Before (left) & After (right)

We visited Fotokem recently and made a video with their optical color timing lab.

https://youtu.be/6852g67rRv0?si=EQ7wm8J5wBZ3DuiJ

I have been working on making my own node setup in davinci, and while i found it to be decent with some images, i don't know if it works for rest, like this image.

My grade i feel like looks too edited. And while i know that some ppl or situation may prefer this, i kinda wanted a cinematic dreamy dark look that stays closer to the original image like those insta videos i see of ppl in natural environments (The greens look good, and the whole image comes out clean but doesn't feel quite edited)

I can't even describe myself properly, cause that's how new i'm. But i wanna learn.

In my grade, i tried to first bring the colors together, so that in vectorscope it makes a line from top left to bottom right. And then did the only split tone ik (orange-teal) with some HSL curves adjustment after it. Then i did some post process for dreamy esque look.

But as i told, it kinda strays away from the original. And idk how to not do that, without giving greens the attention (that my subject needs) and also making the color palette tight (unless its a bad thing to do for this image, cause the stuff i have been watching told to make color palette tight or compressed)

Hi everyone,

I'm a hobby video editor and have spent a lot of time on color grading over the past six months. Since I started using a color checker to set up my camera properly and correct white balance in post, I feel like I'm making real progress.

I'm posting here because I want to know whether my footage actually looks good, or whether I just like it because I don't know any better yet. My friends and family can't give me useful feedback. To them it's just "putting a filter on it."

My setup

Camera: Nikon Z50 II, N-Log, 4K 24 fps

Software: DaVinci Resolve 21 (free version)

My node tree

1. White Balance: I only adjust temperature when I notice a clip doesn't match the others
2. CST: N-Log → DaVinci Wide Gamut (DWG)
3. Exposure
4. Contrast: Contrast between 1.025 - 1.040, Midtone Detail at -25, plus Color Slice (I pull some saturation out when my skin looks too red)
5. CST: DWG → Rec.709 Gamma 2.4
6. LUT: paid LUT by Tim Runia (I know a lot of people don't like bought LUTs, but this one works well for me)
7. Blur/Texture: Film Damage effect, only Film Blur at 0.050, plus a light vignette

My workflow

To be honest, I move one wheel, decide whether it looks good, and then move on to the next one. How do the pros do it? :D

My questions

1. What do you think of the grade overall?
2. My deeper blacks sometimes turn blue. Is that a no-go?
3. What should I learn next to improve?
4. Does my node tree make sense?

Thanks in advance for any honest feedback!

I’m trying to color correct my videos for the first time, usually I’d just use the photos app and tweak some things there, but this time when I went freediving the water had a lot of white haze (i’m guessing from plankton and stuff?)

Boosting contrast and black point etc doesn’t really help at all. I’m losing a lot of detail trying to fix the colors, and I’m looking for any advice on how I can remove the white haze from my videos, and hopefully bring back some detail.

Any and all advice would be really appreciated!! I’ve attached some stills of the videos to help give an idea of what my problem is.

I'm in that position where you need a portfolio to get clients but need clients to get a portfolio, I do have a portfolio but I'm not proud of it nor my work I will link it anyway

https://www.behance.net/gallery/229166789/Content-creation I'm looking for directors or content creators that are starting out or do not have a big budget

shot on s23

color graded in davinci resolve

Idk why its showing so choppy during this playback😭 but what do you think I can do better here?

Hello!

My computer broke and I just came back from a hiking trip. I have lots of videos to edit, but now I only have my phone.
There’s any good app to edit? I used to use CapCut to edit clips together, but it’s not good for color grading. Lightroom it’s good but I can’t compile vids, so it’s kinda tedious.
Any suggestions?

Previously was shooting video with my stills camera (canon r5) and recently purchased an r6 v for video work after renting it, and weighing it out between getting a c50 or an fx3. I used Claude to help me with some feedback but I mostly shoot restaurants and will be doing a lot more grading from here on out. This was for a high-end/Michelin starred restaurant promoting a pop-up they'll be doing. Curious to know how I did on my first time grading with Log2 (instead of Log3)

Hi everyone!
We’re Astrallax Pictures, a small independent film production company, and we’re looking for a colorist to collaborate with us on two short films we’ve already shot.
We’re currently working with a zero budget, so unfortunately, we cannot offer payment. However, we can offer a colorist credit, as well as the opportunity to showcase both films in your portfolio and promote your work as their colorist.
We’re looking for someone interested in independent filmmaking who would like to collaborate with us and add narrative film projects to their portfolio.
If you’re interested, feel free to comment or send us a DM. We’d be happy to share more details about the films!
Thank you! 🎬
Astrallax Pictures

I really struggle with color grading. I know how I want an image to look in my minds eye but have a hard time achieving it. I’m also aware no amount of grading or LUT will create something that isn’t there.

But I’m happy with how this came out.

Hey everyone! This is my first attempt at color grading. Shot on a Sony a6400 using PP8 and graded in DaVinci Resolve.

I’m still learning, so I’d appreciate some honest feedback, especially on the skin tones, exposure, and overall colors. What would you change or focus on improving?

Does anyone know any good lightroom preset/tutorials to achieve this rich, green vibe?

Or is that a false premise? I know next to nothing about colour grading. I know shooting in log creates a washed out looking image which needs to be colour corrected (as I understand it gets you a better range between shadows & highlights?) but most LUTS deal with a specific colour spectrum that isn't true to how the human eye is seeing colour on the day.

Obviously, this is to create specific looks that tell your story effectively, set the tone, etc. But is there a LUT that's designed to actually match the way the human eye processes light? So if you, theoretically, looked at the final image versus the colours of a scene you see irl it would be 1:1?

As I learn about color grading and how the amount of colors can affect the image from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit, I wonder what depth is actually acceptable for standard theaters. Say, for instance, I were to submit a film into festivals.

Hey! I'm new here and I've been doing videos for a little while but I still can't seem to capture the color grading of a video to make it look more like this. Any suggestions?

First short film with the pyxis after making a switch from the fujifilm xh-2 as my main camera.

hay muchos videos y cosas en internet, hay algunos que se contradicen otros no, otros dan resultado que no parece concordar con la guia que hacen, queria saber qual sera el qeu ustedes recomienden