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Exercise Files: DaVinci Resolve Master Class
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Exercise Files: DaVinci Resolve Master Class
- Introduction: DaVinci Resolve Master Class
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Welcome!
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Using the Exercise Files
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Using the Practice Footage
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About This Rig
- Useful Tools for Colorists in Resolve
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Who Should Watch This Chapter
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The ‘Single User’ Login
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The Graphical User Interface, In 4 Minutes
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Keyboard Shortcuts: Tips & Tricks
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Five ‘Don’t Miss’ Features in 5 Minutes
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The (Easy) ‘Relink’ Command
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Saving Hard Drive Locations as ‘Favorites’
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How to Create & Use ‘Smart Bins’
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Two Ways of Using the ‘Smooth Cut’ Transition
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Understanding Resolve’s ‘Order of Operations’
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A Quick Tour of Bezier Handles in Resolve
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What Are ‘Compound Nodes’?
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The Tracker: Using the ‘3D Perspective’ Option
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The Tracker: Understanding the ‘Frame’ Behavior
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Group Grading: Collapsing Grades
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Keying: Working with the ‘3D Keyer’
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Keying: The ‘Clean Black’ / ‘Clean White’ Tools
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A Tour of the ‘Media Management’ Panel
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Easy Exporting to Avid Pro Tools
- Building A DaVinci Resolve System
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Who Uses DaVinci Resolve?
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Overview: The DaVinci Resolve Toolset
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Davinci Resolve vs. DaVinci Resolve Studio
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Building a Resolve System: Overview
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Building a Resolve System: Computer Hardware
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Building a Resolve System: Monitors & Calibration
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Installing & Launching DaVinci Resolve for the First Time
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Updating from an Earlier Version of DaVinci Resolve
- Understanding Disk Databases, User Modes & Projects
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Disk Databases: The New Default
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Single-User & Multi-User Login Modes
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Creating, Managing, Organizing, Importing, Exporting Projects & Databases
- Getting Started with DaVinci Resolve
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Overview of the Resolve Interface
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Customizing Your Workspace
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Essential System Preferences
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Essential Project Settings
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Tweaking Project Settings for Better Performance
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Closer Look: The Media Page
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Closer Look: The Edit Page
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Closer Look: The Color Page
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Closer Look: The Deliver Page
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Closer Look: Dual Monitor Setup
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The Documentary: Analyzing & Importing Footage
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The Documentary: Creating the Timeline
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The Documentary: Importing an XML, Method 1
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The Documentary: Importing an XML, Method 2
- Editing A Project In DaVinci Resolve
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Navigating & Using the Edit Page
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Organizing Your Media with Smart Bins
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Mastering Keyboard Shortcuts
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How to Customize Your Keyboard Shortcuts
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Additional Timeline Commands
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Working in the Edit Mode
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Working in the Trim Mode
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Trimming in the Source Viewer
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Track Targeting 101
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Working with Audio
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The Clip Inspector
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Working with Titles
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Adding & Manipulating Transitions & Generators
- Moving & Preparing A Timeline For Color Correction
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How to Prepare a Timeline for Color Correction
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Exporting XMLs & ‘Self-Contained’ Reference Movies
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Conforming a Timeline in an XML Workflow
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Checking the Conform with a Reference Movie
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Automatic Scene Cut Detection: Getting Started
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Automatic Scene Cut Detection: Pruning Your Edits
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Automatic Scene Cut Detection: Reconstructing the Timeline
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Automatic Scene Cut Detection: Dealing with Dissolves & Fades
- Image Evaluation: Seeing Like A Colorist
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In Action: Creative Spotting Session—Selecting ‘Hero Shots’
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Using the Waveform: Analyzing Contrast, Exposure & Color Balance
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Using the Parade Scopes: Analyzing Contrast, Exposure & Color Balance
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Using the Vectorscope: Analyzing Color & Saturation
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Working with the ‘Broadcast Safe Filter’
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In Action: Using Video Scopes to Analyze the Hero Shots
- Primary Color Correction Tools
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Colorist Lingo: What is a Primary Correction?
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Primary Color Wheels: The Offset Control
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Primary Color Wheels: Lift/Gamma/Gain & Brightness Changes
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Primary Color Wheels: Lift/Gamma/Gain & Color Changes
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Primary Sliders & YRGB Processing
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Color Wheels: Get Faster with Keyboard Modifiers
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Understanding the Contrast & Pivot Controls
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Adjusting Hue & Saturation
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The RGB Mixer
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Using Custom Curves as Primary Corrections
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Colorist Lingo: What are RAW, LOG & LUTs?
