Learn DaVinci Resolve in 20 Minutes! Beginner Tutorial

[@stanleymakafui]

Qazi, you think you're making a video for a noob but I know intermediate and pro users come here for your nuggets. This was useful

[@EveryWhenEveryWhere]

In this tutorial you go with ACES. In most other tuts you are working in DaVinci WG/ DaVinci Intermediate. Sometimes you use CST nodes and sometimes you change the "input color space" on a node without a CST node. Why does the consistency change?

[@piernicolaarena9361]

I would LOVE to know the exact same thing. I'm a bit confused by the inconsistency of information on this part of the workflow. Also...say I'm working in Davinci Color Managed WG and i want to do a color space transform to something different like Fujifilm. How am I supposed to do properly? I always get weird results from any input color space/gamma and output color space I dial in...

[@theqazman]

There is no ONE way to do this. I am always going to be showing different ways so you get to pick what works best for you.

[@piernicolaarena9361]

@@theqazman thanks for replying. I get what you say, although i've seen a lot of videos showing the different techniques (davinci color management, CST, etc...), but none explaining if i can use davinci color management AND CST together. For instance: I've a shot filmed in Braw, I set Davinci Color Management to Davinci Wide Gamut / Intermediate and output to rec709. Then I want to use CST to convert my clip to something like fujifilm. No matter what I dial in the CST menu (input color space,/gamma, output color space/gamma)...I NEVER get something thata looks quite right. I'm wandering what am I doing wrong. You told me to watch the free 1-hour-training and i did it, but i'm still not sure i'm doing it right.

[@fujicinema]

@@piernicolaarena9361 I wouldn't put the project in Davinci wide gamut. For me I usually leave the project color settings alone if I'm looking to use a cst. That way I know what color input I should use for the cat because it's based on the camera and not being changed by the projects color settings. For example since I shoot on a Fujifilm xt3 I leave the projects color settings alone and use the cst only. For the inputs I use rec 2020 and Fujifilm f-log because that is the profile my camera records. Then for my outputs I usually use rec 709 and gamma 2.4 or sometimes cineon film log for davinci's luts. I hope this kind of helps. It's a bit much but that's my workflow since f-log isn't part of aces yet. Also extra tip - use saturation compression if colors begin to clip if you're using cineon film log. Hope this helped!!

[@kwameampofostudios8975]

Watching you from Ghana 🇬🇭..thank you for this

[@stanleymakafui]

Likewise, bruhh. 🇬🇭

[@keithbhaven]

Finally. Clear and easy to follow. Thank you.

[@theqazman]

Happy to help

[@KamranJawaid]

Re: Color Grading part -- maaan, you've really gotten good at condensing, even simplifying, the whole process. Equally good for professionals and beginners. Kudos man!

[@machobell1202]

Thanks a lot Waqas, i am new to DR and you just welcomed me in a very simple and understanding way! Cheers!

[@jimintaos]

Most excellent. This is the video I've been looking for. Consider me subscribed.

[@samirkha]

Love to see you here on KZbin. Love you Bhai. You're doing amazing job.

[@philippscheithauer]

I would love to see a more detailed breakdown of the ACES workflow :)

[@searchmedude]

ACE's for begineers, so B E A U T I F U L, I LOVE YOUR SIMPLICITY. Thanks for this.

[@theqazman]

Thank you, brother.

[@olaleyesoicm]

Great tutorial ✨❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Franq85]

Thanks. Usefull stuff 👍

[@rudycrespoaguinaga4385]

Thank you so much for your tutorials It went from 'nice tutoet science' to simple logic! You have a new subscriber

[@MelissaRAZAF]

such quality work! thank you so much

[@theqazman]

You're welcome, Melissa. 😀

[@skneeg]

I tried this but when I loaded my footage it was already conformed to rec 709 on the timeline. Im using BRAW footage. I right click on the clip in the color page but it didn't give me the option to do ACES input transform

[@theguardpost6250]

Do you have anything on canon?

[@theqazman]

I'll do one soon.

[@Chrisledelord]

my davinci 18 doesn't have the ACES input transform option only ACES gamut compress?

[@juliocgr]

Same issue here any solution or info ??

[@juliocgr]

I got it Go to effects type cases transform then you can splay it.!!!

[@oldieprost5817]

Thank you so much Qazi! Super quick explanation and super clear! Keep following you!))

[@fg.salomon]

You are a machine Qazi, thanks as always.

