@@Rogeras32 lol it for sure is! You're paying premium for a good quality camera/lenses etc. etc. Why not lay down an extra €200 to hand your clients even better looking footage? This is what it's all about mate.
@@PawFromTheBroons you cant compare- how is the developer supposed to compete with software as huge as Resolve that costs next to nothing? BMD makes it money from hardware, not Resolve.
@@DarrenMostyn I understand that, but I feel the same for Photoshop and others. Kinda hard to swallow when a plugin is almost as expensive as what's it's building upon. Then again, when you save time on projects and feature sets...
There you are. Full marks for pronouncing Stefan's last name. I don't think I have heard anyone try that. I have been talking with Stefan over the last few years. Really good guy as well. And as you know I really like to see good guys, do well. One of the reasons I started promoting and referring you as well. I honestly hadn't got to Stefan's DCTLs as of yet. He really delved in heavily in the recreation of film looks, with a really out of the box method that he developed. It seems we are all trying to get that red, looks like this will get us closer to that goal. Stefan is going to be happy with this video, Darren. You explained and made his product look tremendous. Good stuff.
Thanks Jim. Yes, I wouldn't talk about any product Im not happy using on my own work, and after a project last week I was quite blown away by its simplicity and quality. I have to confess to a 'post-it' note under my camera lens with a phonetic spelling of Stafan's surname!!
I love how you're not acting like "the god mastermind" and more giving subtle tips and tricks and showing your own discoveries and most importatly it feels like you're more excited yourself doing it and showing it to us and it's a real passion of yours
It is - I literally started using this tool about two weeks ago and once used on a real job and client and me happy I fell in love with it. Using on a BBC documentary grade TODAY!
In my very juvenile DaVinci Resolve journey (3 months in), whilst transitioning from photography to videography, your channel is the very 1st one I have looked into, and still the one I follow to help me with Colour grading especially understanding how colour works and how davinci works. Kudos, sir 👍💯
Ok you got me. I'm buying it right now. Your presentation of this tool looks amazing. I love the deep red color of her sweater. You were able to achieve this without adding the back-and-forth steps to correct her face. Thank you!
Nice example, Darren! I just finished a film using these and they truly are life-changing. One tip I have is to choose whatever dctls (perhaps no more than two) per scene (using groups) in a post clip. If you start using a bunch of these at the clip level your timeline will get seriously bogged down. I find them to be more of a look device rather than a clip level effect anyway. They are awesome! Almost like having Baselight in Resolve :) Thanks for sharing!
After testing the Color-Shift DCTL Package just last night with a larger private project, I could not do other than press the purchase button this morning. This is exact what I've been waiting for to get away from the curve-tool (although I feel quite familiar with it). I could 'copy' within 1 hour my curve-based favorite 'Mediterranean Hollywood Look' with just 3 DCTLs from the package in my node tree - but at much higher precision, far less noise or artifacts, and even higher render speed. Even for me as an (quite ambitious) amateur the business case for these tools is quite simple: At a price of $ 179 (after applying your code) these DCTLs save me hours of complex curve-bending, running into color-blocking or fringing, etc. Also, on the render side, thing become faster as I can simplify or even omit noise reduction, speeding the render process by at least 25% in average. I can fully understand that you, as a professional colorist, must have such a tool in your arsenal. Thanks so much for introducing these DCTLs to us.
Instantly bought this, I've been dealing with this issues for YEARS (I have a resolve USB license stick for goodness sake.) This is going to dramatically change how I work and it just simplifies the whole node chain further for me. Such a rad tool, thanks Darren! And thanks for the coupon code!
