How to Create a Unique Look that Satisfies Your Color-Grading Clients

Ok, you mastered DaVinci Resolve Studio and you can now create any grade that you want. You land your first client, he told you some instructions and you started grading. When you sent the graded video back, he wasn’t satisfied with the grade. What went wrong? I’ve been there before and, like you, it really… Poursuivre la lecture How to Create a Unique Look that Satisfies Your Color-Grading Clients

Using Color Grading to Enhance the Mood and Emotion of Your Video Content

Color grading is a powerful and often overlooked technique for creating eye-catching video content. This creative process can transform your visuals, helping you craft a unique mood and emotion that captivates your audience. In this article, we’ll dive into the world of color grading, discussing its importance and how to use it as an effective… Poursuivre la lecture Using Color Grading to Enhance the Mood and Emotion of Your Video Content

Why Color Grading Wedding Films is More Challenging than Feature Films

As a colorist, I thought that, since I can handle short films and feature films, color grading wedding films would be a walk in the park. But, I was wrong! Recently, I’ve been asked to grade wedding films and pre-wedding films. I thought, “Why not? I’m a professional colorist for feature films so that’ll take… Poursuivre la lecture Why Color Grading Wedding Films is More Challenging than Feature Films

How to Learn Color Grading and Become a Pro Colorist

Learning color grading changed my life. I started as a travel video creator and found my way to becoming a videographer for weddings and music videos. Then, now I focus on color grading short films and feature films for clients worldwide. Let me tell you about one experience that made me focus on color grading.… Poursuivre la lecture How to Learn Color Grading and Become a Pro Colorist

How to Fix DaVinci Resolve’s Film Emulation Problems with Youtube Compression

I just finished re-grading a 40-minute short film. It was already done and he already paid. However, for some reason, I remembered that the film will be uploaded on Youtube. If it was in Amazon Prime, Netflix, or Cinema, there wouldn’t be any problem. So, what I did was upload the film that I graded… Poursuivre la lecture How to Fix DaVinci Resolve’s Film Emulation Problems with Youtube Compression

6 Tips for Color Grading Travel Videos Using Any Camera

I’ve been working as a colorist for a while now. I grade mostly short films and feature films but along the way, I receive inquiries for commercial videos, music videos, documentaries, and even vlogs. I just noticed that I never received an inquiry for color grading a travel video. Maybe because people who are creating… Poursuivre la lecture 6 Tips for Color Grading Travel Videos Using Any Camera

How to Create Light Rays Beaming From Windows in DaVinci Resolve

These light rays that you see in movies are most of the time created in post. In big-budget productions, creating these artificial light rays are handed over to the VFX section. But, if you’re creating your own films or you’re hired to color grade a short film, you’re going to need to know how to… Poursuivre la lecture How to Create Light Rays Beaming From Windows in DaVinci Resolve

5 Tips for Creating a Clean Teal and Orange Look

There wasn’t any new movie on Netflix yesterday so we decided to choose from the old ones that we loved. I chose Hansel and Gretel: The Witch Hunters since my daughter hasn’t watched it yet. I can’t help but notice the grading whenever I’m watching a movie and I thought this movie’s grade won’t really… Poursuivre la lecture 5 Tips for Creating a Clean Teal and Orange Look

3 Best Budget Calibrated Monitors for Color Grading

If you’re starting to color grade, I’m 99% sure that you won’t have the official color grading monitors that professional colorists use. First of all, they are really expensive. One of the industry standard color grading monitors is the Eizo CG319X. It costs around $6500. Now, if you’re just a beginner, you don’t need to… Poursuivre la lecture 3 Best Budget Calibrated Monitors for Color Grading