Colourist Comparison Part 2: Comparing Workflows and Techniques

June 4, 2024

Colorists Kali Bateman CSI and Luke Ross reveal gritty details of their node trees - grading identical footage to the same creative brief.


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Compare & contrast of node trees, techniques, OFX and tips

In Part 1 of this series, Kali Bateman and I color-graded the same project to the same Director’s notes (given to us by Patrick Inhofer). One of the challenges was the lack of camera recording details – as the footage was shot a decade ago – and we couldn’t rely on colour-managed workflows.

For this project, Kali and I went old-school, using display-referred workflows.

“I’m a bit of a fan of; If it looks good it is good.”

Kali Bateman

In the second (and final) Insight of this Colourist Comparison, Kali and I share the intimate details of our DaVinci Resolve Node Graphs. We expose how we work under time constraints and generate a really interesting conversation. Topics in Part 2 include:

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