Night Out | Commercial vs. Film Grading | DaVinci Resolve 16 Tutorial

[@dominicudell]

The past few weeks I've binged all of your videos. Your stuff has been a lightbulb for me! This is one of the few channels I'll gladly watch a half hour video. Dude, thank you for deciding to be a teacher for those looking to learn.

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love, brother. It means a lot.

[@Loqu4]

now watch it all 2 more times

[@dancehallrockstar]

agreed

[@willcampbelltv]

There are a billion Resolve tutorials on color correction but not much in creative grading so I really appreciate what you're doing here and it's insanely helpful and empowering. Thanks Qazi

[@theqazman]

💯😀💪🏽

[@Dinara1up]

Qazi you are one in a billion man. This is like free gold for people like me and people looking for a legit source of information. I went from not knowing how to open the color tab in resolve to at least understanding the very basics of color grading. Thank you and never stop!

[@CodingPhase]

this dude has the best color grading videos on all of youtube

[@theqazman]

Let's go!!!

[@mrpix3l_colorist]

I really LOVE the Look of the Netflix show, DARK .

[@theqazman]

💯 on the list

[@sambrandner]

Before finding your channel, every color grading tutorial on KZbin only told you how to apply LUTs in Premiere... this is a lot to learn but it’s so much better than throwing on a LUT

[@AllThingsFilm1]

It's clear from your work, that color grading is truly an art form. It would be nice if when DP's accepted their Oscars, they would give their Colorists a shout out. I'm always learning something new from your walkthroughs. When I can, I will be getting your full course.

[@theqazman]

Thanks brother can't wait for you to join FCM. 💪🏽

[@ItsBrynnB]

I came across your first episode of the commercial vs film grade series a few days ago, and have not looked back since 😂 downloaded Resolve, and been binging your content to learn and grow. This stuff is absolute gold, bro! Can't express how grateful I am for being taught such an incredible and meticulous art! Please keep it up! You're inspiring so many of us 💯

[@theqazman]

Beautiful Carman brother appreciate the love so much man. I do it for you and more like you out there that learn and apply.

[@felixmartinmusic]

love your videos man!!

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love, brother.

[@pjtavera]

Man, you made this Davinci World clear with your systematic approach. Thanks a bunch Qazi! All I have to do now is practice. INSANE!

[@theqazman]

You got it brother.

[@johnboy10]

What are your "Go To" setting for exporting to the web.

[@EddyMoonCV]

Love how you used the mic of the LUT and the tint. Rarely do I see colorist push the tint like you did. It gave me so many ideas!

[@theqazman]

awesome

[@DRAMAFLS_official]

Another great video...thanks again ...teaching us the juice !!!💰🔥

[@theqazman]

haha. You know it.

[@carolebeaudry4015]

Can learning be a passion? Yes, Thanks Qazi!

[@theqazman]

haha. Love that

[@carolebeaudry4015]

Can I dream on a possible Mastering Color Course on No time to Die :)

[@jonatasguedes9050]

U are killing it. This Chanel is samething serious bro 😱😱😱😱😱 And I agree, witcher is amazing, color grading and cinematography, is amazing.

[@theqazman]

thank you brother

[@PhotoFeelSaikat]

Brother, you are not human, you are alien. I ran our of words to appreciate that dope sick insane film look you created. Just loooooved it brother!

[@theqazman]

😂 Absolutely, loved your comment brother and had a genuine lol

[@PhotoFeelSaikat]

@@theqazman I've switched from Adobe Premiere to Davinchi and the inspiration was YOU. Yes, it was you. Learning or rather gaining the knowledge through your excellent contents and getting better slowly. A big THANKS to you brother! Keep up your great work and keep inspiring souls around.

[@sergiorivas1857]

IDK how you make videos on color grading so entertaining but, thank you for what you're doing and keep at it!

[@theqazman]

You’re welcome brother. Being an editor helps to make content that flows.

[@rinusworldzm]

Qazi thank you for this video. Seeing the potential and the different looks you can get, amazing man.

[@samualong5385]

can you explain more on when will you choose to use a lut? because most of the time we are not using it. Thanks!

