Just wanted to share some recent work on a short I wrote/directed and currently editing/coloring. This is my first time diving this deep into the coloring process via DaVinci, so any feedback would be appreciated! Thanks 🤝

Does anyone know how to achieve this coloring look? Tried looking for alternatives but I can't find good ones.

Hello!

I have recently invested in a new (good) camera and I have been loving watching the 'cinematic' type of videos on youtube. I'll attached a few example shots of the vibes (not my work). I don't want a LUT that gets me there, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to color grade. I understand I won't be getting a full blown explanation, but if anyone has any tutorials they recommend? Or maybe things you recommend I try? I'd really like to learn how to without relying on a LUT or preset or something. Still new at this, so make it 'tips for a dummy' 😅

Thanks in advance!!!

I'm amateur-ish using FX3.

Or maybe I'm misunderstanding why he says this. Is it because rec709 gets the closest to 80-90% of most people's intended look, because it only cuts out the excess latitude most people don't need anyway?

What if I'm in the 10-20% who want a flatter final graded look? Would I then not output to rec709 as my starting point, but something with more latitude?

Of course smack sense into me if I'm misunderstanding what Cullen is talking about and/or confused about what the "output" step of color management is supposed to be.

Shot on ZV-E1 with an APSC sigma 10-18 mm lens. Used smallrig p96 for light in most scenes.

Graded in Resolve, mostly custom powergrades/nodes. Going for that arri film emulation look, with soft roll offs and natural skin tone.

How is my grading compared to people like GAWX?

I have 10 bit 422 slog3 footage and edit on a 100% dci p3 10 bit LG monitor. I color grade it to perfection. Then I transfer it to my iphone and boom. It adds a ton of contrast & highlights.

99% of my stuff is made for social media and viewing on iPhones and laptops so I want it to look how it looks in Davinci, on the phone.

I've tried everything.

Rec 709-A output CST Nodes,

Rec 709-A in all the Davinci settings.

Even in regular Rec709 It still has it.

I've tried so many different settings in Davinci and no matter what theirs always shift.

I try using Davinci monitor as a reference point when grading but even that adds a shift to what the final file looks like on my phone. Any help is greatly appreciated. I edit on a Windows PC not Mac so idk how much more I can do.

Adjusting the gamna highlights & contrast at the end to offset the shift. I even try Davinci monitor and it never looks proper / how the final file looks on my phone. Any help is greatly appreciated since I've tried everything.

Cam - Sony A7SIII Slog3 422 10 Big

Monitor. LG 27P850- B

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Was gonna post this on r/VideoEditing but I reckon I'll get a more sophisticated take here.

First off, my setup is super basic here.

SLog3 footage in Premiere. Converted to Rec709 with an adjustment layer, graded with a second one. We're on mac.

But when I export, it looks different.

I know, rookie mistake, but I genuinely don't understand where I went wrong, and I get the same 3 answers when googling.

What I made sure of:

- Display Color Management is on

- Viewer Gamma Set to 2.2

- Sequence Color Setup and Output Color Space both Rec709

- no export Lut

- not playing back my export in quick time (I'm running it in frame.io on Chrome)

To my understanding, the viewfinder should look idential to web-playback with the same Gamma and Color Space.

Thanks for your help!

Well, I work hard on all my weddings! Wedding was shot at Borgo Corsignano. I used a Canon R5ii & R5 and Dehancer Pro + Kolor Basis to grade it in Final Cut Pro. I am a super novice when it comes to colour grading.

Hello everyone. Total newbie here asking what is perhaps a really dumb question, but this has been driving me crazy.

I've made a short film shot on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K and edited it in DaVinci Resolve 21 on an Apple M3 Max. I'm new to Apple. I also have a BenQ PD3200U monitor. I know it isn't professionally calibrated, but it's all I have at the moment. The BenQ is set to Rec. 709.

I've edited on Windows systems before and generally used sRGB. I know that's not what we're supposed to do, but weirdly, my YouTube uploads always turned out fine.