You can do that in davinci alone, all the tools are there, even the more “unknown” routes in the architecture of resolve. But you have to be willing to invest in that, it will make you understand the “science” that’s already there in resolve and color science in general. You’ll have a bigger understanding for look development and how to get there what you and the dop and director have in mind. (not talking about you Darren, just in general) Film is of course more than density alone, much more. The biggest advantage however for this tool, as far as density is concerned, is you’re saving time! And as a professional you want to save time! And for sure, an incredible tool in any colorists arsenal! And Darren, still best resolve channel out there🔥
as mentioned in my description of this video - more tools needed for a film look than just hue v Lum and a FPE LUT. This DCTL is actually the closest Ive seen to getting me where I want quickly and accurately for look development too. Film is of course more than density, but this episode is about that, not halation etc as covered in my other episodes. However, I don't believe you can do this 'easily' in resolve - there is more maths going on here in the DCTL than the tools you have in regular Resolve. Appreciate your kind words on my channel too! This is great tool, not a cheap one, but it will pay for itself very quickly in the right hands. All the best, Thanks for comments. Darren
Great take, most of these DCTL tools are literally DVR features repackaged into a more consumer friendly interface. Many "routes" that you are referring to are pretty well known in the industry but take a little bit of research that a lot of YT commenters don't even consider. The only thing worth investing into are good grain scans and proper luts / look development plugins - well, aside from self-education of course
Appreciate that you understand a good DCTL when it's presented. Of course we can do this ourselves, but I'm like you - I need a good fast tool and this is it. Appreciate the kind words too BTW!
Just like in pro audio, vintage analogue gear/treatment seems to be sought after in video too for the warmth and richness it imparts. However, digital emulation seems to get closer and closer to the analogue thing, so nice find there Darren, thanks for sharing your discovery. BTW, that old red phone, we had the EXACT same rotary phones here in Canada several decades ago. In the house where I grew-up, we had that exact phone model so it was an instant FLASHBACK experience for me to see that phone again! Forget about "Color Warping" on the phone, I'm talking "TIME Warping" of the phone here!!! 😂 Thanks for that double-whammy rotary red phone experience 🤣☎🤣
I kind of liked having this tool as my secret weapon. Now the cats out the bag on Darren's channel! I love everything from mononodes. I've got about half the shop in my arsenal. It's amazing
just your average density packed into a 200€ dctl thing. Just add HSV node, go into rgb mixer, turn off "preserve luminance" and increase the green chanel in the green output. Here, I saved you 200€, you're welcome :) I'd much rather spend these money on a Walter Volpatto TAC resolve training pack
Density is not just a question of hue-lum but of sat-lum too, so to emulate in resolve one also needs to invert from the effect of an additive color science to a subtractive science, that is the more colour present, the less luminance but also the more saturation. I wonder what the maths is behind this, which colour model etc.
Hey Darren, just started with DR and I think your channel is one of the better ones when it comes to explanation of the actual functionalities and how they work in general. The problem for me is to keep this information in my head since it sooo comprehensive. However, love it. Since I am a diver, I would be quite interested in your approach in color grading/ correction this kind of footage. Any chance for this you could do that?
Thanks for using s log 3 footage Darren,nice to see davinci guys using more consumer camera stuff. I've been looking at dctl stuff for a while and Ur video is an awesome explanation of them. Many thanks
Totally agree Darren, I’m already way ahead of you & have been using Stefan’s DCTL’s packs (crosstalk, hueshift & colorshift ) for a month now & they have been a game changer in making my wedding films pop. They are worth every cent!!!!!👍🤗🤘🥰
@@muziektelevisie Hi. Im blocking you from my channel for even asking. It's not a strange question, it's asking me to break the law and disrespect the months of work that went into this for Stefan who designed the DCTL who deserves every penny. How on earth you think I would even consider this is beyond me! You are not welcome on my Channel.
@@DarrenMostyn yeah, you're right that was stupid, I'm an idiot. in my defense, i'm just a hobbyist, not a pro. of course I wasn't asking you, but the commenter. I've actually already bought it in the meantime from stefan's website!
@@muziektelevisie In light of you buying it legitimately and recognising the work of Stefan I'll not block you. Thank you for doing the right thing. It's a great plugin albeit not the cheapest, but you get what you pay for. Wish you all the best and thanks for being honest. Darren.
