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Davinci Resolve Colour Correction and Grading | Training Course

Transform your videos with colour correction and grading.
Discover professional techniques and add a polished, cinematic look to your footage.

DAVINCI RESOLVE EXPERTS | VIDEO EDITING TRAINING | SMALL COURSE SIZES | LONDON & LIVE ONLINE

  Course Dates Venue   Price  
Online £429 + VAT save £70
London Bridge £429 + VAT save £70
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT
London Bridge £499 + VAT
Online £499 + VAT

Davinci Resolve Colour Correction and Grading | Training Course

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What will I learn?

  • Basic principles of colour correction and grading
  • Use scopes for analysing and correcting shots
  • Techniques for making primary and secondary corrections
  • To use LUTs to transform colour values
  • To build, refine and apply grades across multiple shots
  • Free digital course assets
  • Free post-course helpdesk support
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Learner Reviews

How good is the course?

  • Average Score 5 out of 5
  • Delicious lunch provided
  • Certificate of Achievement
  • 2 reviews

You will need a basic knowledge of video editing before attending this course and experience using either DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, or Final Cut Pro. If you do not have this knowledge please attend our DaVinci Resolve Video Editing Introduction course before taking this colour correcting course.


Day one

Setting up a project

• Using Resolves' Project Manager

• Importing content

• Setting up locations

• Understanding the interface

• Understanding when and how to use: the Media Page, the Editing Page, the Colour Page, the Fairlight Page, the Deliver Page


Workflows

• Importing Clips for Digital Dailies

• Editing in the Timeline

• Importing XML, EDL and AAF

• Working with Timelines


Colour theory

• Understanding the colour correction process

• Making primary corrections

• Making secondary corrections

• Analysing a shot visually

• Analysing a shot using Scopes

• Analysing and fixing Luminance issues

• Analysing and fixing Chrominance Issues


Using Scopes and correcting luminance

• Using and customising the Waveform monitor

• Using the Colour Wheels interface

• Using Life, Gamma, Gain and Offset controls

• Adjusting contrast and exposure

• Using Curves to adjust Exposure and Contrast


Using Scopes and correcting colour

• Analysing colour balance problems

• Understanding the RGB parade

• Understanding the Vectorscope

• Fixing colour balance using the Colour Wheels

• Fixing colour balance using Curves

• Fixing colour balance using the Primaries Bars


Grading

• Using the Hue Saturation curve

• Understanding different curves: Hue V Hue

Hue Vs Lum, Lum Vs Sat, Sat Vs Sat

• Using the RGB mixer

• Adding Blur


Day two

Grading (Continued)

• Making secondary corrections

• Using the Qualifier

• Keying on Hue, Saturation & Luminance

• Adjusting the qualifier range

• Optimising a Key

• Using Windows (Masks)

• Tracking using Windows

• Sizing – Cropping and scaling

• Adding and amending effects

• Keyframing Grades and effects


Nodes in DaVinci Resolve

• Using and adding Nodes

• Serial Nodes Vs Parallel Nodes

• Outside and Layer Nodes


Using Look Up Tables (LUTs)

• Using LUTs to transform colour values

• Importing LUTs


Grade Management

• Using the Stills Gallery

• Using the Light-table view

• Creating a basic grade


Delivery

• Rendering clips

• Adding handles

• Rendering a sequence

• Round Tripping


Questions and answers


This course is also available as a private course. This would allow you to choose any dates for your training. And, if you wish, we can tailor the course content for you or your team. Please contact us for more details.


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