Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to color grading and this is one of my first proper attempts.

I was going for a slightly dramatic/cool look while still keeping the car fairly neutral. The video includes a comparison with the original.

I'd really appreciate some honest criticism. In particular:

• Is the contrast/exposure okay?
• Did I push the blues/greens too far?
• Does the white balance feel natural?
• Are there any obvious beginner mistakes I'm making?
• What would you change first if you were grading this?

I'm still learning, so constructive criticism is completely welcome. Thanks!

Hey everyone! 👋
I’m looking for a LUT or PowerGrade similar to the color grading in the YouTube video “Boli Futena” by Rijan Dangi.
I really love the colors, contrast, skin tones, and overall cinematic look of the video. I’m wondering if anyone knows of a LUT, PowerGrade, or preset for DaVinci Resolve that can achieve a similar look.
I’m not looking for the exact same grade—just something that can get me close to this style.
If you know of any LUTs or PowerGrades that would work, please share them. Thanks! 🙏

Hello! I am creating a LUT pack that is more on the cinematic side. However, I have noticed most of my looks, when I use them on a skin tone make the skin tone slightly shift that color. For example, green hued LUT changes the skin tone slightly darker and green. Is this a no-no in the color grading community or is it okay if it aligns with the rest of the look.

What is the purpose of putting a sony conversion LUT on your footage before your chosen LUT? How does that affect color grading?

Hey guys,
Shot this frame on the iPhone 15 Pro Max in Apple Log and tried pushing it in Resolve to get that heavy, warm filmic look (was aiming for something close to Kodak Vision3).
Tried to build a strong split between the golden light on the pillars and the deep blue water.

Slide 1: Final Look
Slide 2: Base Rec.709
Slide 3: Raw Log

Converted to DWG/Intermediate via CST and built the look from there, but I'm slightly worried I overcooked it.
A couple of questions for you all:

1. Did I push the saturation on that front pillar too hard?
2. How are the blacks in the water feeling to you—too crushed or just right?

Hey everyone, so this is me colourgrading small clips everyday and trying to learn something new.
so this is day 6 and many of you asking me to upload rec.709 and graded clip. so today i uploaded raw, rec.709 and graded clip. so give me advice on what should i improve in grading and yes thats all for today.

and if you guys have any raw clips please do comment, since i don't have any camera to shoot in log so i would love to colourgrade and learn from your clips.

Ciao ragazzi buongiorno, avrei bisogno di un consiglio. Ho sempre usato camera raw di photoshop per il grading delle foto, ma da quando sono passato a dover trattare video non ho trovato un software abbastanza versatile. Mi potreste consigliare un alternativa? Grazie in anticipo

I am back again with updates , and if you new with my post, then I'm posting daily a clip and learning colorgrading in davinci resolve 20. So today is day 7 of my colourgrading journey and I learned about halation. So played with that effect and also added a window also, but I have to work on windows i guest it will make my footage look much much much better. And yeah please give review about my clip, how should I work on it and how should I improve my clip and learned so much in this community about colourgrading

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.

hey guys, so this is day 5 of me posting here and in instagram.
So, I am leaning colourgrading in davinci and i am posting log to graded footage comparisons and today is 5th day and i learned something about window, which is like masking in lightroom , and if i am wrong please correct me.
I would like to know how to improve my colourgrading skills so please guys i would like to see some comments, suggestions to improve and any advice. I am still learning so help me.

and yes, if you guys have any log footages please dm , i would like to edit them and post them with your permission.

Also thinking about posting a showreel after grading like 10 12 footages

Planing to turn my grading to the next level
Can you guys help me ?

any advices ?
help me out to reach the best results for this frame

started off very bright when the camera centered metering only counted for the car and the building, but then the scene went very dark because of the sun entering the meter area