What Makes John Wick 4 Grade so Good and How to Create it in Resolve

[@Dstonephoto]

As a failed fashion photographer straddling the absurd idea idea of embarking into filmmaking : the more that I view coloring videos; the more that I appreciate the mastery required to do this well (and that I have zero desire to do this myself). You guys are magicians.

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love but practice makes perfect. Keep pushing. 💪🏾

[@wurkartent.703]

You didn't fail anything D Stone. Everything you have ever done will make you a great filmmaker. Keep going!! 👍👍

[@Dstonephoto]

@@wurkartent.703 Thanks, brother. It's all good, tho; I embrace the occasional ass-kicking. Thanks for the positive words of encouragement!

[@gilpetperdon9831]

Honestly colour is the closest thing we got to taste in films, it's definitely super important if you make films like john wick with that sweet taste in a next chapter.

[@markleatherman9621]

"I wanna make my life difficult, not easy." 😅 Yep, that pretty much describes RGB mixers. Pretty awesome that you can swing colors around without breaking skintones! It's gonna take a while for me to wrap my mind around this one haha. Thanks for the tip!

[@theqazman]

Haha. Start practicing

[@Dennis94913]

That RGB mixer trick is pretty brilliant, I usually use it to tackle crappy near out of gamut lighting (ex: crappy red LED lights on subject face). Keep up the content!

[@theqazman]

For sure. So many great uses.

[@lionheart4424]

This is incredible, thank you! JWC4 is my favorite out of the saga precisely because it's so colorful while maintaining that world's grittiness. I want to learn about color grading and your free course will surely hep me out with that. I am just waiting for my 4K ASUS ProArt monitor to arrive and then I will start editing some footage I have recorded from some of my travels and trips. You have won me as a subscriber man!

[@farisfakri]

I learn something new everytime I watch your tutorials. Thanks for putting it out here man. Much appreciated 🙏🏽🔥🙌🏽

[@theqazman]

That's the goal. Always showing new tools.

[@renderjunkie]

Dude, at the 0:14 you missed one of the key roles on why JW4 looks so awesome: the Production Designer.

[@DRAMAFLS_official]

Learn some every time 10:41

[@theqazman]

You know how I do bro. ♥️

[@kitaiimusic]

hey guys, is it possible to recreate the color grading in the free version of DaVinci? I am still using Premiere Pro and I am not sure if i want to switch. Besides, really love the look you created!

[@blackthornestudio4443]

Everytime I watch I learn something new. Amazing.

[@theqazman]

Love to see that. 😀

[@MadeInFranceASMR]

You’re the goat! I’ve been watching your tutorial for a couple of years now, and all I can say is thank you so much for providing concise and topical videos like this one! I’m more on the colorful/saturated spectrum of taste in general, and I loved the grading in the last John Wick, I was expecting and looking forward to see a new video of you about it!

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love, brother and same bro. I love saturated, pushed looks.

[@pathosmovies]

@@theqazman i think they are also the hardest, because youre always working on the limit of your footage.

[@Zel4Y4]

Happy To find this video things i noticed in John Wick 4 the color pallets are beautifull!

[@ViciousXUSMC]

First time I think I have seen going to wide, and then R709 at the end rather than directly to 709. First time seeing the RGB mixer, also first time seen a curve set that way. So learned a lot from this one.

[@theqazman]

Learn and apply. 💪🏾

[@JP-qq2wy]

Yes John wick 4 have one of the best this kind of color grad.

[@theqazman]

Totally.

[@tijsview]

Love your new style of editing, nice video again Qazi💪🏼

[@theqazman]

Thank you bro. FCM Fam. ✊🏾

[@hossfilm7971]

These noise reduction settings are exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@brendanlister883]

That was insane brother! Heck yeah man!

[@theqazman]

Happy to help my dude. 😀

[@genevievemt298]

It's really cool & incredible. I love the way you explain things. Thank you so much!

[@jatinbabbar7749]

Wow Qazi, Thanks for sharing these techniques.🙌🙌

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@directorcelfie]

This was very well & clearly explained. Thank you so much for these amazing videos, never stop creating.

