Learn the basics of color correction and grading using Davinci Resolve. This 2 day hands on training course will teach you the key tools & the colour correction & grading process.

Learn the rules and process of Colour Correction, how to read scopes and use them to analyse and fix shots. How to use qualifiers and masks to do secondary correction and build grades. How to track elements in a shot, and how to colour correct over a sequence. And how to save and apply grades over a sequence.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1

Set UP
Setting Up a project.
The Project manager
Importing content
Setting up locations
Understanding the interface
Interface overview
The Media Page
The editing Page
The Color Page
The Fairlight Page
The Deliver Page
Workflows
Importing Clips for Digital Dailies
Editing in the Timeline
Importing XML, EDL and AAF
Working with Timeline
Colour Theory
Understanding the Colour correction process
Primary Corrections
Secondary Corrections
Analysing a shot visually
Analysing a shot using Scopes.
Analysing and fixing Luminance issues
Analysing & Fixing Chrominance Issues
Using Scopes and Correcting Luminance
The Waveform monitor
Customising the Waveform monitor
Using the Colour Wheels interface
Life, Gamma, Gain, Offset controls
Adjusting Contrast
Adjusting Exposure
Using Curves to adjust Exposure and contrast
Using Scopes and Correcting Colour
Analysing Colour balance problems
Understanding the RGB parade
Understanding The Vectorscope
Fixing colour balance using the Colour Wheels
Fixing Colour balance using Curves
Fixing Colour Balance using the Primaries Bars
Grading
Using the Hue Saturation Curve
Understanding the Hue V Hue Curve
Understanding the Hue Vs Lum curve
Understanding the Lum Vs Sat curve
Understanding the Sat Vs Sat Curve
Using the RGB mixer
Adding Blur

Day 2

Grading Continued
Secondary Correction
Using the Qualifier
Keying on Hue, Saturation & Luminance
Adjusting the qualifier range
Optimising a Key
Using Windows (Masks)
Tracking using Windows
Using Nodes
Adding Nodes
Serial Nodes Vs Parallel Nodes
Outside Nodes
Layer Nodes
Sizing – Cropping and scaling
Adding Effects
Amending Effects
Keyframing Grades and effects
Using LUTS
Importing LUT
Grade Management
Stills Gallery
Light-table view
Grade Examples
Creating a basic grade
Delivery
Rendering Clips
Adding handles
Rendering a sequence
Round Tripping

Davinci Resolve Colour Grading Basics

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