Great stuff, need to try this out. So many good plugins out there now. I am a huge fan of Scatter and Filmbox by Videovillage in case you have not checked them out.
Looking at this and the other tools at Mononodes... He seems to do things the way I want to... Now, I am really tempted to plunk down money on both the DCTL's and the film damage thing he has built. Dang ye!!!
Great video!. Haven't heard of that tool before. Thanks for sharing. Quick one. What are your thoughts around Filmbox by VideoVillage? I use that tool to simulate film and it does an amazing job. Not cheap tho, but I found it to be the best compared to Dehancer, FilmConvert and Look Designer (from ColourlabAI).
Thx Darren amazing explanation, plz explain how to make multiple exports from same grade HDR-Rec709-DCIP3-DolbyVision how to setup the color mangment at the start for multiple exports, what are the possible way for trimming at the end. & plz make an Episode on White Point.
Whereabouts would you put this node in your recent "Best Node tree" and do people tend to use Luts AND DCTLs or is it a one or the other sort of thing? Thank you again!
Hi Darren. Gerry from Austria here :) First let me say i admire your work - both - colorgrading and the way you create your YT videos. Now question : Have you had the chance to check out Stefans´s Look/Lab/Print DCTL which only seem to work in ARRI color space. I still struggle to incorporate his DCTLs into my DWG Workflow. What would be your approach ? Thank you so much for your opinion.
is it not the right way to put the LUT at the end after the the DWG to REC 709 CST? Atleast i heard that a normal LUT should be the last thing in the chain. But you were using Dehancer
In my opinion, HSV and HSL can manage global density well, but it is difficult to adjust single hue vectors. A DCTL provides more flexibility and offers also different math that might be more pleasing to an image.
yes I use lots of different techniques, but the point of the episode was to show the DCTL. HSV is a very common way of course but I preferred this DCTL on the last job I did.
CN：我一直都很喜欢你的视频！今天看到这一期教程 受益匪浅！学到了很多！非常感谢你的教程！就是在中国大陆这边买这个插件有点不是很方便！😂PS：我英文不好，我用的翻译器。 EN：I have always loved your videos! I have benefited a lot from seeing this tutorial today! Learned a lot! Thank you very much for your tutorial! It's not very convenient to buy this plug-in here in Chinese Mainland! 😂 PS: My English is not good, I am using a translator.
@@DarrenMostyn 感谢您的回复！MR.Darren Mostyn。 我已经通过一些办法购买到了这个插件！对我的工作有着非常大的帮助！感谢您分享给我们！谢谢！ thank you for your reply! Mr. Darren Mostyn. I've purchased this addon some way! It is very helpful to my work! Thanks for sharing it with us! Thanks!
Brilliant video, thanks Darren.... I use Black magic pocket Cinema cameras 6K & 4k and mainly grade Black Magic RAW Gen 5 colour science, should I use the CST in the node tree or can I set the project settings to Davinci YRGB Colour managed, Davinci wide gamut intermediate and rec.709 Gamma 2.4?
A bit late to the game here, but I can't seem to find any particular info about the order of which the DCTL should be placed in a node tree, where Dehancer and conversion to a film LUT like Kodak 2383 is involved. But I see you're placing it before - is this what you would generally recommend? 😊 I've bought the same DCTL's well and I've tried placing them both before and after, which doesn't seem make that much of a difference. But I'm generally an advocate of following best practices in the stuff I do, so maybe you're able to enlighten me here 😅
@@DarrenMostyn Yeah. But it was just more regarding putting it before or after Dehancer + conversion (but ofc. before the output CST), where I'm a bit in doubt if one is a better way than the other? 🙂
Hi Darren, I love every one of your videos and thank you for posting them, I think you are just amazing. I'm a very amateur youtuber wanna be but I would like to up my game in color grading, I have a question if you don't mind helping me. Ive heard about DCTL for a while now but hesitate to purchase it because I only color grade my video in REC709. My question to you is would you recommend me to purchase DCTL for my color grading and wouls it be a game changer for me? Thank you for your time.
