Reading Scopes & Correcting White Balance in Davinci Resolve 16

[@god-lightbulb]

Hi Marcel, I have a newbie question: how do you compare the advantages of this full-control, complex method, compared to using an X-Rite Colorchecker? I am just wanting to do studio videos in a controlled lighting environment, so I wonder whether this detailed method will be better for me or using an X-Rite Colorchecker?

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Hey RT!! This is a great question and I should have mentioned this in the video. The color checker is ALWAYS the most accurate way to white balance in Resolve. I will definitely make a video on this soon... The techniques in this video are just alternatives for run & gun shooting or when you dont have the option for a white balance card and/or colorchecker

[@god-lightbulb]

Hi Marcel,@@TheModernFilmmaker, I use a Fujifilm camera that has nice film simulations. Also, Canon cameras are meant to have nice out-of-the-camera colors. It seems that if we use an X-Rite colorchecker that the uniqueness of the Fujifilm or Canon colors would be overridden by the Colorchecker? Is that right? Is it true that using a Colorchecker removes the uniqueness of the particular brand of camera being used, and conforms it effectively to the Colorcheck's color scheme? What if we want to maintain the Fujifilm color simulation?

[@caspiansfriend]

I never knew how beneficial it is to temporarily take the Lum Mix setting to 0. Very cool. This video also helped me to understand how to read a parade scope; most importantly, how to make adjustments while reading it. Thanks!

[@mirrorlessmemory]

Dude, you are the first person I’ve come across to make this so easy to understand. Most other people showing content like this assume you know what all these scopes mean already. Thank you so much for making this kind of content! I learned so much in 20 min than I have hours of researching this!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you for the kind words Jose!! Happy to help! I have some great new tutorials coming soon 👊✌

[@caspiansfriend]

20:25 "color grading" ==therapeutic. Indeed! I'm using this video to create a checklist for myself, beginner that I am. For this video really helped me to better understand white balance.

[@manuelpolitis7123]

Marcel - I have been editing for a long time now. I started out with the old CMX and 40 + years ago - worked my way through avid, premiere, & final cut... now as a retired guy I wanted to take my pandemic time and take a look at Resolve. There are couple of guys on KZbin who have a grasp of the program and can teach it. You are defiantly in that group. I like the way you take your time with aspects of the program and fully explain why you are doing what you are doing. Seeing someone so young have an understanding and command of this aspect of the business is reassuring for someone like me who sometimes thinks that the fundamentals of the industry are being set aside by many of the new people coming in. Keep up the good work - I will recommend your channel to those who ask me about who to follow.

[@danquixote6072]

Can’t believe 20 minutes flew by so quickly. That was so useful. I watch tonnes of KZbin videos on Davinci and I’d say when it comes to color grading, you are the go-to guy - That right combination of geek and cool. Merry Christmas.

[@murallod]

Love the deep dive in white balancing in Resolve. I am glad you showed the different ways to do it. So many times I rely on the sampling a white area of the frame and hoping the program does it for me. I appreciate you going over the correct way to read the values in the parade. Always top notch tutorials Marcel!! Peace!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you!! I really appreciate you taking the time to share some kind words 😁👊✌

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Careful with moving midtones to balance the parade - midtone mix of the rgb is what makes the color of her blouse the correct color - Like balancing a sky - there is always going to be way more blue in the parade then there will be red or green. I see quite a few tuts out there that new users might find confusing. The white balance you did on the curves looked close to me.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you Jim! I appreciate you taking to time to share some insight here. I myself am still constantly learning

[@budgetsmartgear1167]

Nicely done! Always something new to learn!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you for the comment 🙏👊✌

[@budgetsmartgear1167]

@@TheModernFilmmaker You're welcome!

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Brilliant. I always find new techniques for controlling the colors in the color grading process in your walkthroughs.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you Todd!

