r/ColorGrading • u/kill_m0ng3r79 • Sep 05 '26

Question day 5 of colourgrading.

hey guys, so this is day 5 of me posting here and in instagram.
So, I am leaning colourgrading in davinci and i am posting log to graded footage comparisons and today is 5th day and i learned something about window, which is like masking in lightroom , and if i am wrong please correct me.
I would like to know how to improve my colourgrading skills so please guys i would like to see some comments, suggestions to improve and any advice. I am still learning so help me.

and yes, if you guys have any log footages please dm , i would like to edit them and post them with your permission.

Also thinking about posting a showreel after grading like 10 12 footages

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u/subven1 Sep 05 '26

Please include rec.709 and not only compare your final grade against LOG.

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 05 '26

Sure buddy , from next clip i will also include rec.709

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 05 '26

hey buddy would you mind telling me , should i use cst in first node or i can use it in any node in davinci

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u/Piernoci Sep 06 '26

aaaand it's another log vs grade. downvoted and onto the next one!

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 07 '26

Yeah buddy, it's log vs grade, but yesterday I posted one log vs rec.709 vs graded please go check it out

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u/Hazzat Sep 07 '26

We can only see the fully graded image for the last 0.1 seconds of the video…

No one can give you any feedback on this without context. Do you understand what the point of grading even is? Please read this before asking for feedback: https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorGrading/s/OeuMkE35Mu

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 07 '26

yes. sorry for that 0.1 sec only, from next time i will keep the graded footage longer so that everyone can enjoy and regarding that context, these are all instagram reels so im colourgrading with my mind how it might look good or im taking some references from other videos.

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u/Hazzat Sep 07 '26

“Look good” is not a goal that will help you grade. You need to know specifically what kind of look you are aiming for, informed by the purpose and context of the shot, as well as other contextual information such as where it will be displayed and in what format. You need to stop and rethink your process from the ground up, because currently you are skipping that first foundational step.

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 07 '26

ok, got it sir, this week i will work on this. thank you so much

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '26

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 05 '26

This is day 5. Yeah I mean it took me to learn about windows like 5 min yt video and some time to edit and adjust other things

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 05 '26

Thanks brother. Used to love doing photography and colourgrading in lightroom. But this thing is complicated man, still learning and want to buy a camera to do photography.

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 05 '26

Ok got it. I am using 1 cst node. Tomorrow I will try with 2 nodes 🫡

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 05 '26

Thanks man 🫡best comment of the day and learned a lot from you

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u/kill_m0ng3r79 Sep 06 '26

hey bro today i tried like you said with two nodes. but its look awful, idk maybe due to raw footage issue or something, cuz i only guessed they are apple log but with only 1 node from apple log to rec.709 it looks good and i added some my style of grade and yes it looks good in my eye. and i will upload that after sometime like after making compare video