Knight Light EP8: Hollywood Colorist Compares the Primaries, LOG, & HDR Wheels in Davinci Resolve

In this video, Hollywood colorist Alissa Knight does a comprehensive comparison of the primaries, LOG, and HDR color wheels when color grading in DaVinci Resolve using a TV series by example. She explains the key differences between each type of color wheel, and how to use them to achieve different creative looks. As an extra bonus, she also gives a quick dive into Nobe Omniscope
This video is perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about color grading, or who wants to improve their color grading skills in DaVinci Resolve. It is especially relevant for filmmakers and video editors who are working with HDR footage.
Here are some of the things you will learn in this video:
- What are the primaries, LOG, and HDR color wheels?
- How do they differ from each other and how do they individually affect the image
- When should you use each type of color wheel?
- How to use the primaries color wheel to color correct your footage
- How to use the LOG color wheels to color correct your footage
- How to use the HDR color wheels to color correct your footage
Alissa also provides a practical demonstration of how to use each type of color wheel to color grade the China White episode of Dark Ops in DaVinci Resolve.
If you want to learn more about color grading in DaVinci Resolve, or if you want to improve your color grading skills, then this video is for you!
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[@mattmjlg5053]

Wow. You’re incredibly knowledgeable just a whole different feel from the rest of KZbin 🤯

[@outdoorsinontario3037]

Fantastic! And Sunday is a gr8 day for live! Forgot to comment on that last live video. Keep ‘em coming, I’m grading a lot more now, cause of this, I love it!

[@knightlightshow]

What a great compliment! Thanks Ontario! Love this commentary, you keep it coming too! 😊

[@brown2840]

Love your channel! Just found it and so glad I did :)

[@knightlightshow]

Aww we are so glad to have you! Thank you for being a part of our community and commenting!

[@Erik_001]

Looking forward to more videos from you. Great format.

[@knightlightshow]

Thank you so much Erik! It’s really good to have you here.

[@herrnerdmeyer3638]

Thank you, that was very insightful :)

[@knightlightshow]

I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and learned something! It’s great to have you part of our community. Keep your comments coming! 😊

[@hirobriquet]

Love what you do and your teaching style is on point Just wondering when you do the primary balance, noting changes in the primary wheels window Or am I missing something ? Keep pumping out content, I love how concrete it is and in the real world 🔥🔥🔥

[@knightlightshow]

Aww thank you so much! It's really good to have you here as part of our community. Mmm, I need to see what you're referring to. Not sure what video or timestamp? Be sure to also sign up for the Knight Studios insider program at knightstudios.com as I regularly post there along with my latest node tree.

[@hirobriquet]

@@knightlightshow I was refering to 3:20 but I do see know that you white balanced using gain. Thanks I am subscribed to your website and do need to remember to go visit more often

[@knightlightshow]

@@hirobriquet Thanks! It's really good to have you here.

[@michaelavrie]

Do you ever work with ACES timeline color, and if so does the checkbox for Use Color Space Aware Grading Tools affect the primaries or only the "aware" HDR wheels?

[@knightlightshow]

Yeah I switch in and out of ACES depending on the project. When that saturation bug appeared in the previous version of ACES I stopped using it and switched. However, since it’s been fixed I haven’t switched back but I do plan to. HTH

[@apmanti12]

Hey, im just starting out, this helps a lot

[@knightlightshow]

It helps me out a lot that you took time to comment, thank you and welcome to the community! Be sure to also sign up for the Knight Studios insider program at knightstudios.com as I regularly post there along with my latest node tree.

[@Andisend]

I wish I could see your cursor … brand new to the channel, and so impressed…but a little hard to follow … I’m learning so much and I would love to follow in more detail … …

[@knightlightshow]

It’s good to have you here part of our community. Yes, it’s difficult with live streams to highlight my mouse cursor and the keystrokes since restream doesn’t support that. I can only do it in the videos I make. Let me know if there is anything in particular you want me to cover in more detail.

[@Andisend]

;) I’ve been learning DaVinci for nearly 2 years, have taken all the BMD courses, and now focusing on learning color grading and science in more detail..(which is why I’m loving your videos) .. I recently upgraded to an iPhone 15 pro, and can finally grade in log footage..Watching so many videos on LUT and CST, has left me confused with the most critical parts of a color grade .. the beginning and end of the process (project/timeline/clip) .. I’m learning so much of the ‘between’, but as you can imagine, pointless if I can’t start on the right foot. Understanding you lean towards a more experienced watch, but maybe a refresher on these start end points would be something I would love to see in your style of presentation.. 2 hr videos while I relax and follow along are amazing . Love n hugs.. A

[@joyoffilming9500]

@@AndisendI went through the very same process, having started with using LUTs for everything, especially for turning log footage into rec709. Over time I learned about using proper Color management in Davinci Resolve (whith and without CST nodes in the node trees) and why to use a wide gamut for the timeline for grading. A great source for learning is Cullen Kelley with his videos and live casts. His channel is not in competition with Alissa. In my opinion, both of their channels perfectly complement each other. Don’t give up your great passion!

[@Andisend]

@@joyoffilming9500 :) it is a great passion indeed … I love CK .. I think documenting my struggles, or rather questions is going to be my next goal.. hopefully with an ongoing feedback/response should others falter in similar ways. Woohoo..! I’ve found a project that excites me.. Thank you for your feedback and kind response :) more to follow, as they say..

[@joyoffilming9500]

@@Andisend Alissa, I hope I did not interfere with you by answering his question. Just felt his pain from his comment and wanted to help out.

[@mariuswickli3206]

Why don't you use the Global/Offset Wheel? The White balance seams to be off in the shot which would affect the whole image, so why don't you fix the whole instead of isolated regions? Happy to learn 🙌🏻

[@knightlightshow]

I do, I think it was in my "colorist teaches color grading" video where I discuss my fondness of printer lights, which is offset. I was just doing a compare/contrast here of primaries, HDR, and LOG wheels. Also, instead of adjusting the WB image-wide using offset, I wanted to demonstrate how you can adjust the balance for the wall behind the talent without affecting their skin tone.

[@joyoffilming9500]

Agree - I recently shot a real estate video in bright sunlight as the only light source with a variable ND on the lens. This gave me some strange Color shift in the inside of the house - I guess that the white paint did some own polarisation with the sun light, interfering with my ND. So, I needed to get rid of a nasty green tint that resided only on the walls. Having known the trick with the log wheel zones would have saved me 2 hours of fumbling around with adding a highlight mask for desaturating the walls to my node tree.

[@knightlightshow]

So glad to hear you learned something new @@joyoffilming9500 -- modifying the zone barriers is a game changer for more control!

[@moksheetbabar]

if the edit is done on Premere Pro, how will i import those log edited clips including the vfx which is linked to after effects and color grade in da vinci

[@knightlightshow]

Hi, unfortunately I left Premiere many years ago so I haven’t done the round robin before. There are however some great videos on KZbin that describe how to do it. Have you tried those?

[@tutorshesad]

instan sub 🔥🔥