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Clicked from a basic mobile. Just adjusted the lighting here and there. I am a beginner. Don't even know the basics but i am looking for feedback/review

Clicked from a basic mobile. Just adjusted the lighting here and there. I am a beginner. Don't even know the basics but i am looking for feedback/review
This was really fun to do. I first color graded the clip then made a copy of it to go into fusion, inside there I masked out the subject and added a background node along with a slight grain node, I added a glow afterwards and a little movement but I also tried to reflect it onto the water but couldn't figure out how to, so if anyone has any tips or tricks, feel free to help!!
I just learn about color grading and it's really cool, so I tried color grading using the mobile version of Lightroom. The cat image is from Twitter and the 3rd image, I took it myself. I'm looking for feedback. This is my first ever touching color grading.
I'm trying to use a feature called Color Compressor in Da Vinci Resolve, should I add nodes to each color?
For example, pants (red) skin (red)
hat (green) tree (green)
Are you going to add two more nodes to compress red and green
How does everyone use a color compressor?
Or is there a way to compress the color without the color compressor
WHY is it that my final export from DaVinchi looks great on my computer monitor, but when uploaded/transferred anywhere else it becomes washed out, noisy, and totally overexposed with the blacks totally blown out.
I understand chances are this is a monitor calibration issue possibly displaying inaccurate color all in all, but does anybody havr an idea of a fix?
TYIA for any and all help, I am still relatively new to everything, but I have completed many videos in this exact work-flow with never experiencing this issue.
EXAMPLE OF VIDEO AS SEEN ON MONITOR BELOW
I’m talking purely monochromatic WITHOUT LIGHTS IN THE MONOCHROMATIC SHADE YOU WANT. So using let’s say white lights, while aiming for a yellow color grade in post. With just different brightness and saturation levels of yellow in a scene can you achieve the depth needed?
Hi,
I have been looking for a calibrating probe for quite some time and I keep getting mixed messages.
From what I understand, there are three main companies that make those.
- X-right that has only one model for the big wallet.
- Calibrate witch makes what most people seem to have
- Datacolor that makes cheap probes
I am not looking forward to emptying my wallet over this kind of things, that's why I am interested in Datacolor. The problem is that nobody seems to be on the same page with this brand. Some people say that they use Datacolor probes every day at their professional work; others say that they are not at all precise and a waste of money because they use weird filters to reach high nits abilities.
So I am completely confused and the sheer lack of objective information on this subject is very frustrating.
I saw someone say that calibrating by eye, using a printer paper for reference, illuminated by the sun in plenty is enough.
What are you guys using?
Here is a shot and the node tree I used. The image looks super flat and the clouds become all grainy, and the saturation is all off. Am I doing something wrong? What would you do if you were grading this image?
I’ve been trying to create a single PowerGrade for all my work without relying too heavily on LUTs.
This was shot on a Canon EOS M camera, specifically in MLV RAW. I did the corrections inside the ACES colour space and gamma using a Colour Space Transform to handle the conversion. In these corrections, I adjusted exposure and white balance using parallel nodes. The warm tone comes from the white balance node using the gain colour wheel.
The corrections are all fine, but after that I used the built-in Kodak 2383 LUT with a Cineon conversion, which caused the colours to clip even though the footage I exported was 12-bit ProRes.
hey yall, how you doing? can someone please tell me the name of this color grading style? im new on that so i need help! thank you!
Log Software Question: I have a Canon EOS 70D, and apparently I can’t shoot log on it. I tried the 0 -4 -2 0 thing but it doesn’t look as grey as the log footage I saw in the tutorial. Apparently I can download something on the camera to make it shoot log, the warranty is not an issue for that camera in the big 26, but is it unsafe other than that? I already messed up my camera a few years ago by jamming the sd card in the wrong way like 3 times not realising what I was doing and destroying the motherboard, so I cannot afford to screw it up again. What is a safe beginner-friendly option?
LUT Question: Is it looked down upon to use downloaded LUTs in a short film? I’m not a cinematographer and I’m not aspiring to be one either, but I’m in high school trying to make a movie as a writer/director so I have to take on some additional responsibilities and I don’t wanna cheat it in any way. I just downloaded DaVinci Resolve and learned some basic colour grading but I opened a video on how to create a LUT and I’m way out of my depth here. I’m thinking I’ll search for a LUT that matches what I’m looking for, and make some tweaks if it isn’t quite right. I’m completely new to this whole community so I don’t know what the consensus around this is, so please be gracious and let me know 🙏
I struggle with dusk-related grades especially on DLogM (10bit). All of these shots are from a single take FPV Avata2. I use a CST workflow. I can get some great shots in full sun and it seems like my exposure is still fine at this point. Something about sunset, dusk, or even cloudy times keeps me from getting a look I appreciate.
Any suggestions, criticisms, tear it up. I'd welcome it, regrade and repost.
Maybe I'm just not finding the right shot too. Like I know what I'm looking for in full sun or when I'm out and about with non-flying camera.
Today, I used a color checker passport video card in my footage. When I imported the footage into resolve, I applied a CST to go from SonyGamut3/SLog3 to a DavinciWideGamut/Davinci Intermediate working space.
Then, I added another CST to go to Rec.709/Gamma 2.4
In between those two CSTs, I did a color match. Here is a link to the screenshot of the resulting footage. The first is with the color match enabled, the second is with it disabled.
https://imgur.com/a/ehW3H5u
As you can see, when the color match is enabled, the footage is quite red and bleak. When the color match is disabled, it looks more full of appropriate colors.
Is this how it's supposed to be? If so, what am I supposed to do to bring the colors back? drive up saturation? Thanks.
My color science is Davinci yrgb
My timeline color space is DWG/Intermediate
My output color space is Rec.709/Gamma 2.4
After adding a decent amount of split toning, I often end up with a red channel that 'clips' in the lower range. Should a scope like this be avoided or am I ok?
Hey everyone! 👋
I've been diving deeper into color grading for a while now and continuously improving my skills in color correction and color grading.
Although I haven't had the opportunity to work on many professional projects yet, I'm currently looking to gain more real-world experience and build my portfolio.
If you have a project that could use some color grading, I'd be happy to help. At the moment, I'm offering my work free of charge so I can continue learning, improving, and gaining practical experience.
If you're interested, or know someone who might be, feel free to send me a message. 😄
Thanks for your time!
i have this shot i need to do the color correction, but this shadow is making me crazy, whats the best way to fix it?
I´ve tried from djusting levels, to changing the color directly with hsl secundary. but im unable to remove the green or have a decent gradient to blend the gray/green into the rest of the background.
Ide attached what i was able to achieve, but it was made with photoshop and ii would have to roto the speaker, wich is not feasible.
Any advice is extremely welcome.
Some Before & After colorgrades.
Shot on the Nikon Zf, N-Log, colorgraded in Davinci Resolve using FilmVision Pro by Serr.