Realistic Film Emulation Texture with MTF in DaVinci Resolve

[@PawFromTheBroons]

That frequency separation idea was most excellent

[@marietafarfarova]

Glad you think so, thank you!

[@andyspacey]

Every day is a school day. I love how technical and simple your teaching style is on every video.

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you so much! I put a lot of thought and effort in making complex topics simple so I'm glad it's coming across!

[@duhyunko6807]

Thank you for the video. It’s the most refined, technical, yet easy-to-understand video I’ve seen since I started learning color grading. And it’s not even that long. I can’t imagine how much preparation went into making this video, but I hope to see more great videos from you in the future.

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you very much for your kind and thoughtful comment, Duhyun! I put a lot of time in writing my scripts and creating my edits aiming to provide clear yet concise explanations. I'm so glad that's come across!

[@tylerm6747]

Love resolve, but I’ve always been jealous of Baselight’s texture equalizer tool. This seems like a great substitute. Thanks for all the great texture tips on this channel

[@pollloxxx]

I found the using a mix of both work very well, because, is the frequency separation works small textures beautiful, but the edge detect method work best for edges of the images, (like the name says haha), so I configure edge detect for big details and put some blur very subtle and frequency separation for small details like skin level . for me work really well. Congratulations for your channel

[@marietafarfarova]

That sounds great! And thank you!

[@thedouglasdutton]

Fantastic presentation of the MTF curve and techniques to emulate it Marieta!❤

[@marietafarfarova]

I appreciate you so much, thank you, Douglas!

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Nicely done - There are a few OFX that do frequency separation, they are difficult to actually set up though. I applaud the complexity of this tutorial. Seems to be a fresh take on the esthetics of a film look. Thank you.

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you very much, Jim, I appreciate it! I actually considered including Texture Pop OFX as an option for recreating an MTF curve but the visual result is slightly different so I decided to exclude it.

[@manuelsweingarten]

Great one Marieta! Love the way you combined the theoretical with the hands on part. 👏 Well done

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you, Manuel! 😊

[@arthurangenendt8959]

Omg, thank you for stopping me from blurring all my videos hahahahah

[@marietafarfarova]

Hahaha, you're welcome!

[@Charles-Elie]

This is awesome ! First time I've seen something like this done and it's fantastic!

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you, I'm so glad you found this useful!

[@nelsonpuello8722]

Both informative and entertaining. Thank you for this unique insight that I had never heard of (MTF), and for providing the technical background for it. Very clever way to implement it in Resolve.

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you, I'm so glad to hear you found it useful!

[@AlHawaniTV]

Hi Marieta, Is it possible with a download link for a powergrade?

[@marietafarfarova]

Sure, here you go: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1947XArQts-dMzl0HvRRstWZx4N3d0QM0?usp=sharing

[@ZURISADDAI]

@@marietafarfarova Good looks Marieta! You're amazing!

[@Falorepus]

Finally, an important Video to Cinematic Look on KZbin not that Dehancer, Film Look Creator S.... thank you so much

[@marietafarfarova]

You're very welcome!

[@watzmaaname]

This is overkill for me but I loved how technical it was and your ease in presenting the topic! Good stuff.

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you!

[@SenthilManikandan]

That was amazing. Subscribed ❤

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you so much!

[@christophervargas4011]

Great video! I’m definitely going to try out this technique. I would love to see a video on creating sharpness, like the Beef example. If you know of videos on KZbin touching on that subject, that would be extremely helpful! 1:00

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you! Qazi actually covers a cool technique that sharpens just the high frequencies in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmWTq6ampJ6kY5Ysi=BJJtbZQ4sPEXqNX-&t=520 You can get better results if you also do your sharpening operations to the L channel only. So for example, if you switch the colour space of your node to LAB (Cie), then turn off channels 2 & 3 and this way you'd be applying sharpening just to the luminance channel.

[@mpdmultimedia]

Loved your teachings. Am an intermediate colorist and your teachings helps a lot. Looking forward to see a technique if you want to do the opposite of mtf

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you! Of course, you can use both techniques to do exactly the opposite - add sharpness to high frequencies.

[@Jeronnimooo]

Great lecture, thank you!

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you for your lovely comment!

[@JanKowalski-nm1jh]

A great and clear lecture with an excellent practical example - I will be looking forward to the next one - best regards

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you very much!

[@FilthyBadger]

Lovely video! I liked. I subscribed.

[@MrThio]

Hello, Thank you very much for this video ! For method number 2, how do you do the reverse, to detect the low frequencies, so that you can modify the sharpness of the low frequencies ?

[@marietafarfarova]

You're very welcome. If you create a new serial node after the Low Frequency Threshold node or if you use the Null node at the bottom right before the Layer Mixer that is set to Add, and add sharpen there, you will be sharpening your low frequencies.

