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Color Correction with DaVInci Resolve 17 Certification Class

Nationwide

Address: Zoom


Training/Technology

Date: January 11,12,13,14,15
Time: 8am-noon PST
Instructor: Daria Fissoun
Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jsJKXwWZTXaeuwpvZKZGtA

Agenda:
Day One

Interface Review

Part 1 - Color Correcting a DaVinci Resolve Timeline
Balancing Footage
Opening a Resolve archive
Understanding the grading workflow
Setting tonal range and contrast
Balancing colors
Understanding Log controls and Primary Wheels
Creating Color Continuity
Building a shot-matching strategy
Organizing shots using flags and filters
Applying shot match
Matching shots using stills

Day Two
Correcting and Enhancing Isolated Areas
Controlling the viewer’s eye
Tracking obscured objects
Fixing overcast skies
Warping color ranges
Enhancing skin tones with Face Refinement
Adjusting skin tones manually

Part 2 - Managing Nodes and Grades
Conforming from an XML Timeline
Importing an XML timeline
Syncing an offline reference
Conforming a timeline
Maximizing the Dynamic Range

Day Three
Mastering the Node Pipeline
Understanding node-based grade compositing
Creating separate processing pipelines with a Parallel Mixer node
Visualizing mixer nodes
Compositing color effects with the Layer Mixer node
Managing Grades Across Clips and Timelines
Working with local versions
Appending grades and nodes
Copying timeline grades using ColorTrace

Day Four
Part 3 - Optimizing the Grading Workflow
Using Groups
Preparing media using scene cut detection
Creating a group
Applying base grades at pre-clip group level
Making clip-specific adjustments at the clip group
Quickly tracking people and features
Creating a unifying look using the post-clip group Level
Applying timeline level grades and effects
Adjusting Image Properties
Understanding timeline resolutions and sizing palette modes
Using keyframing
Applying noise reduction
Optimizing performance with render cache

Day Five
Setting up RAW Projects
Adjusting RAW settings at project and clip levels
Grading High Dynamic Range Media
Setting up a render cache for RAW media projects
Delivering Projects
Using Lightbox to check timeline prior to delivery
Creating custom renders and saving presets
Rendering a DCP
Exploring advanced render settings