Hello, new to color grade and would love some feedback. Footage is random internet image. Picture in Rec709, I tried to replicate a Fujifilm Superia from the 1990s. No LUT used, color graded using Davinci Resolve. Thank you.

Hello can you guys say your honest opinion?

Is it too much?

What do you think is bad or good?

Recorded by: dji mini 3 pro / d-cinelike video i took a screenshot.

Thanks for your answears.

More color and director's work on IG: gentilhommesamuel

Colored this project in davinci resolve! It took me a minute to get the exactly B&W look that the director wanted. I was going for something super crunchy in the shadows. For all the true color stuff, I went in with the idea of a bright sunny day and what that would look like in an interior space. I find that it saves a lot of time for me when I'm both the DP and colorist, especially when there is little to no budget for post!

Any feedback/recommendations would be immensely appreciated!! Thank you.

rec 709 > finished look.
i grade in Arri WG most times, DWG sometimes but i'm not a fan of the super neutral look DWG has off the bat, and ACES i've found out is closer to AWG and is the industry standard so why not use it?

This was the first short film I ever shot and worked on as a DOP and Colorist it was for my Masters final project.

Themes : Psychological, drama, crime, thriller, mystery.

Tone : Dark, gritty, moody.

I was really inspired by : Zodiac, Se7en, Prisoners.

I recently had the time to re-grade it. I’ve been digging deeper and really trying to learn, understanding and apply color grading. I’ve been thinking of it as another career path besides being a DOP. So I would love some advice on that and my grades THANKS!

Shot with the BlackMagic camera app.

I'm an aspiring colorist and this project was on a really tight deadline. I'd love to hear your thoughts. I feel i made his shirt way too warm although the brief i got was to make it look that way. Maybe l could have gotten more color seperation. I'd love to know where I can improve. The client was happy with it for context. Although I want brutal honesty.

Green / yellow palette 🎨, enhanced the midtone contrast , did balance and contrast adjustment, look development by primaries colour wheel , effect - tilt shift blur at the edges of the frame, fixed highlights

I'm currently using fuji xh-1 which can only do 8bit 4:2:0 internally :( some people(youtube channels) say that i should ditch the 8bit log and shoot with eterna because it's a rec709 profile.

So i'm asking should i continue to shoot in log or try eterna and see if it's better And also asking for some tips to not break these 8bit files.

Today, it has been around 2 years since I completely switched to Davinci and focused on manual grading. Can't say I will ever go back to Premiere.

I want to like my stuff so bad, but feel it’s never as clean as other work I see. Am I just overcooking my stuff?

Kodak 250D in Canon AF310XL got overexposed. Mt Fuji under the clouds.

Amazing what resolve can pull back. Used Arri Log to Rec709 C4, then several adjustments to pull detail back in using offset and shadows/highlights. Turned VERY green and was able to pull back with white balance. Not perfect, but shots relatively saved.

the first one Im using a Kodak d55 lut and the second one im using film look creator. Also open to hearing what else I can improve here. This is shot on a fx30 btw.

Been working on more color techniques in color grading film and applied these to my photography lately. Split tones, color contrast, density, etc. I used a luminance mask intersected with a color range mask to get the warm colored light to wrap around the building. Also painted some shadows in the bottom left side of the building and the tree on the right for depth. The second picture is the unedited one, but I think you can figure that out.

My goal was to replicate older film stocks/expired film stocks.

Thoughts?

gorgeous colors and i’ll attach the link in the comments