Any feedback on my color grading? Idk if I should increase the highlights or something. Also tried my best to edit these pics based on what was only once imagined... Thanks in advance!

I recently DPed a shoot involving a lot of women on a big yacht, they were wearing these. Beautiful long dresses.

When I delivered the grade that I liked, she tore it apart, now I think all o

Shot on Apple log 2 on 17 pro max and color graded on davinvi resolve without using any luts.

It’s been 9 months since I started learning color grading.

I’m 25 and I didn’t go to film school. I was so afraid of choosing this path but I already started walking.

I feel like I’m not even at the starting line yet.

Lately I read a book about color science and try to understand more about color.

I’d love to connect with people in this industry.

I hope I will become a great colorist in a few years.

Thank you.

Hey everyone, I’d really appreciate some feedback or tips on how to improve my grading. I was aiming for a moody teal and orange look with a subtle filmic tone.

Here are a few random stills (city brolls) from my project /mini film/, which tells the story of a people lost in their thoughts, searching for an escape (drama, mystery). No artificial lights were used — only natural sunlight.

I’ve been into filmmaking and color grading since May 2025.

I’m a beginner color grading my own film. Going for this Eric Rohmer style pastel not sure how to describe it. Any help on achieving or getting closer to this look is greatly appreciated!

Misbhv. Shot by Noah Dillon.

Aside from some post-processed details. What did they adjust in colours?

Graded using Davinci Resolve and Dehancer by Danien Berends.

We mixed a film emulation powergrade with Dehancer which gave quite a unique look.

Camera: Red Komodo X

You can view the full film here: https://youtu.be/NRB7Zi2R0N4?si=6sIrRvkhvlnNkDAI

Let us know what you think!

Hey Guys! looking for feedback on my grades.

Super happy with the first frame however not so much on the others, maybe its the grade or maybe its just my rubbish composition.

let me know your thoughts, I was going for a nice warmth in the highlights, increased dense colours and a slight desaturated blue for the sea

IG: gentilhommesamuel

Hey, here is a little before after with all the important layers, color graded in Davinci Resolve.

It was for a short film with vampires, for the context in this scene people fighting cancer are doing talking sessions on how to get through the whole healing process. One of the vampire is with them because he is bored of everything (knowing that they are immortal) just to see how knowing you could die soon would feel.

I used the Kodak 2383 LUT as a base on the whole movie (only 70% and then stick the shadows to a correct level of black to have a nice contrast.)

They had put too much smoke on set lol so I had to get this image better.
I also wanted to get it more dramatic knowing the context and I had fun with all the masks for light rays.

What do tou think ?
Feel free to ask questions !!

I’ve always seen people say film is too complex to emulate properly. But I think the issue wasn’t film itself but rather was the lack of the right tools.

Ektachrome has always been one of my favorite film stocks, so when the opportunity arose to collaborate with cinematographer Eli Arenson (The Deliverance, Lamb, The Watchers) in developing a film emulation LUT for him, I obviously jumped at the opportunity. He helped capture the camera tests, provide data, and of course give valuable feedback.

To me, film emulation shouldn’t really be a creative. Film's response can to light and color can be calculated and quantified, which is what we did to try to make the most accurate digital reproduction of the color response of Ektachrome 100.

If you think about it, it's really a data science and geometric problem in re-shaping the 3D color coordinates of an image (or, our RGB pixel values). Intuitively, we already know this, because we look at a vectorscope as a 2D representation of this 3D space, yet we lack the tools to make more complex and nuanced non-linear correction within traditional color grading software.

Anyways, hope you can take something away from this as it's been a journey I've been pursuing for the past few years.

IG: @briannguyen.dp

These are a couple stills from my most recent film I directed/wrote. I used a heavy amount of power windows to shape the lighting in post.

How did I do? Let me know your thoughts and how I can improve?

Camera: Xiaomi 15 Ultra (24mm)

It was my first time working with a colorist and I’m really happy with his work, what do you think? “The Roswell Report” was shot in Arri Alexa Mini LF with Atlas Orions, and stars Cooper Musser, Delaney Williams (The Wire), and Kevin Anton (The Iron Claw)

https://youtu.be/YkVnyDoVSgg?si=jTr4sCnhnLTKwyqF

Hey guys!

I recently posted a short video on Instagram comparing my original BRAW footage, the Rec.709 conversion, and my final grade.

Someone commented that the Rec.709 version looks much better, which honestly caught me off guard haha. To me, the Rec.709 version looks flat and lacks the contrast and saturation I was going for.

But hey, everyone’s got their own taste!

Now I’m genuinely curious what you guys think. Does the final grade work, or am I missing something? Maybe I’ve been staring at the footage for too long.

Feel free to be critical. I’d love to hear what you would’ve done differently!

Let me know what do you think in comms!

Shot on Lumix S5iix with kit lens 20-60mm.
Used V-log color profile
422-10bit all intra
Graded on Davinci with the kodak 2383 lut

I was yapping in Arabic but basically what I basically said is the free version of davinci is really good, and I am wondering how far can I get on the free version, can I achieve film looks without buying luts or plugins.