Thank You James, Glad you liked it. Pleasure to work on such a great shot. I'm doing a live stream tonight at 7pm if you are about ? Else, catch up soon! All the best.
@@DarrenMostyn Any thoughts on a good set of monitors? I've got a mix (LG, BenQ) and find it difficult to calibrate the four monitors to match. My thought is to purchase 3 new monitors but the options are difficult to wade through. I notice you don't have any videos on this topic and would love the opinion of a master like yourself. Many thanks.
TH-cam algorithm needs to promote pros over these hobbyist "content creators". This is gold and loads more educational than the other videos that come up first.
Coming in late to agree with Brandon! This content is incredibly valuable - the WHY is so so important and I love that you cover the what and why with context! Makes everything you do so applicable to footage no matter what. Thanks, Darren!
I'm a licensed design and construction professional - not a professional filmmaker. Call me a hobbyist or whatever you want but film documentation is required for my work and I'm very grateful anytime Darren, Patrick, and Alex come up on my algorithm.
Agreed. TH-cam is becoming increasingly unusable as it is dominated by ‘wannabes’ noisily sharing their ignorance. Oh to be able to quicky identify the Darren’s of this world who truely add value!
In my daily routine as a beginner colorist , I myself ask this "How many videos of Darren you gonna watch today?" each day I feel like I am being enlightened in resolve just by watching your videos, from here I am also gonna carefully observe the image and work on the small tweaks that gives a huge impact, lots of love sir ❤.
This felt like i took the red pill and the rabbit holes gets deeper each episode, thanks so much for this video. Learnt more in the 21 minutes than I have in the last 21weeks of research. I am new to colour grading but your videos have been a lifesaver. I no longer use LUTS and only use my own creative style from base.
There's a reason I keep this video on top of my playlist of film tips. With so much information from a lot of other professionals, the abundance of conflicting info can get overwhelming for beginners like me. Luckily this brings it all back. You, Cullen and Casey are my favourite tutors on the platform. Thank you for what you're doing.
Hello Darren. I stumbled on to your videos on youtube about a week ago and I have to say that I enjoy them very much. I was a dailies colorist for ten years and now a finishing colorist for the past five years. Seeing how other colorists approach their work and use their tools never gets old for me. I'm always trying to learn. I've been extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to sit in on sessions with some of the top colorists in my profession and learn from them over the years. I think it's fantastic that you make these videos and share your knowledge with anyone who wants to learn. I've already taken some of your techniques and played around with the footage from a show I'm currently working on in my spare time. It's been fun. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Carlos. Really good to hear about your experience and background. Plenty more coming when I get a free break from grading!! Busy at the minute but I have next episode lined up!! Have a good weekend, Darren
@@DarrenMostyn Well, I'm delighted to be signed-up to your list (sincerely!), but I am still not finding ... Hah! You beat me to it! Nice job, mate! Thanks for your thoughtful work.
@@jonesfotodirector The sign up will send you an automated reply which contains a link to the node tree. Maybe it went to your spam..? Hope that helps.
This is really good Darren, the evolution of this channel is quite exciting to witness. You have me questioning some of my workflow though. I have a feeling it might just be two different ways to get to the same point. I tend to decide what to qualify and add the power window first, and then qualify. And with anything that is dodging or burning that is attempting to relight, it seems to look better to me when it is not tracked. In your scene though it wouldn't probably make a difference, but when it is someone's face and the light is supposed to be a light ( from the sun or a practical), it starts to look like a follow spot when someone walks around and the light follows that person. But I guess camera movement and people movement are different - gets a little sketchy when both are happening simultaneously. But my goodness, I appreciate this so much right now, I can't imagine how much I would have appreciated this great tutorial if I had been a new user. I would guess that I would be watching it over and over. Can't wait for the next one- excellent job as always. cheers
Hi Jim. Thank you once again. Always good to hear from you. Yes, i dont always track when Im creating light - What I did in this episode needed tracking but in your example if I was creating say window light on a face I would decide on the day if needed tracking. Tons of softness. I often put more than I did here. I'd like to do more like this - this was what I wanted to do for ages so I'll do more in the coming months. See you Monday ?
I loved learning about the Color Compressor. I just learned about a new tool. I'll need to start to play around with the Color Compressor to make skin tones match in the future. You're such a good teacher.
be very careful with it - I dont use it as go-to for skin. Good for 'blotches' or as in this instance with sunburn. You lose the depth of skin features - but it is a fantastic tool (always blend it). Thanks for the kind words. Im live on Monday at 7pm GMT if you are around.
Darren, I find this by far the best color grading tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you so much! To acchieve even seemingly comparable results in Premiere, you'd need a whole bunch more of time and... you'd be probably just limited by the Lumetri's given shallowness.
Your channel is a gift, thank you to share all this amazing stuff and experience to us ! I'm in difficulty in a production (for French TV), i find the solution in your channel thank you so much 🙏
You said Zee, because you were inside an American :) Joke aside. This tutorial is literally the best I've seen. So clear and no nonsense, straight to the point.
