my [very small] home color grading suite

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@justlook7112 Ай бұрын

I'm a colourist and editor based in sri lanka. I Really love your colouring setup. I'm also hoping to build one soon. Please keep update your channel.

@colorbyryan Ай бұрын

thanks for the encouragement to do so - I keep hoping to get back to content on this channel.

@rohankhokar9787 9 ай бұрын

That is a beautiful home setup ! I wish you the very best .. Cheers ! From Mumbai, India

@colorbyryan 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@MockManor Жыл бұрын

Studio litty 🔥

@codymarsden Жыл бұрын

That's a great small setup!

@colorbyryan Жыл бұрын

thanks! so far it's working very well.

@AtortAerials 3 ай бұрын

@@colorbyryanthat little scope monitor looks super cool is quality alright for $200?

@matthewblacklock2972 Жыл бұрын

I dig it. Been hunting for a display exactly like you're using for your scopes so def going to get my hands on one to round out my setup!

@colorbyryan Жыл бұрын

I highly recommend - it's perfect for the application. Even has a VESA mount, which the one at my office doesn't :(

@OnlySufyanKhan 3 ай бұрын

Wow man. That little monitor is awesome. i will need it for scops and timelines.

@colorbyryan 2 ай бұрын

ya, it really is. I've had it for over a year now and no regrets.

@videooutpost 7 ай бұрын

Nice video. Good use of space and gear.

@colorbyryan 7 ай бұрын

glad you enjoyed!

@nvyden 3 ай бұрын

ahhh so cool!! I’m from Winnipeg and I love visiting Vancouver every year with my friends. I work in film over here and am hoping to eventually become a colourist myself :) would love to learn more from you. keep up the nice content :)

@colorbyryan 3 ай бұрын

that’s great! Glad to hear. When you’re in town drop me a line and maybe we can grab a coffee

@NAZ-SYR Жыл бұрын

Thank you, that little screen would be great for me 💙 I was wondering if you could recommend a monitor that would be on budget I have a Windows computer and I don't know if one monitor is good enough or I will need two monitor, one for reference and one for the main

@colorbyryan Жыл бұрын

It's all a matter of how exacting your standards are. If you're grading for web, you might be able to get away with grading in Resolve's UI, but make sure you test your workflow. Render out a varied set of images including color bars, upload that to KZbin, and compare what you see on KZbin with Resolve's Viewer. If you're grading to a standard, like Rec.709, you need to have a calibrated screen and a video I/O device. With Resolve, the only video I/O devices that work are Blackmagic's Ultrastudio or Decklink cards. The cheapest one for a Windows computer would be the Decklink 4K Mini. Calibrated monitors will cost more. The cheapest will be a professionally calibrated 42" LG OLED C2, but then you have to find a local calibrator. Other than that, the monitor I have is no longer available, but it looks like the newest version is the LG LG27EQ850B for $2k USD. You can try to find a secondhand Flanders Scientific or Eizo.

@AtortAerials 3 ай бұрын

Super slick setup I'm SO use to using only my M4 13" I swear it's all I need! 😂😃

@colorbyryan 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! It’s amazing what you can use to hit a very high bar these days.

@AtortAerials Ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan hey I just bought that new Mac Mini M4 and really dig that monitor for scopes.....all I need to do is plug into a USB-C port on the Mac Mini M4 or ? Thanks!

@colorbyryan Ай бұрын

@@AtortAerials you bet!

@oospagheti 2 ай бұрын

awesome setup, can you do a video on the nas?

@colorbyryan 2 ай бұрын

you bet. I actually shot a video on it a year ago... I JUST NEED TO EDIT IT AAAAHHHHH!!

@erikgouletphoto Ай бұрын

Love your setup. About to purchase the Ultrastudio 4k Mini and I also want to switch my monitor input between the BMD and my MacMini M1. Having the HDMI switch in the signal path of the Ultrastudio, does it affect or degrade the signal to the grading monitor?