Have you tried exploring other DCTLs yet, like the Tetra DCTL? Curious to know other recommendations for some of us exploring more about this topic too
Hey Darren, im a self employed videographer creating imagefilms, music videos and event videos. I would like to buy dctls. I think these tools are worth the money. Dctls from PixelTools or Mononodes? What plugins of Mononodes would you recommend as priority, what I should get first. Color Shift, Hue Shift, Split Tones or RGB Crosstalk?
Hello there. Thanks for the great tutorial. I have a question. What do you think about dehancer ? is it worth it ? I don't have Da vinci code yet, but I'm considering buying it. However I don't want to invest too much. Do you recommend Dehancer ? or density of colours ? or the two ?
I use dehancer on every job. I love it! also I have a discount code for Dehancer. check out my description for details. th-cam.com/video/4RcgBopXIGA/w-d-xo.html Mononodes DCTL is different to dehancer - I use both! not always together but 2 different tools!
How can the people make plugins in these programs? It’s amazing for to see the development from third party users and non from a black magic design developer.
This is mindblowing yet something I need to learn nonetheless. Thanks a lot for this amazing video, Darren.
Glad it was helpful!
wow it looked way more natural than the hue v lum. blackmagic should just pay the developer and make this built in.
not a 200€ difference though, right? :D
@@Rogeras32 lol it for sure is! You're paying premium for a good quality camera/lenses etc. etc. Why not lay down an extra €200 to hand your clients even better looking footage? This is what it's all about mate.
@@WanderAndringa I tend to have second thought about plugins being almost the price of the actual software they merely complete.
@@PawFromTheBroons you cant compare- how is the developer supposed to compete with software as huge as Resolve that costs next to nothing? BMD makes it money from hardware, not Resolve.
@@DarrenMostyn I understand that, but I feel the same for Photoshop and others.
Kinda hard to swallow when a plugin is almost as expensive as what's it's building upon.
Then again, when you save time on projects and feature sets...
There you are. Full marks for pronouncing Stefan's last name. I don't think I have heard anyone try that. I have been talking with Stefan over the last few years. Really good guy as well. And as you know I really like to see good guys, do well. One of the reasons I started promoting and referring you as well.
I honestly hadn't got to Stefan's DCTLs as of yet. He really delved in heavily in the recreation of film looks, with a really out of the box method that he developed.
It seems we are all trying to get that red, looks like this will get us closer to that goal.
Stefan is going to be happy with this video, Darren. You explained and made his product look tremendous. Good stuff.
Thanks Jim. Yes, I wouldn't talk about any product Im not happy using on my own work, and after a project last week I was quite blown away by its simplicity and quality. I have to confess to a 'post-it' note under my camera lens with a phonetic spelling of Stafan's surname!!
@@DarrenMostyn i talked to Stefan and he gave a thumbs up on your pronunciation. But he did mention that Daria got it closer.
@@JimRobinson-colors OK....not happy! I practised for at least 5 minutes! :) Daria is better than me at most things to be honest!!
I love how you're not acting like "the god mastermind" and more giving subtle tips and tricks and showing your own discoveries and most importatly it feels like you're more excited yourself doing it and showing it to us and it's a real passion of yours
It is - I literally started using this tool about two weeks ago and once used on a real job and client and me happy I fell in love with it. Using on a BBC documentary grade TODAY!
Super cool! Learning that Resolve has tools to essentially make our own tools is just amazing.
That difference is stunning!!
Great review! Thanks so much again!
Thanks @stefan ! Look forward to seeing what you create next!
In my very juvenile DaVinci Resolve journey (3 months in), whilst transitioning from photography to videography, your channel is the very 1st one I have looked into, and still the one I follow to help me with Colour grading especially understanding how colour works and how davinci works. Kudos, sir 👍💯
Thank you Alexis. Appreciated
I've been deep in the rabbit hole with Stefan's DCTLs since I encountered your video a month ago. Love them! Thanks for the introduction.