@@BoltonFilmFest Its a 4 day live Masterclass. Sign up to "The Art of Professional Colour Grading" course WAITLIST here mailchi.mp/online-creative/join-waitlist
Thank you so much Darren. Your videos are absolute gem, each one of them. What sets you apart from others is that you don't just tell us what to do, but show us why to do that. You explain the importance of each step which helps understand for a lot of us. It's little things like that which changes everything. Never change your style Darren. You are a rockstar!
Glad you recognise that and it is the only that way can I teach people what I'm doing and it work on your footage. If you dont know WHY to do it I dont see the point. Copy cat style is not going to work on your footage so I don't get those tutorials TBH. But a lot of people like those so who am I to say. Thank you Adheesh and hope to see you on my live on Monday!
Wicked Darren....as always you take a fountain of experience and knowledge and condense it into concise and palatable bite size chunks for mortals! Thank you so much!
Thanks Darren, this is by far one of the most useful videos on colour grading I've come across on TH-cam. To get into your mind as you grade a clip gives me so much insight as a beginner. I second what others here have said, if you can spare the time, would love to see the process of colour correcting and grading a complete project. Thanks once again for freely sharing what many would have charged loads.
Thanks Gasper. Appreciate you taking time to let me know the channel is good for you...it really helps me guage which videos people like. Appreciated. All the best, Darren.
Phanatastic!! Me as a newbie in DVR-Colorgrading I must admit, that Ii almost didn’t unterstand anything an know it’s still a lot of work to get some results. But I am sure no one can explain better and more compressed, understandable than you :-)
Hey Darren, this is one of the wonderful videos. Your videos always add value to me. As a beginner, looking at pros grading footage teaches a greater way to approach results. Thank you very much!
Glad it was helpful! Sorry Yash - I thought I answered this one already...but now appears as not answered. Let me know if you have had a response from me already! But anyway, Thank you - appreciated!
great, definitely learned a lot. The glow was my favorite. I've tried a few things but changing it to softlight is exactly what I was needing for that slight pro mist look.
Good video. Please make more of this kind of videos "what goes on in your head when you are colour grading". Thanks. By the way I really liked the "ZEE" joke!
Super insightful man, I've seen a lot of those tricks used previously, but there were also a few fresh ones I haven't seen before. You learn a lot watching other people's thought processes.
Really enjoy your tutorials, Darren. I particularly enjoy your "How to grade XXXX" stuff. You've done S-Log and Sony A7.. how about showing us how you grade R3D?
This is awesome Darren. I have recently picked up an FX6 and it was great seeing you utilise the new colour features in DaVinci Resolve 17 to grade the footage. Keep up the great work, I've been loving your content so far!
Darren, thank you for this great insight. I loved to see you use quite a few things I've been using a lot of times like the color compressor for skin tones, it can do wonders if used carefully. Overall great use of only a few simple techniques that still results in a great impact without making the image look artifical or overdone. I hope to see more insights like this in the future. There are way too many videos out there just going for broke with the looks instead of trying to keep the original intent of the DP intact. Would love to see an insight about camera matching and / or shot matching and how you go about that. So happy I followed your journey from the killer tips on facebook to now being an awesome creator here on youtube. I know how hard it is to keep the algorithm happy and to having to post regularly while still keeping the quality up. All that of course while actually being a working colorist and a family man. So all the respect and thank you for doing this. It is appreciated, your growing subscriber base is reflecting that :)
Really appreciated - thank you for the kind words. I had my first negative comments on a facebook page (not mine) yesterday which really put a downer on the TH-cam experince - made me realise just how much hard work this is to do. But, I woke up today to another ton of positive messages so onwards!!! Thank you for following my journey - wish I'd started on TH-cam instead of the app and then Facebook, but loving the new journey!!! Ive not cracked the algorithm yet....Im looking at numbers on other channels and Im not getting seen yet but it is certainly growing at an amazing rate. Nearly 13K in just over 6 months is crazy. Work is much busier now than it was last summer so Im going to have to do a few shorter episodes soon but I'll keep them informative. Speed editor Live Monday 7pm GMT if you are around. Thanks again, have a good rest of the weekend. all the best, Darren.
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks for the reply! The live event is already in my calender, hope to be able to attend. And regarding the negative comment, don't get discouraged, it's just not worth it, even though it's hard. One bad comment weights heavier then a thousand positives. And like you say, your channel groth is outstandingly great considering how young this channel is. And specific channels like yours aren't prone to viral success due to the nature of the topic. I still believe quality and actual knowledge of the craft will make this channel a success in the long run. There are too many channels out there with no actual working knowledge. Have you considered maybe doing a few videos here and there about your job and things you encountered during your career as a colorist that might be worth sharing? If that's possible without breaking any contracts or NDAs ^^ I think that might be of great value for aspiring colorists to hear and I imagine it would be easier to produce during the times you don't have much time to produce content for the channel. Anyways keep up the great work! Regards, Heiko.
@@DarrenMostyn You are far too talented to be tilting at windmills. Leave the comments alone: you won't gain much from the positives, as the work itself is always the thing. And you stand to lose considerably from the negatives. Not worth it.
