My New Year Approach to Color Grading

I've changed how I set up my template node graph and this requires a new approach to how I color.
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[@optical-sound]

But.. but.. it was watching your channel that convinced me to move to a colour managed workflow in the first place! Plus switching to gamma 2.2?

[@JeiShian]

You have changed my colour grading life.

[@pw2737]

Fantastic like always! Thank you, Cullen!

[@abbyrodebaugh6634]

Thanks for sharing this new workflow! I love how you explained your reasoning behind each node.

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Cullen, I have seen your resistance to the HDR tool and if using panels it is not as easy as switching with the mouse.

[@blackgogogadget]

Thank you so much for sharing this content. You make it super easy to understand these things and my images are on yet another level! Feels like bringing a dream to life with the sat node.

[@CodyMadewell]

Great video Cullen! The detail for some of the primary nodes was much needed

[@adsmithtx]

Glad your starting anew, I will be following closely trying to move my color grading to another Level UP

[@KevTCC]

I didn't know I could set the compositing mode to luminosity! That's a game changer. Coming from a long photography career that is a key thing to do in Photoshop. Didn't know it was an option in Davinci.

[@coltynmichnal]

Just a heads up, your input and output node information was covered by your talking head and a lot of new watchers might be lost without that information.

[@napatsaeng]

thank you for the update, it is very useful 🙏

[@LuckeGabriel]

Man of the people!

[@thatfilmfool]

I just wish I could see the changes you were making as you make them

[@eydok5114]

Thank you so much for sharing these tricks! Will defo try them out in my new projects :)

[@_-raven-_]

Dear Cullen,

[@JrnMnd08]

you've helped me so much THANK YOU

[@Adam-fb5nt]

wow, this is very similar to how I work! Thanks for the luminosity composite mode idea, I love that.

[@krdcountrytv]

I actually feel like I am bit ahead of you! I adapted your earlier node graph to a version of what you are using now some time ago because the modification seemed to help with adjusting saturation. (I actually used a basic node graph of four: EXP, CON, BAL and SAT, but I can see that combining exposure and contrast in one node also works). Once again, some great insights and helpful advice. Thank you.

[@elcasanelles5806]

Thorough and clear explanation as per usual. i do have a couple of doubts; If there is only one camera used in a project and did not want to make groups, where would you put the CST nodes? Also is there a difference in applying the macOS VT as you did in this video, compared to doing in a node as you showed in a previous video?

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

10/10 video 👏🏻