Darren, I have watched so many colorists on TH-cam and I have to say you are an amazing teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you.
Funny how, yesterday I had never heard of DCTL and this morning I have 3 colorists talking about it. Amazing stuff!
welcome to DCTL world!
Just wow! So many spent hours on nailing a specific colour. Huge time saver, thank you!
Glad it helped!
Oh WOW!
The way it retained the darks and saturation without blowing out the subtle highlights and textures in the reds is absolutely wild!
I loved it instantly too!!
Ok you got me. I'm buying it right now. Your presentation of this tool looks amazing. I love the deep red color of her sweater. You were able to achieve this without adding the back-and-forth steps to correct her face. Thank you!
Always love finding someone new to follow. That DCTL transform is stunning
Stefan is a good guy with a great product! Check out his TH-cam channel too
Nice example, Darren! I just finished a film using these and they truly are life-changing. One tip I have is to choose whatever dctls (perhaps no more than two) per scene (using groups) in a post clip. If you start using a bunch of these at the clip level your timeline will get seriously bogged down. I find them to be more of a look device rather than a clip level effect anyway. They are awesome! Almost like having Baselight in Resolve :) Thanks for sharing!
Glad you ar enjoying them too. Thanks for the advice!
Hey ! Can i reach out to you somehow? Do you have an email or Instagram?
@@itsRohanJoshi instagram is best. search my name. No tech support pls
After testing the Color-Shift DCTL Package just last night with a larger private project, I could not do other than press the purchase button this morning.
This is exact what I've been waiting for to get away from the curve-tool (although I feel quite familiar with it). I could 'copy' within 1 hour my curve-based favorite 'Mediterranean Hollywood Look' with just 3 DCTLs from the package in my node tree - but at much higher precision, far less noise or artifacts, and even higher render speed.
Even for me as an (quite ambitious) amateur the business case for these tools is quite simple:
At a price of $ 179 (after applying your code) these DCTLs save me hours of complex curve-bending, running into color-blocking or fringing, etc.
Also, on the render side, thing become faster as I can simplify or even omit noise reduction, speeding the render process by at least 25% in average.
I can fully understand that you, as a professional colorist, must have such a tool in your arsenal. Thanks so much for introducing these DCTLs to us.
Im glad you agree with me - they are fantastic DCTL's!! Enjoy.
Great video Darren. Excellent example clips too.
Instantly bought this, I've been dealing with this issues for YEARS (I have a resolve USB license stick for goodness sake.) This is going to dramatically change how I work and it just simplifies the whole node chain further for me. Such a rad tool, thanks Darren! And thanks for the coupon code!
Im loving it too.
You can do that in davinci alone, all the tools are there, even the more “unknown” routes in the architecture of resolve. But you have to be willing to invest in that, it will make you understand the “science” that’s already there in resolve and color science in general. You’ll have a bigger understanding for look development and how to get there what you and the dop and director have in mind. (not talking about you Darren, just in general)
Film is of course more than density alone, much more.
The biggest advantage however for this tool, as far as density is concerned, is you’re saving time! And as a professional you want to save time!
And for sure, an incredible tool in any colorists arsenal!
And Darren, still best resolve channel out there🔥
as mentioned in my description of this video - more tools needed for a film look than just hue v Lum and a FPE LUT. This DCTL is actually the closest Ive seen to getting me where I want quickly and accurately for look development too. Film is of course more than density, but this episode is about that, not halation etc as covered in my other episodes. However, I don't believe you can do this 'easily' in resolve - there is more maths going on here in the DCTL than the tools you have in regular Resolve. Appreciate your kind words on my channel too! This is great tool, not a cheap one, but it will pay for itself very quickly in the right hands. All the best, Thanks for comments. Darren
Great take, most of these DCTL tools are literally DVR features repackaged into a more consumer friendly interface. Many "routes" that you are referring to are pretty well known in the industry but take a little bit of research that a lot of YT commenters don't even consider. The only thing worth investing into are good grain scans and proper luts / look development plugins - well, aside from self-education of course
@@Rogeras32 Hi - actually these DCTL's take maths further than DVR tools.