[@7sengy683]

Please keep doing what you’re doing, cuz you’re really really amazing! Imma watch this everyday.

[@kidneverland1990]

Why is the colorspace transform taken out of the equasion for the commercial and film look? For what situations do you only massage the log instead of transform?

[@Seblanth08]

"Everybody's happy now" I felt that

[@theqazman]

😂

[@JakubChlouba]

Such a good tutorial mate! Thanks a lot and keep em coming, Stay safe

[@theqazman]

Thanks, will do!

[@NorozTahir]

The Best KZbin channel on youtube.

[@theqazman]

much appreciate it

[@wakkowarner8810]

Nice. You added new videos to the masterclass. I'm so glad I decided to enroll.

[@theqazman]

hell yeah!!!

[@RetroRecipesKitchen]

Crushed it again, and started this video off with a fire song. Let's go!

[@theqazman]

Thanks brother. I know as soon as I found that track I was HYPED!!

[@brandonbuckman86]

Love the video . So when we use that lut with say bmpcc4k braw we don't need to do a rec 709 lut in there? Just do the bm lut you put on in the order you did and don't put any rec 709 lut in the mix? Thanks

[@kelvinfoo8372]

Always hit the like button first before watch the tutorial !

[@theqazman]

ayyyy

[@kiribundi]

Waqas, could you make a video about color management? For example, if you grade in rec709, how do you export for a cinema projection in DCI-P3? Do you need to make adjustments?

[@theqazman]

anything from beginning to advance is covered in my masterclass and I don't like to repeat topics. So, I would say that would be the place to learn more about that but here it will be more stuff like this and other advance tutorials.

[@kaktus.studio]

Another great episode, thanks man! I am also using that temperature switching technique in stills with LED lamps where I can adjust it already before making photo. And yeah, go ahead and watch full season of the Witcher, it's phantastic. Not only because of the color grading, but overall! Stay all healthy!

[@theqazman]

thank you

[@indfusion]

I really like and appreciate your enthusiasm and knowledge, and especially your organised approach to the grade. It has deepened my understanding of how Resolve and all it's tools work together. Many thanks. For television references, I don't think many shows beat Hannibal, which is from years ago and was only three seasons -- certainly nothing from a network comes close. Season 3 is unbelievable and a scene on a train from ep 4 or 5 is masterful in its use of shadows.

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love and great picks

[@Ameerhamzaminhas]

Wow I am learning a lot from you. Can you make a tutorial for bmpcc 4k

[@theqazman]

same rules will apply brother. I have many lesson and a whole module on cameras in my masterclass.

[@guillermovaccarezza7105]

Hi Qazi, thanks for the conssitent excelente and helpful work! Question regarding shot matching: Do you ever use groups or you prefer to go shot by shot copying the grading from previous shots?

[@victorkultashov6576]

One of the best lessons. Thanx.

[@adrianfelipeeguiartevelazq7881]

dum question but, how can i select an image so it shows up when i use the window of selected still images. i cant find the option anywhere

[@mohamedsafieldeen5583]

Qazi , could you do a video on the order of nodes , like when to do saturation before contrast or vice versa....Things like that.Thank you

[@theqazman]

Every single video is about that I take you guys through why I place all my notes the way I do. I go way more in depth about that in my master class.

[@Cryovile]

damn this video is hands down the best color grading tutorial ive ever seen. Thank you for sharing.

[@theqazman]

let's go!!!

[@maxuno8524]

It's the film look for me, thank you.

[@KenrickBlock]

Your videos are fantastic. Thank you Qaz!

[@joshmillerdp]

Finally got around to watching this one! Freakin fire dude! I loved both looks!

[@theqazman]

Hell yeah. Me too. Can't pick my fav.

[@ubokakpan]

Hello Qazi! Amazing resources you are putting out there. Only among the very few youtube contents I will give half an hour of my time 🙌 I have a bit of a question I would appreciate your (or anyone's) experience with. Do you think a 10-bit 4:2:2 footage shot in HD will hold up better than an 8-bit 4:2:0 4K downsampled, where the final output is HD? I mean in terms of latitude to push things around. I have a camera that does the later internally, and I want to know if acquiring an old, affordable Atomos Ninja Blade to output HD 10-bit has any advantage over it. Thoughts?

