The secret to perfect qualifications in DaVinci Resolve!

A simple method for creating smooth, blended qualifications inside DaVinci Resolve! Enjoy!
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[@averypeck]

Enjoy this new quick tip, everyone! Also Shoot and Grade: Stranger Things is right around the corner! Stay tuned!

[@johnreyespinueva3766]

I can't thank you enough for this!

[@karanveersinghcheema329]

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[@nobertmapfoche3088]

FINALLLY SOMEONE WHO REALLY KNOWS HOW TO EXPLAIN ...yessssss had to make a statement in block letter, youre the real deal man

[@MrN10cT]

Short, sweet, and to the point! I just subscribed to your channel yesterday. And I love how simple and easy you make your tutorials. I'm buying Davinci Resolve bc of your tutorials and word ethics. Great work!!! So, inspiring!

[@AugmentedActor]

You just saved me hours of work. I have struggled so much with qualifiers. And the tip about turning down the key output is something I’ve been trying to figure out...namely how to turn down the harshness of a LUT or other correction node. Thanks!!

[@forlornpreponderance2299]

legit hands down the best colourist davinci channel out there, I've seen a few other high quality ones but their mostly paid tutorials . Salute and respect from an amateur in learning color grading

[@SuperIceteapeach]

Bruh you just saved my future life with just a few simple tips! Insane worthy

[@BhaswarYouTube]

It worked! It just worked!! I was so frustrated with using the qualifier! I was getting all this janky artifacts and flicker throughout the frame while using the qualifier, but your method fixed it!! Thanks a ton, bro!!!! You gained a new subscriber!

[@dominic-ryan]

Can't believe I've missed this video until now. I love that you do short tutorials and moreso that you don't cram too much into them. Hopefully we see more content soon!

[@JamesStevensonPhoto]

Instant sub from the first video I saw - love the concise, clear way you talk through the process. If I have one bit of feedback, it would be just to kill the music during the main instruction and just have it at the start or the end - or something more ambient. Please don't take this as a critique against all the hard work and effort you're clearly putting into your videos, just feedback! Your videos are exceptionally good and I'm excited to see more and go through your back catalogue! All the best from Vancouver BC!

[@christianmadihano521]

Still watching this in 2021 and it's still one of my best youtube tutorial . We Miss your content it has been long

[@JoschKI]

You are doing amazing tutorials by not only klicking through, but explaining how it technically works. This helps to understand instead of only commiting to memory. Great work! Keep on please.

[@thefilthyswede]

I love you Avery, saved me on my project several times. Keep coming back to refresh my mind.

[@reelsportrd]

I love how straight to the point your tutorials are!

[@MSVISUALS]

You just opened my eyes! I always fiddled with the softness by myself, it is such a time consuming process and sometimes you still can't get rid of the noise. Will definitely try this in future gradings! And I know this video is quite old, but I had to say thank you for this! 😊👍

[@averypeck]

Glad it was helpful for you!

[@Wesleydssantos]

Thank you so much, Avery. I was doing a selection of a window and the correction that i apply to it was flicking/flashing, and your tip to smooth the saturation low and high solve it.

[@victorfilm_]

Best explanation ever! Short and to the point!

[@ncrstudio3108]

wow! I'm new to Davinci Resolve (and color grading in general) but this was one of the most useful tutorials I've seen yet! You've just gotten yourself a new subscriber!!! Excellent, to the point, and very clear to understand...just what I need! Thanks so very much!

[@averypeck]

Thank you; glad it helped!

[@nicolom6490]

Woah!!! Smoothing!! Who never would have thought!!

[@jcinewilliams8819]

ive rewatched and Bam! the method just clicked , Thank You so Much for this

[@JakeSimpsonVisuals]

Your videos are truly amazing! There are very few people out there that can teach as well as you do, with such ease

[@reallexfilms]

The best thing I've learnt today. You earn yourself a new Subscriber and a fan bro. Big up

[@matttheodorus4062]

Easily one of the best presenters out there

[@daraeshaghian3160]

Avery Peck is the best!

[@jianzhizhang8333]

I love that you desaturated the skin to 50%! Most "graders" today often overdo their grades and it often results an instagram/video look instead of the cinematic visual that most of us, are trying to achieve. Keep up the good work!

[@ManuelCrosby]

Your videos are probably the most useful grading videos I've come across! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, and looking forward to future installments!

[@averypeck]

+Manuel Crosby Wow, thanks Manuel! We'll have to see about collaborating on a future project; I'm a big fan of your stuff!

[@chrismierzwinski1398]

Thanks for great tutorials Avery. I hope you're shooting more and more. But i'm really looking forward to your video drops.

[@edonave]

GRANDIOSE EXPLANATION, thank you Avery.

[@Nielsc4dtutorials]

Great video! Thanks Avery!