Appreciate that you understand a good DCTL when it's presented. Of course we can do this ourselves, but I'm like you - I need a good fast tool and this is it. Appreciate the kind words too BTW!
Amazing run down. Thanks Darren 🙏👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Darren,great! Great as usual!
Many thanks!
Absolutely gamechanger. You’re such a great teacher. Been following your channel for abit now
I appreciate that Glenn, thank you
This technique is so similar to the lightroom sliders! Amazing!
Just like in pro audio, vintage analogue gear/treatment seems to be sought after in video too for the warmth and richness it imparts. However, digital emulation seems to get closer and closer to the analogue thing, so nice find there Darren, thanks for sharing your discovery.
BTW, that old red phone, we had the EXACT same rotary phones here in Canada several decades ago. In the house where I grew-up, we had that exact phone model so it was an instant FLASHBACK experience for me to see that phone again!
Forget about "Color Warping" on the phone, I'm talking "TIME Warping" of the phone here!!! 😂
Thanks for that double-whammy rotary red phone experience 🤣☎🤣
Glad you enjoyed the video and the phone!!
Yep, I have been up on Stefan for a while, defo on my next to buy list!
Loving his work!
I have this tools for a while, and from the tools itself to costumer service Stephen did amazing! I really how he did the saturation and density
And it works as good in aces as in dwg
Really great tool! The way you can control how the shift affects highlights with that "deep" tool is life-changing haha
Mind blown @5:06 🤯🤯🤯 Wow!
I kind of liked having this tool as my secret weapon. Now the cats out the bag on Darren's channel! I love everything from mononodes. I've got about half the shop in my arsenal. It's amazing
just bought it! thankk you for showing this off. gamechanger for sure
Hope you enjoy it!
This is a game changer! Thank you!
i shot the red telephone footage on 16mm film with another DP named Nikita for Isamaya French - thanks for featuring! love the channel
I work with Katya who directed this shoot - I did some work on this job. Nice to meet you Josh.
@@DarrenMostyn small world i love it! amazing work as well thank you
This is ground breaking. thank you for showing this to us
You are very welcome
just your average density packed into a 200€ dctl thing. Just add HSV node, go into rgb mixer, turn off "preserve luminance" and increase the green chanel in the green output. Here, I saved you 200€, you're welcome :) I'd much rather spend these money on a Walter Volpatto TAC resolve training pack
@@Rogeras32 i'll try it out, thank you :)
Yes! I just started using these as well. So 100 percent worth it.
Thx 4 sharing!
No problem!
Great one! Need to try this tool out
I just bought it on his website! Thank you very much for this informative video and your coupon!
Great look Darren. Some of his other plugins are rather tasty too..
Agreed!
i bought this plugin and i dig it, i dig it alot, its a must have if you use Dehancer or filmconvert.
This was great! Thanks for sharing this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is so exciting!!
Awesome!!! I'm just ask my shelf about some tool like that!!! In a future I'll buy this.Thanks so much.
As allways, I loved it! Thank you for teaching! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, that is pretty neat. Thank you for sharing.
HOLY MOLY !!!
Awesome tool. thx Darren:)
Glad you like it!
To think about all the times that would have saved me so much trouble... doh! Thanks Darren! (and MonoNodes).
❤❤❤ Amazing, thank you for sharing this knowledge to the world.
You are so welcome
Wow, this looks awesome!
It is!
Powerful stuff with more control that what is already pretty good in Resolve.
topnotch colorist !!! Always great explanation , thank you !
Density is not just a question of hue-lum but of sat-lum too, so to emulate in resolve one also needs to invert from the effect of an additive color science to a subtractive science, that is the more colour present, the less luminance but also the more saturation. I wonder what the maths is behind this, which colour model etc.
appreciated that a lot more can be done to get a more filmic look - the idea of this episode is to show how simple it can be.
This is amazing!!