[@theqazman]

Thank you

[@hollywoodninja]

Awesome video, Qazi!

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@markhardycreative]

Firstly great video as always. I love the way you examine and talk about the colours and investigate how they’re achieved. Second and I mean this as a discussion piece rather than any sort of dig at colourists. What are peoples thoughts on the whole orange / teal thing are we at risk of badly dating work with a heavily over used style in the same way that photographers went nuts with spot colour the advent of digital? Is that a bad thing to date with a style, or is it good because it shows a certain point in time in cinematography and would anyone care to take a punt at a prediction for what colour mix would come next?

[@theqazman]

Thank you, Mark. Orange and teal has been there since the first colored film. Mostly it's done on set thru lights or art direction. This is totally different than say something like Transformers that has been dated. Complementary colors are always pleasing to the eye same as purple and yellow or green and magenta. Simple human psychology and I don't thing it's going anywhere.

[@markhardycreative]

@@theqazman That's really interesting with the link to human psychology I guess that's how it differs from just 'a look' like other things. I think its just because I started noticing it more and more and its one of those things once you see it once and start questioning you cant stop seeing it everywhere. I was watching 300 recently I love the colour of that with the warm yellow tones mixed with those desaturated reds mixed and I remember a whole host of films coming out afterwards doing a similar thing, and it made me wonder are we seeing 'a look' here of this time in cinematography or something else. I do completely agree with what you've written here it just makes me more inquizative to explore into other looks which is a good thing 😆

[@masterofcamera]

Love this in depth look at John Wick 4 grade. Well done!

[@theqazman]

😀🙏🏾

[@brunobilandzija1823]

amazing! thank you! 🍀

[@raalaa121]

Amazing grading ! love it

[@theqazman]

Thanks

[@ProFilmmakers]

Amazing video tutorial. You rock. Thanks for the share.

[@theqazman]

Of course. You're welcome.

[@free8122]

U are a legend! I must work with you someday soon....

[@theqazman]

Thank you, bro. Look forward to it.

[@perhonentoukka3148]

Thank you Qazi for this🔥its unbeliveable

[@theqazman]

Happy to help. 😀

[@vfxnation6919]

This webinar thing isn't working at all man, could you please make a video on how can we access all its features?!

[@JTechWP]

Man that looks so good and it was fairly straight forward too. Great tutorial thanks :)

[@theqazman]

You're welcome

[@preetdhami4318]

how to remove reflection on sunglasses in davinci resolve Please any tutorial on it

[@locoinfo]

Nice to see that your content haven't changed. Still the same quality as you first posted 👍🏽👍🏽

[@theqazman]

Appreciate the love.

[@skevenshow]

Very nice! Didn't know about RGB mixer, cool tool, thanks a lot! I think it would be nice to add more cyan with a mask to the background in this shot

[@ReadySetGoPictures]

:51, pretty sure JW3 it was shot on the SXT.

[@muhammadfarag1]

you are amazing 🌟 thank you for your great videos ❤

[@mohammedflihan]

It is so good thanks bro

[@theqazman]

You're welcome.

[@simonboles]

really cool watch you grade this. Would be interesting to watch you grade 10bit GoPro 11 footage in Resolve and really push it

[@theqazman]

Thanks. It's on the list.

[@amiralivisuals]

This is what I love we are so hooked on the past and always pumping film grain halation diffuser filters but we are moving away from that and we need to start embracing it more i for one am going to start practicing this form more and more ( as I have been doing the typical thing for a while lol ) Also how did you get the movie clips to look so clean in your vid ???

[@JaymesMedia]

This Is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 never thought about using the RGB Mixers

[@theqazman]

Happy to help. FCM Fam ✊🏾

[@anishtmg2000]

Hey Qazi. Your video are awesome. I'm big fan of yours all the way from Nepal 🇳🇵 . I want a help from you. How to setup resolve for MacBook Pro? Color are changing after render. and when I play video rendered in resolve in VLC media player it's kind of laggy. I've tried Rec-709A it works but I want to grade and render in rec-907 gamma 2.4. Please help.

