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Understanding and Using The JPLog2 Color Space
JPLog2 is a powerful working color space for pro colorists. Dado Valentic unpacks why it will impact the future of grading.
Jason Bowdach's Favorite Features in DaVinci Resolve 20
Colorist Jason Bowdach walks you through his six favorite new features in Resolve 20, plus a few less obvious favorites from this release.
Mystery LOG: A Survival Guide Part 1
In his first Insight, Billy Causey tackles the challenge of color grading 'mystery log' footage, which lacks metadata about its origin.
Using Baselight’s New Look Development Tool: Chromogen
Colorist Luke Ross explains how to use Baselight's new Chromogen look development tool to quickly craft custom film emulation looks.
Resolve’s Six Vector Presets for Quick Secondary Adjustments
Daria Fissoun CSI uses color vectors for secondary adjustments in DaVinci Resolve on archival footage. Plus, Vector Presets vs Color Slice.
Identifying Chromatic Aberration And Removing Fringing
Colorist Daria Fissoun CSI discusses fringing and chromatic aberration. Including using a ResolveFX filter or an HSL qualifier to reduce it.
Using Tangent’s New 'Warp Engine' To Accelerate DaVinci Resolve
Learn how to use the Tangent Warp Engine to map any control, on any Tangent panel, to DaVinci Resolve—including ColorSlice and HDR wheels.
Fixing Overexposure In Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) Footage
Learn to restore overexposed standard dynamic range footage, using exposure planes & the face refinement ResolveFX - with tips and tricks.
Definitive Guide To Resolve’s 3D Qualifier, Part 2 - Problem Solving
Daria Fissoun shows how to fix chroma key issues like hair, spills, and color matching for clean keys using Resolve's 3D qualifier.
Using SMPTE Bars to Color Manage Archival Materials
Daria Fissoun teaches you how to calibrate color bars on videotape archives, using DaVinci Resolve, to ensure accurate color reproduction.
A Definitive Guide To Resolve’s 3D Qualifier, Part 1 - The Workflow
Colorist Daria Fissoun offers a definitive workflow for Resolve's 3D Qualifier when chroma keying, with tips for matte finesse and more!
Understanding The Baselight 'X Grade' Tool For Exposure And Hue
Get an in-depth breakdown at one of Baselight's newest innovative and intuitive primary color grading tools, 'X Grade' for hue and exposure.
Chroma Keying More Effectively With Magic Mask + Delta Keyer
Learn to use Resolve's machine-learning Magic Mask to help pull better keys more quickly, combined with an intro to Fusion's Delta Keyer.
ColorSlice: Deconstructing DaVinci Resolve's New Secondary Tool
Learn to use Resolve’s new subtractive saturation tool, ColorSlice, to create more nuanced color grades. Colorist Jason Bowdach deconstructs.
Baselight Primary Tools: Base Grade, Video Grade, and Film Grade
Kali Bateman CSI explores Baselight’s primary color grading operators and their differences. She shows which tools she uses, and when.
Chroma Keying Part 1: Quick Results Using Resolve's 3D Keyer
Learn to pull effective greenscreen keys with DaVinci Resolve's 3D Keyer from the Edit and Color page, by VFX artist Bernd Klimm.
Pat’s DaVinci Fixed Node Tree (2024 Edition) - Color Grading 101
Patrick shares how he's designed his fixed node tree, plus outboard hardware and software optimizing color grading speed and efficiency.
Office Hours Live-NAB 2024 What We Expected + iPad Calibration
We discuss what we expected at NAB 2024, calibrating an iPad Pro, and how/if we're using the headline Resolve features of prior years.
Baselight Inspired: Resolve’s Color Warper For Look Development
Colorist Jamie Dickinson is inspired by Baselight's Chromogen 'stages' paradigm of look development and applies it to Resolve's Color Warper.
Recreating the Kong: Skull Island ‘Toxic Yellow’ Look
Exercise your grading skills by matching Kong: Skull Island's 'Toxic Yellow' look in DaVinci Resolve. Luke Ross shares his approach.
Color Grading 101: Shot Matching & Working With Multiple Nodes
In Part 2 of his series, Colorist Patrick Inhofer starts working 'at speed' on the Base Grade and then moves to Shot Matching (with scopes).
