How to Reduce Shine on Black Skin: 3 Ways inc Davinci Resolve 18 Method | Tutorial for Beginners

[@kirbypfilms1]

Thanks My Brother

[@ODHunte]

You are welcome. Let's spread the knowledge..

[@malobeii]

For the first clip maybe you can rotate the video -90 degrees so she is upright and then apply the face refinement tool.

[@ODHunte]

That’s a good shout! I’ll have to give that a go. Thanks 🙏🏿

[@FierceMusicGroup]

If you're using a CP on set do you also use a VND? if so, which one gets mounted first? or how do you work with both?

[@ODHunte]

Personally I’d use a rear VND and a front mounted CP. I plan to upgrade to the BMCC6K FF and use the Mofage rear VND system. Thanks!

[@BillStreeter]

It was affecting her teeth in the first clip, too. Rotating the clip before analysis might work better. I appreciate your content because I need to grade black skin pretty frequently. And as a white person, I am probably ignorant of some cultural specifics regarding how black skin should look ascetically. For instance, is shiny skin always considered a bad thing for black people? Because I personally sometimes like the highlights on the skin because it gives dimensionality to the face. But culturally, am I way off here?

[@ODHunte]

Hi I appreciate the look, suggestion and question. Shine isn’t a bad thing per se but like everything else in cinematography, if something is so noticeable that it distracts you then it’s too much IMO.. I would say the same about shine.. thanks 🙏🏿🙌🏿

[@Hustlers4LifeRecordz]

🤟🏾

[@ODHunte]

Thanks

[@TeeSpicerReacts]

If you had open the scale a little more before Analyzing her face, you would have gotten it over her entire face.