[@theqazman]

Thank you. The solution is in my free training. Link in the description.

[@quangngo6601]

I'm from FCPX, and yes if you use VLC, the color will change after rendering, but with QuickTime Player it's not

[@thesagar2068]

Jai Nepal 🇳🇵 🙏🏻

[@hxtales2017]

Tiene subtitulos la másterclass

[@niteshabhik6933]

Thanks for this video.🙏🙏🙏

[@theqazman]

Of course

[@niteshabhik6933]

@@theqazman BTW Love From India.❤️🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@actnreact1321]

Hey Qazi i have a question regarding the use of power bins I'm still learning a lot about Davinci i was wondering can you save your color grade with all the adjustments you made in the clip and re use it again

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

its mind blowing♥

[@theqazman]

Appreciate you my dude.

[@MahckMedia]

So awesome! Not a colorist but appreciate the craft

[@theqazman]

Thank you

[@soumyacreation7481]

Really sir your great ........ thank you soo much ❤❤

[@theqazman]

Of course

[@soumyacreation7481]

Again thanks for a good idea & motivated😃........ because I am small colourist 😊🎨.....i respect your all video🙇 🖥️

[@JoelWisdom-Peters]

Great man!

[@theqazman]

Of course.

[@vikasm55]

Love from India ❤

[@DanielTuriman]

Did we get this color when doing a home video footage, example, kitchen, room

[@theqazman]

What do you think?

[@Sk0ck0]

I don't think it is adequate to compare the camera with which it was recorded JW4 (Arri Alexa LF) that shot with the Canon C 200. That's why the approach to Grading is different.

[@Bladeving]

I see you mentioning working in Davinci Wide Gamut in almost every video from you that i watched. What is the benefit of that?

[@theqazman]

Wide dynamic range. And I love the way tools behave in this specific color space.

[@Bladeving]

@@theqazman but isn't the dynamic range solely dependent on the footage? Could you reference me a resource/video where this is explained? I'd love to have a better understanding of this

[@Намексиканскойкухне]

Waqas, I'm following you for quite a while and I really think you're one of the best color graders out there. A question: from your experience, if you apply THE SAME grade to a 60 fps footage and a 24 (30) fps footage, will the final result be the same? I mean, will it feel the same no matter the frame rate? Thank you.

[@theqazman]

Thanks bro and yes. 😀

[@laurenthenry]

Why working in the DV Wide Gamut Color Space instead of just converting to Rec709 at the end only ?

[@Slicktune]

Great video i love the content! 2 questions tho, can i achieve the same thing with the free version and is RGB mixer basically adobe Lightroom's color calibration? Thanks in advance! Btw i loved that movie saw it twice!

[@FreshSqueezedLightning]

This upload looks great! What settings do you export in to retain proper gamma levels and saturation for youtube playing back on iOS and PC?

[@theqazman]

Walkthrough is in my free webinar. Link in the description.

[@FreshSqueezedLightning]

@@theqazman thanks!

[@garymcclurg977]

Never got the link for the power grade and the show LUT from watching the training class.

[@theqazman]

Dm me on IG please

[@albertocostell4449]

hello friend, thx for this videos. Could you please tell me why you are editing colour and exposure after the cst? why you are in other videos working on DW with two cst at the start and in the end¿ Im trying to edit slog2 footage and many people edit like you on this videos, but then i see pros grading between dw cst :( Do you have more information after converting to rec709? Thanks for all

[@alkealke1288]

quick question, what do we do when e have a project set to end up in theatres and on a streaming platform simultaneously? do we make two grades, knowing that the colour gamut chosen during production is DCI-P3, logically? it's all very confusing.

[@CortesFantásticosOficial]

Can i use this color grading in a VFX scene? Like a costumized explosion stock footage from Action VFX in my scene?

[@Ortodox_Mels_Alat]

it would've been good if you give us the footage too

[@maanu8207]

I am not into colors or cinematography but I think this film was probably the first time where I was BLOWN away by every f..in scene.

[@theqazman]

Agreed. It looked so good.

[@Aspectss46]

How are u able to slide between ur frame and the John wick one like that? What’s the button for it?