Its a fantastic product - I use all the time!!
wow this was great!!
It's like having a light room tool for Resolve, it's amazing.
That is awesome!!
thanks you for teaching this
It's my pleasure to share great products with my channel!
Cool! Thank you
Thanks!
Thank you for this - appreciated!!
Hey Darren, just started with DR and I think your channel is one of the better ones when it comes to explanation of the actual functionalities and how they work in general. The problem for me is to keep this information in my head since it sooo comprehensive. However, love it.
Since I am a diver, I would be quite interested in your approach in color grading/ correction this kind of footage. Any chance for this you could do that?
chromatic adaptation in the effects will be your best friend here. also watch my episode here about RGB Mixer th-cam.com/video/8V9CdNthfs4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for using s log 3 footage Darren,nice to see davinci guys using more consumer camera stuff. I've been looking at dctl stuff for a while and Ur video is an awesome explanation of them. Many thanks
Glad you like it. Yes, we get all shapes and flavours of footage here!
Had to struggle with it by doing it in LAB COLOR SPACE and using just the saturation part n excluding luminance.. this make life easy
google davinci HSL HSV density and enjoy your life, mate :)
Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻
This Is actually very interesting!
Totally agree Darren, I’m already way ahead of you & have been using Stefan’s DCTL’s packs (crosstalk, hueshift & colorshift ) for a month now & they have been a game changer in making my wedding films pop. They are worth every cent!!!!!👍🤗🤘🥰
Great to hear!
@@muziektelevisie Hi. Im blocking you from my channel for even asking. It's not a strange question, it's asking me to break the law and disrespect the months of work that went into this for Stefan who designed the DCTL who deserves every penny. How on earth you think I would even consider this is beyond me! You are not welcome on my Channel.
@@DarrenMostyn yeah, you're right that was stupid, I'm an idiot. in my defense, i'm just a hobbyist, not a pro. of course I wasn't asking you, but the commenter. I've actually already bought it in the meantime from stefan's website!
@@muziektelevisie In light of you buying it legitimately and recognising the work of Stefan I'll not block you. Thank you for doing the right thing. It's a great plugin albeit not the cheapest, but you get what you pay for. Wish you all the best and thanks for being honest. Darren.
Amazing. Thanks
Great stuff, need to try this out. So many good plugins out there now. I am a huge fan of Scatter and Filmbox by Videovillage in case you have not checked them out.
Looking at this and the other tools at Mononodes... He seems to do things the way I want to... Now, I am really tempted to plunk down money on both the DCTL's and the film damage thing he has built.
Dang ye!!!
Great video!. Haven't heard of that tool before. Thanks for sharing. Quick one. What are your thoughts around Filmbox by VideoVillage? I use that tool to simulate film and it does an amazing job. Not cheap tho, but I found it to be the best compared to Dehancer, FilmConvert and Look Designer (from ColourlabAI).
He has some great items. Looking at his skin tone heat map dctl because dang that speeds things up.
Thx Darren amazing explanation, plz explain how to make multiple exports from same grade HDR-Rec709-DCIP3-DolbyVision how to setup the color mangment at the start for multiple exports, what are the possible way for trimming at the end. & plz make an Episode on White Point.
Love this tool and great info. Hopefully I'll be at a point in my career where I can spend money on great tools like this.
amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
The VAST power in Davinci Resolve, that I i only paid $300 for, constantly boggles my mind!
Have you got an episode on Sharpening and it’s node placement?
Amazinggg
What do you think about Hue Twist DCTL?
Working great for me so far, but I've mainly be using Color Shift on my last project.
Whereabouts would you put this node in your recent "Best Node tree" and do people tend to use Luts AND DCTLs or is it a one or the other sort of thing? Thank you again!
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This is so cool! Do you know if the deep slider would have the same impact on deeper skin tones?
it is isolating level of highlights, so all skin tone will be affected on the slider.