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Introduction to Color Correcting with RAW Controls
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Introduction to Color Correcting LOG (or Flat Images) & LUTs
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In Action: Hero Shots & Primary Color Grading
- Understanding Nodes
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Colorist Lingo: What is a Serial Node?
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Adding, Connecting, Deleting & Resetting Serial Nodes
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‘Node Macros’: The Splitter—Combiner Node
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Specialty Nodes: The Layer Mixer Node
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Using Composite Modes in the Layer Mixer Node
- Secondary Color Correction Tools
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Colorist Lingo: What is a Secondary Correction?
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Custom Curves as Secondary Corrections
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Log Color Wheels as Secondary Corrections
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Color Wheels: Highlights & Shadows Controls
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Color Wheels: Color Boost & Midtone Detail Controls
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Using the ‘Hue vs.’ Curves
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Using the ‘Lum vs.’ & ‘Sat vs.’ Curves
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Targeting Corrections with the ‘Hue, Saturation, Luminance’ (HSL) Keyer
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Understanding the HSL ‘Matte Finesse’ Controls
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Targeting Corrections with the 3D Keyer
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Limiting HSL & 3D Keys with Power Windows
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Colorist Lingo: What is a Vignette?
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Power Window Fundamentals: Basic Controls
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Power Window Fundamentals: Manipulating Shapes
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Power Window Fundamentals: Adding, Copying & Pasting Shapes
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Color Correcting & Masking with Power Windows
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Node Macros: The ‘Add Outside’ Command
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Power Windows & The Tracker
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Fine-tuning Your Tracking
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In Action: Hero Shots & Secondary Corrections
- Shot Matching
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Colorist Lingo: What is Shot Matching?
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Shot Matching Workflow I: The Base Grade
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Shot Matching Workflow II: Matching Shots
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The Automatic ‘Shot Match’ Tool
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Gallery: Overview of Gallery & Memories
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Gallery: The Reference Wipe
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Gallery: Copying Grades & Nodes
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Versions: Flipping Between Multiple Color Corrections
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Matching Skin Tone: The Fundamentals
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Matching Skin Tone: Examples
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Power Grades: Understanding ‘Stills on the Go’
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In Action: Hero Shots & Shot Matching
- Building Looks: Essential Tools
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PowerGrade Presets: Where to Find & How to Use Them?
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Groups: Powerfully Grading Entire Scenes at Once
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Blur & Sharpen: Fundamentals
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OpenFX: Using Third-Party Plugins
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Discover the ‘Smart Render’ Caching System
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Keyframing Fundamentals
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In Action: Hero Shots & Looks I
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In Action: Hero Shots & Looks II
- Rendering, Delivering & Archiving
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Deliver Page: Rendering Individual Shots
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Deliver Page: Checking Your Renders Before Delivering to Your Client
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Deliver Page: Rendering a Single Self-Contained Movie
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Organization Tips: Media Managing Your Project for Archiving
- Conclusion: DaVinci Resolve Master Class
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Additional Color Correction Resources
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Goodbye
- Introduction: DaVinci Resolve Advanced Master Class
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Welcome
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What You Need to Know Before Starting This Course
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Using the Exercise Files
- Advanced Database Concepts
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‘Studio’ Databases: Creating PostGres Databases
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Finding & Connecting to Disconnected PostGres Databases
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Backing Up PostGres Databases
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Restoring Databases
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Updating Existing Studio Databases
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Working with Multiple Users
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Unlocking Users
- Additional Media & Edit Page Concepts
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Using the ‘Take Selector’
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Compound Clips: Creating & Editing
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Compound Clips: Grading
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Working with Nested Timelines
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Copy & Paste Video / Audio Attributes
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Media Management: When to Use It
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Media Management: Rules of the Road
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Media Management: Understanding the Options
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Conforming Timelines vs. Relinking Media
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Relinking Media vs. ‘Change Source Folder’
- Advanced Color Page Concepts: Primary Corrections
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Implications of Resolve’s 32-bit Image-Processing Pipeline
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Optimizing Your Workflow for Resolve’s Image-Processing Pipeline
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Grading at the Track Level
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The Sizing Menu: Overview
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The Sizing Menu: Input vs. Edit Sizing
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The Sizing Menu: Node Sizing
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The Sizing Menu: Output Sizing
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The Sizing Menu: Changing & Protecting Your Aspect Ratio
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Staying Organized: Compound Nodes
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Changing Serial Node Color Spaces
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LAB Color Space Tips
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YUV Color Space Tips
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Y-Only vs. YRGB Adjustments
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Luma Mix: Emulating Avid Symphony Curves in DaVinci Resolve
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Colorist Lingo: What Are 1D & 3D LUTs?
