Amazing tips in bite size chunks

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you like them! Subscribe and notify as a new one coming in a few hours..!

[@claudiomoles]

Excellent. Good to learn from professional who really master the knowledge. I do like following your tutorials.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Claudio. I work hard to make them the best I can. Appreciated. Hope you can join my KZbin LIVE on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link.

[@paulhyde7126]

thanks so much! another banger

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks paul

[@mainact8698]

I love your videos, thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you like them!

[@7thperspective666]

Now that was so useful!

[@Tolgayalcnkayacolorist]

It was great explanation. thank you

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you liked it

[@Ozz_av]

Hi from Bolivia, thanks for teaching about how its works sat and CB.

[@Julio260375]

Great video, thank you 😊

[@DarrenMostyn]

thanks Julio.

[@theteslaswede1039]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

thank you in Sweden!. Im doing a live on KZbin (only my 3rd) to say thanks for 20K subs in 11 months. Hope you can join on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link

[@902MediaUK]

This indeed is pro. Order of operation, I didn't know that one. Thank you for the awesome vid 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@abdessamadhasnaoui6887]

thank you a million ton❤❤

[@michaheinrich9919]

Critical information, thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@takedowngaming9958]

Thanks Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

My pleasure!

[@ricardobirnbaum]

Nice tutorial, thanks

[@DarrenMostyn]

You're welcome!

[@matejivi]

Thanks!

[@frankinblackpool]

Up till this moment I just blindly added saturation to a predefined number. I'm very pleased with my latest YT project but something wasn't quite right. I simply could not put my finger on it. When I get home in a few days I will learn how to use the Vectorscope and reign in the saturation and maybe this will make my project better. Cheers

[@cinema8564]

Very helpful clarification of the actual consequences of the order of operations. The example of Color Boost was right on target. It has zero effect on the grey scale with offset applied because Boost is prior to Offset, so it is boosting grey, which has no color. So many times tried sat and boost and not going where we wanted: now we have at least one good explanation. Cheers! Mike

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Mike. Hope you can join my KZbin LIVE on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link

[@ShangleLP]

damn, thats so informatic and so important to know. Thx for that :D

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it helped. All the best, darren You may wish to consider joining my Exclusive email list for free download of my node tree featured in my Slog3 episode, my sky replacement items and other free items coming in the future bit.ly/2RrjvpN

[@srpfilms4497]

I’d never considered the order of operations within each node. Great content! 🙌🏻🎥

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@saffloermohaupt]

Just found your awesome channel! Planned to go to bed an hour ago, but you have so many tutorials I want to watch! Ok, one more then... :-)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Yes - love it! I had a comment from a subscriber a while ago who said his girlfriend is really annoyed he just found my channel! My channel won apparantly! Enjoy Saffloer and welcome. Im going live on Tuesday 1st June at 7pm BST so keep an eye on the community tab for details. All the best, Darren

[@DarrenMostyn]

Out of interest...why are people only JUST now discovering my channel..Id be interested to know how you found it? thanks, darren.

[@saffloermohaupt]

Haha I completely understand. I would have the same situation when my girlfriend and I were living in the same house ;) I go to bed with your video's and I wake up with your comments… Would love to join your live stream! Will keep an eye on it. I just discovered you because I bought Davinci Resolve Studio and got a Speed Editor with it. Just figuring out if the Speed Editor fits my workflow or if I could implement it in a new more efficient workflow. Then I found your in depth and practical mini serie on the Speed Editor. These videos were extremely useful and I love the way and pace you explained everything. I was hooked and you got a new fan. This is my story, but maybe your channel gets discovered more because it seems Davinci Resolve is getting more popular in a nice that is watching KZbin? Just my thought, no expert in the NLVE market ;) Wish you a great day! I will make a cup of coffee and start fiddling with the new Speed Editor insights I got from you yesterday.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Enjoy your speed editor. Its a fantastic unit. See you on Tuesday I hope. have a good weekend.

[@abhinavjoshua]

These little changes makes a huge difference! 👍🏻

[@DarrenMostyn]

they really do. Thanks Abhinav for commenting too. Hope you can join my KZbin LIVE on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link.

[@pepijnklijs]

Nice video again! However, I think there’s an important misconception in it. About what you say at 3:48 in. Negative color boost values do not attack the high saturated areas first. From the manual: “Lowering color boost from 0 to -100 decreases color intensity, but low-saturation parts of the image are lowered more aggressively.”

[@londonztoa6359]

Use sat all the time, never use colour boost. I’ll probably rethink that! Great info Darren, thanks.

[@DarrenMostyn]

use both sparingly and focus on colour management from the outset IMO. Hope you can join my KZbin LIVE on Tuesday 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link.