[@theqazman]

Of course bro

[@alfiolora3446]

Qaz, does this mean that we should forget about the color management setting where you say to set it up using color managed for the color science and the wide gamut intermediate for the processing mode??? please confirm that. Also, what aces transform should I use on the clip because I shoot with fuji and it not an option, no fuji anywhere. which one would work fine then. Thanks for your help. Alfio

[@kennetschinesecousin3013]

hell yeah man dark series had a dope atmosphere

[@16sathyaabhinav.s56]

Getting the popcorn ready to Watch the Interview

[@ZEUS]

That was totally awesome! As always. I just started working only with 4 nodes. Corrections. Color Trasnform. Lut. Creative. In DaVinci WideG. But I will definitely try aces!!! Thank you for this brother!!!

[@manu9d5]

This was amazing. I loved how you broke down a process that would otherwise be highly complex, into an easy to follow tutorial that leads to great results nonetheless. Sign of someone who's mastered his craft.

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love brother. 🙏🏾

[@jknvorneb]

11:39 What about Nikon z50 raw shooting? What I need to choose? I'd appreciate if you help me

[@511musicgroupofficial]

Man always great content and info. Have you watched “The Man Who Fell To Earth”showtime TV show ??? The photography and grading is just so beautiful.

[@khushalahir1982]

Broo which is chhe best colour grading software premium Pro or this...???????

[@khushalahir1982]

Plzzzz reppplllyyy

[@HArish-x2A1]

Can you make a video on group post-clip and pre-clip

[@theqazman]

Watch my free training

[@juansuar4829]

Thank you Qazi! I'm trying to migrate from Premiere to Resolve and this is just what I needed

[@fujicinema]

Definitely ditch premier if you like color grading. Even if color grading isn't your main focus, Davinci Resolve crashes way less than the adobe equivalent😂

[@undersoundfactory4240]

I watched Tokyo Vice and it is very interesting the color mindset…;)

[@theqazman]

I liked it as well

[@armando.visuals]

Do you have a video of color grading HLG3 in DaVinci? Thank you

[@theqazman]

Not yet!

[@N-PTRS]

have you made any edits from iphone footage?

[@billycrowe4501]

Just came from your mac studio comparison video and here it looks like you store everything on what would be like a glyph 4 or 8 TB ssd but on your mac studio video it looks like you store certain things on your macs internal drive. Would love to know what your workflow is for this more specifically. I currently store nothing on my macs internal drive and store all my footage on a glyth 4TB and set my cache to a 2 TB thunderbolt drive.

[@ibrahcraft]

Well done 👌👌👌👌 today's tutorial it was really simple and straight forward, it made me understand the DaVinci Resolve overall and how nodes works.. Now I'm interested to download it and start trying Resolve, it looked harder to me but now it's high time I should give it a try 😍😍😍😍😍 well explained👌👌

[@fujicinema]

Definitely give it a try. It's a beast!

[@theqazman]

Happy to help. You'll never look back.

[@filmtheworldpodcast]

Salute brother! I'm super appreciative of the knowledge you share. I can't wait to start adding to our practical R3D work-flow! I'm getting at least one of us enrolled in your program after our next two gigs. /salute!

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love. Hit me up when you join FCM. 💪🏾

[@jasonamccrory]

How do you enable to color levels chart that you show in your hue vs hue/hue vs sat curves? N00b question, sorry...

[@filipcercek9207]

Could you please do a tutorial on how to properly grade and work with RAW CinemaDNG footage?

[@FeelFreetoEdit]

The last movie that I watched was "Disney Jungle Cruise". The grade had that vintage orange and teal look making you feel that you were in the 1910s. At some places it had that warm look and some had a properly balanced cold look to drive the mood of the scenes. Overall a Great experience.

[@khaled1991]

When we should / shouldn't use Aces?

[@aashandevakumar893]

Dude being woke up till 3am to make this tutorial. Thanks for your love bro.

[@theqazman]

Of course

[@MontyQueues]

house of the dragon, and i liked the coloring

[@samuelmoser]

Thank you for that great tutorial. I am a subscriber for half a year, because I can say this is the best color grading & color correction channel. Thanks for the great input and I would love to see a more detailed tutorial for ACES. Thanks for the things I have learned so far. I am right in the process of making a shortfilm right now and I have the pleasure to have slog3 footage. I hope I can do some color magic on it.

[@theqazman]

I'll be attacking that in my live training. Sign up here. www.crowdcast.io/e/cflsecrets

[@DreySantesson]

The ACES workflow 🤯

[@mikeeeeyway]

for AMD display card, do i need to enable MGPU in the driver ?