Really enjoyed this Darren. Seeing the process was very helpful especially the why behind doing each of the steps. Can you explain ‘Printer Lights’ further? Is it just an official term for pushing the colours into the various tonal ranges? I’d read it was from old film processing days...bit how does this work in modern day grading?
Hi Alex. printer lights are represented by the Color Bars page (not color wheels) and are the RGB channels in offset. Also you can use 1/4 and 1/2 printer lights in the Color menu. They are for global adjustment in all tone ranges. Hope that helps.
Nice vídeo! I have just get a Bmpcc 6k pro and i'm an absolute begginer in Davinci, but I really want to get the best out of the camera, and this material is so helpful! Thanks very much
Great tutorial. I learned about the Color Compressor tool, which I didn't know existed before. Plus, many other techniques. Even though I may not get the FX6, there are always many tips to take away from your videos. Thanks so much.
Another great Video Darren. I have just got to grips with using the default Davinci color space, with REC709 and a CST for my Sony A7S iii. Would you recommend this way of working due to the better highlights/lowlights range? Also, regarding Tracking a Sky, and I will try to find this on TH-cam today in the meantime, but what if you are moving your shot up a Tree for example, so you put the area in, but if I track forward as the Camera shot moves up to the sky, I can't seem to work out how to make that Power Window move with it, it seems to just stay where it is. Probably a real Rookie question, but I can't be the only one with this challenge :) hope you are well and thanks.
Hi Darren. This was incredible, your video’s really are in a different league (dare I say the Premier League no lets go for The Champions League). A Pro Colorist insight, is a great theme title for future videos like this please do keep them coming. One thought though, perhaps an insight into your actual jobs Commissions would be great, plus to help you possibly the client would be willing to sponsor the video, after all any extra advertising is a good thing right. One last thought, perhaps you could record your screen as you work, then selecting an excerpt from the video and recording a commentary. Thanks for your time Darren stay safe mate
Hi Andrew. I have used a commercial before in my channel - The taxi stuff was a commercial. There is a music video too, but yes would like to. I worked on a fantastic drama recently shot on Arri - I will speak to the producer and see if they don't mind. I'll try to find some more work. Its tricky to get permission and also I like to keep most of my clients separate from my TH-cam just professionally. I have a few clients who have become good friends over the years so they are OK with it. Good idea though - thanks for contributing. All the best!
@@DarrenMostyn Hi Darren. Yes I know great videos, the episode helping with Motion Tracking was absolutely brilliant. You are obviously someone who is extremely creative and in high demand within your chosen profession, (the industry if you like). If and when the world gets back to some kind of normality, understandably you’ll be incredibly busy again. My thinking was perhaps that old Two Birds, One Stone analogy would help balance between your professional career and continue sharing your insightful knowledge with the community. Thanks again for your valuable time Besides you must be knackered, commuting every day from Canada
Interesting workflow. Liking the look of the wide gammut if you can push the gain and lift further without it being crushed. Gret vid, will check out the rest of your stuff. Been Following Waqas Qasi but nice to see a different approach so I can figure out what works best for me.
Thank you for your videos! You have made my introduction to Resolve much easier than it would have otherwise been. I have really enjoyed your clear explanations and very useful tips. These are excellent learning resources!! One question I have here though is do I need to have the paid ‘studio’ version to get the Davinci Wide Gamut option? I don’t seem to have this in the free version. I am learning to grade s-log3 from the A7SIII, for context. Thanks again!
A couple of questions: is this your standard node configuration for every job? (if not, do you use a standard structure to start from?) Are you using other scopes in another screen or do you work from the Waveform scope exclusively? Candidly, I can't use just the Waveform for balancing shots, I've got to use the Parade and Vectorscope. Great work. If you want a suggestion: Basic Workflow and node structure
I have several fixed node trees depending on the type of job. Documentary grading for broadcast is very different workflow to commercials or music promos. Yes, I have dedicated scopes on a separate monitor. See them here th-cam.com/video/c7z1jR7eA0U/w-d-xo.html
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks. Are you planning on doing a video about your standard node set up / starting points? This was a great video since we got to see your process all the way through. Keep up the great work.
Hi Darren! Great video, very informative. I heard from one of your videos you use a tablet instead of conventional mouse, could you please do a video on how you use and setup your tablet for being more precise in Resolve? I bought a tablet myself too and I’m struggling a bit getting used to it. Thanks in advance, have a nice day ;)
Thank you! Didn't know about the Color Compressor effect aka skin tone wizardry. I find it really hard getting good skin tones. The purple/magenta hue is haunting me.
I very much liked your pragmatic approach to how you went about adjusting each area of the image with power window shapes. I'm still very new to the idea of adding nodes and at the moment simple serial nodes are the limit of my skills. I was genuinely impressed by the straightforward structure of the tree, compared to watching a colourist from across the pond, who used a very complex and formulaic node tree structures for all his tutorials. May I ask how you got all the nodes to join up, just before Glow? And I will most definitely experiment with Glow, having never heard of it before.😀
Hi Frank. Yes I've seen some seriously complex node trees flying around, and not to say I've not been guilty myself. This shot just worked very quickly for me. To make it work just make node 4 a parrallel not serial, node 5 a parallel and the 6 and 7 too. Then select node 3 and add serial 3 times. The append node for the glow. Hope that helps. I'll work out how to save that node tree and put somewhere for download. Give me a few days. All the best. See you Monday?
