COL 101: AN INTRODUCTION TO COLOR GRADING WITH RESOLVE
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Our three-day intensive workshop is a great introduction to Resolve software. This class is ideal for first time users, you do not need to be a Colorist or have had previous grading or Resolve experience. The class mixes the operational side of Resolve with some practical real world training on workflows, basic color theory, grading approaches and techniques.
Day One:
Introduction to Resolve
A complete demo of the system, looking at every area of the new software and how it works with the control surface.
Setting up your Resolve
Loading the software and getting started. How to create a new customized user, and get all the config settings correct before you kick off. 2K, HD, what if you only need SD?
How to get your images in
Importing and conforming both film and digital material using an EDL/XML/AAF
Scene cut detector and manually creating a timeline.
Basic Color Theory
Looking at the waveform, vectorscope, and histogram.
How different Colors interact with increased saturation/contrast and why some colors
complement each other more than others.
RGB v YUV correction in Resolve
Primary Correction/Grading with Curves
Primary correction is very important. It’s the base of any “cool look”.
Get it right and it will simplify your whole color correction process.
Day Two:
Serial and Parallel nodes
You’ll use them all the time, how do they work and when do you use each one.
Secondary Correction
Keying is a very important part of what we do as colorists. Learn how to key in Resolve using either HSL RGB or LUM. Is it best to key a color or adjust its Secondary curve?
Power Windows
Each node has 4 Power Windows, the classic DaVinci Circle, Linear square, Polygon and a Bezier Power Curve.
How to use each one, and why do we decide to use one over the other?
Repositioning, Key-Framing and Auto Tracking.
Keyframing
Using the pan, tilt, zoom and rotate controls, just how far can we zoom in on a film or digital image? Keyframing in the timeline and auto tracking explained.
Resolve workflows
Including Film, Red, Canon, Arri Alexa, Sony F3 and other digital files
Resolve works with lots of formats, get to know the pros and cons of each format
Each student has their own workstation.
Three-day intensives are from 10am - 5pm.
Schedules
| 10:00 AM — 06:00 PM |
| No. of Days: | 3 |
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Our instructors are working professionals, as well as certified Avid, Blackmagic, Assimilate and Adobe trainers. A maximum teacher to student ratio of 1:6* ensures individualized attention and allows students to work at their own pace.
All classes are split between lecture and hands-on exercise-so you'll be cutting on your own edit system from day one.
Please email or call us at 212.414.9570 to discuss the class that is right for you.
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