Color Grading 101 - Defeating the Tyranny Of The First Move
Is color grading mystifying because you have trouble getting similar results as the pros? Reboot your confidence with this new series.
Fusion Tools for Colorists - Building Color Page Grading Tools
There are useful Color Page grading tools that don't exist in Fusion. No worries, get guidance on creating them yourself.
Upgrade Your Toolkit: Get Better Hue vs Lum Results
Enhance your color grading toolkit in Part 2 of this series. Learn to affect color density with greater consistency using Hue vs Lum curves.
Upgrade Your Toolkit: Create Custom Highlight & Shadow Controls
Learn how to create a custom highlight roller tools tailored to your creative needs inside DaVinci Resolve.
How To Build A Custom Contrast-Pivot Tool Using Curves
Colorist Patrick Inhofer shares his favorite, and simplest, method for controlling the contrast of your images when doing Primary corrections.
DaVinci Resolve Printer Lights VS Baselight Base Grade Bumps
Explore and compare DaVinci's Printer Lights tool with Baselight's Base Grade Bumps controls, mapping either tool to a keyboard number pad.
A Complete Guide to Baselight's Base Grade Operator
Luke Ross helps you master every Base Grade operator control in Baselight - and challenges Resolve users to figure out equivalent operations.
Office Hours LIVE! HDR White, Saturation Controls, New Displays
Mixing Light's professional colorists answer questions on graphic white points in HDR, crafting meaty saturation and the limitations of AI.
Creative Look Inspiration - Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City'
Build a low-contrast, targeted saturation look inspired by Wes Anderson’s 'Asteroid City', by learning how to evaluate the production stills.
How To Manipulate Hue More Effectively In DaVinci Resolve
Learn how to dramatically improve your Hue vs. Hue adjustments in DaVinci Resolve by changing a node's color model - and why this works.
Is The Mini Control Surface 'Breaking' HDR Palette Operations?
Learn how the Blackmagic Mini control surface is giving you the 'wrong' results on the HDR Palette if your not paying VERY close attention.
The Multiple Personalities of Resolve's Contrast-Pivot Controls
Colorist Patrick Inhofer shows you the three different and distinct behaviors of DaVinci Resolve's two Contrast-Pivot controls.
First Look: Elgato Stream Deck + with SideshowFX Profiles
Colorist Jamie Dickinson shares initial impressions using Elgato's Stream Deck + (with SideshowFX profiles) to control Resolve's HDR Palette.
The Do’s And Don’ts of Color Correcting with Hue-vs-Sat Curves
Colorist Cullen Kelly explores his favorite uses of the Sat vs Lum curve in Resolve and best practices for consistently great results.
Using Custom Curves To Emulate Fill-Light Adjustments
Sometimes you want to 'open up' the shadows as if you added a bounce card or fill light to the scene. Custom curves make this easy.
Learning to Color Balance More Quickly With Fewer Adjustments
In the final episode of his 'Flexing Fundamentals' series, Cullen Kelly shows how to color balance more efficiently by thinking differently.
Contrast Adjustments: Which Is The Right Tool For You?
In Part 3 of Cullen Kelly's 'Flexing Fundamentals' series, learn how to think about organizing contrast adjustments to improve your results.
How To Upgrade Your Contrast, Pivot, Lift, and Gain Adjustments
Learn why colorist Cullen Kelly loves Contrast-Pivot for his contrast adjustments - and how you can upgrade them for more nuanced control.
Better Keying Using DaVinci Resolve’s 3D Keyer
Are you pulling a key for color grading and Resolve's HSL keyer isn't doing it? This dive into the 3D Keyer may get better results, faster.
Flexing Fundamentals: The Hidden Power of the Offset Wheel
In a new series on Primary color corrections, Cullen Kelly explores the hidden strength of the Offset Wheel - when working color-managed.
Texture Management - BYO Advanced Unsharp Mask tool in RGB & LAB
In Part 4, Hector Berrebi shows how to add clipping and range controls to our basic Unsharp Mask node tree in DaVinci Resolve in LAB and RGB.
How To Build Your Own ‘RGB Crosstalk Curves’ Node Matrix
In Part 7 of Cullen Kelly's 'Visual Math' series, rebuild Resolve’s RGB Mixer with splitter/combiner nodes to control with Custom Curves.