[@johnhaynes9910]

Nice one, that was a really helpful tutorial, I will now go and practice all that until I properly get my head around it. I enjoy your work, you have a very good presentational style that keeps a really good balance between you the person and your content, it works very well because you only have to look across other KZbin channels to appreciate that this is a difficult "harmony" to strike.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you very much John!! Enjoy the journey my friend 👊✌

[@caneisius]

Marcel you've convinced me to sub. This video is definitely one of your best, and was very helpful. Been looking for a simple way to understand white balancing with the scopes, and I can finally do some white balancing on my footage. Thank you very much, and I hope to see more quality content!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you Charles!! I really appreciate the sub! Happy to help, many mote tutorials on the way. 👊✌

[@RonS]

Was about time that you are back with a grading tut!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

😁

[@films-prodcom]

Boom so clear explanation mate

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you 👊✌

[@MVREZZIK]

Love your channel! Thank you so much. I have just switched from premier pro and have learned more watching your videos than I I knew in premier. You are a life saver. 🤙

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

That is awesome!! Glad I can help 👊✌

[@edancohen3461]

I always get a usable tip from your vids. As always, thanks!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you Edan!! 👊✌

[@souljah9e]

I haven't watched the video yet but I pressed like just for the support bro! Keep up the good work man! It's a pleasure to learn from from someone who knows what they're talking about 💯💯 💯

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you so much for your support A2!! I appreciate you! 👊✌

[@docsponderings1515]

You really explain things well. Thanks so much for another excellent video!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you thank you! 👊✌

[@MirkoCastellani]

Wowwww Marcel it is Fantastic 😍😍😍

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you very much Mirko!! 😁✌

[@michaelangelo0305]

Very good video buddy ! Appreciate it

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you 🙏👊✌️

[@VidHeadz]

I love these tutorials. Great work!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you!! 😁✌

[@KayakFishingAddict]

Absolutely phenomenal presentation for those of us just learning how to do this. I'm still trying to figure out how you picked a midtone point in the parade to balance after you aligned/balanced the obvious hump in the lows. Can you please explain more about what your eye is looking at in the parade on all three RGB channels when you're making the tweaks to each channel during the balance?

[@skyrocker71]

Thank you for your time and teachings 👍🏻

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

👊✌

[@Vazata28]

I love it! Its so understandable!😍

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you for the comment!! 👊✌

[@STGFilmmakers]

Good job in the breakdown bro learned a ton. Thanks

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you STG!

[@manoj238]

This is great stuff and really helpful.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Happy to help Manoj!! Thank you for the comment! 👊✌

[@dennismenace4188]

Hey mate thanks for the tutorial - what camera/codec was this shot on?

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

It still shocks to me say this but this is a GH5 mp4 in the Cinelike D profile... Also the screen capture in this video was at 1080 and I upscaled it to 4k for KZbin. So you aren't even seeing nearly how good the full 4k quality was. You can check out the actual video for SteelFit @ themodernfilmmaker.com

[@dennismenace4188]

@@TheModernFilmmaker thanks for that. I'm shooting on a Sony A7Riii and am still amazed by how much I can away with in resolve even though it's a shitty codec.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

@@dennismenace4188 that's a great camera from what I have seen. Give yourself enough light and the possibilities are really outstanding. I need to get my hands on some s-log footage

[@oisiwin]

Thank you so much for this Marcel

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

You are welcome! Thanks for the comment 👊✌

Great info for a noob like me, thanks mate!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Glad to help Ali! Thanks for the comment 👊✌

[@melanienolley]

Outstanding!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you!! 👊✌

[@shubha_mittal5774]

Can you make a video explaining how the frame rates work?

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Yes I can!!

[@gabrielelias983]

Where you at man? Waiting for more videos!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

I have been working Gabriel but also working for you all. New tutorials on the way very soon!! 🙏✌

[@genexfashion3580]

thanks bro for making me understand scopes ok being an armature would like to learn total davinci i am following you since month but never heard you patiently as you speak to fast which being indian difficult to understand now today listened you and understood you style so please tell me which viedo to start with to learn to edit like pro

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you GENEX!! Check this video out kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGW7dWSvbJplaas

[@matteosivilotti9800]

Hi Marcel, I just got a A6400, I spent my good amount of time in your and other channel to learn the basics about Davinci and did some nice work with Gorpo footage already. First day with the A6400 I chose to shoot photo and video in raw HLG BT2020 unfortunately when i came back home I realized pretty quick that somehow in all the content I watched i missed the fact that Davinci can't handle ARW sony raw. I tried to convert them in Jpg or DNG before but I don't get anymore the nice flat image you all work with... What am I doing wrong or missing. Sorry for the long question.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

I have not worked with ARW. I would love for someone to send me a nice clip(wink wink) so I could dig into it more. Once you turn the video into a DNG sequence you should be able to go into the RAW settings in the color tab and get you image flat again by inputting your footage info into the RAW settings.

[@larrycoleman01]

I'm new to resolve and just learning color. Simple question: How did you zoom in to take your white balance reading.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

You can use the mouse wheel while hovering over the preview screen to zoom in.