[@theqazman]

Thank you. Absolutely, 10 bit 422 makes a huge huge difference when it comes to color grading. Those are not just numbers.

[@KtmDesignz]

learning so much about color grading from your videos bro! keep it up

[@theqazman]

Thanks! Will do!

[@teamboaz3466]

Important Question: Is being a colorist more of a learned technique or an art form? When i color, i don't see where i'm going i just let it take me.

[@theqazman]

practice makes perfect. Keep pushing and you'll start picking up patterns.

[@TSC.Productions]

Question! you chose the rec lut that was warmer and then made it colder in color wheels. why not just choose the cooler rec ? Also great content

[@theqazman]

it's not just about warmer or cooler there are some major inherent differences that why I chose the one I did.

[@MadM4F14]

Massiv work. Beautiful.

[@theqazman]

Thank you.

[@iacovos]

Hey Qazi, great content as always. If you're looking for ideas for videos maybe do a grading video for wedding films. There's a lot of wedding filmakers out there that use Luts, it would be great to see a manual approach by a pro to take their footage to the next level.

[@theqazman]

I already did. It's called the clean white. It's the free training. Link is in the description of every video.

[@iacovos]

@@theqazman I watched that and it was great. I'm talking about a couple of looks though that are really popular Luts. I.e. the White in Revery Luts.

[@jiawenxu6351]

Thanks for the amazing video, just wonder why do you always keep the lut node in the middle part instead of put it in the first node before exposure? Cause you are doing everything after the lut node, does that order change anything?

[@theqazman]

Because of all the reasons why I explained it in the video.

[@tinybou]

Amazing video man! I often have the problem that there are similar colors as the skin in the other parts of the shot.. Then making a key for the skin gets tricky.. How would you deal with that?

[@StaticJaFilms]

its its 8 bit its really hard, but one trick is to create a power window around the subject then track and then soften the blur radius appropriately back with the ground, even if its 8 bit, hope that helped. sorry just seeing this

[@fabioroncal8763]

hey man, great videos, i just started with Davinci, and your videos really got me into, i just wanted to know if you have made or you could do a video about commercial workflow, some tips about exporting settings for TVC, social media , good practices etc. thanks a lot!

[@theqazman]

Watch my how to grade a TV commercial video

[@mileschizi]

Is it legal to add nodes after the u applied LUTS?

[@JustinRomeyn]

Absolutely fantastic. Killin it my man

[@theqazman]

Thanks, brother.

[@adrianmack9542]

Nice visuals and I just subscribed to your channel.... I have a question do you think that the canon eos r could look this good in canon c-log because it canon match the c200

[@theqazman]

thanks. it can get close

[@andreacabral3996]

Incredible as always!

[@theqazman]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@KasaiFilms8]

How would the final image look if you made it warm instead of cool? Instead of the blue flip it orange/yellow of fluorescents.

[@theqazman]

different than this I can tell you that

[@manualsstudio8888]

Hi! Really like your way of teaching! Subscribed!!

[@theqazman]

Awesome, thank you!

[@pratik8767]

My quarantine is way more productive because of your videos and I was about to ask you about The Witcher, Please create one or Two more looks from it.

[@theqazman]

I have. Check out my popular movie looks playlist.

[@bharatbiswa3112]

Man this is just insane. Love your every single vid. Respect!

[@theqazman]

thanks

[@AshraafM]

Man this page need 500k subs at least. Super good!

[@theqazman]

ain't nothing but the truth

[@abdulrahmanhatemelgohary6906]

Nice video In deliver page in davinci 16 l don't have H.265 and prores Can you help me to repair this problem ? What should I do in this case?

[@theqazman]

that might be a paid version thing not sure

[@AesonRose]

GREAT VIDEO! Keep it up, super insightful use of qualifiers.

[@theqazman]

Thanks

[@YuvalAloni]

Qazi, great video as always thank you, appreciate it ♥ Will you make a tutorial on film emulation, please?