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Create, Export, Import, & Organize Your Own LUTs
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LUT Creation Mistakes
- Advanced Color Page Concepts: Secondaries & Shot Matching
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Tracker: Stabilization
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Advanced Tracking: Interactive Mode
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Understanding & Controlling Key Inputs
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Grading the Key Signal
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Blur: Sharpening & Coring Softness
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Blur: Mist Controls
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Combining Power Windows with Blur & Sharpen
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Comparing Shots: Split Screen Introduction & Gallery Grades
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Comparing Shots: Split Screen Versions & Groups
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Comparing Shots: Split Screen Neighbors & Selected
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Comparing Shots: Wipe Timeline Clips
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HSL Keyer: Split Screen View & Highlight Modes
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The Lightbox: An Alternative Timeline View
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Gallery: Saving & Copying Timeline-Level Grades
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Gallery: Saving & Copying Group Grades
- Studio-Only Tools & Workflows
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Spatial Noise Reduction
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Temporal Noise Reduction
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Noise Reduction Tips
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Motion Blur
- Increasing Playback Performance
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The ‘Optimize Media’ Workflow
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The Proxies Workflow
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Understanding User Caching
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User Cache vs. Smart Cache
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Proxies vs. Optimized Media vs. Caching
- Color Management in Resolve
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What Is Resolve Color Management (RCM)?
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Options for Resolve Color Management & ACES
- Rendering, Delivering & Archiving
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Rendering Multiple Outputs
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Using the Archive Feature
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Exporting to ProTools
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Exporting Using EasyDCP
- In Action: Cold Open - The Base Grade
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About ‘In Action’ & the ‘Cold Open’
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Your Plan of Attack: The 3-Pass Workflow
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Shot Selection
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The Base Grade: Working with Ven
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The Base Grade: Safari
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The Base Grade: Finishing Off Ven & the Safari
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The Base Grade: Grading at Full Speed
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The Base Grade: Saving a Shot at Full Speed
- In Action: Cold Open - Shot Matching
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Evaluation of Base Grade
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Shot Matching: Safari Wildlife Part 1
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Shot Matching: Safari Wildlife Part 2
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Shot Matching: Hut Part 1
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Shot Matching: Hut Part 2
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Shot Matching: Hut Part 3
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Shot Matching: Mountain
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Shot Matching: Ven
- In Action: Building a Look
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Pay Attention to the “The Singularity Effect”
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Cold Open: Grouping & Setting Looks
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Cold Open: Enhancing Interviews
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Cold Open: Stylizing with Plugins
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Cold Open: Closing Thoughts
- Conclusion: DaVinci Resolve Advanced Master Class
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Goodbye
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DaVinci Resolve: Master Class
Patrick Inhofer
For over a decade, DaVinci Resolve has been the go-to tool for colorists working on Hollywood films, commercials, and professional corporate video. Now it's available to anyone on a Mac or PC. DaVinci Resolve 12 combined its high-end color grading tools with a full-featured nonlinear video-editing environment. You can edit, color correct, color grade, and render a video project without ever leaving the program.
In these tutorials, professional colorist Patrick Inhofer guides viewers through how to use DaVinci Resolve. Get a look over Patrick's shoulder as he touches on key features in Resolve, while introducing the lingo every colorist needs to understand the program and the workflow.
Topics include:
- Understanding the DaVinci Resolve interface
- Building a Resolve system
- Working in different use modes
- Creating new projects
- Importing footage
- Editing and trimming footage
- Preparing timelines for color correction
- Analyzing color, contrast, and exposure with scopes
- Adjusting hue and saturation
- Understanding nodes
- Performing secondary color corrections
- Targeting corrections
- Matching shots
- Building looks
- Rendering individual shots and self-contained movies