@@DarrenMostyn Evening sir. Just had a chance to see this reply between jobs. I will definitely be watching on Monday, I a may be a zombie after lack of sleep but it's all fun. As for the Node Tree, would a simple screen grab and pasted into something and converted to PDF sound like a plan? Its what I did watching a tutorial.
as usual awesome video! I am using the 17.4.2 version, latest as of 12/8/21.... And after selecting "Davinci YRGB Color Managed" for Color Science on the project settings, the next dropdown is "Color Processing Mode" which I guess is the same as "Davinci Color Processing Preset" as show in this video? If so,the choice in the dropdown has "HDR Davinci Wide Gamut Intermediate" not just "Davinci Wide Gamut" as show in this video... Is it safe to say these 2 new choices are the same as whats in the version of Davinci used in this video? Just changes in wording? Thanks!
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Lovely stuff mate! Really made that colour pop. loved watching your process 👊
Thank You James, Glad you liked it. Pleasure to work on such a great shot. I'm doing a live stream tonight at 7pm if you are about ? Else, catch up soon! All the best.
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@@DarrenMostyn Any thoughts on a good set of monitors? I've got a mix (LG, BenQ) and find it difficult to calibrate the four monitors to match. My thought is to purchase 3 new monitors but the options are difficult to wade through. I notice you don't have any videos on this topic and would love the opinion of a master like yourself. Many thanks.
TH-cam algorithm needs to promote pros over these hobbyist "content creators". This is gold and loads more educational than the other videos that come up first.
Trying my best - its a tough algorithm to beat! Appreciated.
Coming in late to agree with Brandon! This content is incredibly valuable - the WHY is so so important and I love that you cover the what and why with context! Makes everything you do so applicable to footage no matter what. Thanks, Darren!
I'm a licensed design and construction professional - not a professional filmmaker. Call me a hobbyist or whatever you want but film documentation is required for my work and I'm very grateful anytime Darren, Patrick, and Alex come up on my algorithm.
My thoughts exactly, while I was watching Darren do his magic.
Agreed. TH-cam is becoming increasingly unusable as it is dominated by ‘wannabes’ noisily sharing their ignorance. Oh to be able to quicky identify the Darren’s of this world who truely add value!
In my daily routine as a beginner colorist , I myself ask this "How many videos of Darren you gonna watch today?" each day I feel like I am being enlightened in resolve just by watching your videos, from here I am also gonna carefully observe the image and work on the small tweaks that gives a huge impact, lots of love sir ❤.
This felt like i took the red pill and the rabbit holes gets deeper each episode, thanks so much for this video. Learnt more in the 21 minutes than I have in the last 21weeks of research. I am new to colour grading but your videos have been a lifesaver. I no longer use LUTS and only use my own creative style from base.
Glad it was helpful Thank you.
Darren's videos are solid. Best Davinci Resolve tutorials period.
Glad you think so!
There's a reason I keep this video on top of my playlist of film tips. With so much information from a lot of other professionals, the abundance of conflicting info can get overwhelming for beginners like me. Luckily this brings it all back. You, Cullen and Casey are my favourite tutors on the platform. Thank you for what you're doing.
thank you. We have different styles but I think grab what you like from each of our channels and make it your own! Love the community!
Hello Darren. I stumbled on to your videos on youtube about a week ago and I have to say that I enjoy them very much. I was a dailies colorist for ten years and now a finishing colorist for the past five years. Seeing how other colorists approach their work and use their tools never gets old for me. I'm always trying to learn. I've been extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to sit in on sessions with some of the top colorists in my profession and learn from them over the years. I think it's fantastic that you make these videos and share your knowledge with anyone who wants to learn. I've already taken some of your techniques and played around with the footage from a show I'm currently working on in my spare time. It's been fun. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Carlos. Really good to hear about your experience and background. Plenty more coming when I get a free break from grading!! Busy at the minute but I have next episode lined up!!
Have a good weekend, Darren
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Thank you, Darren. Really hadn't seen the Color Compressor or Glow FX used before, so it was nice to see them in action.
Glad you enjoyed it. Im live on Monday at 7pm GMT if you are around.
I will be posting the node tree for free download. Watch my community tab for details.
Have been doing a cursory search for the node tree on your FaceBook site, but haven't found it. I think it would be really useful - is it up? Thanks!
@@jonesfotodirector You can get it here. eepurl.com/hob0oH
@@DarrenMostyn Well, I'm delighted to be signed-up to your list (sincerely!), but I am still not finding ... Hah! You beat me to it! Nice job, mate! Thanks for your thoughtful work.
@@jonesfotodirector The sign up will send you an automated reply which contains a link to the node tree. Maybe it went to your spam..? Hope that helps.
Super cool, no fluffy fill-in words. Everything is clear and simple. Thank you for sharing!
Glad you liked it!
In any of your cideos i learn small and big details others dont cover. You are amazing.
thanks
This is really good Darren, the evolution of this channel is quite exciting to witness. You have me questioning some of my workflow though. I have a feeling it might just be two different ways to get to the same point.
