Cinematic Color Grading Tutorial for Beginners in Davinci Resolve

Breaking down my color grading process for cinematic videos in Davinci Resolve. Explaining lift, gamma, gain and offset as well as how nodes work, plus showing my full node layout and workflow for simple color grading.


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0:00 Color Grading in Davinci Resolve
1:05 Lift, Gamma, Gain and Offset
3:47 Using Nodes in Davinci Resolve
4:48 Color Grading Workflow #1
12:20 Color Grading Workflow #2


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In this video, I show you my full color grading workflow in Davinci Resolve 18.5. We discuss how to use lift, gamma, gain and offset, and how these parameters differ from shadows, midtones and highlights. We also talk about color grading using nodes in Davinci Resolve compared to layers in Premiere Pro, and then I show you my full color grading process from start to finish to achieve two different looks!

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