@colorbyryan Ай бұрын

The HDMI switcher I used does not affect or degrade the signal in any way. I know this because I checked my calibration through the switcher and it was still perfect. I can't speak to any other HDMI switcher, but one would expect that any switcher would pass the image through as received. Of course, if you have a grading monitor that has more than one HDMI input, a switcher isn't needed.

@erikgouletphoto Ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan Thank you for answering, it helps me lots.

@FelixChamber 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely inspiring! Would love to copy that 1by1 except for building that massive NAD myself. And I am also torn between what monitor to get. Have you tried different monitors or what made you settle on that LG? Currently eyeballing an EIZO, but not sure how much I am willing to spend, since I am only starting in colorwork and it does not pay yet.

@colorbyryan 3 ай бұрын

very cool, glad it was inspiring and helped you figure out your own setup. The EP950 LG was great, and out of the box it's probably the best rec709 SDR monitor that money can buy. Unfortunately it's not in stock anywhere anymore, as far as I know. I did end up selling that monitor and going with a 42" LG C3 (partly because big = fun and I also edit/do post engineering tech stuff, so the screen real estate is helpful). These do require calibration for bang-on SDR grading, but you could be reasonably close for starting out if you put it in Filmmaker mode. I'd also suggest keeping your eye out for secondhand Flanders Scientific displays; you'd probably end up with a 1080p display but those are pro monitors and have excellent calibration. Aside from that, the Display Presets on any recent-model M-series Macbook (look for the HDTV Video - BT.709-BT.1886 preset) is very good and you could reasonably grade in the Resolve viewer on one of those. Hope that helps!

@FelixChamber 3 ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan Wow thanks for that reply! I will hold on with that decision for a moment because I have another big project that requires my full attention before I fully go into pursuing professional colorgrading further with the accompanying toys. Depending on how that project plays out, I might have a different set of funds as well. Going for a Flanders directly would be awesome, otherwise I would have to decide somewhere between an LG, Asus ProArt, Eizo or Dell Ultrasharp as an intermediate good monitor for SDR until doing coloringwork can finance a Flanders. I also want to do some editing jobs as well, especially for personal projects, so that intermediate monitor would ideally become a general monitor later on. Therefore overshooting might be stupid but colorwork is my greatest passion in the field of videoproduction, so the next upgrade should more than suffice for a while. Well, time will tell. May I ask what your goal with this channel is? I am still absolutely impressed, as were many others in the comments, about the scopes screen. Maybe a full walkthrough of what to get and how to set it up could be a beneficial video for your channel. For me personally, your journey in the postproduction world would be extremely interesting as well.

@colorbyryan 2 ай бұрын

Good thinking process on what kind of gear you need. My goal with the channel! Great question. Obviously I haven't posted much - paid work always gets in the way and I'm not quite sure yet how or if KZbin should factor into my income stream. My goal would be to share value and knowledge to anyone who would be color-adjacent, such as indie producers, cinematographers, video/marketing agencies, etc. to help solve pain points and give them the tools to better work with color. I have a bunch of ideas ready to go - just need the time to get to them. I like both ideas you pitched, though, and I'll certainly add them to my list!

@FelixChamber 2 ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan I get you. Making youtube work financially requires either or both of these things: 1. extreme time investement and patience - because getting views up to make it financially viable with everything outside pure entertainment is hard as hell. 2. A product or service that is marketed via the youtube channel - because anything below regular millions of views makes only pennies Since you apparently want to share technical niche knowledge, which is a hard enough market to get a share of, obviously number2 is more relevant for you. Therein you have 2 main options: 1. Using youtube presence as a funnel for your existing services. 2. Create a product and/or community and/or separate service (e.g coaching for beginners in postproduction) based on your knowledge, skills and experience in that field. The second point would have to be thought of as a diversification and new income stream, whereas the first point is based solely on solidifying and scaling your existing business. These two variants would require relatively different strategies for the content you might be going to put out. I probably have much more input for you in those regards, so in case you want to brainstorm or discuss with me further, feel free to reach out :-)

@pablofinkelstein1686 3 ай бұрын

Hey Ryan, very cool setup, im wondering about the bias Lighting you use. And how did you connect it to the HomeKit. thanks!!!