[@theqazman]

This was it. I used a film emulation LUT

[@YuvalAloni]

@@theqazman Oh yea I know, but I mean like a more in-depth dedicated video on that. Explaining the film curve and everything

[@cappythana]

AWESOME, thank you for another value bomb Qazi!

[@theqazman]

You know it brother

[@Felix_FLX]

19:35 why do u do that in the Log tab and not in the Primaries?

[@LegacyBridge]

Have you toyed around with saturation and hues on darker and lighter skintones in the same frame? Did you isolate (qualify) each by using two separate nodes? Take the skintones from this and add someone like the gymnast (I think it was Simone Biles) that you used in another tute for example.

[@theqazman]

That's why it's really important to have a balanced image before going into using your qualifiers and once you do then it's not hard it is as easy as how you see it in my videos.

[@daaldaci91]

Hi Qazi!! Your videos are amazing! I'm a beginner in the color grading world. I want to learn about the definitions of all you use in your tutorials: What is gamma? what is gain? what is hue? and all of that. Could you tell me where can I learn all this concepts? I want to be objective when I have to take decisions. Sorry my english! I'm watching you from Ecuador

[@filmreif3941]

Crazy good, thank you!!

[@nandoferri2]

Can you tell us about the lighting? You were using something to light people or only ambient light?

[@theqazman]

I didn't shoot it but I am assuming there is some sort of light that's separating them from the bg

[@HispanicAt7heDisco]

Would love to see some of Netflix's Peaky Blinders, particularly their brighter shots. I am absolutely in love with the grade they did for the scene on S2E6 at 24:10. I can't wrap my head around it.

[@theqazman]

its on the list

[@JonWrightMusicTV]

Dude this is so inspiring - thanks for providing such great great content 👍

[@theqazman]

Of course. 💪🏾

[@evanharrison7376]

Here's a question, whenever I pull keys, it always is messed up in way or another. No matter the shot or anything. I'm learning so much from these videos and everything goes well until I need to pull my keys. It never works. I adjust, adjust and adjust some more but it just screws it up. Nothing is every perfect on the face. It's so frustrating. How can I fix this process? Is there something that I'm missing??

[@CharliePr1nce]

that's totaly dope! consistently and clearly! thank you very much, dude! it's realy helps a lot!

[@theqazman]

you got it brother

[@gsp7937]

its just Awesome🔥

[@BhataktaManav]

Brother, you are just amazing. Thank you so much for being with us.

[@theqazman]

It's my pleasure

[@YannParodi]

Very good, i keep learning. Thank you for your time ! Be safe

[@theqazman]

Thanks. Will do. You too, brother.

[@zaiddagamseh]

Hi Waqas! Love the tutorials. I signed up for your free training but I can't download the work files anywhere. Is this intentional? Can we download the files for this tutorial?

[@e.m.c.weddingfilmsphotogra2680]

Hi, Do you have a link to the Kodak LUT?

[@theqazman]

It comes with Resolve for free

[@SylvainDidier]

Great tutorial, really love it. Just one simple question: you are grading a full image (including black bars), so when you add noise, you add noise on the black bars. Why do you use the format of the image (which is not 16/9)? It will be more easy to see what happen on the blacks in the scope? Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@theqazman]

Ultimately it won't be a problem because you will match the timeline to the clip size but here I had my talking head that was in 16:9 in the same project so I was lazy and didn't do that 😀

[@KeatonWard]

Man I loved the tutorial and I don't even use Resolve. I hope in a future tutorial we can get the same footage so grade it with you!

[@theqazman]

I can share footage publicly but tons of footage in my masterclass

[@KeatonWard]

@@theqazman Cool! I think I just signed up for a webinar!

[@adamboozer5215]

another great episode Qazi! Quick question....why use the film look LUT in this process? I've enjoyed how you haven't used any LUTS in previous episodes.

[@theqazman]

It was necessary and also I like to show you all newer ways to color grade

[@jamaldpeat7950]

dude, I like your work, you're like a wizard. looking for a good display on a budget for color grading any tips?

