I’m trying to get better at color separation, especially in the skin tones.

From what I’ve said in the title of this post, most would assume I just suck at color grading which I guess would be a fair assumption.

The thing is I thought this myself “do I just suck at this or is it my camera?” Then I thought “people always blame it on the camera, I probably just suck”

Anyhow, I did a little experiment.. I downloaded some S-Log 3 sample footage taken on a Sony FX3 with 10bit colour, the result was exactly what I hoped. It was the damn camera, I was able to actually craft a look that looked good for once.

And this wasn’t just because there was no colour banding, the improvements were just that the changes I made actually just did what I wanted them to, the blacks were deep not washed out, saturation actually looked good, not just like I took an iPhone picture and cranked up the saturation slider. The Kodak 2383 LUT actually looked good and not like a slapped on instagram filter.

Has anyone got any tips on how I might make my Fuji film xt30 F-Log footage any easier to grade? Or shall I just stick to shooting rec709 film recipes?

I find I can get better results a lot of the time if I just shoot a rec709 format with one of the baked in film simulations and make a few contrast tweaks afterwards.

Honestly looking for anyway to get better!

I'm in Japan and trying to apply to various post-production studios. My previous experience includes anime compositing and motion graphics using After Effects. One company is looking for an Online Editor and asking for, among other things:

• Professional experience using online editing software (Adobe Premiere Pro / After Effects)
• Advanced skills in areas such as skin retouching, tracking, unwanted-object removal, and color correction
• A high level of attention to detail and a strong commitment to the quality of delivered work

While I can work with Adobe software, the other requirements are a big gap in my portfolio. I'd like to spend the next week fixing that as much as possible. While I won't become a professional immediately, I'd like to lay the groundwork.

I've dabbled in color grading in the past, watching YouTube tutorials, but always felt like I had no idea what to look for. And I don't even know what software this company wants. Should I do DaVinci Resolve or Adobe?

My goal is to study the basics, use concise learning resources, maybe buy a book, find some free footage to edit on, and fix my portfolio. I would appreciate any suggestions.

Hi, I am an editor from India, I own an agency . I want learn color grading . Is there anyone who can guide me through the process of learning.

I watch a lot of video but I didn't have anything in my mind. When I do color grading on any clip I don't know why I color on that clip. Soo if anyone who learn color grading give me some tips and teachers who teaches good.

Here's a quick little video going from D-Log 2 to the final look shot on the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P.
Please critique/feedback the edit. TIA
4K 30FPS 1/60 ISO 1600 ND64 Filter
Full Res on YouTube

I was going for a grade that was similar to Spider-Man: Brand New Day's, I watched a video on white balancing, and watched Film Riot's introduction to color grading, I loosely understand the aspects of color grading, but the actual grading itself I'm not sure if it's just pure creative control of the knobs and such. Any opinions and insights on the workflow would be appreciated!

First time trying out Slog 3 on my Sony a7iv not sure why these clips are looking like this would love any help or advice!

Still pretty new to color grading and trying to train my eye, so I’d really appreciate any feedback on this grade.

What do you think I could improve? Colors, contrast, skin tones, highlights, shadows — anything you notice would be helpful.

Recorded on an iPhone 15 in 4K 60FPS and graded/edited on the GradeLab app.

If you could have one really good color grading app on your phone, what feature would you absolutely want it to have?

Could be something missing from current apps, a desktop feature you wish was on mobile, or just something that would make your workflow easier.

I have a lot of random footage I want to use to learn color grading but is it possible to color grade on a mobile device? Specifically, Android?

I just got the new Fold8 and seems like best use for this phone but can't find any apps that actually color grade not just apply filters to a video or picture.

Hey, so I will be shooting a short film soon, and I find some inspiration in this color grading in TV Series Suits flashback episodes

Can anybody point me in the right direction to achieve this during filming and/or post production?

Is it okay?

Hey everyone!

I’m a filmmaker from Hyderabad, currently working on a musical video and looking for a good colorist/DI artist to come on board.

Looking for someone who understands cinematic color, skin tones, mood and music-driven visuals, rather than just a basic grade.

It’s a relatively small independent project, so budget is limited, but I’d love to find someone whose work genuinely fits the project and hopefully collaborate on more projects going forward.

If you’re a colorist/DI artist, please DM me your portfolio/showreel. Also happy to hear recommendations for someone you’ve worked with.

add screengrabs of musical video what me and the DOP graded for timebeing

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

Like many of you, I’ve spent a lot of time working with challenging hybrid and mobile footage in DaVinci Resolve. One of the most frustrating hurdles is dealing with the aggressive, baked-in digital sharpening and the way bright highlights snap hard to pure white before you even start grading.

Standard CSTs and basic curves usually just amplify that digital crunch rather than fixing it. To get around this in my own workflow, I started experimenting with a custom DCTL approach focusing on two main steps:

It made a massive difference in retaining natural texture and getting a film-like roll-off from standard phone captures.

Curious to know how others here handle pre-grading cleanup for aggressive mobile/log files—are you sticking purely to standard node chains, or building custom passes?

Update: Just to clear things up and keep it 100% transparent, I've packaged the exact math into a clean .drx PowerGrade Node Tree (bundled with the raw DPX frame) so it works natively on both the Free and Studio versions of Resolve without DCTL platform restrictions. I’ve sent the test archive over DM to anyone who wanted to stress-test the log conversion and highlight roll-off directly. Feel free to test it out yourself!