I tend to decide what to qualify and add the power window first, and then qualify. And with anything that is dodging or burning that is attempting to relight, it seems to look better to me when it is not tracked.
In your scene though it wouldn't probably make a difference, but when it is someone's face and the light is supposed to be a light ( from the sun or a practical), it starts to look like a follow spot when someone walks around and the light follows that person. But I guess camera movement and people movement are different - gets a little sketchy when both are happening simultaneously.
But my goodness, I appreciate this so much right now, I can't imagine how much I would have appreciated this great tutorial if I had been a new user. I would guess that I would be watching it over and over.
Can't wait for the next one- excellent job as always. cheers
Hi Jim.
Thank you once again. Always good to hear from you. Yes, i dont always track when Im creating light - What I did in this episode needed tracking but in your example if I was creating say window light on a face I would decide on the day if needed tracking. Tons of softness. I often put more than I did here. I'd like to do more like this - this was what I wanted to do for ages so I'll do more in the coming months. See you Monday ?
Thank you for this advanced yet simple efficient walk through. Excellent for learning / refreshing color grading in Resolve !
Glad it was helpful!
This was an absolute gem !!! A very profitable use of my 21 minutes and 37 seconds !! Many thanks.
I loved learning about the Color Compressor. I just learned about a new tool. I'll need to start to play around with the Color Compressor to make skin tones match in the future. You're such a good teacher.
be very careful with it - I dont use it as go-to for skin. Good for 'blotches' or as in this instance with sunburn. You lose the depth of skin features - but it is a fantastic tool (always blend it). Thanks for the kind words. Im live on Monday at 7pm GMT if you are around.
Thank you very much for this great tutorial. This kind of quality is very rare on youtube.
Thanks Oliver, Appreciated.
one of the best davinchi reference videos! simple and effective without fluff thank you!
Excellant! just the workflow I have been looking for!! Thank You for Sharing your time and Talent !!!
oh thank you so much
Darren, I find this by far the best color grading tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you so much!
To acchieve even seemingly comparable results in Premiere, you'd need a whole bunch more of time and... you'd be probably just limited by the Lumetri's given shallowness.
Yes - much easier in Resolve
You have got GREAT content. Really loved seeing the usage of the Color Compressor - never used it - now I WILL. Thanks!!
Glad it was helpful!
Your channel is a gift, thank you to share all this amazing stuff and experience to us ! I'm in difficulty in a production (for French TV), i find the solution in your channel thank you so much 🙏
Thank you kind words. All the best, Darren
Most value I've ever received from any color grading tutorial, love your work thank you!
That vid was epic on the FX6, and the dude is only down the road from me, one day I'll get to his level! Also thanks for this tutorial
You are welcome.
nice step by step explanation of granding a nice shot. And Its funny, i realized that i was sitting on this beach one day. Madeira! beautiful
Thank you. Looks an idillic location!
You said Zee, because you were inside an American :) Joke aside. This tutorial is literally the best I've seen. So clear and no nonsense, straight to the point.
Not all Heros wear capes. Lovely stuff Darren
Appreciated
As a newcomer to the color grading process just seeing your thought process and the tools you choose to use is a big help. Keep up the good work!
Glad it worked for you. I will do more like this. All the best
Love the color compressor trick. Thank you Darren. You the best 😁👍🏻🔥
Thank you for the kind words Hendro. Have a good weekend.
Color compressor is a nice tool! Thanks Darren!
use it very sparingly, but its great when you need it...great for product shots. Thanks Raymond
This is masterclassing on turbocharged. Excellent stuff. Really impressed.
Thank you very much! You know I just announced a Masterclass right ?
@@DarrenMostyn no, in person?
@@BoltonFilmFest Its a 4 day live Masterclass. Sign up to "The Art of Professional Colour Grading" course WAITLIST here
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Mr Darren. such a worthy content /learning. Sincere Thanks
Thank you, appreciated.
Great content Darren! So glad to have found your videos. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Andrew, will do! A new very short one out in about 2 hours.
Keep up the cool work Darren!
Thanks, will do!
This is gold! I would love more of these!
will be doing some more for sure. Thanks Henry.
Great video again Darren. Great that you get straight to the point. You must get sick of answering peoples questions though!
I never tire of answering questions - is this a test? 😉
Thank you very very so much my friend!!! you save me a lot of work to understand the color management!
Glad to hear that! time saved is good these days!
@@DarrenMostyn yes, exactly!!! 😀😀😉
Finally someone shares the thought process of color grading, Most youtube tutorials don't.
Thank you :)
Thank you Heesang. Glad you appreciate it.
Thank you so much Darren. Your videos are absolute gem, each one of them. What sets you apart from others is that you don't just tell us what to do, but show us why to do that. You explain the importance of each step which helps understand for a lot of us. It's little things like that which changes everything. Never change your style Darren. You are a rockstar!
Glad you recognise that and it is the only that way can I teach people what I'm doing and it work on your footage. If you dont know WHY to do it I dont see the point. Copy cat style is not going to work on your footage so I don't get those tutorials TBH. But a lot of people like those so who am I to say. Thank you Adheesh and hope to see you on my live on Monday!
