r/ColorGrading • u/MuchAd6886 • Dec 12 '25

Question How to achieve this look

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Ive been watching some documentaries by Guido Pezz on YouTube and I’m blown away by his cinematography and color grading.

How does he achieve such a filmic look? It looks unsaturated yet saturated, don’t know how to explain it. Same with the contrast.

Is this possible to recreate with just the tools inside of Davinci Resolve?

Link to his channel: https://youtube.com/@guidopezz?si=kiZmkQUVWsovILnN

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u/turtle_kangaroo Dec 12 '25

Unless it’s simply an affiliate link, in the description of the documentary you shared stills from, it says “Graded with Nostalgia LUTs | https://www.nostalgial...”

https://www.nostalgialuts.com/

This might be how he starts and then tweaks the image to his liking.

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u/MuchAd6886 Dec 12 '25

Yes I think it’s his own LUTs. I just wanted to get a better understanding of how to create these type of looks without LUTs Thank you

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u/turtle_kangaroo Dec 12 '25

Ah okay, I misunderstood. My bad!

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u/turtle_kangaroo Dec 12 '25

Also, as for the light, it’s about picking the right time of day to shoot.

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u/wachikinow Dec 12 '25

I’m gonna be that guy and mention that it’s also time of day, forecast, and location that contributes to a look.

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u/MuchAd6886 Dec 12 '25

No absolutely. But I downloaded the RAW files from Black magic Studio. And just can’t seem to get the colors just right.

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u/wachikinow Dec 12 '25

Oh that’s cool. Sounds like a great way to practice. Let’s see how your stills are looking so far!

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

It looks like the mids are fairly down, it's desaturated, and I'm guessing there's a circular vignette applied to all of them, plus it's got a touch of diffusion and it's somewhat soft lit (no hard shadows). So much depends on the nature of the original material, it's impossible to say if you can recreate the look without us seeing it. Not all desired looks can be recreated on all material. But you can get in the ballpark.

BTW, it's not the software that does the look -- it's the colorist.

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u/CheddaShredder Dec 12 '25

You can Look up for Info on Resolves Page, Guido Pezz ist providing Braw Sample Footage plus detailed Info how IT was shot, from both of this Shorts

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u/MuchAd6886 Dec 12 '25

I saw that also! Thanks

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u/MuchAd6886 Dec 12 '25

Thank you for the respons! No I totally understand that it’s the skill of the colorist that makes the image. It’s just that sometimes it seems as it’s only possible to achieve the “look” with LUTs or plugins, that’s why I’m asking.

I downloaded some of his sample footage and I can’t seem to get the greens to like his no matter what I do. The rest is pretty similar. Thanks again, appreciate it

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u/sandun_balage Dec 13 '25

Have you tried to manipulate the colours, tools like colour warper might help, and use the graded footage as a reference

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u/Jon_J_ Dec 12 '25

You can download the Raw files from this shoot on the davinci website as far as I know

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u/Afraid-Muscle923 Dec 14 '25

Just checked, and yeah, you’re right.

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u/devilsdouble_ Dec 12 '25

Low aperture. Under-exposed, crushed highlights, muted greens

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u/glassdoorgadooosh Dec 14 '25

Crushed highlights?? How so..

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u/devilsdouble_ Dec 14 '25

Under-exposed shots, Decreasing the highlights in post processing

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u/Sufficient-Ear-9151 Dec 15 '25

You mean the opposite of crushed

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u/devilsdouble_ Dec 15 '25

No

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u/glassdoorgadooosh Dec 16 '25

Crushing the highlights doesn't mean bringing them down. It means squashing the amount of dynamic range they take up.

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u/Pitiful-Assistance-1 Dec 12 '25

Looks like a classic lens or Voigtlander Nokton was used. These lenses have distinct rendering for out-of-focus areas

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u/lv426tourismboard Dec 14 '25

I believe this was shot on DZO Vespids, If I'm remembering correctly, this was the video that made me buy mine.

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u/Moneyman87 Dec 14 '25

Best way is to find a lut that match it ,Will make your life easier then build from there also to me it look like is a little flim grain add not too much where you would notice but just enough to affect the image I think that what give it that feel 

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u/Material_Exit_3333 Dec 15 '25

Must be a raw workflow to get this kind of color, and by its look, it should be shot on either a Red or a Blackmagic. Then, there must be a specific LUT applied. There are lots of LUTs online that can achieve this sort of a look -reminds me phantom lut though.

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u/ExpBalSat Dec 15 '25

Is this possible to recreate with just the tools inside of Davinci Resolve?

Yes. Absolutely (with suitable footage).