NEVER Color Balance using Temp & Tint !!!

In this video, I will reveal the correct color balancing of Your video using Primary Wheels in Davinci resolve.
Follow me on Instagram 🔥 content and color grading tricks & tips are coming: / vlad_lti
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Davinci Resolve
01:05 Temp & Tint balance
02:42 Correct color balance using Primary Wheels
05:44 Before & After comparison
05:55 Comparing 2 Versions
06:52 Final result
Equipment used in this video:
Red Komodo 6k
Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.4 lens
Rode mics
Godox lights
Vladislav Novickij
Colorist and filmmaker
Email: [e-mail]
Instagram:
/ vlad_lti

[@B-FOTO]

Man this just opened my eyes to more stuff I need to learn, I always felt that temp and tint didn’t cut it but didn’t know why.
Thanks for sharing this!!!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You, glad it helps 🤗

[@derrharr77]

Completely agree with this.

[@timovepsalainen4927]

Originally Resolve was made for "correcting" telecine that was shot 709 colorspace. Temp and tint expect 709, not logarithmic footage. This is the reason why many of the tools don't work well with log-like footage.
Auditioning different tools for balancing is a good idea. OFFSET, HDR global wheel, linear node's gain wheel, OFX Chromatic Adaptation.
Alternative way is to prioritize balancing subjects skin (like he does in the video with offset). After that use curves on a node after to hue v hue and hue v sat the rest of the image.
I prefer to do as much as possible with primaries as possible and after use curves to mold the image in line.

[@TotalRADandMORE]

Dude, THANK YOU for saying that. Makes sense 😮😮😮

[@GabrielPassarelliG]

@@timovepsalainen4927 The Temp and Tint sliders didn't even exist before DaVinci 12.5, so clearly were not "designed for telecine" nor Rec709. They are just gain with predefined vectors, and should be done in linear. If you set correctly your timeline colorspace and are color managing properly your clips, then changing the node where you're gonna use Temp and Tint to Gamma > Linear is enough for them to behave correctly.

[@SolidBlueBlocks]

You're right.
When I graded my last film, I used the Temp too and it made my image just as purple-orange and washed out as yours at first!
This is an eye-opener!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 👌

[@shebbe]

Nice demo. It would have been useful to explain why temp/tint create an undesired effect. They are just gain operators on two axis. They aren't designed to serve as balancing tool on log data but rather normalized SDR images. Offset or HDR temp controls work for log but he most accurate balancing would be to convert to linear and then apply only gain changes with primary temp/tint or the gain wheel, then convert back to log.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, this comparison is more like beginners would do with the temp and tint. Your method would go for a pro level 🤗

[@mikechen121]

Hi there, appreciate your input. I'd like to try your suggest method but didn't quite get the last part: So you would 1.Convert to 709 2.Adjust the RBG in only the gain wheel 3.Adjust temp/tint Is that correct?

[@shebbe]

@@mikechen121 If you're working with log footage, convert from your current log space to the same space but linear gamma, then use the gain wheel, convert back to log afterwards. So for instance DaVinci WideGamut / Intermediate to DWG/Linear and the back after the adjustment. When using a CST to convert make sure tone mapping is set to none. If you use RCM or manual management with proper timeline tagging of your working space you can actually set a node itself to linear gamma (rightclick it) which removes the need for extra set of CST nodes.

[@odessitfromshz]

@@VladislavNovickij Владислав, но ведь такое вмешательство, я имею в виду грубое вмешательство с изменением ползунков +/- 10 единиц возможно, только при условии, что вся нужная информация имеется в наличии как в RED 3D RAW если, взять ролик снятый в 8 битах или даже 10 бит лог, такого чистого результата добиться не получится

[@VladislavNovickij]

@@odessitfromshz По поводу 8 бит согласен там все по другому, легко сломать кортинку, но даже в 8 бит работая с колесами можно многое сделать и сохранить чистый результат. А что косаемо 10бит, я в своем следущем ролике показал как скопировав все что делал тут 10бит также идеально выглядет 👌 там более чем достаточно информации.

[@EverMendez_]

What a difference, very clean image and so will the vectorscope!!!

[@VladislavNovickij]

👌

[@Tommy_Beal]

wow. this was amazing and super helpful for me! thank you Vladislav!!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You Tommy 🙌

[@moonlitemedia]

Clean Tutorial ❤ Expecting More Videos

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You, new video with full color grading process of this shot is in my channel already 🙌

[@TutuOnTheBeach]

That was absolutely amazing. Thank you!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@milanmasnikosa7050]

Thank you Vladislav, big respect for this really good tip!

[@VladislavNovickij]

My pleasure, thanks

[@domehouse79]

Brilliant video. Amazing result.