[@larrycoleman01]

@@TheModernFilmmaker Thanks

[@vinhdo1609]

awsome. i would have a question why wouldnt we use that lightsource to white balance since it prettey much whiter than the white on the shirt?.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

A light source is typically not true white, it's just blown out and has a higher luminance than can be displayed. That is why it looks white but even if the white balance is off the lights that are blown out will still be white.

[@RichLuvAsia]

Awesome video

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you Rich! 👊✌️

[@ibbu1086]

Love you bro . You are so cool.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Love you too Ibra 👊✌

[@caspiansfriend]

One more comment... question, actually. What are your thoughts on version 18 studio's Auto Color Balancing feature? You touched on it in another video, but would you consider a video that goes deeper into auto-balance. I have tried it using a splitter/converter node and balancing each of the R, G, and B. That helps a lot in most situations. But there are times when that approach seems to introduce a lot of noise. For me, correcting the noise is OK, as long as there isn't too much of it.

[@arsh0603]

Nice video again man! Where can I download this training footage :)

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

I will soon be providing free footage a long with my tutorials so you all can follow along and practice 😁✌

[@arsh0603]

@@TheModernFilmmaker Thank you man.

[@ThePockProc]

The classic pause in speech when talking about the "shirt" lol

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

🤣 thanks for the comment bro 👊✌

[@MichaelKellermahn]

ЧУВАК ТЫ ВАЩЕ МЕГА КРУТОЙ!

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

🤣😎 thank you! 👊✌

[@MichaelKellermahn]

@@TheModernFilmmaker Real, your color style - it's a space level high, top class!

[@thefullmonte1902]

So valuable, thanks! :)

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thanks for the comment my friend 👊✌

[@lewis5342]

If you won't mind, I would love to ask you to share the videos that you edit so we can practice on it as well.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

I will start doing this soon. So far I have been using really production footage that the companies would not let me release to the public. Moving forward I plan to allow access to all the footage in future tutorials.

[@lewis5342]

@@TheModernFilmmaker thank u very much sir!

[@olegseliverstov7217]

Always interested what to do if there is nothing white on the shot

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

If there is nothing white in the shot and did not use a color checker or while balance card, I would try to get the blacks level in the scopes

[@ryansulak]

the actual step by step instructions to white balance start at 12:57. I like what you had to say in this video but you should create timestamps for people who just want to get to the information

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

You are right, I always forget how useful timestamps are 🙈 thank you for the comment! 👊✌

[@shubha_mittal5774]

do you think that one can learn vfx through online courses without any help from some institute. this is i know out of the video context question but i am really confuse about how to start up with all the learning stuff. if you can help than it would be really great.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Yes you can!!! I never went to school or went to any classes for videography and managed to build a nice business for myself just reading and watching things online.

[@shubha_mittal5774]

@@TheModernFilmmaker thanks for the motivation

[@SOLDMIKE]

good stuff

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you! 👊✌

[@mikeennis8820]

Awesome

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Thank you!

[@AmitabhJangra]

Intro Music Name ??

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

The song is called Harmony, I found it at No Copywrite Sounds

[@AmitabhJangra]

@@TheModernFilmmaker Thank You for Music name and your Voice and Tutorials are awesome. Subbed and Liked.

[@l1seq886]

Hay

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Hello!! 👊✌

[@kennethcook1085]

Something wrong with her back?

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

I don't think so... Casey Samsel is an international fitness model 🤷‍♂️ so she usually gets paid because she looks so "right" lol

[@kennethcook1085]

@@TheModernFilmmaker I guess working hard to get down to 0% body fat and then walking around with your back in a C shape to try to push your chest and your butt out is a thing. I’m sure she’s fit though. P.s. Thanks for all the tutorials and you have a great voice.

[@petrub27]

video starts at 12:59 he uses the pipette to white balance the image wtf :((( and look at the rgb values when he picks something '' grey''....the red channel is way to high, that's not grey dude then he says the white balance is not great also, before white balance you have establish the contrast and he did not do that; it's in the manual man, redo this video

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Everyone has a different technique. On my channel I don't teach "the one and only way to do things" I teach the way I do things. It's a FREE video haha take from it what you can and move on

[@PappySolo]

Dude I’m begging you begging you,please use black people in your videos,I’m saying this because I live in Africa and all the people in my videos are black.

[@TheModernFilmmaker]

Ok will do! I just gotta get more footage of black people. Maybe you can send me some clips to [e-mail]

[@PappySolo]

@@TheModernFilmmaker OK