[@kmkx7241]

this is brilliant! i was so suprised why i haven't thought of this before :)

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you!

[@outdoorsinontario3037]

Super wonderful, it works great! Love it! I was just applying like 1 or 2 pieces of blur in a different way but I like urs way better…. It feels more genuinely like film. Thank you!

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you, I'm so glad you think so!

[@eyobmotivo6339]

Very Insightiful content marieta ....Thank you

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you!

[@mustafakamal8608]

I love your breakdow of the element of the look.

[@marietafarfarova]

I'm so glad to hear that, thank you!

[@OneMoreFrame]

Like always perfect tutorial and detail explanation of all.

[@marietafarfarova]

I appreciate you, Martin, thank you!

[@lifewalklens8447]

Wow i learnt this one now what an insight though too technical i really love this thanks a lot

[@marietafarfarova]

I'm so glad, thank you!

[@johannesimmonen2125]

Can I add split toning in this workflow, and if so, where should I put it?

[@marietafarfarova]

Of course! This is just a technique for texture. My usual order of operations is the following: 1. Shot matching (exposure, white balance, secondaries, relighting/power windows) on the Clip level 2) Look development - Contrast, Split toning/palette 3) Secondary look development adjustments - HSL Curves, Color Warper, etc. 4) Texture - Film Grain, Halation, MTF, Sharpening, etc. Hope this helps.

[@johannesimmonen2125]

@@marietafarfarova Yes thanks! I'm trying to make old film look :D

[@Jdtstudio]

Thank you so much for creating and sharing

[@marietafarfarova]

You're very welcome.

[@frenchiecolorgrading]

Super nice one Marieta !!! :)

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you, Chloe!

[@fotosapalancadas1355]

nice tutorial!! what about applying the grain after the technique? I feel like maybe you loose grain if you do the MTF after

[@marietafarfarova]

Yes, 100%. You can do any additional texture work and apply film grain after this.

[@akoabo7]

Did you get the MTF customized node tree from Dado Valentic’s Masterclasses ? That’s where I learned it(years ago), if not what was your source ?

[@marietafarfarova]

Hey, I learned how to build a frequency separation tool initially from Dado Valentic and from Hector Berrebi as well.

[@oskarlarsson3695]

Great video, keep it up! 🙏👌

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you very much!

[@chanclampster]

I've been trying to find something like this for so long. Thank you for explaining it so clearly!! Love how you break it all down. I am also curious if you have a technique for adding grain- maybe it's just me but i feel like i can often tell when fake grain is added. MTF texture should solve some of it, but is there a better technique that transforms the pixels themselves into grain compared to simply overlaying a grain texture? Maybe there's no difference, i really don't know.

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you! Have you tried Dado Valentic's Grainlab? The 'Enable Oversampling' option looks amazing. It feels like it makes the grain a part of the image rather than it sitting on top of it. I'd suggest you watch this demo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jILOgXtjpdCWmZI&ab_channel=ColourTraining I haven't purchased it yet but it looks very promising. Hope this helps!

[@chanclampster]

@@marietafarfarova wow amazing! I'm going to try it in combination with your mtf node tree on a music video that is shot half digital and half 16mm :)

[@EzraaaDave]

This is amazing wow! I learned alot

[@marietafarfarova]

I'm so glad to hear that, thank you!

[@Tonelf]

very hard core, really good method

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you for the lovely comment, Tonelf!

[@Cinnovations]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@marietafarfarova]

You're very welcome!

[@rgbhishek]

you are awesome! thanks for this.

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you! You are very welcome.

[@johnsaxz]

Thank you Marieta you are God sent fr

[@AkinAkinrinwa]

These are good stuffs...well done

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you!

[@justincase8731]

wouldve been great to see how you constructed the node tree

[@marietafarfarova]

It made more sense to build it first and then break it down rather than trying to explain it as I’m putting it together.

[@amrit_vr]

i loved your previous video about saturation, downloaded and watching several time to learn it. please please make a video about TEAL ORANGE Look , it would be best to learn from you.

[@diegochak]

Thank you for the teaching !

[@marietafarfarova]

You’re very welcome.

[@AlbertKarhuFilms]

THANK you, ma'am!

[@marietafarfarova]

You're very welcome!

[@AlbertKarhuFilms]

@@marietafarfarovaas a beginner hobbyist colorist i want to understand what i am doing and WHY im doing it. Your videos have helped me tremendously!!

[@SamudithaDilshan99]

Excellent Video

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you!

[@thakurdas5898]

wonderful tutorial

[@marietafarfarova]

I appreciate it, thank you so much!

[@wbynan]

Amazing video!

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you!

