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DaVinci Resolve Color Grading for Beginners - Simple Walkthrough

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This beginner walkthrough teaches color grading in DaVinci Resolve, from primary corrections and scopes to secondary adjustments with power windows and node-based workflows. It also covers saving stills as presets and comparing grades across clips.

Syllabus

00:00 - Color Page Tutorial Overview
00:27 - Color Page User Interface
01:50 - Primaries Color Wheels and Tools
05:25 - Custom Curves
06:27 - Understanding Scopes
10:13 - Visual for How Tools Function
12:42 - Better White Balance than Temp/Tint
13:39 - Understanding Saturation Additive vs Subtractive
14:51 - Understanding Density
16:01 - Power Windows
17:24 - How do Nodes Work?
19:47 - Parallel Nodes
22:45 - Outside Node
24:11 - Saving and Using Stills Presets
25:03 - Split Screen Compare Clips/Grades
28:07 - Grouped Nodes
29:47 - What Should We Color Next?

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Kevin Stratvert

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