[@theqazman]

I have a lever on my advance panel.

[@yairamzaleg739]

What the name of the track in the final look

[@yairamzaleg739]

14:39?

[@karllsison]

I attended the free webinar and I was not redirected to the powergrade and LUT download.

[@theqazman]

Dm me on IG

[@ivanoffeditz]

Hey Waqas, what is your opinion on cinemagrade for color-grade?

[@theqazman]

Never tried it

[@ivanoffeditz]

@@theqazman Whenever you have time, please check it. You may like it.

[@chrissallis5222]

well I just went through the hour webinar which was great but there was no download to the power grade or the luts it kept saying will get at the end to follow with :/

[@theqazman]

Dm me on IG

[@turtles8229]

bro i watched wbinar it was fun but where to download the luts ?? i cant find it anywhere..

[@theqazman]

Please hit me up on IG

[@CineDecodificado]

Do you have videos color grading clog3? I have been using blackmagic for 5 years and now that I am using a Canon I am struggling a bit it. even after using CST I get lifeless colors.

[@theqazman]

In my Masterclass. Link inn the description.

[@adamkoepke1366]

I have a question about IDT and ODT. I'm shooting on a RED Komodo and every time I convert to DWG and then convert to Rec.709 at the end, everything gets completely crushed. The image ends up coming out looking like a vector. Would this have to do with my color management settings? Do I have to be set up in ACES in order for this to work properly?

[@Dennis94913]

maybe try turning off tone mapping on both nodes, I find that tone mapping clips information past the CST node.

[@adamkoepke1366]

@@Dennis94913 I'll give that a try. Thanks for the info!

[@GabrielScindian]

Lol Jiggerie pokerie.... It's all magic to me

[@theqazman]

😀🙏🏾

[@WITFITMAN.]

MR WICK YEAHHHHHHHH 😎🥤🍿🍿🍿💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@MasamitsuKai]

When Qazi said that it can still look cinematic without grain or film emulation, I felt personally attacked 😂 should definitely embrace digital look more on certain projects

[@theqazman]

Haha. Do it bro.

[@naveenehp]

Hi Anna

[@社會觀察家-k8f]

John Wick Chapter 5：John Wick VS Robert McCall VS Bryan Mills 👍👍👍

[@CineDecodificado]

First. Greetings from Costa Rica!

[@theqazman]

Hey 😀

[@waleedtariq5768]

qazi 😍😍

[@theqazman]

😀

[@peresinde]

John saturated

[@duhduh14]

wow

[@theqazman]

😀

[@OliverHollingdale]

Please do some fantasy stuff! Like Lord of the Rings 4k remaster!!! sick of all these saturated Neon stuff/commercial looking stuff! Want earthy golden browns/forest greens! LETS GOOOOO!!!!

[@theqazman]

You know it my dude

[@nourmosa5843]

Wooooooooow

[@youngwahlee]

I hope you colour one of my music videos someday! 🎉

[@theqazman]

😀💪🏾

[@rodricchan]

C200 can be pushed that hard?! WOW!

[@theqazman]

Crazy, huh. 😀

[@RiceCubeTech]

I mean it can shoot raw.

[@rodricchan]

@@RiceCubeTech C200 is a pretty old camera

[@RiceCubeTech]

@@rodricchan doesn’t change the fact that raw inherently has lots of data to work with. The original Arris are decades old now and still produce a great images

[@chelo111]

😂😂😂😂

[@meikmeiker2615]

95 % of the Look is setdesign and lighting

[@NIVEREDICAO]

Please use new shots 🤣🔥

[@theqazman]

🤫😂

[@familygonzcartwright]

Don't lie to your audience. They didn't go digital all the way. They used the same Alfa lenses from The Batman. Those are not clean "digital" lenses. You yourself said it when you talked about The Batman a year ago...

[@theqazman]

Ok, dad.

[@AyushSharmaa]

You're telling the people what's the real meat behind making a look. Love the look that you've created ❤🤌

[@theqazman]

You know it my dude. 😀💪🏾

[@thisismatre]

Insane! This is so cool. Well done!

[@theqazman]

Thank you