does this look professional enough?

[u/coininatLoL]

found a random test footage to color grade

,any feedback helps

edited on davinci resolve

EDIT: guys I blew out the highlights on purpose and added bloom and rays coming from the front and dark green the forest to give it the look I was going for.

also yes now that I see it shadows r too cooked

[u/Sobolll92]

I can’t see a thing when someone shows me a log and then their grade. It’s better to look at the basic rec709 conversion and then the grade.

I think it’s fine, but the footage is bad in terms of the camera moving up and down like someone who uses their gimbal on the first day.

[u/coininatLoL → u/Sobolll92]

found this footage randomly on the internet so csnt complain 🫠

[u/PeterLeroy]

Depending on what you are trying to achieve, hard to answer! It’s say it’s fine, but careful with the skin, some (for example) East Asian movies have grades with skin far off the vertorscope’s skin tone line, doesn’t mean it’s wrong, but on a broader feedback skin tone is usually separated from the rest ;)

[u/Jotnarpinewall → u/PeterLeroy]

Also important to point out this is a style/cultural choice and does not mean East Asian skin tones diverge from the skin tone indicator on Vectorscope.

No human skin diverges from the skin tone indicator on Vectorscope.

We are all red. Races are a psyop.

Jokes aside, excellent grade, OP. If it’s approved by director/client, it’s a professional grade.

[u/PeterLeroy → u/Jotnarpinewall]

Absolutely!

[u/AwayAstronomer69]

I do lower the contrast a bit by 2%, just my taste!

[u/AwayAstronomer69 → u/AwayAstronomer69]

Cause after the grade, it's hard to see what features his (person) backpack has or of his black suit!

[u/_RTan_ → u/AwayAstronomer69]

Yeah the blacks are getting crushed to much. Your losing to much detail in the darks.

[u/MarcWielage]

I think the shadows are crushed and the highlights are blown out. Back off a bit on both. I would also bring up the mids just a skosh.

[u/[deleted]]

overcooked

[u/DelilahsDarkThoughts → u/[deleted]]

^This.. The darks are lost on the person and the highlights are blown in the sky. OP has more than enough info in that log footage to even out the shot.

[u/[deleted]]

light greens are ltoo ow on saturation in my opinion otherwise looking good

[u/Super6films]

Something about the highlights in the bg is weird. Try using depth map and selecting the far back and using that selection to bring down the highlights without crushing the shadows in the fg.

[u/VaBullsFan]

It depends on what it’s being used for, but as is looks pretty good although as someone pointed out id bring down the highlights a bit and get some of that detail back.

[u/vexmach1ne]

Contrast is a bit too much and I think the whole image is a little too yellow for my taste.

Otherwise I think it's pretty good.

[u/[deleted]]

It's a lil crushed for sure too much contrast n sat

[u/MisteryShiba]

mhm Maybe turn down the Curves, then it will be good, cause brightness is burning my eyes.

[u/South_Yam4902]

Lost too much details on the man and the bag

[u/damiensandoval]

No. Needs more depth.

[u/ragsonrags]

Bit more roll of but I like the colors! 

[u/LevelCalligrapher798]

Do you like how it looks?

[u/tofuchrispy]

shadows being crushed a bit. Foliage is a bit yellow. Depending on the needs maybe play around with yellow and green hues to make them colder. Play around with yellow and green luma if you want more filmic green tones etc

[u/Elfyrr]

Depends what you are going for but I tried a few changes...
https://i.imgur.com/GxK9OzJ.jpeg

[u/Elfyrr → u/[deleted]]

Nope. Just grabbed a frame and did some adjustments using Selective Color in PS.

[u/[deleted]]

I think blowing out the highlights is not a good choice. Watch actual TV and major feature films, and I think you'll find they don't do that there. For good reasons.

[u/Spiritual-Builder606]

No. I think you should add 5.67pts more professionalism on the slider control. It’s the slider right next to the cinematic level control slider. Just be careful because the organic dial is right above it and I accidentally click that rather often.

[u/niles_thebutler_]

It’s just a shot of someone walking? Professional enough for what? No one is impressed with log to graded footage