[@theqazman]

LG OLED

[@jamaldpeat7950]

@@theqazman thx man

[@alexsmedile]

This is crazy stuff!! Thanks for showing a new method 😉😉

[@theqazman]

Of course. You're welcome.

[@ekphotography]

Hey thanks for the videos! I am grading a music video and when I put 3 simple nodes and put the lut on the 3rd then try to adjust the second node for shadows and highlights it react weird? Stretches out the mid times or when I try to bring up the shadows a little bc the lut pushed it below the “safe” area, the shadows don’t move up normally, they get like stretched or act differently. I also noticed like this node before the Lut has like a qualifier layer on it? Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Thank you!!

[@roosmith6]

Waqas man this is epic! I love these commercial vs. film grading tutorials :) Thanks so so much for putting these out! I'd love to see you color grade something from S-log2 on one on the Sony a7 cameras since I feel like everything I do makes the image fall apart...

[@theqazman]

Watch the free training brother. exactly what you looking for.

[@o0OmrmusicO0o]

hey bro could u also make some tuts for footage of cameras like sony a7 iii? pls!!!! so semi professionell people like me can step up their game also

[@theqazman]

I have. The Witcher one was a7 iii

[@varghamehregan1183]

How do you add grain ?!🤔

[@breeku]

Go to libary and drag "Film grain" to youre node. This is only in paid version though

[@vladimirsoic4429]

Great work, as always. Btw, I would say True detective season 3 is one of the best color works I've seen in recent years. Incredible creamy colors. Maybe you could touch on that?

[@theqazman]

that's a great one

[@liberabodasecuador9924]

Where I can fin good information about the different nodes DR have?, I don’t understand to much I I see a lots of tutorials and never says to much about it, I don understand for example why you put a parallel or layer nodes in particular this are the two O don’t understand when I need to use , I can’t see to much difference if I use serial

[@theqazman]

In my masterclass 😀

[@ekphotography]

Thanks for the video.. I have the latest Davinci Studio paid... But I don't have that LUT, actually there is not even a Folder Film Looks...? Are you on V15? Or did they take it out on V16? Thank you

[@theqazman]

I wouldn't know. They've always been there since resolve 8

[@ekphotography]

Waqas Qazi ok, thanks!! They are not in my version, there is a Kodak 2383

[@MarkDecile]

Hey! Loving your content it's really helping me become a better colorist! But, I was wondering if you could do a video on editing 'One Take' footage. As you know, these shots have lighting setups that constantly change which greatly affects your color in the image. I think it can help a lot of your audience as the techniques within this tutorial can be applied to every project.

[@theqazman]

I have a masterclass for that and much more.

[@CristianCalhoun]

M-A-G-I-C!!! :) Master, would this "skin vs skin" trick work at 8 bit shots too? :) Thank you!!!

[@theqazman]

yes

[@RAWFILMMKRS]

Amazing work as always!

[@theqazman]

Thanks

[@djo.vd.socials]

THANKS FOR DOING THIS!

[@theqazman]

Of course!!

[@UnboundedSouls]

Awesome content! Always something new to learn from your videos :) Thank you!!

[@theqazman]

Thank you. Had a ton of fun putting it together.

[@alexsmedile]

Can you make a tutorial about the good old classic film look?😍🎥 Can't really find anything useful online. (Examples: Jaws, Jurassic Park, Good Will Hunting, Stand By Me, or any good 70s 80s movie look). Thanks Qazi

[@theqazman]

Those are just straight up film emulation with balancing not much grading.

[@Makta972]

Very nice. Can you do one on my favorite movie : HEAT please.

[@theqazman]

that's a good one

[@kolecava]

Whats the song btw Waqas? Cheers for the depth of knowledge as always :)

[@alaybadai960]

what commercial is it?

[@tanmayluthia4168]

Please do one for money heist, would love to see that

[@theqazman]

I'll check it out

[@EmmadMunif]

Awesome content, you make learning fun. Subbed!

[@theqazman]

Thank you

[@EmmadMunif]

​@@theqazman Please do an episode on your favorite youtube channels related to film. Peace.