How To ‘Trace’ a LUT’s Contrast Curve By Hand
Learn how to use Layer Mixer nodes to recreate a LUT's contrast curve for further creative manipulation in Part 6 of the Visual Math series.
Building Custom 'Lum vs Sat' Curves In HSL Using Resolve's Node Tree
In Part 5 of our 'Visual Math' series, learn how 'vs. Curves' work from within Resolve's node graph by building your own in HSL space.
The HDR Palette One Year Later & Selling Your Project Files: Good Ideas?
Team Mixing Light, in a live conference call, takes member questions on Resolve's HDR palette and the practice of handing over project files.
DaVinci Resolve 17.4.5 - Custom YRGB Output Color Spaces
Colorist Joey D’Anna explains why the new Output color space setting in DaVinci YRGB projects is a great tool for node based color management.
Color Warper Tips Part 2 - Migrating Off Curves in DaVinci Resolve
Colorist Patrick Inhofer shares how he modified his approach to Resolve's Color Warper - and now rarely uses 'Hue vs' and 'Sat vs' curves.
Build Your Own Qualifier In HSL Color Space Using Curves (In Resolve)
Learn an alternate method for creating masks limiting adjustments to particular luminance regions, using Curves and Splitter/Combiner nodes.
Resolve Color Warper Tips Part 1 - Pin Patterns Within Fixed Node Trees
Learn how to build Color Warper 'Pin Patterns' for flexible saturation fixes in DaVinci Resolve and integrating them into fixed node trees.
Resolve 17.4: My Favorites From A Huge Release
DaVinci Resolve 17.4 is a substantial update. Colorist Joey D'Anna explores his favorite features, big and small, on the Color & Edit Pages.
Inside the Grade: The First Pass On A Feature Film
Watch over the shoulder of senior colorist Cullen Kelly as he works through his first pass on a feature film and shares his approach.
Color Warper 101 Part 3: Creating Looks (Plus A Grading Challenge)
In the finale of the series, colorist Peder Morgenthaler puts what we've learned into action creative 3 looks with the Color Warper.
Look Development Part 3: Sweetening The Color Palette
In the last installment of his series on the essentials of look development, Cullen Kelly guides you through the concept of preferential color mapping.
Color Warper 101 Part 2: Managing Points & Pins + Chroma-Luma Panel
In part 2 of his series, Peder Morgenthaler dives deeper into the controls in DaVinci Resolve's Color Warper.
Review - Controlling The HDR Palette With The Resolve Mini Panel
How does the DaVinci Resolve Mini control surface manage to control 7+ color wheels in the HDR Palette, with only 3 physical trackballs?
Look Development Part 2: Dialing In The Contrast Curve
In Part 2 of his series, Cullen Kelly takes a look at dialing in the contrast curve for a look with the new HDR Zone tool in Davinci Resolve 17.
Resolve 17 Color Management Tips and Pat's Fixed Node Tree
Learn how to set up Resolve Color Management for success. You'll also see a colorist's node tree, designed for RCM & the HDR Palette.
Color Warper 101 Part 1: Concepts and Interface Fundamentals
The new Color Warper in DaVinci Resolve 17 is very powerful, very accurate, but a bit complicated. In Part 1, learn this tool's fundamentals.
Custom ACES Part 4: Updating For Resolve 17
Watch colorist Joey D'Anna update his custom ACES workflow to better use the new HDR tool in Resolve 17, and use DaVinci Wide Gamut colorspace
HDR Palette 101 - Resolve Color Management 2.0 + Contrast Controls
In Part 3 of this series, learn how the color grading controls work differently with RCM 2 enabled. Plus, contrast control in the HDR Palette.
HDR Palette - Using Multiple Zones, Contrast, Presets, Global Control
In Part 2 of this series, we dig deeper into the HDR Palette and continue exploring its differences from the traditional Primaries Palette.
How Do Zones Work in Resolve 17's New HDR Palette?
The HDR Palette represents a major advance in Resolve 17's color grading toolset. Learn about it's core concept, Zones, and how they work.
Advanced Keyframe Editing in Fusion
Learn powerful keyframe editing techniques in DaVinci Resolve's Fusion page, using the built-in spline and keyframe editors.