@colorbyryan 3 ай бұрын

Bias lighting is from MediaLight. Power is via USB from the monitor so it switches on and off with the monitor. Aside from that I use Phillips Hue bulbs (that obviously work with HomeKit) in the room which can get close enough to 6500K to be good enough.

@Remon3tudio 5 ай бұрын

Nice!

@OutlastOverland 4 ай бұрын

Dude sick, I'd love to know more about putting your scopes on the ali monitor? What monitor is it? You should definitely pump out more content is really good!

@colorbyryan 4 ай бұрын

Yup - the scopes are Omniscope, and the Aliexpress monitor is in the link in the video description. It's a neat little monitor; has 75x75 VESA mount and can be powered and get display signal from the same USB-C cable, so nice and tidy that way. Thanks for the encouragement to make more content. I actually have a long list of videos that would be helpful for colorist-adjacent people (filmmakers, producers, DPs, KZbinrs etc.) but need the time to get to it outside of client work and family life. Exploring some ideas how to make that happen... for now I have a video how I built the NAS all shot; just needs an edit... but I shot it last October. ugh! I checked your channel - instant sub! I've got three kids myself, and we're into outdoor stuff ourselves - bikepacking, though. Been taking some video of that and hope to make some films about that someday as well.

@OutlastOverland 4 ай бұрын

@colorbyryan awaome stuff, I haven't posted in a while I've been busy working on the back end of a couple other channels.... I feel almost embarrassed about my own content now that I've been filming, and editing for them.... but I'll get back into my own stuff soon... just picked up a Canon c200 so I'm looking forward to the Canon raw light but afraid my computer is going to melt 😆

@colorbyryan 4 ай бұрын

@@OutlastOverland very cool - great camera.

@Chips-Lab 5 ай бұрын

Love your setup. I’m new to color grading setup, and compare knowledge I find everywhere. Does using BM Ultrastudio 4K use less gpu on the MacBook ? Always struggle editing in FCPX with my M3 Max + 4K monitor plugged via usbc

@colorbyryan 5 ай бұрын

Using an Ultrastudio or Decklink doesn't use less GPU. Resolve (and any other software) will always use the GPU to do compute, and then pass the output onto the Decklink/Ultrastudio for playback. Video I/O like the Decklink or Ultrastudio just ensures an accurate picture from GPU to screen that hasn't been affected by another color management from the OS or other software. It's interesting you're having struggles with FCPX on an M3 Max... generally I wouldn't expect issues, unless you had a lot of tough footage (RED, H.265, etc.) and/or are doing a lot of realtime FX. You could try proxies I suppose, which I prefer for a snappy editing experience anyway.

@Chips-Lab 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind feedback 🤝🏼 I think it’s mainly MacOS strygling with some screen PPI between 125 and 180. Will try ultrastudio thanks for the advice

@garybarnett893 10 ай бұрын

Great video, as I’m in the process of deciding on a reference monitor which will also use the UltraStudio 4K Mini. Are you still happy with the LG? I assume I wouldn’t have an issue with a VESA mount rather than using LG’s stand? Finally, do you run any audio through the reference monitor, or run the audio through your MacBook while you’re grading? Nice setup!

@colorbyryan 10 ай бұрын

Yes, the LG is great - if you can find it! From what I can tell they’re discontinued and hard to find now. I’ve actually moved on to an LG 2023 C3 42”. They’re great for the editing work I still do, but they are definitely very tricky to calibrate. Out of the box, the EP950 series I show in this video or a used Flanders is probably going to be your best bet. And yes this monitor is good for a VESA mount. For audio, yes I just use my MacBook’s audio output to speakers. Running audio out from your decklink - either out from your reference monitor or the decklink’s audio outputs - is a good way to go if A/V sync is crucial to your workflow.