[@londonztoa6359]

@@DarrenMostyn I’ll be there..

[@MTBs]

Great! You've got yourself another subscriber.

[@DarrenMostyn]

amazing, thank you. Im doing a live on KZbin (only my 3rd) to say thanks for 20K subs in 11 months. Hope you can join on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link

[@OzoneVibe]

That order of operations within a node is something that's going to be really useful. 👍

imo, node system is designed exactly not to use everything on one layer but for sure this order graph helps a ton

[@OzoneVibe]

@ Oh, agreed. But how often does a node have only one operation? Pretty rare, in my experience. But this chart might actually tell me when I need to split a few operations into two nodes.

[@DarrenMostyn]

thank you. Im doing a live on KZbin (only my 3rd) to say thanks for 20K subs in 11 months. Hope you can join on Tuesday June 1st 7pm BST - keep an eye on my community tab on the channel header for link

[@IndianaDiecastRacing]

very helpful, thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful Indiana

[@user-ss4is7ri2t]

Wow 😳 👍🏼

[@yanicmb]

Thank you so much

[@DarrenMostyn]

You're most welcome Yanic.

[@paulmakesthings]

That's confused me for some time now and I often just used one or the other. Now I know, thanks

[@DarrenMostyn]

excellent

[@RodCurrin]

Really interesting about the order of operations.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you - but is very important to know this stuff.

[@RodCurrin]

@@DarrenMostyn Agreed, but yours is the first tutorial I've seen that actually mentions it! Thanks again.

[@JimRobinson-colors]

The color boost seems to be a widely misunderstood tool for some people. There was a massive thread on Facebook once discussing it. Patrick inhofer, Marc and several heavy weights discussing it. Was really interesting - it was started by a youTube tut that had it a tad wrong ( how it worked ) - Patrick ended up doing a video on mixinglight really testing it. Was really interesting how it worked under the hood. The workflow chart is a really important part that doesn't get shown, so again well done my friend. You are living up to my referrals and making me look good for referring people to your videos in the first place - ON to 50k . Thanks Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Jim. Yes, the order of operations is so important in this scenario as saturation/colour boost can be very damaging to a shot if not used carefully. I use CST's to get me almost there so my movements are not as large as in this episode but trying to keep that out of the equation for the explanation here.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Live stream from me Tuesday 1st June 7pm BST. Just working out what Im going to talk about!!!

[@willianaleman6114]

@@DarrenMostyn Thanks a lot for the informative video on the subject. Since there is so much misinformation about Quicktime new gamma tag for different deliverables, this would be a great topic to be covered. Hope you would be able to include it on June 1st..

[@flipnap2112]

@@willianaleman6114 hadn't heard about this. is this in regards to dolby vision?

[@willianaleman6114]

@@flipnap2112 No. it is not related to Dolby Vision. It has been in MacOS and Windows for years. Starting with Catalina Apple tried to fix the issue, but It hasn’t be widely implemented across platforms. This only affects color spaces and gamma for web delivery. Doing a search on the web about QuickTime gamma shift is going to give you a long list of the history on the issue

[@KINGPINMOTIONPICTURE]

Thanks bro

[@DarrenMostyn]

Welcome

[@khayelihlephakathi1879]

Can you also do a similar video explaining Pivot and Midtone Detail

[@adamsterling4946]

Where to find the Operations Within Corrector Nodes Table --- Addendum For all of us searching for that hyper-informative table illustrating the order of Color Page node operations, it appears in Chapter 141, Image Processing Order of Operations, of the May, 2021 Resolve Reference Manual. The chapter begins on page 2806. Page 2807 contains a very useful flow chart illustrating the order of Overall Image Processing. Page 2808 contains the Operations Within Corrector Nodes flow chart that Darren shares in this video -- with a more in-depth explanation than he can give us in eight minutes. Super helpful and informative for us newbie-amateurs! As always, Darren, first rate information, perfectly delivered.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Adam for posting this - very kind and hopefully useful to others.

[@etchd_]

Wow, those order of operations make a huge difference and I'd have never known!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Yes they really do.

[@jeffbrass2351]

OMG...I actually came up with a technique an on my own that guru's use WOOP WOOP....one...just one though, I still need you Darren for pretty much everything else :) :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

No right or wrlng way really as long as you get the look you want and keep the image clean through good technique. Cheers Jeff.

[@bazejukojko5160]

I didn't know there was order of the operation in resolve . Can you make more vids talking about it ?

[@royjanke2809]

Darren, what page of the manual is the Order of Operations found? I just had a look and either I'm blind, not good for a visual artist, or it's not in the manual that was installed with the latest Resolve? By the way, excellent work as always. You have the perfect way of explaining things in a calm, straight forward manner.

