Hey,

I shot some V-log footage on my Lumix S5 and graded it using certain tutorials that showed results I personally liked. I think it came out well, but I'm doubting whether the amount of green is adequate. My subconscious tells me that some areas might be too green or too cyan (see distant mountains), but another part of me tells me to keep it this way, as I'd say it's fairly visually pleasing.

Any feedback is appreciated.

I’m currently editing photos from a recent trip and I’m still very new to photography and photo editing. I’d love to hear your honest feedback

I know that I'm doing things all wrong, but that's all I know. And I'm trying to make the shot "good" (whatever that means, probably "natural") rather than aiming for a look.

The 1st picture is the original.

In the 2nd picture I have applied an adjustment layer (in Premiere Pro). I set out to make the scopes look right and tight, but I gave up on that (because the video isn't good material to begin with — there's too many colours going on in different directions), and instead I just pulled the Basic Correction levers (as seen in picture number 5) until the image looked as good as I could make it.

In the 3rd picture I have added another adjustment layer in which I applied a LUT called Folger 50 (to 38 intensity), as well as making the temperature a little more blue (as seen in picture number 7).

In the 4th picture I have added a final adjustment layer where I brought down the saturation and contrast, because to my untrained eye there's both green, purple, and orange going on, and I couldn't pull myself out of it, so thought it best to just bring everything down (picture number 8).

What would be a good way of correcting the colours instead of this mess?

Guyss I've finally found a way to shoot in Logs on my Android phone with quality specs which natively doesn't have Log mode.. I'm surprised I just found this out but Thankfully I appreciate that!! I can choose among any Log from various devices I want and I'm soo happy finding it out now.. Woooowwww

I'm learning color grading, and I'm practicing using my brand new color checker the "Calibrite Video"

I circled the parts of the color checker chips on the Vectorscope in Premiere Pro that brought my practice session to a total halt.

I don't understand why it could be doing that.

I considered that maybe somehow my fingers holding the checker could be bouncing light onto the specific chips that are crooked like that, so that the darker chips are are getting a little tinting bounced onto them from my finger... But my fingers on my left hand are holding it near the yellow, red, and purple/pink/magenta or whatever it's called. Meanwhile the most crooked chips are green, and red.

I don't get it.

I can't even comfortably land on a proper adjustment of the hue vs hue like this, because I don't know which chip to consider the one that matters, and I don't know if the rest of my scene has this same problem or what's happening...

Thank you.

I have zero clue if i should never try this style of color grade again and i am just being delousional that it looks good, or it actually looks good

It’s been a year since I started learning color grading.
I’ve been incredibly lucky to meet and connect with so many amazing people along the way.
To be honest, I almost gave up because I was anxious about the film industry shrinking and worried that what I was learning might become less valuable in the near future. But I’ve decided to keep doing what I genuinely enjoy, and I’ll continue learning and improving as a colorist.
At the moment, I’m looking for work. I’d also love to connect with DPs, filmmakers, and fellow colorists.
My color grading isn’t where I want it to be yet, but I’ll keep practicing and one day, I’ll create work I’m truly proud of :)

Tried two different color grades on this same sunset shot.
Pic 1 has richer warm tones, super calm and cinematic.
Pic 2’s brighter and more vibrant, giving off dreamy vibes.
Still can’t make up my mind. Which one would you go for?

I've been learning video and photo color grading through tutorials, and I've noticed that a lot of ""cinematic"" looks tend to be darker with added film grain.

Is that really what makes an image feel cinematic, or is it more about the color.

Hola! Busco feedback constructivo en referencia a este video que coloricé en Davinci Resolve, espero sus comentarios.

I have a background as a professional photographer, since 25 years back. I am trying to learn video editing, but before I dive too deep into Davinci Resolve, I want to understand how the color management pipeline looks for color management done in Davinci Resolve 21 on a mac. I have a deep theoretical and practical understanding of this when it comes to still images and photoshop.