[@Romz1218]

Hello Qazi, been watching you for over a year now, thanks for your big help,. Just want to ask how do you put circle when you hover on the skin of the subject to check if the skin tone is right? Thanks again!

[@fujicinema]

Do you mean the vector scope? If you go over to the waveform towards the bottom right you'll see a little menu icon. You can switch between different scopes depending on your needs. Hope this helped!

[@quangngo6601]

Click on 3-dot icon in the bottom right and check Display Qualifier Focus

[@seanaugust]

I just watched RRR last night. Looked fantastic.

[@theqazman]

I'll check it out

[@Isaypreach]

How would I utilize the aces part if im shooting with a sigma fp camera and using cinema dng files. What colorspace would i select for that?

[@Ehtisham99]

A detailed video on aces and final project delivery.

[@faticabello]

I saw "Last Night in Soho" yesterday. very interesting🎨

[@theqazman]

I'll look it up.

[@JoshuaCueva]

I'm still confused on what a database is. You said it's just like Final Cut Pro, but I've never used that so I don't know what that's supposed to be. Where are the files stored? Is it in the computer or the internet? Is it supposed to be an extra medium? But where would that be, still inside the computer? How does this differ from file storage in like Premiere Pro if it's in the computer anyways?

[@Kodo91]

Beginner here. I shoot on a Sony A6400 with HLG2. Which option do I choose for the color transform? I can’t find HLG there, only SLOG.

[@James-qo7uz]

This is awesome, but I feel like I need to search your channel library for more basic tutorials and explanations before I can fully understand your instructions here. Picking Aces? I don’t know what Aces is and what difference is makes which one you choose. I primarily want to learn color grading but Do you have a basic tutorial on terminology for resolve and settings?

[@karliemorris7318]

thank you qazi, i'll be working in aces from now on, but i'm still having issues with pro res and gamma shift on exports

[@theqazman]

Watch my free training then

[@karliemorris7318]

@@theqazman sir I’ve been watching your free training since I got my BmPCc6k last year you’ve taught me a lot thanks ,

[@fujicinema]

Gamma shift on exports can be fixed by Setting the color space output to rec 709 in the render tab and the gamma output to rec 709-A. I think qazi made a video about it and I made one too, but there's loads of tutorials on it if you search it up. Hope this helped!

[@fujicinema]

@@karliemorris7318 also I'm so jealous I really want the pocket 6k! Right now I only have a Fujifilm xt3 😂

[@karliemorris7318]

@@fujicinema thank you sir 🙏🏿

[@ErivesFilms]

Hey Waqas, at minute 11:40 of this video, when I right click, I don't have the option "ACES input transform," to use a RED Komodo camera setting. I configured the color settings like you specified in settings, I've tried both Aces 1.1 and 1.3 under settings. Did DaVinci Resolve change, if so, do you have a newer tutorial? Thank you! Awesome work!

[@philipkarst7918]

Love it, thanks... Could you please make a little deep about the setting for KZbin that you use?

[@theqazman]

In my free training

[@fujicinema]

KZbin is so tricky, I don't know what exact settings to use, but what I've been using seems to work. I usually output h.265 24fps MP4 4k and the mbps usually is automatic or at 80000. It works for me but I would do some testing. H.265 is the highest quality for KZbin the with decent file sizes.

[@philipkarst7918]

@@fujicinema Thanks!

[@rayyan495]

Can you make a video on slog color grading Can you tell difference bettween Slog 2 and slog 3 and XAVC VS PRORES

[@soorajsureshkumar2568]

Bro can you do a tutorial on how to fix color bleeding in any footage?

[@fujicinema]

Color bleeding? I haven't heard of this actually. I want to look into what that is😂

[@Opstuius]

can you do a tutorial on how you do the wipe transitions when you're showing off your color grades 1 by 1

[@ezequielcasamada]

I love your work, although right now I'm confused. I seemed to understand davinci YRGB and WG/intermediate was best for color and now ACES seems to be better. I understand that it is a very important part in the edition and it should always be the same?

[@RogerBrenon]

Aces - For the DARK Look - A preference on a certain type of color grade.

[@JCFrost]

Hi Qazi! Quick Q: at 11:42 on the ACES Input Transform step, my footage comes from Fujifilm XT4 (10 bit), but it's not listed. What could I do in this case?

