Flo the Pirate
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Matthew Dobrski Posted at 7-25 13:14
For start, record your footage in D-Cinelike colour space with properly determined WB. Install the footage in decent grading software (i.e. Davinci Resolve) and experiment with 4 thumb wheels on Color page (Lift, Gamma, Gain and Offset) to your liking. Try to avoid using other settings below wheels (i.e. Contrast, Saturation, Color Boost, Temp, Tint) unless absolutely necessary. Practice, practice and practice more, since you need a lot of it ...
there are so many ways to achieve a good and almost same result in davinci what´s really great ! For my taste as I don´t have hardware colour wheels I never touch them just with a mouse maybe just a little to warm some part of the image but the most work I do by using the sliders beneath it to spread out the (again) histogram from all the way from left (lift slider) to right (gain slider) and then use the gamma slider to push the exposure to my liking. I also like using the curves to do a similar effect as you can trim exposure more accurate in different parts of the picture. In motion pictures I consider HDR to us the full range of the histogram (+ more vibrant colour and lots of contrast and detail) and that starts (especially in davinci ;)) with choosing the right timeline settings first (rec 2020) and having the right monitoring to even see what you are doing.
colour is an art so yes - practice , practice , practice ! |
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