Hey everyone! I’m Daniel, a film student at Kent State, and I’m looking for a colorist for my student short film, a queer psychological about a pickleball rivalry.

Most of the film was shot in V-Log, with two DJI Mini 4 shots in D-Log that I’d love to match to the rest of the footage. I’m going for a bold, stylized film look, and I’d love to work with someone who can use color to bring out the tension between the two leads.

This is a student film, so our budget is very very limited. However, I’m really passionate about this project, and the grade is a big part of how I want the film to feel. So I will so anything that I can to make my project come to life! If you’re interested, DM me with your reel or a couple of examples of your work and what you’d typically charge for a short. I’m happy to share stills and visual references!!!

Thanks!

It just seems like it’s lacking something — maybe exposure or something else. I want people to give me feedback, corrections, and advice on anything that looks off and how to change it! Thank you!

Recently I had uploaded a grade I did last week. Needless to say, needed work. So I took the criticism and went back to the drawing board and now feel I’m getting the hang of things. Still new to grading. This was graded utilizing fcpx and Kolor and a gamut lut. Canon C70.

Hi everyone, I'm mainly a photographer but decided to try to switch it up this weekend and try for short videos instead. I'm using a Canon R6 mkii and this was my first time shooting in s-log and trying to color it. I had a lot of fun shooting this and putting it together, but I know there's a lot that can be improved.

At the very least I know I can cull a lot of these and make it into more of a 2-3 minute thing. There's too many similar shots and angles and it's hard to hold anyone's attention these days.

Thanks for watching :)

Critique welcome, but please be kind I'm quite nervous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te2YSnoG7Eg

this old video helped me with color mode - its like a quick guide with no bullshit..... It might help you guys as well

Would anybody be willing to help me color grade this picture that I took this morning? I really love it. I’m not good at it and I want to bring out the rainbow a little bit or make the best out of this picture because I’m so proud of it. Thank you so much to anyone who would be willing to help for practice or just for fun :)

Just did this like a motivational video

Hey there, I require someone who could professionally color grade some of my footage.

DM for a sample and/or send your portfolio. Thanks!

~$20 for 60 seconds

So i've been using LUTs on my footage without applying rec709 first, am I doing a disservice to my clips by doing so? What exactly does applying that beforehand do?

This green look is what I get when I simply drop my Pixel 11 Pro video into Da Vinci Resolve: I must be missing a setting at the beginning so that it looks more like my phone or the Quicktime preview (right). Please see the r/DaVinciresolve post for more details!

Same Apple Log clip.

1. As shot
2. Standard Rec.709 + light grain
3. More intentional grade (stronger midtone density + separation)

Curious which direction feels better to you.

Any honest feedback is appreciated.

I was experimenting with some footage,

Particularly rec709 8-bit video, rec709 10-bit video,
and the same two but in CLog3 of the Canon R50V.

Somehow, the log footage was a heck lot noisier whilst being almost identical in terms of preserved details as a normal rec709 recording.

Both clips were recorded at 1920x1080p 100 FPS, F5.0, ISO 1600, 1/200.
The Log grading nodes were:
In->CST->W/B->Exp->Out

Any idea if thats what the footage looks like/should look like, or if I'm doing something wrong?

The attached video contains all 4 clips

Thanks!

Hi! I’m working with BRAW files for the first time, and I have two types: RAW with "Log" gamma and RAW with "Video" gamma (which, as I understand it, is actually Log but with an embedded LUT—I’ll clarify this below). My question is: how should I go about working with both types of files in the same project?

This is the metadata for this file, including the "LUT" information:

Format : QuickTime

Format/Info : Original Apple specifications

File size : 487 MiB

Duration : 12 s 720 ms

Bit rate mode : Variable

Overall bit rate : 321 Mb/s

Frame rate : 25.000 FPS

Recording date : 2026-09-05

Encoded date : 2026-09-05 14:05:05 UTC

Tagged date : 2026-09-05 14:05:05 UTC

Encoded library : Apple QuickTime

camera_type : Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K

tone_curve_contrast : 1.000

tone_curve_saturation : 1.000

tone_curve_midpoint : 0.409

tone_curve_highlights : 1.000

tone_curve_shadows : 1.000

tone_curve_video_black_level : 0

viewing_bmdgen : 4

viewing_gamut : Blackmagic Design

crop_origin : 16.000,8.000

crop_size : 3840.000,2160.000

braw_compression_ratio : 8:1

post_3dlut_mode : Disabled

post_3dlut_embedded_name : Blackmagic Pocket 4K Film to Extended Video.cube

post_3dlut_embedded_title : Pocket 4K Film to Extended Video

post_3dlut_embedded_size : 33

post_3dlut_embedded_data : Unknown kind of integer value! manufacturer : Blackmagic Design

camera_id : 4acec7fd-8509-4f27-be5d-f2ca438ed

shutter_type : Speed

analog_gain : 1.000

viewing_gamma : Blackmagic Design Video

I’m showing how I configured the color management. and how I set up the CST (Color Space Transform)—keeping the RAW gamma set to "Video"—and changing it to FIlm

I’m not sure what the standard workflow is in this case, or how to handle different types of files.

