DaVinci Resolve Advanced Color Grading (Live Online)

Overview

DaVinci Resolve 15 is an industry-standard software platform for professional editing, compositing, audio mixing, and color grading that provides comprehensive control over the final delivery and quality of your project. This course takes you through a series of practical projects in which you will learn a wide variety of professional workflows, effects, and tools necessary to perform professional-level work in post-production. Students will learn the essential foundations of contrast and color balance and quickly begin to explore the many advanced professional features Resolve has to offer in the post-production workflow.

Audience:

This course is designed for professionals, including:

Professional colorists working in the industry
Video editors of all experience levels
Assistant editors in post-production environments
Multimedia producers creating various content
Cinematographers and directors of photography

Course Objectives:

Launching Resolve project files, restoring archives, and migrating XML timelines from other software
Enabling color management to remap video color gamuts accurately
Analyzing and color correcting images using professional scopes and analysis tools
Performing normalization, balancing, and matching footage in preparation for creative grading work
Operating primary and secondary grading tools with confidence and expertise
Node-based compositing with the help of mixer and key nodes for advanced effects
Managing and copying grades with the help of stills, versions, and ColorTrace features
Navigating the Fusion page and creating professional composites within the Resolve workflow
Applying OpenFX filters and effects to repair, enhance, and stylize media effectively
Understanding the classic grading workflow and its translation to the modern Groups feature
Optimizing render cache and delivery settings for optimal quality and efficiency