Color Theory & Color Grading.

As the start of my discussion for the Color Page of DaVinci Resolve, I pose a question to my audience – Why does The HULK wear purple pants? A lot of good and funny answers will get the whole session focused and lively. We all know that DaVinci Resolve from its conception is a GPU-based…

DaVinci Resolve Studio Manages Color Pipeline on Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Based on Blackmagic Design’s Press Release last September 26, 2017. They announced that DaVinci Resolve Studio has been used throughout production and post-production on 20th Century Fox’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” including SDR and HDR delivery. Joshua Callis-Smith was responsible for the onset dailies while the online edit and final DI were completed by Goldcrest Post….

FIVE Reasons Why You Need a Color Grading Surface.

As a Technical Specialist for DaVinci Resolve, I’ve been in contact with a lot of post-production companies and when it comes to color grading these companies are investing on getting a color grading surface and there are valid reasons why. It was a GREAT move from Blackmagic Design when they released two new panels that…

Color Correction VS. Color Grading.

When we speak of color correction we are speaking of the technical aspects of the color of a film or video. It’s important that white is actually white, that black is actually black, and that the luminance and chrominance spectrums are within broadcast limits. The term “white balance” means that the part of an image…

What is a colorist?

What is a colorist? We don’t have to go back centuries ago to know what digital colourist do. Colorists worked out of multi-million dollar color suites that used industry standard color grading tools like DaVinci Resolve, Baselight and Nucoda. The path into being a professional colourist is not a walk in the park. A job…

DaVinci Resolve 14 vs Other Popular NLEs.

    If you’re going to ask professional editors in the field of post-production what is their go-to software when it comes to editing three key players will always be listed – Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Technology improves and changes all the time and we know…