Resolve Editing Workshop #09 – Color Grading

This time it is about color grading—what possibilities the interface provides, and how to get primary grading done cleanly and efficiently.

Archive notice: This article was originally published on December 5, 2016. Links and embedded videos are preserved as part of the historical record.

The time has come—we are dealing with color correction in DaVinci Resolve 12.5. To do so, we look at the function and task of color spaces, video scopes, and nodes. Then it is time for practice: we create an autograde (and see what it actually does), Adjust the settings with the color wheels, apply a LUT, save all this, color match and? Then we prepare everything for secondary grading.

Anyone who does not yet have Resolve: Here is the software download (free registration is required, but you will not be bothered with newsletters). And in the tutorials, we made sure that all features are included in the free version. Let’s go!