Wicked Darren....as always you take a fountain of experience and knowledge and condense it into concise and palatable bite size chunks for mortals! Thank you so much!
Thank you for such a easy to follow tutorial.
An excellent tutorial as per usual.
Your reasoning for making an adjustment really helps me understand the process.
Glad to help! Im live on Monday at 7pm GMT if you are around.
Very well constructed and informative my man!
Appreciate it!
Brilliant to see how you think it through. Thankyou.
Glad you enjoyed it
You two are my favorites. So funny seeing a video like that.
Thanks Darren, this is by far one of the most useful videos on colour grading I've come across on TH-cam.
To get into your mind as you grade a clip gives me so much insight as a beginner. I second what others here have said, if you can spare the time, would love to see the process of colour correcting and grading a complete project.
Thanks once again for freely sharing what many would have charged loads.
Thanks Gasper. Appreciate you taking time to let me know the channel is good for you...it really helps me guage which videos people like. Appreciated. All the best, Darren.
Phanatastic!! Me as a newbie in DVR-Colorgrading I must admit, that Ii almost didn’t unterstand anything an know it’s still a lot of work to get some results. But I am sure no one can explain better and more compressed, understandable than you :-)
Thank you. I am one rung above a novice but find your videos really easy to follow.
Glad you like them!
A true artist, amazing work!
Thank you - sharing!
Really nice. Nice to see and hear your thought process as you grade. Thanks
Thank you as always Tarjei! Appreciated.
Hey Darren, this is one of the wonderful videos. Your videos always add value to me. As a beginner, looking at pros grading footage teaches a greater way to approach results. Thank you very much!
Glad it was helpful! Sorry Yash - I thought I answered this one already...but now appears as not answered. Let me know if you have had a response from me already! But anyway, Thank you - appreciated!
@@DarrenMostyn Yeah, Darren. I have all answers I wanted. I truly appreciate that you are taking the time to reply. God bless you!
Thanks a lot, I learned and try to master colors better
best video seen in davinci about workflow thanks bro
Appreciated. - you might want to sign up to my email list eepurl.com/hob0oH
This is exactly the video I was waiting for: Sony FX6 + Davinci Combo!
This is great, seeing your prcoess as you talk us through it.
great, definitely learned a lot. The glow was my favorite. I've tried a few things but changing it to softlight is exactly what I was needing for that slight pro mist look.
Good video. Please make more of this kind of videos "what goes on in your head when you are colour grading". Thanks. By the way I really liked the "ZEE" joke!
Thanks Bostjan. Will make more grade break downs in the future. All the best
Super insightful man, I've seen a lot of those tricks used previously, but there were also a few fresh ones I haven't seen before. You learn a lot watching other people's thought processes.
Really enjoy your tutorials, Darren. I particularly enjoy your "How to grade XXXX" stuff. You've done S-Log and Sony A7.. how about showing us how you grade R3D?
will be doing more for sure. thanks
Awesomne. Just got my FX6 ... your video is an excellent help
Glad it helped!
This is awesome Darren. I have recently picked up an FX6 and it was great seeing you utilise the new colour features in DaVinci Resolve 17 to grade the footage. Keep up the great work, I've been loving your content so far!
Hello Matt. OK, that was good timing then. Glad you are enjoying the channel.
Great video and wonder walkthrough on how you grade
Hope there will be more episodes like this. Enjoyed it!
Good to know, Thank you Joel
I have to learn so much !! good job
Incredibly helpful video, thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Darren, thank you for this great insight. I loved to see you use quite a few things I've been using a lot of times like the color compressor for skin tones, it can do wonders if used carefully. Overall great use of only a few simple techniques that still results in a great impact without making the image look artifical or overdone. I hope to see more insights like this in the future. There are way too many videos out there just going for broke with the looks instead of trying to keep the original intent of the DP intact. Would love to see an insight about camera matching and / or shot matching and how you go about that. So happy I followed your journey from the killer tips on facebook to now being an awesome creator here on youtube. I know how hard it is to keep the algorithm happy and to having to post regularly while still keeping the quality up. All that of course while actually being a working colorist and a family man. So all the respect and thank you for doing this. It is appreciated, your growing subscriber base is reflecting that :)
Really appreciated - thank you for the kind words. I had my first negative comments on a facebook page (not mine) yesterday which really put a downer on the TH-cam experince - made me realise just how much hard work this is to do. But, I woke up today to another ton of positive messages so onwards!!! Thank you for following my journey - wish I'd started on TH-cam instead of the app and then Facebook, but loving the new journey!!! Ive not cracked the algorithm yet....Im looking at numbers on other channels and Im not getting seen yet but it is certainly growing at an amazing rate. Nearly 13K in just over 6 months is crazy. Work is much busier now than it was last summer so Im going to have to do a few shorter episodes soon but I'll keep them informative. Speed editor Live Monday 7pm GMT if you are around. Thanks again, have a good rest of the weekend. all the best, Darren.