[@Soriimo]

Incredible tutorial, really impressed👏👏👏

[@VladislavNovickij]

Glad You like it 🙌 Thanks

[@FunProjects-pi7jb]

you are incredible! one of my favorite tutorials ever!!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🤗🙌

[@evoframes]

This was amazing! Thank you for this video

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks for Your feedback 🙌

[@hanspeterwagner5881]

Thanks very much for this great input. Such a great difference!

[@nigelianzamora]

Brilliant. Thank you so much! God bless!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙏

[@tonywhitmarsh]

Great video Vlad! Easy and straight forward, gonna do this for my grades from now on, look forward to more content like this!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks 👌

[@JamesRicarte]

Best tutorial for color balancing 👏

[@dumontbeeldmakers]

This has opened a new pathway to master! Good explanation🤘

[@kaansuudsert]

Really really good video! Straight to the point with nice examples. Keep it up! 🔥🔥🔥

[@VladislavNovickij]

Much appreciated 🙌

[@DKiaulakis]

Amazing! Thank you for good tutorial! ❤

[@VladislavNovickij]

Ačiu 👌

[@out.of.service]

This is the colour grading video I've been looking for. Thank you

[@fsb5370]

you got me on this one... I cannot wait to see the full version

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, adding it soon

[@Josh-dk1ex]

Love this! Straight to the point!

[@learnwithabe]

Looking forward to more videos! Super Clean

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, I have new video about full color grading of this shot, step by step, welcome to check it out 🙌

[@chrisgoldenproductions]

Super helpful. Will be using this on my next video thank you!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks 🙏

[@the_headlesschicken]

Wow! A nicer approach on balancing the colors. Definitely trying this technique on my next grade. Thanks for this Sir!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙏

[@gusthecanonrebel]

Thank you so much for this tutorial 🔥 instant sub

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks 🙏

[@scenemode2967]

Thank you so much for the tutorial, i was having bad times on my color grading and i dont know what to do, then i saw your video, very big help for me

[@VladislavNovickij]

Happy if it helped, thank You 🙌

[@scenemode2967]

I was new in videography, everytime i shoot, i dont know how to color grade😅

[@VladislavNovickij]

@@scenemode2967 Stay here I’ll be sharing my experience 👌

[@scenemode2967]

@@VladislavNovickij i will, i want to improve my color grading, thank you very much🙌

[@React104]

This is jaw-droppingly good. So well done. Subscribed.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Glad You like it, thank You

[@Demaxy83]

Thanks man!!! I love your toutorial 🙏

[@MrKokom]

This is abit controversial. I dont think NEVER is the right word to put. Since the you are adding more step to the original tempt and tint adjustment. Maybe if u make same steps or lesser; the title will make more sense.

[@s7evenTV]

wow! you sir have definitely earned my sub! amazing work, very detailed and well explained.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 👌

[@EdgarVenzor]

Wow that looks crazy good. Looking forward to trying this out now

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙌

[@jamescameronheron]

Super helpful mate! Thank you !

[@jeroenbeuk6585]

A very useful and basic technique. Thanks!

[@SHmediade]

Great video, easy to understand the steps 🙏🏼

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙏

[@satyanarayanamurtysaladi8312]

worth enough and eye opening.. thnx to vladislav

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks for watching ❤️🙌

[@GraphicdesignforFree]

Amazing!

[@badrelief_art]

I'm definitely subscribing 🔥🔥

[@marshalljvanderhoofphoto]

Wow! What a great explanation, I have totally been doing color wrong. Thank you for the detailed explanation.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙌

[@dodmedia]

Fantastic demonstration!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Glad You like it, thanks 🙌

[@SayiyaNax-ping]

thank you for your amazing tutorial

[@VladislavNovickij]

Welcome 😊

[@AnastasTarpanov]

That's very interesting, definitely will try it!

[@prislander55]

Well, I was obviously doing it wrong as I was using Temp to balance. THANK YOU so much for this insightful video!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You for Your response 🤗

[@prassannaasukumar]

this is actually a great help.. Thanks..

[@pollloxxx]

Good lesson. I usually dont like any tutorial on TH-cam, but this is the correct way to work Nice for the young colorist

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙌

[@UstozAIEditor]

please, more tutorials like this!!!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, will post a full color grading of this shot, node by node soon 🙌

[@hamradiowithkevin]

I had not idea, Thank you for showing this method, I just tried your technique on 2 cameras with baked in color and WOW it worked and it blew me away. If you do not more like this for beginners like me, be sure to show how you switch between saved versions and how get the scopes like have in your presentation. The examples and the pace it which you teach was perfect for me. Thank you for the video

[@VladislavNovickij]

Cool thanks for Your feedback 🫶 Sure I’ll be showing more and explaining more in the next videos 🙌

[@quynhbupbe.official]

This way is better,thank you Vladislav!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank you too!