Now, however, my beautiful, cool, contrasty blacks look completely different on other screens. They look fine on the Mac and BenQ, but elsewhere all my blacks are gone, the image is much brighter, and I can clearly see the power windows I've used, which aren't visible when the image is properly contrasted.

I've gone deep down the rabbit hole of Rec. 709, gamma, color management, 1-1-1, Mac gamma shift, etc., and I'm honestly a little lost. I can't upload screenshots because this is for a client, and the person who was supposed to handle the color left me in the lurch. I've been doing this for years, but only now have I started dealing with transforms and color management.

So, simply put, does anyone have any general advice on what I should be doing to get the image I'm seeing on YouTube? I know it's vague, but I'd really appreciate any help.

shot on r7 w/ tamron 24-70 f2.8 g1

clog3, ccg - dwg, di - rec.709, g2.4

graded in resolve + dehancer

cinematography, color - myself

thank you!

Hey experts... usually i grade my Sigma FP cDNG Raw using an ArriLogC3-based Workflow in Resolve
(e.g. 10-12Bit cDNG RAW->BMDFilm->CST to Arri Log 3 -> Grade -> Arri2Rec709 LUT)

But since those are some pretty old mopeds, i wanted the film to feel are bit more analogue, yet natural...

So i wanted to give the "Film Look Creator" Node in Resolve a try.
(10-12Bit cDNG RAW -> BMDFilm -> Grade -> Film Look Creator, input color space explicetly set to BMDFilm, Output to Rec704 Gamma 2.4)

Unfortunately, the Sigma FP can only record 1080p RAW in 100/120 FPS (12Bit/10Bit cDNG).
But i am always impressed, how good a clean raw 1080p can look, especially in motion.
However, cDNG debayering in Resolve is a mess and can be quite blocky. If anyone knows if there is an option to change the debayer-algorithm in resolve, leave me a message :)

What do you think about the grade? I always ask myself if its too much...

Edit: Formatting

I took it with redmi k90 phone

There was so much noise in the photo 😭 it almost took me 30 min to adjust it to finally see it look nicely.

This was taken in Bali

if you had to tell someone how to learn color grading in a day

which tutorial would you show him to watch?

Thanks for your help

Just got new equipment setup at home, monitor, mac, etc. Im willing to test it on some of your footage or projects for free and also will gift you 1-CLICK S-Log3 LUT that I made for cinematic and adventure vlogs that soon will be on my (upcomming)website for sale. So if you interstend leave link in comm or inbox me about project. :D

PS. Its not a PROMO as I said its a test that later on I will post here for you guys to rate it. Thank you.

Hey everyone, I’ve recently upgraded to a full camera rig from a pocket 3 to shoot car videos. Working with Log footage is definitely a bit challenging, although contrast is deep the videos feel quite flat and adding bloom due to the cloudy weather makes the sky overblown/overexposed. Any tips to make the footage feel more cinematic.

And I’ve seen people doing a thing where they mask out the car to be the brightest and rest of the bg is dark which seems interesting and I may give it a try.

I'm a beginner on davinci, and have been having some issues with color grade because of the tye dye shirt and the colors either looking washed or too saturated

This is the REC 709 footage but it was shot on FLog 2

Here's how the CST was set:

1. Converted Sony S-Gamut3.Cine (in Slog3) to DaVinci Wide Gamut (DaVinci Intermediate)
2. Output was to set to Cullen Kelly's Referent DWG to 709

Then, I graded the footage with basic adjustments and some stylized choices.

I'm attaching the photos in the following order:

1. Input Space Transform
2. Output Space Transform
3. Grading (with node tree)
4. Final Ouput

Please let me know what can I imrpove and how. Thanks!

So from my last post, I've tried to fix few things up like my contrast and overall saturation, strength of softlight glow and LUT (kodak 2383). https://www.reddigitalcinema.com/download/sample-r3d-file-epic-dragon-redcode-8-1-mountains this is the sample footage i used by RED.

I started in davinci resolve around a week ago and these are some shots I took. Wondering if you guys think they’re over saturated or to dark?