[@karliemorris7318]

first time i did it with Pro res And it Worked, Today i try to use this with raw, but i don't get aces input transform is there ay alternative

[@harshswami2004]

thank you

[@creativebirthright559]

Yo that was 🔥🔥🔥

[@theqazman]

🙏🏾

[@gpicturez]

I have a doubt when we begin to colour grade For a Nikon z6 footage shoot in flat picture profile in davinci resolve ,which profiles to choose as input colour space and input gamma on Color space transform node ?

[@jthedrifter]

Do you recommend the Blackmagic cinema cameras? I see you use the Canon C500 MKII. Wish I could afford a Canon Cinema camera. I currently use my gopro camera.

[@theqazman]

Bmd cameras are great for the money.

[@Ekklesiajourney]

i tried to create a library on my external 1 T HD and it says that it is exFat detected not recommended. What should I do?

[@RogerBrenon]

exFat? lol NO. You have to re-format that drive. PC or MAC?

[@kennethmortonstudios]

It would be cool if you could grade some of our problem footage and how you would deal with it. For example underexposed slog, tricky lighting, etc.

[@fujicinema]

I know for under exposed log footage the best way to deal with it would be using the hdr wheels since you can input the cameras recording profile. That means you can expose the footage by stops which is how it would look if you were to properly expose it in camera. As for other problems, it depends on what they are😂 but I hoped I helped with your exposure one!

[@kennethmortonstudios]

@@fujicinema thank you for the reply! I will try that.

[@fujicinema]

@@kennethmortonstudios of course let me know how it works!

[@anangfahmi437]

Hey Qazi, just want to ask about the 1 hour free training. Why is it that I always got stuck on "Connecting to broadcast"? and the video never loads up. Please help. I really want to learn

[@DevAcharya]

Hi, @Waqas Question for you ; I have 100 Nos of footages How can i identify slog2 or slog 3 without getting info from respective shooter/Dp ?

[@leoleove]

Hey thanks for the work man but I'm thinking, this is at the same time "beginner" content, but at the same time really advanced considering the camera and quality footage you're colouring. I mostly shoot Fuji F-log, 10 bit 4:2:0. Would ACES be relevant in that case ? I feel like it's only for cinema cameras workflows but I'm curious, maybe there's something to take from it. Thanks again !

[@theqazman]

Same rules apply

[@fujicinema]

You shoot Fuji too? I love f-log! The only problem with aces (at least that I can't figure out) is I don't think it supports that color/gamma profile. I've tried looking for f-log in aces, but haven't found it. For me I just use a color space transform to get the most accurate colors or Fuji's lut. Also I shoot an xt3! What do you shoot on?

[@CarcPazu]

I have a noob question here but I don't really know how to formulate my question (english isn't my first language). I have multiple clips on my timeline on top of each other. When I go in Color and select the clip I want to grade in my Clips window, I can't see my edit because only seeing the video that is on the track on top on my timeline. Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong? I manage to edit my clips by muting all the other track except the one that contains the clip I want to edit but it's slowing me down tremendously and I'm sure I'm missing something here.

[@liquaard2824]

Hey Qazi can i grade 8bit Sony Footage on Acess Profile in Resolve ?

[@liquaard2824]

it look a little messed up , after downing the exposure i always go for the film look with cineon log transformation . once i did that in this aces aces profile it got so much overexposed ! with davicni color managed everything was perfect

[@theqazman]

Yes you can.

[@dynamicrangeproductions]

Peaky Blinders, the color of the show was stellar, if fit thr grime vibes 100#

[@soundp7521]

As always great video!!! there is something that has me very stressed, I work on Mac and if I use my timeline in rec709 gamma 2.4 I never see my video correctly neither on the internet nor in quick time. I see you use Mac and always work in rec 709 2.4, do you change the color space for jobs that go to the web? Or how do you configure davinci?

[@monirulislam.official]

Great video

[@theqazman]

Thanks!

[@rudy5251]

Brother do you have any band

[@wingitreview]

Would be cool if you had a link with a same clip u editing, Amazing video!

[@billt3031]

I just wanna say that if you color grade 8bit footage....the thing you do with offset for correcting white balance, it wont work....When I try to do this, the colors get messy and noise comes up.

This is great video! Can we get similar video but for HDR delivery for KZbin?

[@theqazman]

It's in my masterclass

[@tech.couple]

Super .... Impressive ...