[@PraveenKumar-fs6of]

Great work 👏. Keep it up 💯

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙌

[@Hakim.Z]

Yo this is such a life saver for all those that do not shoot RAW. Thank you so much bro, well broken down, of course requires some practice too.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks so much bro 🙌

[@hautehussey]

Except part of the reason this works well is BECAUSE this is raw footage! The real question is why he didn’t use the temp/tint in the raw section first.

[@Hakim.Z]

@@VladislavNovickij would the results be the same for non RAW footage? guess I would have to try it, thought I would ask.

[@VladislavNovickij]

@@Hakim.Z Yes it works the same with 10bit footage. Its hard to break an image If You make corrections in the Primary Wheels 👌 but You can break it easy with the secondaries if You push them to much.

[@Myndsetfilms]

Wow! I love this

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You ❤️

[@JoaoSilva22222]

The first time i tried resolve i didnt like the results of the temp picker and intuitively i did exactly what you did. Thanks for proving that this is not unorthodox at all.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks 👌

[@ondrejcihal7123]

WOW! This was realy helpful!! Do more of those please! Subbed!👏

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 👍 Will di my best

[@silo8582]

thanks man;) you made my day!

[@voidboi0]

I was skeptical at first. But the results are undeniable. Looking forward to that next video! Great content. Maybe a little bit more explanation on what you were looking for in your waveform. If I were to repeat this process, I’m not sure if there’s a rule of thumb for the waveform or if it’s just up to the eye. But other than that great job.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You for Your response 🙌 Yes I’ll try to learn explaining more 🤗

[@timovepsalainen4927]

Never let waveform dictate what you should and should not do. "Keep blacks black and whites white" is not what it is about. Look at the photo, if you see something, verify your guess from scopes. I use 99% only histogram and vectorscope.

[@taavihoo]

Super well structured video 👍

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks alot 🙏

[@gutandrew]

Fantastic!!!

[@Micka_nvan]

Amazing bro, good job!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙏

[@ahmedjuffairi]

woow i like this way is better , thank you for the video

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You for Your feedback 👌

[@ausdoug974]

very helpful. I learned a lot from your video. Thank you

[@purplestreet4755]

Quelle masterclass !!!! j'aime beaucoup

[@VladislavNovickij]

😊 merci

[@RoadRangerPH]

Hell yeah thanks bro your a legend. Auto subscribe

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙌

[@shorerocks]

Great insight, thx!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks 🙌

[@ianlangshaw5109]

New subscriber from the uk keep up the good work

[@UstozAIEditor]

OMG! Thank you sir!!!!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You too and Welcome 🙌🤗

[@rochacurumim]

that's a big help, thank you

[@bahmanj]

Thanks a lot man!🙏

[@RCVelezWasHere]

Amazing! Thanks

[@ssneg]

So you are saying that if we use multiple controls for different aspects of the image, we get better results as compared to using just a single control? That is truly mindblowing. I am going to go and try using all pedals in my car now instead of just one. Hope the result will also be great! ;)

[@VladislavNovickij]

😁 I’m saying that we should just understand how to use all pedals and use them when ever we need. Yea its like a rally driver in You example. Uses all but professionally 🤗

[@Vazilic]

Ohhh now I know why I never nailed the WB. That was amazing. Subscribed!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks 🙌❤️

[@kevin-haggerty-khmp]

Let’s go baby! First video and subbed right away dude. Color grading is my biggest challenge as you can see in some of my videos.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Very appreciate that 🙌 I have nice stuff in my plans to show 👌

[@matttvideos]

Great video, new things to learn all the time :)

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, I’m also learning everyday 🤗 Life is for learning 👌

[@sanse4409]

Great Tutorial! 😊

[@UraFlight]

Great results

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank you!

[@CartyCantDance]

This was very impressive. Would love a full node tree breakdown soon.
My film emulation powergrade used temp and tint until I changed to HDR mapped Log TEMP/TINT…. But now I will use your method and never go back

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks alot. I have a full node tree breakdown in my las video. Welcome to watch it 🙌❤️

[@JohanLarssonDevilUfo]

Very nice! Thank you

[@DaniiDomingos]

my brother, this is insane!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙌

[@cam16film]

Thank you so much. one question did you make the Final look after your CST Out or before

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, it depends on the project and look. In this case I keep it clean whites, blacks and skin tone so add a bit of look after CST here. Will show detailed grading in the next video.

[@cam16film]

@@VladislavNovickij Thank you for the response

[@sonidojamon]

Wow!! Very helpful! Thanks! I saw some other tutorial where the guy said he liked to switch to linear to make this adjustments and adjust exposure as well. What are your thoughts on this?