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks for the reply! The live event is already in my calender, hope to be able to attend. And regarding the negative comment, don't get discouraged, it's just not worth it, even though it's hard. One bad comment weights heavier then a thousand positives. And like you say, your channel groth is outstandingly great considering how young this channel is. And specific channels like yours aren't prone to viral success due to the nature of the topic. I still believe quality and actual knowledge of the craft will make this channel a success in the long run. There are too many channels out there with no actual working knowledge. Have you considered maybe doing a few videos here and there about your job and things you encountered during your career as a colorist that might be worth sharing? If that's possible without breaking any contracts or NDAs ^^ I think that might be of great value for aspiring colorists to hear and I imagine it would be easier to produce during the times you don't have much time to produce content for the channel. Anyways keep up the great work! Regards, Heiko.
@@DarrenMostyn You are far too talented to be tilting at windmills. Leave the comments alone: you won't gain much from the positives, as the work itself is always the thing. And you stand to lose considerably from the negatives. Not worth it.
Thanks for your ZED correction!
Thanks for sharing! Well explained and love the colour compression technique 👍 keep these vids coming!!
you are welcome. Use color compressor sparingly
Really enjoying your channel. Thank you so much for making me better ;)
Really enjoyed this Darren. Seeing the process was very helpful especially the why behind doing each of the steps. Can you explain ‘Printer Lights’ further? Is it just an official term for pushing the colours into the various tonal ranges? I’d read it was from old film processing days...bit how does this work in modern day grading?
Hi Alex. printer lights are represented by the Color Bars page (not color wheels) and are the RGB channels in offset. Also you can use 1/4 and 1/2 printer lights in the Color menu. They are for global adjustment in all tone ranges. Hope that helps.
@@DarrenMostyn Gotcha. Did some more reading up on it and you’re explanation really helped cement the understanding. Thx
Absolutely amazing explanation! Thanks!!
Glad it was helpful Ashish! Appreciated.
Great video man, love the way you break everything down, super easy to understand, keep making awesome videos!
Appreciate it!
Nice vídeo! I have just get a Bmpcc 6k pro and i'm an absolute begginer in Davinci, but I really want to get the best out of the camera, and this material is so helpful! Thanks very much
Glad it worked for you. All the best
Great tutorial. I learned about the Color Compressor tool, which I didn't know existed before. Plus, many other techniques. Even though I may not get the FX6, there are always many tips to take away from your videos. Thanks so much.
Thank you. Im about to change the thumbnail to say SLOG3 instead of FX6. But these techniques work on any format.
Wonderful work Daren very nice to see your workflow it would be nice to see how you use your workflow on more clips like a film thank you
I'll do some more like this in the coming months. Thank you.
Perfect tutorial - thank you!
Another great Video Darren. I have just got to grips with using the default Davinci color space, with REC709 and a CST for my Sony A7S iii. Would you recommend this way of working due to the better highlights/lowlights range? Also, regarding Tracking a Sky, and I will try to find this on TH-cam today in the meantime, but what if you are moving your shot up a Tree for example, so you put the area in, but if I track forward as the Camera shot moves up to the sky, I can't seem to work out how to make that Power Window move with it, it seems to just stay where it is. Probably a real Rookie question, but I can't be the only one with this challenge :) hope you are well and thanks.
Hi Darren. This was incredible, your video’s really are in a different league (dare I say the Premier League no lets go for The Champions League).
A Pro Colorist insight, is a great theme title for future videos like this please do keep them coming. One thought though, perhaps an insight into your actual jobs Commissions would be great, plus to help you possibly the client would be willing to sponsor the video, after all any extra advertising is a good thing right.
One last thought, perhaps you could record your screen as you work, then selecting an excerpt from the video and recording a commentary.
Thanks for your time Darren stay safe mate
Hi Andrew. I have used a commercial before in my channel - The taxi stuff was a commercial. There is a music video too, but yes would like to. I worked on a fantastic drama recently shot on Arri - I will speak to the producer and see if they don't mind. I'll try to find some more work. Its tricky to get permission and also I like to keep most of my clients separate from my TH-cam just professionally. I have a few clients who have become good friends over the years so they are OK with it. Good idea though - thanks for contributing. All the best!
@@DarrenMostyn Hi Darren. Yes I know great videos, the episode helping with Motion Tracking was absolutely brilliant. You are obviously someone who is extremely creative and in high demand within your chosen profession, (the industry if you like). If and when the world gets back to some kind of normality, understandably you’ll be incredibly busy again. My thinking was perhaps that old Two Birds, One Stone analogy would help balance between your professional career and continue sharing your insightful knowledge with the community.
Thanks again for your valuable time
Besides you must be knackered, commuting every day from Canada
@@image7d Hi andrew. Yes, Im looking into what I can do moving forward. All the best,
thats the magical knowledge which can not learn from film school - thanks legend
Thank you, much appreciated.
Wow this is fantastic! No BS, very clear workflow, concise and very useful! Thanks so much for creating this video, subscribed! :D
Thank you for subscribing. Glad you enjoyed it Appreciated! Im live on Monday at 7pm GMT if you are around.
Your simple method of adding glow is awesome. I just copied down your method, replacing a more complicated way I'd been doing it. Thanks!
