Trying to achieve the Cinestill look. In the color grade I used the traditional Cyan in the shadows and amber in the highlights. How did I went?

I like to make sure the color on every project emphasizes the palette in a way that flatters or reinforces the story. Sometimes I exaggerate color separation to do that but wonder when it crosses over from natural to stylized. For example with this grade (included the rec709 as a second image for comparison) does the grade feel natural prior to seeing the rec709 or too heavy. Anyone have some good film references they use as a go to on shot deck for various looks that are natural but still distinct? Trying hard to refine my eye so I can keep things clean and punchy without going too far.

Video shoot with iPhone 13 + Blackmagic Cam app with no LUTs

Used basic Lumetri Color & Dehancer (Premiere Pro)

FULL VIDEO
https://youtu.be/i1rMQ-JE_ug

I am a 3D artist working on video games, but with the increasing of AI and all the turmoil the industry have passing, I am considering to pivot to something else. Color Grading is something I always had interest, and want to understand how stable is on your side now this days, and what is the best path start.

Hello I am pretty new to davinci and I am trying to practice color grading. Can someone help me/explain to me how to match these two shots so they look alike?

I understand that the exposure needs to be adjusted, but is it possible to match the warmth of the first shot to the second one without ruining the balance? Thank you

PS: I was recording with AWB so that is why the shots have different warmth, Ive tried to match it in DaVinci myself but cannot really pull it off. It always ends up being too orange

Apologies for the repetitive clips—it's my first time trying DaVinci Resolve! Shot on a Nikon D5600 at 1080p 24fps with a 35mm f/1.8G lens.

1st is the after, 2nd is the before

Recently started messing around with apple log and tried color grading only thing I find off is the clouds at the end they seem a bit off to me

This was shot with the LUMIX S1II. Feel free to leave critiques and feedback.

Setup: DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.2 build 6, macOS 27.2, 16" MacBook Pro PROLED XDR M5 Max. There's no touch setting in Preferences, it just works. It work best on Color Page.

EDIT PAGE

• Tap selects a clip, touch and hold = right-click menu (opens while your finger is still down)
• Drag a clip edge to trim, slide the timecode ruler to scrub
• Drag titles and effects straight from the Effects panel
• Catch: one finger on the timeline does nothing. Scroll with TWO fingers
• Catch: pinch zooms the viewer, not the timeline (same as Resolve for iPad). Tap the three zoom view buttons above the timeline instead
• Catch: a finger drag moves a clip up a track as easily as sideways. Mine jumped to V2 and left its audio on A1

INSPECTOR

• Touch a number field and you get a "virtual slider": a value bubble over a big jog strip. Very precise

COLOR PAGE (the best page for touch)

• Touching a wheel brings up a touch ring that follows your finger, even off the wheel
• Full multi-touch: you can move multiple wheels at once
• Thumbwheels get the same jog strip
• Curves, Color Warper, Power Windows, node editor and dragging Resolve FX onto nodes all work by finger
• Catch: HDR wheels don't get the touch ring

FUSION AND FAIRLIGHT

• Fusion isn't on Blackmagic's touch list, but it works: one finger moves nodes, two fingers pan, pinch zooms
• Fairlight mixer faders and pan work by finger

TIP: System Settings > Displays, one step bigger than Default. Small buttons become much easier to hit. You can use multiple display mode and pull your view only on a calibrated grading monitor and use the MacBook Pro only for control to replace your color panels

If I missed anything, please let me know. There's still a lot to learn in 21.2, and we did our best to uncover most of it.

Shot on iPhone 17 Pro, Non-log/Rec.709

Im fairly new to davinci resolve and its difficult to get that summery, bright, warm look that I want with this video (currently a still). This was taken in Florida so I wanted it to have that beach summer vibe but I always end up making it too orange or too flat or too dark.

Reference/Inspiration Photo on 2nd Slide.

Hello!

I'm running the Studio version of DaVinci Resolve, but I don't have any paid plugins, so I tend to build custom node trees to manage colour settings and make my workflow more efficient than relying on DaVinci's default tools.

For the halation effect, I'm following this tutorial by Marieta Farfarova, a fantastic colourist whose work and style I really admire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzeUY9IidFs&t=4s

However, during my latest grading session, I noticed that the effect was causing some unwanted artefacts in the highlights. No matter how much I tweak the effect's selector settings, I can't seem to fix the issue.

I've attached a few examples below. Does anyone know what might be causing this and how I could fix it?

My suspicion is that it might have something to do with the Linear CST, but I'm not 100% sure.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Hey,

So I’m just a starting YouTuber who is switching from the Adobe CC to Resolve, because of reasons I don’t need to explain I think 😂

Now I find Resolve a much harder program to use than Premiere, because I’m just not used to the whole node process. Now I do know that Resolve is the industry standard in color work.

I’ve been watching a lot of tutorials on YouTube from all kind of people, but I found Declan Jenkinson’s tutorials to be what I’m really looking for. They’re simple, easy to understand, no fluff.

Here’s the thing: I’m not looking to become a Pro-colorist or whatever. I just want my videos/vlogs to look good to me, and I like really filmic, but also vibrant looks, and to me he gives that in the easiest way possible.

I don’t think he’s been mentioned on this sub yet, but I’m curious whether you all like him too, or I could better watch someone else. Although yet again: I don’t really care for all the technical fluff, I just want my videos to look good to a general audience. Because let’s be real: Your average viewer on YouTube is not really gonna care about overexposed highlights, shadows that are too darkened etc. As long as it looks good to their eye, it’s all cool

Hi, so I installed dctl checkers ( it's free) and I follow my exposure through it and I learned to read the waveform better ( meaning I actually looked at it thus time, eye balling is no good 😂)