[@dantecorbett2221]

Did you shoot 4:3 or 16:9 and then cropped with an overlay?

[@marietafarfarova]

This footage is from Artlist captured in 6144x3160. You can find the clip here: artlist.io/stock-footage/story/the-indian-summer/18443

[@surgeonbeats4563]

Amazing episode thank you 🙏

[@marietafarfarova]

I'm so glad you found it useful, thank you!

[@elenakulikova9493]

So informative!

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you, Elena!

Hello Marieta, thanks for this great video. What about the Soften and Sharpen tool from resolve ? Can we achieve the same thing with this ?

[@marietafarfarova]

You can achieve similar results with Resolve's Soften & Sharpen, Texture Pop (I'd use the Advanced Mode) and Blur - Sharpen tab by controlling the Coring Softness and Level values.

Interesting, thanks. Still, your process seems even faster! :)

[@VladislavNovickij]

Perfect episode 🤗 Thank You 👌

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you so much, Vladislav!

[@jhonesreece4946]

Very nice color grading in DaVinci resolve 🎉🎉🎉

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you!

[@jhonesreece4946]

@@marietafarfarova make again more of tutorial on color grading

[@daylanjones]

This is great Marieta! Question. Why don't prefer LOG-C over DWG? I'm curious.

[@marietafarfarova]

Hey Daylan, thank you! I prefer the ODT transform of Arri's technical LUT compared to Resolve's CST (regardless if it's converting from DWG or LogC3 to Rec709). Personally, I find that Arri's LUT produces much better skin tones and it remaps the rest of the hues in a more pleasing way too.

[@MusaonYT]

Why do you use Arri LogC3 as your color space and not DaVinci Wide Gamut or ACES? Are there any benefits to Arri that the other two color spaces don't have?

[@marietafarfarova]

The benefit to using Arri LogC3 as a timeline working space to me is their beautiful colour science. I prefer the starting point I get with Arri's technical LUT that outputs to Rec709 over any other ways of converting an image to Rec709 including a CST to convert from LogC3 to Rec709. The result is different. I love how their technical LUT affects skin tones mostly and how it remaps the rest of the hues in my image as well. It's just a personal preference though. There is no right or wrong here.

[@MusaonYT]

@@marietafarfarova Fair enough. Wouldn’t CST be a technically better way of outputting to Rec709 instead of using a LUT?

[@marietafarfarova]

@@MusaonYT No. Both are technically accurate.

[@ahmadmohsin0]

i do the MTF in fusion you can do skin retouch and skin tone better there what do you think?

[@marietafarfarova]

Hey, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to answer your question as I don't use Fusion.

[@harikrishdop]

Loved It! Giving away your powergrades would be even nicer😅

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you! Sure, you can download the powergrade from this link: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1947XArQts-dMzl0HvRRstWZx4N3d0QM0?usp=sharing

[@harikrishdop]

@@marietafarfarova Thanks a lot!

[@oldman1517]

Excellent!

[@marietafarfarova]

Glad you liked it!

[@tsedatcan]

This video is... clever...

[@PriestlyEdits]

ingenious

[@marietafarfarova]

Thanks!

[@deepmusic2456]

Awesome

[@marietafarfarova]

Thank you!

[@stefanocson6237]

great

[@marietafarfarova]

@@stefanocson6237 Thank you!

[@jaberalsanea1494]

👍👍👍👍

[@ZooDinghy]

I am not so sure whether it looks more cinematic. It looks a bit more like a digital painting to me.

[@marietafarfarova]

@@ZooDinghy Duly noted. Everything in colour grading is subjective. 🙌

[@ZooDinghy]

@@marietafarfarova Perhaps I would have to see it on different footage. But it's also possible that you don't get the same frequency rolloff this way. Thanks for the video!

[@AkshayShetty-d4x]

FROM WHERE WE GET THAT LUTS

[@marietafarfarova]

What LUT? There are no LUTs used in this grade so I'm unsure what you mean.

[@AkshayShetty-d4x]

@@marietafarfarova i mean the arri lut

[@marietafarfarova]

@@AkshayShetty-d4x From here: www.arri.com/en/learn-help/learn-help-camera-system/tools/lut-generator

[@AkshayShetty-d4x]

@@marietafarfarova THANKS MAM

[@억투더장]

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[@joelstrom7128]

Sorry, no way to understand the second option.. ;-)

[@hisakakiyang]

🍉

[@gettriggered8404]

wait so none of this would work if i used a sony a7iv slog 3 ?..

[@marietafarfarova]

It does not matter what the camera is, it would work on any footage, of course.

[@kafir706]

Damn! This tutorial is seriously freely available on KZbin? 🥹❤️

[@marietafarfarova]

That's so kind, thank you!