[@mathiastegtmeier9714]

The Andrew Kramer of color grading.Amazing tutorials, thanks a lot!

[@sharpasl307]

These are the kind of videos you get when talent and intelligence come together.

[@whiskycola5185]

as always the samplefotage is super easy ... sometimes light change or skintone colors in the background or clothes, thats are the cases where tips and tricks needed

[@ehsan288]

please keep them coming. it seem you know the imprtant part of problems that others done know or dont explain. Thank you

[@JensChrStrandos]

Excellent. Found your channel a couple of days ago and subscribed after the first video. This is how a video or tutorial should be👍

[@farisarw]

Thanks for tutorial🙏☺ Finally I found the right tutorial

[@v2mofficial521]

My best KZbin Davincii teacher.Shout our from Dubai Avery peck

[@MrCboggs]

this is fantastic!!!Nice work. Nice and clear, easy to understand !!

[@vinloc3854]

AMAZING!!!! i paid for a course from film simplified. It was a great course but I don't don't this was covered. I watched everything but I kept getting grain in my footage for skin tones. YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

[@joshualamont-acs]

Hey mate - loving these new tutorials. Keep the pace going, you're on a roll.

[@ThePeoplesCollective]

Great video man. Was looking for the perfect tutorial for the qualifier

[@Jimbomatic]

Yes I needed this video. Great stuff !

[@CedC-bl5dk]

Outrageous explanation 🔥

[@jarrodbarker]

A bit of clean white & black plus a bit of denoise also really helps

[@ediethesalsafreak]

Great video! Nice explanation. HOWEVER, I did not see the difference between when you started and when you finished. It looks exactly the same. It would really help if you showed up before and after. Thank you so much for all your effort!

[@FKfilmphotography]

Brilliant I'm new to resolve and videos like these are really useful.

[@bctld]

Love your tutorials man, keep it up!

[@SmartPhotoVault]

Nicely done mate!

[@zakirali8721]

yup. ive been using this .. its surely gives fast and smooth results

[@SaguinMedia]

Perfect tutorial; great tip, easy to understand and clearly spoken! Got me to subscribe. :)

[@insidechocolatewithjimothy5313]

Excellent . That was a great video.

[@akoabo7]

These are the tutorials I’m looking for👊🏾👍🏾

[@mfe3038]

Your videos are pure gold. Thank you very much!

[@OkieEkoWardoyo]

amazing tutorial, thanks.

[@ExileCinema]

that was very good and easily understandable. gonna have to try this on my trouble areas in my scuba videos. thanks.... thumbs up and subscribed.

[@jamescasteel8990]

Avery, I think you should get away from the HSL qualifier and try the RGB instead. I think you'll find it works just as well and you won't have to spend so much time on feathering out the noise. You'll obviously spend a little time feathering, but there's much less of a chance of finding that gross grain in your final export when you're done. The HSL might be slightly more "exact" but I tend to only use it when I'm really struggling to latch on to a color.

[@Kadasoyio]

This is GOLD! Thanks a bunch!

[@dodmedia]

So good!!

[@edsbloggingcom]

You’re really good at this! Thx! This is the level I’m looking for!

[@gopolarisstudio]

Really dig it, man! Very to the point but explained! You should release some node theory videos or maybe something basic that you grade and correct from the beginning. (Almost like a "Let's Play".)

[@mansoorbilal992]

avery peck we dont have expensive cameras likes yours it would be great if you can show us color grade process of sony a6500 fotage slog 3 fotage

[@frankherold4745]

Nice intelligent tutorial, especially by not starting with “Hey, what’s up”.

[@dw5549]

wHaTs Up YouTuBeRs!

[@SergeGolikov]

Oh man, a big Amen to that 👍

[@BlenderUnreal]

OMG YES, and special thnx for not SCREAMING: "HEY, WHATS UP!!"

[@musicfrommicksroom]

And not saying "guys" every third word!

[@bobzhang5875]

Thank you , very good video I like it ,straight forward to what I need .

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Another great tutorial. Thanks so much.

[@LesiureBoy]

Bro, you're pretty amazeballzzzzz. Thank you!!!

[@DreamwalkerFilms]

Concise and informative, and your anti-youtuber approach is a breath of fresh air. Thanks for another helpful video!

[@SantanuSaikiaChannel]

Thanks for the video. Your videos make much more sense to me than the others on KZbin or elsewhere. Keep up the good work. May karma be with you. :)

[@davidyanceyjr]

Advanced tutorials on this subject as well as advanced curves usage would be spectacular..