@lucianoconsolini 3 ай бұрын

May I ask what is the aliexpress monitor model or the aspect ratio thanks

@colorbyryan 3 ай бұрын

Link in video description

@jaredschroeder9405 Жыл бұрын

Epic

@isaacbedford3644 6 ай бұрын

how did you get your NAS to be silent. My off-the-shelf QNAP DAS is in my closet because it's too noisey

@colorbyryan 6 ай бұрын

I should clarify - the only thing that makes noise are the heads in the spinning HDD’s themselves when they’re seeking. The rest of it - fans etc - are silent. I also have mine in the top of a closet, in which I’ve cut a hole and installed a return air vent cover to the rest of the room so the exhaust air from the NAS can escape.

@egnogra 6 ай бұрын

i just got the same mini scope monitor but i cant get all the scopes trhere except 2 any tips how you got them there?

@colorbyryan 6 ай бұрын

Are you talking about the Resolve scopes? That may only allow two scopes in that wide configuration; I'm not sure. I'm using Omniscope on that display.

@AtortAerials Ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan what is Omniscope then? I thought you were just dragging your scopes from the video editing software to that little monitor is that not the case?

@colorbyryan Ай бұрын

@@AtortAerials no, Omniscope is dedicated software for video scopes. In this case I'm using an SDI loopback in my 4K Mini to grab the output and back into the input, which Omniscope can analyze. Omniscope can also take a video feed from editing software (FCPX, Premiere, Resolve) via plugins provided for that software. You could also drag your scopes onto that monitor if you want.

@AtortAerials Ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan how much is it don't u need to obviously buy the monitor and then omniscope software?

@colorbyryan Ай бұрын

@@AtortAerials Yes, you have to buy the monitor and a license for Omniscope. You can check out the different license levels on their website. timeinpixels.com/nobe-omniscope/#pricing

@allstarbury 9 ай бұрын

This monitor was used to edit HDR? 400 nits ?

@colorbyryan 9 ай бұрын

no, SDR only. 400 nits isn't a delivery spec (though of course you could publish to KZbin that way) so I don't bother.

@allstarbury 9 ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan so then only way to proper edit hdr is macbook?

@colorbyryan 9 ай бұрын

@@allstarburyas is usually the case - 'it depends!' It depends what your needs are. The Reference modes on recent-model MacBooks are very good. You can get away with coloring HDR on LG OLED's, though you can't get any color above a few hundred nits because of the white subpixel. All those options are useable depending on where it's going and what the expectations are. At this point, though, the cheapest display that you can monitor 1000-nit HDR 100% accurately on is probably something like Flanders Scientific's XMP310.

@allstarbury 9 ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan rambalac channel this js what i do .Pq bt 2020 .Nothing else

@colorbyryan 9 ай бұрын

@@allstarbury ah that is very cool! nice channel! How much do you adjust color? If it's nothing major, you could edit/monitor on nearly anything, but still output PQ BT.2020. A MacBook screen would work great, or an LG OLED.

@JustPassingByBaby 10 ай бұрын

How is the exact setup for the Omniscope?

@colorbyryan 10 ай бұрын

I’m using a Blackmagic 4K Mini. HDMI out goes to the display. I’m using the SDI out straight back into the SDI input for Omniscope to use. A few of Blackmagic’s cards can input and output at the same time - I know the PCIe 4K Extreme can also do this. The MacBook hasn’t had any performance issues running Omniscope and Resolve at the same time - in fact, I’ve also used OBS/LBS (I normally use Louper.io) to stream at the same time as well. For that, I turn on NDI output from Omniscope, and have LBS capture from NDI.

@JustPassingByBaby 10 ай бұрын

@@colorbyryan Yeah. I understood that. I just am not sure what you were doing with the input signal and how you use the Omniscope? Usually I just use it as an effect on a node in DRS. But you seem to use the separate software and add a source video directly into it from the Ultrastudio Input?

@colorbyryan 10 ай бұрын

Yes, that's right. I prefer having Omniscope use the same signal I'm sending my reference monitor. Using Omniscope as an OFX on the clip or timeline level can work, as long as you're careful that there is no more color management that Resolve is doing after that point. So, I have Resolve sending out a signal to my reference monitor via the Decklink 4K Mini, then I'm capturing that signal again using the same Decklink 4K Mini (just an SDI cable going out and in again), and Omniscope is using that as an input. Does that make sense?