The 10-Minute Grade: Global Contrast
In the first installment of a new series, Cullen Kelly shares his strategies for quickly getting a grade on its feet by creating global contrast
Three Strategies for Increasing Color Separation in DaVinci Resolve
Do your images need to look more colorful? In this Insight, learn 3 color separation tools for increasing perceptual colorfulness.
Sculpting Clipped Highlights - Roll-offs, Tints, Glows, and Streaks
Dealing with clipped highlights is a regular annoyance. Learn how to make these artifacts look more natural & intentional with color grading.
How to Set Up Premiere Pro for Quick Color Grading Sessions
Learn how to set up your physical workspace for quick color grading in Adobe Premiere Pro. Plus, optimizing the software for your workspace.
ACES Color Correction in Action: An Indie Case Study Part 1
The ACES color management workflow is a key technology for major Hollywood productions. Learn how an Indie film implemented ACES.
Scopes and Critical Image Evaluation In Resolve 16
Video scopes are an essential tool to all colorists. Learn all the exciting new scope features in Resolve 16 to speed up your grading.
How To Avoid Two Gotchas In The Lumetri Workflow
Learn how to avoid two problems when color correcting using Premerie Pro's Lumetri workflow. It's all about recovering clipped detail.
Breaking Down A Black and White Film with a Violet Twist
Isolate an object in a black & white film, isolate its color, and use keys to shift hue, saturation, and gain. How hard can that be?
Adapting Photoshop's 'Channel Masks' to DaVinci Resolve, Part 2
Are you trying to do Photoshop's Channel or Luminosity Mask techniques in DaVinci Resolve? Learn how, by simplifying the workflow.
Photoshop-Style 'Channel Masks' and Blending Modes In DaVinci Resolve
Are you replicating Photoshop's Channel Masks and Blending Modes workflows in DaVinci Resolve? Learn how (and why you might not want to).
Evaluating And Exploring The New Color Tools in FCPX 10.4
FCPX 10.4 update introduces some long-awaited color correction features, like wheels and curves. This Insight reviews the standout points of this new color correction toolset - and gotcha's you should understand.
Can You Save This Shot? Part 2: Patrick's Solution (in real-time)
How do you save a shot that has exposure changes and compression artifacts? Patrick shows you how he does it, with footage you can download.
How to Color Match using Color Charts with RAW (or LOG) Footage
DaVinci Resolve's 'Color Match' is terrific for Color Charts recorded on-set. Learn the tricks to this feature if your Footage is RAW or Log.
How To Quickly Generate Color Correction Ideas At The Start Of A Session
Are you having problems deciding how to attack color correcting your images? Learn how to quickly generate ideas in this video.
White Balancing Shots and Solving Common Problems
Learn how to white balance shots with mixed color temperatures. Plus, how to deal with subtle color balance issues.
How to Work Around the 'Mouse Math Bug' in DaVinci Resolve
In an earlier video we showed you the 'mouse math bug' when color correcting in DaVinci Resolve—now learn how to work around it.
Exploring the Lumetri Color Tools (Part 2)
Understand how the Lumetri Color Tools work in the latest version of Premiere Pro CC. Plus learn about a potential flaw in these tools.
LAB Colorspace in DaVinci Resolve 12
How DaVinci Resolve 12 changes the way we write contrast curves in the LAB Colorspace. See the difference between Resolve 11 & 12 curves.
An Overview: Nattress Levels and Curves for FCPX
An video overview of Nattress Levels and Curves for FCPX. It's a suite of four plug-ins for Curves-like image manipulation from FX Factory.
Using DaVinci Resolve's Curves To Deconstruct A Look
In this Insight, contributor Josh Petok shows a straight forward but very effective way to use Resolve's curves to deconstruct a look.
How to use the Offset Control in DaVinci Resolve
The Offset Control in video color correction looks quite rudimentary. Learn how to use it powerfully and to great effect.
Creating An S-Curve Using The Contrast & Pivot Controls
Learn how to quickly create an S-Curve using the Contrast and Pivot controls in Resolve to add more filmic contrast to shots
Offset Controls - Introduction To Offsets
Dan takes a look at the offset controls. The oldest and most overlooked primary controls in Resolve. Great for shot balancing.