[@Emsyaz]

Awesome dude..love ya man

[@JaymesMedia]

I needed this

[@JoeLancaster]

I like your videos man. I'm a freelance colourist and online editor also and it's always good to see other artists' node methodology. You've given me some good ideas! Btw I notice you don't use the clean black / clean white features in most of your qualification videos. Is it the slight sharp edges it can sometimes produce? They have come in handy a lot for me. I kind of miss the way resolve 12 handled matte noise (single denoise matte slider) but v15 is bringing back a similar function. ;)

[@averypeck]

Thanks man, glad you like the videos! The matte refinement features work well in small doses, but they destroy the falloff from selected areas to non-selected areas. In most cases, I think a qualification that blends smoothly will hold up the best, even if it means trading a little precision. Just a preference thing though; the refinement tools can still be handy depending on the situation!

[@adaliagonzalez8173]

Dude, I love you. Not kidding.

[@CGImagine]

Great again!!! Keep doing it!

[@FabioRubini]

Could you please make a tutorial on this gorgeous teal color correction? And do you do this as job? You're great btw :)

[@averypeck]

Thanks Fabio! Check out my skin tone tutorial; I discuss the basic teal orange grade about halfway through. And yes! I work as a studio DP, editor, and colorist full time.

[@FabioRubini]

Avery Peck Woah looks awesome!!😊 Yeah I saw the video but I‘ve to rewatch it paying more attention..and thanks for the Stranger Thing color grading tutorial I’ve definitely appreciate it; that’s one of my favorite shows.

[@Crimsonengine]

Goods tips! Will try this for sure.

[@danemilsaracanlao7158]

Ahhhhhhhh now I understand that why sometimes my color grading has some kind of pixelated colors. (Only using 8bit camera 😂). Thank you! Hope I can do this correctly

[@just4van]

This guy is the Andrew Kramer (Video Copilot) of Color Grading!! Good Job Buddy!

[@bekirdonmeez]

amazing new thing l learn today thank you

[@frosti7]

very pro! liked the tutorial, Can you advise where to download LOG footage to practice? Thanks!

[@TanTan-dh7gu]

great video mate! could you do a video on color grading a non-log profile of a canon dslr footage? would love to watch it.

[@uspevay_zhit]

Thank you, actual in 2024 too 🚀🚀🚀

[@ozzmanzz]

This is exactly what I was after, thank you!

[@gibblsworthiscool]

great video! one minor nitpick would be to kill the background music when doing a tutorial.

[@iforssberg74]

Thanks for nice tips and tricks. By the way, am I the first one to say you sound very much like Andrew Kramer at videocopilot or maybe he might sound more like you? :)

[@ibbu1086]

Awesome. By the way what’s the background music?

[@carson294]

One question. Do you think this qualification would work in nature with animals? I did try it with tree trunks and it did work.Thanks.

[@jasonbrookshier]

Wow, excellent tutorial. Could this be used to reduce banding in skies resulting from 8-bit 4:2:0 encoding?

[@shadwellsong]

this is great! , I wonder if a power window could be handy here?

[@averypeck]

Thank you! Definitely, if your talent is on a skin-colored background, a power window is usually a good tool to reach for.

[@ericelger6457]

Great tutorial!

[@Tomweldonsays]

Game changer.

[@dallatorretdu]

Avery, do you also edit your videos in resolve? Or you also use another software?

[@rushankuma]

This Helps me a lot. Thanks for Sri Lanka

[@MicheleFano]

Thanks, sometimes even if I use a flat profile when I apply lut or something the video looks oversaturated, any tips?

[@maytherdigital3300]

Great tip! Well spoken.

[@averypeck]

Andrew Robinson Thank you!

[@RainBow-op5go]

Awesome bro

[@RickyTinez]

damn.. that was useful! subbed

[@spider853]

Thanks, one question, why colorists always make heavy adjustments then decrease the key to 0.5? Why not make the correction in half from the start?

[@averypeck]

Great question! The main reason is that it gives you flexibility. Say you make a correction in a node, and turn the strength down to .500. Then your client or director approaches you and says "I really like that, let's make the node a little stronger." If you're at .5, you can just turn up the strength, and you're done in 5 seconds. However, if you're already maxed out at 1, now you have to go through and push every little color wheel/curve just the right amount, which takes significantly more time. It's the same reason why most LUTs are made to be too strong: it's easy to turn them down, but very difficult to turn them up. Hope that helps!

[@spider853]

Thanks, finally the mistery is solved :)

[@muhammad_dng]

Adrian Gray is

[@OliKember]

Fantastic tutorial - an absolute lifesaver. I've just noticed my gain goes to 2! Do you think this negates having to drop to 0.5 before making adjustments?

[@ibbu1086]

Awesome Love you bro.

[@NONE2NONE]

SO DOPE!!

[@philliptamez]

how do you change the layout of Resolve? When I open up my qualifier - HSL you can't see the color wheels anymore and I also don't have a Key tab

[@burhanaltncan4527]

Niice. Thanks a lot!

[@lukelozano4870]

Awesomeeeee!