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, there are alot of different ways, so everyone choose its own 🙌

[@adonisvlassis]

Amazing

[@meek1ns]

Great video, short and yet full of good infos! You mention at one point, that if you push in Lift you have to counterbalance the Gamma - is that a certain rule? Or when exactly do you have to counter balance the image like this?

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, just look at Your waveform. Lift affects the gamma too, so changes done in the lift always affects gamma and if You want to keep the mids/gamma in place You have to go counterbalance. The same happens when You adjust the gamma You affect the lift and gain a bit, When You go with the gain You are affecting the gamma to but not lift, thats why these adjustments are more natural than standard shadows, midtones, highlights wheels that are affecting only their values. I use the last ones just for some small corrections only.

[@adwaykalra7037]

Thanks for the information! You earned my subscribe sir :)

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙏

[@carlherner9458]

cheers really great example learned something new!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks for Your response 🙌

[@thehumblekingdom]

Amazing thank you

[@VladislavNovickij]

🙌

[@jmanchester]

Damn good tutorial. I was expecting to see you with WAY more subs than what you have. You gained one more today, though. Keep it up!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Huge thanks 💪

[@johncrisoctaviano9156]

Greatwork, may i know if did you color manage this footage/clips?

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You. No, I use Color Space Transforms in my node tree.

[@richardsisk1770]

Interesting ideas. Obviously you know what you’re doing.
Personally I use a color temperature meter when shooting which gives me a better starting point and don’t need to use temp and tint anyway. Thanks.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks. Sure, agree 300%, if the footage is balanced in camera the colorist just go for creative looks. In this case I show how to deal with not ideal balanced shots. So its always possible to make it better 🤗👌

[@richardsisk1770]

Thank you. I appreciate your skills!

[@VladislavNovickij]

@@richardsisk1770 Thank You too, I really appreciate You response. Really hope to see Your comments on my future episodes 🤗

[@scvp3s]

😧 so clean

[@2kmafia348]

very good thank you! is it applicable in premiere too? i don't know if there are as many controls to work at the highs lows and mids with that many parameters that davinci has

[@VladislavNovickij]

It will work in any software but with Lift Gamma Gain not Shadows Midtones and Highlights. As I know Lumetri has the same controls in Premiere and Color Finale in Final Cut pro. 🙌

[@AndresArosemena]

​@@VladislavNovickijPremiere has the Shadows, Midtones and Highlights wheels. Not Lift, gamma and gain. I think an equivalent would be to use curves and change the individual rgb tones

[@enesakdag2857]

Great video thank you

[@12345maddyful]

Good one vladi ....love it :)

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You 🙌

[@Myndsetfilms]

Pls post more long form tutorials for us 🙏 I love it, it's simple to understand.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, will post my full color grading process of this shot soon

[@kimeriksson7445]

Lovely grade! Would you still recommend starting with "Whitebalance" when I use raw-files?

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thank You. Whitebalance in raw settings tab, if You use raw files.

[@foundationstudio]

Freakin AWESOME!!!! Thanks!!!!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Glad you liked it!

[@CadenzFilms]

This was really good! Hopefully you make a video about how you use your nodes .

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks. Sure, I’ll make the full color grading of this shot in the next video

[@mediaamerica]

Great info, looking forward to trying it out tonight.
I’ve always fought the temp/tint but never developed a good process.
Thank you!
And yes, you don’t need a music bed!
I’m anti music bed these days.
Don’t think it helps anything.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks

[@mediaamerica]

@@VladislavNovickij Well, I tried it out and it works phenomenally well!
I still had a shot or two tonight where I needed a touch of tint or temp, but usually it’s in addition to your method.
Well done!👍
Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you!

[@VladislavNovickij]

Happy it helped 💪

[@mediaamerica]

@@VladislavNovickijI’ve been using it quite a bit! If you’re ever in LA, I’ll buy you lunch!

[@sebastian_trzaska]

Great demonstration! The one thing I wish you had also shown is how the primaries result compares to actually setting the appropriate WB in raw.

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks. Yes I had to show that too. It is 99% same as primaries it was 2000 kelvin difference in raw settings.

[@sebastian_trzaska]

@@VladislavNovickij I definitely like the result!

[@VladimirSpevak]

Nice example! Can you please tell what's your color management here? Mainly interested in which CS do you grade in

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, I use CST here and work in Davinci Wide Gamut

[@tlotlisomabelane5025]

useful info. thanks.

[@jacek_poplawski]

Very cool, would like to watch more.
Also I use 8-bit footage from mirrorless Nikon so maybe you could also make some 8-bit specific tutorial:)

[@VladislavNovickij]

Thanks, You can make the same balancing with an 8 bit footage. When You do adjustments in Primary wheels they do not break an image so fast as secondaries like hue vs hue and so on.
You can also send me an 8 bit footage You are struggling in and I could maybe try to correct and grade it 👌