Color Warper Tips Part 2 – Migrating Off Curves in DaVinci Resolve

How changing my approach to the Color Warper made it more useful

In my previous Insight in this Series (renamed as Part 1), I shared a concept I call ‘pin patterns’ for some quick and easy adjustments in the Color Warper. Pin Patterns have helped me reduce mouse clicks for a few very common operations I’ve really come to rely upon in my fixed node trees.

But a few comments, emails, and conversations with Mixing Light members made it clear that many colorists haven’t figured out how to integrate the Color Warper into their day-to-day work.

I spent a little time contemplating why I was having success where others were struggling? I realized I didn’t properly share how I changed my mental model of using the Color Warper.

Changing my mental model of the Color Warper allowed me to integrate it more fully into my practice