DaVinci Resolve: Color Page

Introduction

• Course overview and prior experience
• Using the exercise files
• An overview of the color grading process
• Related series for important Color page topics

1. Introduction to Using the Color Page

• The Color page layout
• Evaluating the footage and master settings
• Preparing the project and user preferences
• Manipulating the viewer
• The Color page timeline and thumbnails
• Thumbnail timeline filtering
• DaVinci Resolve YRGB image processing
• DaVinci Resolve YRGB color management (R17+)
• Masking to a specific aspect ratio

2. Primary Color Correction: Fundamentals

• Primary corrections vs. secondary corrections
• Primaries bars adjustments: Lift, gamma, gain
• Primaries bars adjustments: Offset
• Making global color adjustments in the Primaries palette
• Making global contrast adjustments in the Primaries palette
• Global adjustments in the HDR palette
• Temperature and tint adjustments in the HDR palette
• Contrast, pivot, exposure, and saturation in the HDR palette
• Using custom curves for primary corrections
• Using the RGB Mixer to solve global problems
• Using the stabilizer on the Color page
• Blur palette 101
• Midtone detail
• Camera RAW 101: Project settings
• Camera RAW 101: The Camera RAW palette

3. Using the Node Editor: Fundamentals

• A node is a thought
• Nodes 102: Organizing your workflow using a structured node tree
• The Layer Mixer node and serial nodes
• The Parallel Mixer node and serial nodes
• Adding keyframes to individual nodes in the Color page
• “Dialing down” a serial node using the Key Mixer
• Structured node trees

4. Secondary Color Correction: Fundamentals

• What tools are associated with secondary corrections?
• Using the Primaries palette for targeted adjustments
• Using custom curves for targeted corrections
• Fixing common saturation problems using curves
• Selecting colors using the Qualifier palette
• Refining your selection range in the Qualifier palette
• An introduction to the 3D qualifier
• Power Windows 102
• Tracker 102: Frame mode

Conclusion

• Final thoughts on structured node trees
• Order of operations using primary and secondary corrections
• Additional resources