[@andresimages4525]

It's at the end of the chapter "Node Editing Basics"

[@robinwebster3690]

Hey Darren, great video. Regarding the color boost tool, when increasing it you said it mostly affects LOW saturation areas such as the whites and blacks. When decreasing it, you said it mostly affects the HIGH saturation areas such as the red peppers. Am i misunderstanding?

[@dimasaj1538]

Great works! Unfortunately i can't access the link to download the footage and nodes. Any suggestion? Thanks

[@salim5612]

😍😍😍

[@charliemotion2819]

Hi Darren, what do you think of HSL/HSV channel 2 tips to saturate a shot ?

[@SteveS_1980]

Hello! Where can I find the 'Operations with Corrector Nodes' part? I checked the DR17 Beginner's Guide and The Colorist Guide trainings but couldn't find this page.

[@fran_galli]

Hi Darren, with all the new platforms, technologies (led, microled, oled), dispositives (laptop, smarttv, phone) there are still "broadcast safe" settings? haven't these change during the years?

[@Kommentaraccount]

How do you get that "zoom ring" around your cursor?

[@flipnap2112]

Hi Darren, as always great vid. Kinda confused about the "logistics" (so to speak) for the operation chart. So is this a technical route Resolve uses in its order of operations, as opposed to a good workflow suggestion? For example, if I put a "color boost" node AFTER the "temperature tint" node, the "color boost" will still reach back and technically affect the operation of the "temperature tint?" Of course every series node will VISUALLY affect the next one, but I mean mathematically, the way it functions. im probably overthinking it and hope that made sense. and thanks so much for this tutorial. And dont change a thing on your channel, its perfect. no long winded introductions or montages. just good solid info from the jump

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Teddy. The order of operations is the order if you apply multiple actions to a SINGLE node. Your node order has priority over this. So, if you only had one node - this would be the processing order. Hope that helps?

[@flipnap2112]

@@DarrenMostyn Ahh thank you so much Darren. Im experimenting with bracketing exposure (like the old photo days) but with ISO slides on the same clip and was getting strange things. I know that was more of a technical question but you helped so much.. thank you my brother. stay strong and keep smiling

[@carson294]

Could you do a tutorial on texture blend?

[@DarrenMostyn]

do you mean texture pop?

[@LalondeFilms]

So does that mean you do a node for each Saturation and Color Boost and Saturation node is before?

[@eydok5114]

Color boost saturates the colors of the LOG footage before the IDT and the CST, saturate does it after.

[@DarrenMostyn]

in a colour managed workflow yes...but not in this way as I am using CST to control the path.

[@m1nt9reen]

3'49" this is wrong, Color Boost always affects least saturated areas more. Also, Vectorscope signal going beyond the red target doesn't mean it's not broadcast safe.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Color boost in a negative direction as at 3.49 will pull out high saturation and yes the vectorscope will not show what is illegal for broadcast as this also depends on saturation in the luminance but it certainly gives a good indication that you are getting close and it is good practise to stay within the guides to guarantee broadcast safe. Sorry for any confusion.

[@m1nt9reen]

@@DarrenMostyn yes it will pull out high saturation, but you say it will do this more than it will the low saturated areas, which is incorrect. As I said, Color boost always affects the least saturated areas more, doesn't matter whether you are adding or taking away. Likewise, the normal saturation control will always affects the more saturated areas over the least, so you should have just used that control there.

[@m1nt9reen]

To prove this, take the SMPTE colour bars and reduce Saturation until the 100% swatches hit the 75% vectorscope targets. In a new version, do the same with Color Boost. Now compare where the 75% swatches are in the scopes between the 2 versions.

[@m1nt9reen]

Further proof involves using the Color Warper to translate all values on a given axis until the 100% swatches hit the 75% targets which will affect all values identically.

[@akamrezaee]

Amazing tip, I love your content and you know how to explain please make Patreon to support you more.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Akam. I dont do patreon, I use a buy me a coffee link in the description but just enjoy my content! Its free - enjoy, learn, and the best you can do over Patreon is TELL OTHERS...send links, tell facebook friends, HIT THE LIKE BUTTON is KZbins way of knowing you like it. Thanks Akam.

[@yashiel]

Can you share that node structure image?

[@DarrenMostyn]

It is shared...you need to sign up to the link in the description for free download.

[@ikbalaydin80]

hi Darren.. i have a question.. how to make color grading a landscape into grayish color ? Can you make a video about that please🤗

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hello Ikbar. good to have you aboard but this does not sound like something I would do. I hope this does not put you off my channel , all the best darren.

[@ikbalaydin80]

@@DarrenMostyn Ohh never sir .. i respect your opinion .. Thank you Darren 🤗👍