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Hi Darren. Gerry from Austria here :) First let me say i admire your work - both - colorgrading and the way you create your YT videos. Now question : Have you had the chance to check out Stefans´s Look/Lab/Print DCTL which only seem to work in ARRI color space. I still struggle to incorporate his DCTLs into my DWG Workflow. What would be your approach ? Thank you so much for your opinion.
is it not the right way to put the LUT at the end after the the DWG to REC 709 CST? Atleast i heard that a normal LUT should be the last thing in the chain. But you were using Dehancer
do you not work in HSV at all for colour density? I have found that gives great results compared to just lowering luminance
In my opinion, HSV and HSL can manage global density well, but it is difficult to adjust single hue vectors. A DCTL provides more flexibility and offers also different math that might be more pleasing to an image.
yes I use lots of different techniques, but the point of the episode was to show the DCTL. HSV is a very common way of course but I preferred this DCTL on the last job I did.
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should mask the dctl in some objects? not everything?
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Thank you very much...super kind!! Enjoy the channel. All the best, Darren
Color warper can do very similar with not much effort.
Not really.
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Hi Lee. I cant help with purchasing - this is not my product, Im simply enjoying using it. Hope you get sorted. darren
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Brilliant video, thanks Darren.... I use Black magic pocket Cinema cameras 6K & 4k and mainly grade Black Magic RAW Gen 5 colour science, should I use the CST in the node tree or can I set the project settings to Davinci YRGB Colour managed, Davinci wide gamut intermediate and rec.709 Gamma 2.4?
All answered here for you. Hope this helps. th-cam.com/video/8geDbNpH5cI/w-d-xo.html
A bit late to the game here, but I can't seem to find any particular info about the order of which the DCTL should be placed in a node tree, where Dehancer and conversion to a film LUT like Kodak 2383 is involved. But I see you're placing it before - is this what you would generally recommend? 😊
I've bought the same DCTL's well and I've tried placing them both before and after, which doesn't seem make that much of a difference. But I'm generally an advocate of following best practices in the stuff I do, so maybe you're able to enlighten me here 😅
Yes. These DCTLs prefer DWG colour space. Hope that helps.
@@DarrenMostyn Yeah. But it was just more regarding putting it before or after Dehancer + conversion (but ofc. before the output CST), where I'm a bit in doubt if one is a better way than the other? 🙂
@@emilvalentinsrensen1891 before dehancer
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Hi Darren, I love every one of your videos and thank you for posting them, I think you are just amazing. I'm a very amateur youtuber wanna be but I would like to up my game in color grading, I have a question if you don't mind helping me. Ive heard about DCTL for a while now but hesitate to purchase it because I only color grade my video in REC709. My question to you is would you recommend me to purchase DCTL for my color grading and wouls it be a game changer for me? Thank you for your time.
Have you tried exploring other DCTLs yet, like the Tetra DCTL? Curious to know other recommendations for some of us exploring more about this topic too
not tried it.
I had this color grading problem that everyone has been having a lot and you just helped me.
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Hey Darren, im a self employed videographer creating imagefilms, music videos and event videos. I would like to buy dctls. I think these tools are worth the money. Dctls from PixelTools or Mononodes?
What plugins of Mononodes would you recommend as priority, what I should get first. Color Shift, Hue Shift, Split Tones or RGB Crosstalk?
Colour shift is my favourite but they all have a different purpose. Enjoy.
Hello there. Thanks for the great tutorial. I have a question. What do you think about dehancer ? is it worth it ? I don't have Da vinci code yet, but I'm considering buying it. However I don't want to invest too much. Do you recommend Dehancer ? or density of colours ? or the two ?
I use dehancer on every job. I love it! also I have a discount code for Dehancer. check out my description for details. th-cam.com/video/4RcgBopXIGA/w-d-xo.html
Mononodes DCTL is different to dehancer - I use both! not always together but 2 different tools!
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How can the people make plugins in these programs? It’s amazing for to see the development from third party users and non from a black magic design developer.
Davinci Resolve is evolving all the time....the DCTL element is to allow 3rd party development. Its a great thing!