[@ChristineHals]

Thank you! This was very helpful as I just made the jump from FCPX (because of BRAW-material) and feel pretty lost. I filmed with Black Magic Raw in a very dark environment (blue hour inside without light, only from windows) and fairly low ISO and what happened when I applied the ACES colorspace is my video clips went super dark, so I had to go back to DaVinci YRGB to be able to see what was going on. Would you still use that ACES colorspace and work from that?

[@ChristineHals]

Btw. ACES Input Transform didn't show up for me, which is another reason I kinda gave up on that color space

[@RobbyKershawfilmmaker]

Having that issue too, did you ever find a solution?

[@ChristineHals]

@@RobbyKershawfilmmaker Unfortunately not. Hopefully waiting! :)

[@jrm3780]

Sir can u teach us how to color grade like liziqi a Chinese KZbin channel

[@juliocgr]

I don see the ACES Input Transform Help Help !!! please

[@juliocgr]

I found it is on the effects

[@digipakistan9777]

Kindlyy Increase font size while screen recording

[@දේශාටන]

thanks,...............

[@Godwin_kenny]

Please sir....I have an issues with my daVinci resolve 18, it doesn't show my video on timeline. Just kept showing black, and I have watched a lot of tutorial, but still not working. Please what should I do?

[@theqazman]

Try downloading the latest update not beta.

[@slipoch6635]

I watched s04 of 'The Boys' the colours are fantastic in it.

[@theqazman]

Agreed

[@abhishekkhati2264]

Can we do all our projects using the ACES workflow or we need to identify the projects. We need more tutorials on ACES work flow with Sony 8 bit footage. Much love from NEPAL.

[@theqazman]

Yes you can

[@Valentin_Valkov]

Very good and simple processing, but with this processing method my exported video is darker than the one in davinci. This only happens to me with this color space and transforms. If I use davinci wide gamut or aces transform from the effects , I have no problems. Is there anyone with this problem?

[@jaimecastaneda9878]

If I practice and self teach my self. How and could I get a job?

[@HamzaAli-mv6wg]

Wonderful

[@pikasalsachu]

Thanx

[@MiMetaverso]

Hi Qazi, bro, may I ask you something? When you color grade a short movie, where the actors move, turn faces, make gestures, do you cut the scenes in 5-10 seconds, so you can apply the grading, mask etc easily? Or you can grade a shot with different camera positions in the scene so the angles may change? Now I don't watch movies... I examine them 😂👍

[@fujicinema]

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but I would cut the movie based on the story since that's most important, but for color grading I would try to find a hero shot that uses most of the elements in the frame so I can properly dial in the colors for the scene. Hope that helped! And I love examining movies too😂 especially lighting, composition, and story!

[@MiMetaverso]

@@fujicinema Thanks so much!

[@EgorKlimenko-]

I always try to use professional color correction in my KZbin videos, but it takes so much time (8 hours per 153 scenes on average). Any tips on how I can speed up this process?🙃

[@daxadventure]

You are quite skilled, so much so that you are unable to tell what beginner level is and struggle to break things down to the beginner level. As a beginner I usually just avoid your content, but I had hoped this one would be more my speed. However, judging by all the confused comments this video needs to be re-titled.

[@fujicinema]

Yeah, it's hard to think as a beginner once your past that stage. But I remember in depth explanation and simple steps first usually helped me learn. I'm not sure what level you're at, but I hope you become great!

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

Have you ever done tutorial on grading clog 2 and clog 3 ? There is a movie called the book of Eli featuring Denzel Washington I don't know what you think of the grading.

[@theqazman]

Yes, it's in my masterclass. Yeah, I love the look of it.

[@lorenzonarwhal]

What if my camera is not in the list of ACES INPUT TRANSFORM? I use a fujifilm…

[@theqazman]

I'll talk about that in my live training. Sign up here. www.crowdcast.io/e/cflsecrets

[@MohammadHossain-sp2bx]

Bro. your free link doesnt work ? i tired 6 times already. any technical issue,

[@cinematizzy9141]

Please can you give names of websites to get raw and log footages for practice for free?

[@theqazman]

Camera manufacturer's sites.

[@cinematizzy9141]

@@theqazman thank you

[@Marcelo509j87]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I hope you share more, and that the rest of the community and I can learn from you. I wanted to ask the following. i am used to using fcpx and pp. For color grading in resolve, can it only be done clip by clip or is there a way to apply these methods onto an adjustment layer and "grade a group of clips" at once according to what I want the footage to look like?

[@theqazman]

Will do. You can grade in batches or an entire timeline if you wish.

[@Marcelo509j87]

@@theqazman thank you for the tip, I will look into the matter