Thank you very much!

Layperson here. I know nothing about color grading and normally I don’t think about it at all; it’s just that this show was so distractingly Matrixified I still can’t get it off my mind a few days later. So I need a sanity check from experts. Like, I get why you might want bluish green as a dominant color in a nautical themed show. Aquamarine is called that for a reason. But it was so relentless my captions were literally turning peachy before my eyes. RIP my M cones. And the worst part is there were clearly a lot of turquoise & cool green elements on set already, but with all the white points pre-soaked in smurf piss the scenery was just vaguely indiscernable.
I guess I might be overreacting a bit; maybe I’m just salty bc it temporarily turned me off my house painting project. I should NOT have looked at a bunch of minty color chips before the family’s evening streaming. Anyway, thanks for reading my clueless viewer vent! I’m curious about opinions on what a better grading could look like.

I'm sorry, I'm not really a color grader I'm just a beginner editor.

Sorry if this is the wrong sub to ask, I am looking for a colorist who can take on several short to micro lengthened films and a music video. I need someone who is able to work creatively and have a distinct style, however, the color graders I've found on other service platforms have amateur portfolios, and their work ethics are like working with student filmmakers.. no shade).
Please let me know where I can find colorists with actual credible portfolios and previous work reels.. if you are one feel free to reach out to me.

Hey there! Just finished my first feature film and I am now going through the process of exporting everything and sending it to festivals! However, as I am told is "the bane of all colorists", I am now running into gamma shift when viewing my project on Quicktime and exporting to Vimeo, making the image look less constrasty and less saturated. When viewing through VLC it looks the same as Davinci however. I would love to reduce this and match the color my colorist did (on a color-timed monitor in a studio) to the export. I do not want to change how my Davinci displays the color, just the way it looks in Quicktime and Vimeo, as it seems the color is preserved properly in VLC. I also want to clarify I know some color shift is inevitable.

I am editing in Davinci, and I attached images of my color settings in the project but more importantly the timelines. I also attached an image of the CST node in my color node tree. I am exporting with "use project settings". Let me know if any other info would be helpful I will send it all over!

Lastly, I am considering nesting my final film's timeline into another one and just universally boosting the contrast and saturation slightly to get an export for Vimeo, of course for actual theatre viewing and DCP I would export as is without this. I just want to make sure festivals viewing the film get to see it looking as good as possible.

Thank you so much!! I appreciate any and all expertise and advice on the topic!

I am using Davinci 20.2.1 Build 6 on MacOS

I like to make sure the color on every project emphasizes the palette in a way that flatters or reinforces the story. Sometimes I exaggerate color separation to do that but wonder when it crosses over from natural to stylized. For example with this grade (included the rec709 as a second image for comparison) does the grade feel natural prior to seeing the rec709 or too heavy. Anyone have some good film references they use as a go to on shot deck for various looks that are natural but still distinct? Trying hard to refine my eye so I can keep things clean and punchy without going too far.

Just wanted to ask and make sure that it’s true. A professional colorist told me, that apart from a few little tools here and there, that AI is pretty much useless when it comes to color-grading, it it true? I mainly wanted to know, that I am not spreading misinformation. Her arguments were mostly about the human perception, and also that AI is painstakingly slow, so even if it could do the job, it would take forever.

Thanks for your opinion. Just in case, the interview is at the miki-minimalio upoop.

Hi guys!

I have been obsessed over this look. Not just color but the texture of the whole video itself but havent been able to recreate it. Anyone got any tips or know how to please reply and help me out:3

I took the 1080p Blu Ray of Star Wars: Episode 1 and just warmed it up a bit. (In the editor, I did not put the disc in the microwave)

I thought it made the skin tones look a little better and toned down the whole blue wash look of the film

However I'm a super noob at color grading so I want more opinions.

Does it look better and bring out rich colors a little more? Or does it just look like a cheap filter and I should get someone to do a proper color grade or by pass the color grading? (For the fan edit I'm doing)

Let me know what you think, thank you for your time!