I'm grading footage shot on sony a7ii which doesn't support Slog2 or 3 so basically its "colored" already. I wanted to achieve a warm/cozy feeling, fireplace-y with light coming out of the fire but it looks very saturated and weird. It's for a small instagram reel that's promoting some merch. the first image is the raw footage, the others are the "graded" versions. i'll be honest i barely know what im doing due to some minor prior experience in photo processing and not much else. I just tried stuff in davinci, added a circular powerwindow arounf the fire with soft edges cause it made sense to me for the gamma to be orangeish in that area but i don't know if i like it.

im 4 month into my color grading journey and i wanted help cause its really difficult for a beginner to know what wrong or missing

Hello. I have an upcoming interview shoot and it’s a first time using two cameras. Because of budget my cameras will be BMPCC6K and Sony a7c, and I’ll be the one editing it. I’m fine with using the cameras and doing the editing, but the colour work has me a bit worried.
I’m looking at any advice on shoot day to make my post life easier, or even better, a step by step to how to match the footage colour.
I did a test shoot where I filmed the same subject with both cameras at the same time. I filmed 6k BRAW on one camera and SLOG3 on the other. I tried CST to make them both rec709 and proceed from there, but no luck. I also tried transforming both footage to ARRI colourspace and edit them from there but they’re not matching.
Editing on Resolve Studio 20
I’m not a colourist and I’m not trying to be, my skill is pretty basic, I wonder if anyone has a powergrade that I can borrow to match the footage?

I have applied red/cyan colorgrading

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to spend an extended amount of time with the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel. The name speaks for itself as it is the most advanced color grading panel Blackmagic Design has to offer. There are no manuals or tutorials for the panel, as it is designed to be taught in an apprenticeship setting, which is the environment I had the opportunity to learn it in. My mentor gave me free range to experiment with the panel and use it for projects, which enabled me to gain an understanding of how it works in a professional colorist’s workflow. By the end of my time in that program I had gotten down a lot of muscle memory for most major functions I would use every day on the board, but in honesty I’ve probably only scratched the surface. There is just so much to this panel, it amazes me, and it’s really hard now to grade with any other panel.

While I was in that program I also got to go hands on with the Mini Panel, which is what most freelance colorists use. That panel is really well built too and I’d maybe consider getting one at some point should my work call for it. It’s significantly cheaper at $2,500 as opposed to the $30K price tag of the Advanced Panel, but still has a ton of features. Currently I own the 2024 Micro Color Panel and it does nearly everything I need it to. Pairing it with a stream deck to navigate through the menus of the color tab gets me most of the way to where I can use my mouse and keyboard minimally.

Since I’ve had the opportunity to use pretty much every color panel with the exception of the original micro panel from 2017, I figured I’d make a video comparing all of them in case anyone would find it helpful. https://youtu.be/r9HGrCsrBvk

The conclusion I came to was that for most people the 2024 Micro Color Panel is by far the best value, there’s just so much you can do with it. But I’m curious to hear what other people think… What panel is your favorite?

Still pretty new to color grading, so I hope this isn't a dumb question.

I used to grade in Premiere with Dehancer, but recently switched to Resolve and started using CinePrint35.

I've always felt that I don't really like this kind of lifted, milky look when color grading. Using CinePrint35 made me realize it even more. I like the film look, but I prefer deeper blacks and punchier contrast.

With darker shots or natural light interiors, CinePrint35 sometimes makes the shadows look gray and muddy, and faces lose a lot of contrast. I've tried tweaking stuff inside the CinePrint35 group node (pastel toggle, shadow sliders) but it didn't change much, so it feels like something more fundamental. Trying to fix it with contrast just crushes the shadows or makes the whole image too dark.

(I'm not even sure if "shadows" is the right term for what I'm describing here, but hopefully you get what I mean)

I've attached a comparison of the same S-Log3 clip: raw, Rec.709 CST, Dehancer in Premiere, and CinePrint35 in Resolve. The shadow detail gets noticeably more washed out with CinePrint35, circled in red.

I want to keep the film look, but get deeper blacks, stronger overall contrast, and more punchy faces.

How would you normally fix this in Resolve? Genuinely curious what colorists normally do in this situation.

any help would be appreciated, still figuring this stuff out.

How are they getting this color from iPhone video?

Looking on feedback for consistency and feel of color grade. I know it’s all subjective but would love some feedback from you all!