Yes it works on the right shots. use carefully as with all OFX. "A little is a lot"!
Thanks for this insight Darren, I learnt a lot there.
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic please make more videos.
OK
Interesting workflow. Liking the look of the wide gammut if you can push the gain and lift further without it being crushed. Gret vid, will check out the rest of your stuff. Been Following Waqas Qasi but nice to see a different approach so I can figure out what works best for me.
Thank you Si. Enjoy the channel. Sharing my 13 years on DR broadcast experinece here (BBC, Amazon etc).
Thank you for your videos! You have made my introduction to Resolve much easier than it would have otherwise been. I have really enjoyed your clear explanations and very useful tips. These are excellent learning resources!! One question I have here though is do I need to have the paid ‘studio’ version to get the Davinci Wide Gamut option? I don’t seem to have this in the free version. I am learning to grade s-log3 from the A7SIII, for context. Thanks again!
Excellent content. Thanks Darren!
This Color Compressor tool is awesome (even though you have to use it with parsimony).
Totally agree!
Second time watching this video - excellent learning material!
Glad you liked it. Appreciated.
A couple of questions: is this your standard node configuration for every job? (if not, do you use a standard structure to start from?) Are you using other scopes in another screen or do you work from the Waveform scope exclusively? Candidly, I can't use just the Waveform for balancing shots, I've got to use the Parade and Vectorscope. Great work. If you want a suggestion: Basic Workflow and node structure
I have several fixed node trees depending on the type of job. Documentary grading for broadcast is very different workflow to commercials or music promos. Yes, I have dedicated scopes on a separate monitor. See them here th-cam.com/video/c7z1jR7eA0U/w-d-xo.html
@@DarrenMostyn Thanks. Are you planning on doing a video about your standard node set up / starting points? This was a great video since we got to see your process all the way through. Keep up the great work.
Hi from Bolivia, Thank you so much for this great tutorial, always learning .
Thank you Oscar. Glad you enjoying the channel.
Hello Darren, Thanks for the great video. I'm a step above novice and wanted to know if this process works on raw footage (BMPCC 4k) Cheers
Hi Darren! Great video, very informative. I heard from one of your videos you use a tablet instead of conventional mouse, could you please do a video on how you use and setup your tablet for being more precise in Resolve? I bought a tablet myself too and I’m struggling a bit getting used to it. Thanks in advance, have a nice day ;)
this question comes up a lot actually/....maybe time I did one! Thank you.
Love your videos man, keep on rocking! I am learning a lot!
Thank you - very kind. Im live on Monday at 7pm GMT if you are around.
Another great video Darren!
Glad you enjoyed it Im live on Monday at 7pm GMT if you are around.
Thank you! Didn't know about the Color Compressor effect aka skin tone wizardry. I find it really hard getting good skin tones. The purple/magenta hue is haunting me.
Glad it was helpful!
use it carefully!
Best channel! Question, @3:40 you adjusted the exposure using the offset. Is that subjective? Just curious if the Dp exposed correctly.
Subjective. James’s knows what he’s doing. Thanks Jonathan.
Loved ! Thanks a lot Darren ! 👍
Thanks you Phil. All the best.
I very much liked your pragmatic approach to how you went about adjusting each area of the image with power window shapes.
I'm still very new to the idea of adding nodes and at the moment simple serial nodes are the limit of my skills.
I was genuinely impressed by the straightforward structure of the tree, compared to watching a colourist from across the pond, who used a very complex and formulaic node tree structures for all his tutorials.
May I ask how you got all the nodes to join up, just before Glow?
And I will most definitely experiment with Glow, having never heard of it before.😀
Hi Frank. Yes I've seen some seriously complex node trees flying around, and not to say I've not been guilty myself. This shot just worked very quickly for me. To make it work just make node 4 a parrallel not serial, node 5 a parallel and the 6 and 7 too. Then select node 3 and add serial 3 times. The append node for the glow. Hope that helps. I'll work out how to save that node tree and put somewhere for download. Give me a few days. All the best. See you Monday?
@@DarrenMostyn
Evening sir.
Just had a chance to see this reply between jobs. I will definitely be watching on Monday, I a may be a zombie after lack of sleep but it's all fun.
As for the Node Tree, would a simple screen grab and pasted into something and converted to PDF sound like a plan?
Its what I did watching a tutorial.
@@frankinblackpool I'll post my node tree fully that you can import into Resolve. Just need time to work out best way. thanks
@@frankinblackpool Im setting up an account so that I can put the node tree to download. Keep an eye in the comments
as usual awesome video!
I am using the 17.4.2 version, latest as of 12/8/21.... And after selecting "Davinci YRGB Color Managed" for Color Science on the project settings, the next dropdown is "Color Processing Mode" which I guess is the same as "Davinci Color Processing Preset" as show in this video? If so,the choice in the dropdown has "HDR Davinci Wide Gamut Intermediate" not just "Davinci Wide Gamut" as show in this video... Is it safe to say these 2 new choices are the same as whats in the version of Davinci used in this video? Just changes in wording? Thanks!
That was incredible!
Thanks Josh - appreciated. Look forward to catching up later!