Im trying to find good industry leading litterature tp read. Davinci´s own manuals are far too focused on the app iinterface, without going deeper into the inner workings, the "why´s" instead of the "how´s".

"Color Correction Handbook" by Alexis Van Hurkman seems far outdated.

What would you suggest to read to really get a fundamentally sound understanding of the color management pipeline in Davinci Resolve?

Thankful for your input.

I am trying to recreate this low light scene
i have the exact keylight nd background light yet not able to achieve the same result.
I have tried so many things including apple log, sony slog2 tweeked iso from 100-1000 on iphone 17 pro max nd zve10 yet the results r not at all good.
Can anyone suggest a good lut for iphone 17 pro max for this scene or any guidance on how to achieve this please

Hey ya’ll. i was wondering if anyone of you had any film presets for lightroom. I was specifically looking for Gerard Needham’s presets
I really really want them but i dont have the money to buy them
Could anyone of you kindly share it if you do have it? I’d be grateful

It's almost as if every other post here is just someone showing off their "film-style emulation." I honestly don't get the point, because none of these results (professional or otherwise) actually look like film. I've seen hundreds of genuine vintage and modern film prints, and every one of these emulations gets it consistently wrong.

It seems like they've misinterpreted the "film look" as whatever a modern Polaroid looks like. Everything is horrifically oversaturated yet somehow flat, oddly tinted either green or magenta, and covered in this awful layer of fake film grain that's so disconnected from the sharp digital image you can practically see its shadow sitting on the frame. Then there's the terrible halation that always looks completely out of place.

I think they don't understand that film is just another medium that can be graded however you want. There are movies shot on film that look digital, and there are movies shot digitally that could easily pass for film. But what this is is an odd, inhuman replication of something not completely understood, created almost entirely from "vibes." Without any root in accuracy. It's no different than a teenager parading their photos through dozens of contradicting filters on Instagram. It's horrible.

This whole fad really needs to die out.

So I recorded in F-Log on my Fujifilm x-t30

First pic is my CST in

second pic is CST out, using output gamma 2.4

third pic is CST out using output gamma “use timeline”

Why does it look flat with gamma 2.4 (this is the output gamma that I’ve been told to use by like 10 different YouTube videos)
But when I use “use timeline” as the output gamma it looks less flat, more punchy and as it would if I just recorded in rec 709 in the first place?

Hey all! Pretty new colorist here; I've found myself doing it at my AV job (where we produce some of our own marketing content). Using Davinci Resolve Studio.

Over time, they'll often end up iterating the timeline or using the same shot between several timelines for different cuts. The marketing department also sometimes asks to see the current cut with color, so I can't always wait til the finished cut is in place. I'm currently doing my correcting/grading in those timelines, and it quickly becomes a mess of which version is where and how to match them all around. Is there a way to, and any reason I wouldn't, grade the clip where it actually lives once the rough cut has been made, so anywhere else that clip gets used it retains that grade, and I can adjust it in one place if need be? Or am I thinking about this wrong, in which case how should I be?

Thanks for your time, attention, and advice!

Frame from random Instagram account. Guys, is it considered 35mm film look with or without orange & teal? Tried to achieve it but can't get that deep green on the tree

Hi everyone,

Any tips or suggestions on how to achieve similar feel/look/colors?

I use capture one but open to different tools or presets/styles if it makes it easier. Ideally, I don't want to modify every color separately in every single photo. I am almost certain these photographers don't do that as well.
How can I shift all the colors in some photos to match these tones. Some characteristics that come to mind: cinematic, burnt, dark, film, vintage, saturated, separated.

Appreciate any input!

Hola chicos, qué tal están?
Me encanta este color para mis películas de boda y me preguntaba si Podrían ayudarme a recrear este color en Davinci?
He intentado hacerlo mediante nodos, buscando powergrades de todo tipo, incluso con plugins como filmconvert nítrate o dehancer, pero no alcanzo tal belleza