Old-School Color Grading – Shot-Matching People & Time Of Day

Color Grading 101, Part 3: My previous approach to color grading

I have mixed feelings about sharing this set of videos from my old Resolve 12 training course. As I said in Parts 1 & 2. The fundamentals haven’t changed in the past ten years. BUT – we have new workflows, and I’ve evolved from most of the techniques I show in this ‘In Action’ section.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with what I’m doing in this Insight.

It’s just that I’ve found better ways of doing it, thanks to workflows and toolsets that didn’t exist a decade ago.

So why am I sharing this?

I’m sharing this because it is valuable in the questions being asked and how the images are evaluated. And the color grading ‘moves’ I’m executing I still use – but they are no longer my go-to moves. Yet, having them in your back pocket is useful.

I also want you, up-and-coming colorist, to ask how much of yourself do you see in this set of tutorials?