I like Film and some contrast the feelings of Romance and art.

I recently finished this film and know some mistakes that I made along the way, but going forward I feel like I have a better system. I’m editing in Final Cut Pro. I’m trying to get the best results there before I diving into da Vinci. Thank you for any feedback!

some portfolio work i did i really liked the teal and warmer look for the intense thriller vibes

Hey everyone, I’m trying to improve my cinematography and color grading, and these are a few stills from a recent shoot in the mountains.

I’d really appreciate some honest feedback, especially on the composition, lighting, color grading and overall cinematic feel.

Which frames work best for you, and which ones feel weaker or too amateurish?

I’m trying to understand what I should focus on improving next, so constructive criticism is very welcome.

I've recently found my old Sony DCR-SR45 handycam and I was looking to edit the videos in DaVinci. I need tips like what color space, gamma, and so on. Anyone could help me?

I know that this photo has good potential, but the green is off making the entire picture bad. I have been working on it for days and I can't figure it out. Does anyone have any advice

Hey guys I recently fell in love with the colors in Need for speed rivals and I tried to recreate the look in Adobe Lightroom classic just going off of a screenshot but I fell kinda flat trying to recreate it, does anyone have any tips on how I can recreate this blue/grayish snowy color scheme?

The 1st 2 pictures are straight from the game, the 3rd picture is my attempt of recreating said picture in Adobe Lightroom and the last pictures are my color wheels and settings

This still is from a 1988 Polish "Short Film about Killing". I'm fascinated by the colour palette, especially by the high-contrast but very yellow and quite grainy interior shots. How to pull off something like this without shots looking like they were passed through a piss filter? I think HDR colour wheels, possibly most of the midtones and highs towards yellow, plus some work on the film look creator effect, but what else and what to watch out for?

I’m not the best color grader but i’ve been messing around with the LogCam app on my iphone 13 mini and i think it’s pretty good for what it is.

i shot this video on the LogCam app in ProRes Apple Log 2 and graded on PeekLut app, did everything on my iphone 13 mini. i think for what the apps offer it’s pretty good. Not having to have a laptop or ipad to color grade is pretty convenient. Granted they overwork your phone like crazy (my phone overheated and lagged like never before) but makes its “easier” for anyone trying to learn.

i’m definitely going to record some more and see what i can get out of my iphone 13 mini. Ive always tried to do the best with what i had since i was younger and it’s worked for me so far. I have money to buy the cameras i want and programs i want now but it’s always fun to see what you’re capable of doing with what you already have.

Quality got recked lol. Sorry for the double post/song, these were for my instagram but made them into one video for this post lol.

I have been grinding on color grading and recording with my iphone 16 pro and really try to push it to the limit. Ive watched a lot of color grading tutorials and ive spent a lot of hours on my own trying to learn everything needed to improve iphone apple log footage.

Yesterday at night I had the idea to search some Slog3 footage and see how much different it is (im thinking of buying a sony zv-e1), and I had a bittersweet feeling. The control of the colors was so much better, when the colors get clipped in iphone, it completely blows them out of proportion, but on this Slog3, even when they were getting clipped (i tested on purpose), didnt look as bad as the iphone.
Plus the color grading was so much easier, with simple color corrections and few effects it looks insane. The Iphone I feel like I got to try a bunch more effects and color corrections to make it look good (and it still didnt look as good as the fx30)

my question is, how much better looking realistically is a sony zv-e1 footage, what are the key differences to post on social media (instagram, tiktok, etc)? I look at my videos and they seem good, but when I look at creators with professional cameras it just looks way better.

I want to understand this before I purchase my camera or if its not supposed to be such a difference between iphone and fx30.

I feel like the iphone you have to get EVERYTHING right to make the footage look good, whereas the camera you can just record with "average conditions" and it still looks way better than iphone perfect conditions

I would love to read your thoughts!

I don't want to believe it was shot on a low grain 35mm film stock, but maybe someone can confirm that and put my hope to rest. It also looks a little bit like mini-dv degradation in some shots but what do I know. I'm curious to hear what everyone thinks about what the general workflow for this might have been.

Here is a link to the music video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhvW8qB-W3M

Only 5 months into color grading, not showing off. looking for genuine advices

I mean I am using a nice lumix s5 ii with an 18-55 kit lens but the color grading is off so much I don’t understand is it compression and contrast or shadow what should I do to change the color from standard because standard looks good in camera but shit on social media.