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Whether you cut on FCP, Avid, or Premiere, chances are you're doing some color correction work from time to time. And with the new release of DaVinci Resolve, chances are you could be doing that color correction work faster and better at next to no cost at all. We used to think of DaVinci as expensive, complicated, and tricky to integrate with mainstream workflows. That's not true any longer.
If you're working at HD resolutions, a fully functional commercial license for DaVinci Resolve's Lite edition is free. $0. And Version 9 boasts a slick new interface that's been completely overhauled for speed and ease of use. So no matter how big or small your firm is, you too can be a DaVinci guy or girl.
We're excited. So excited that we and our crack team of colorists have developed a spiffy two-day course around the new DaVinci Resolve. Come to Orlando and learn DaVinci with us—details are below. For that matter, we'd love to come on-site with you and get you cooking with the new Resolve!
DaVinci Resolve 9 Training
Have you been thinking about bringing high-end color grading into your edit suite? The time to learn DaVinci has never been better. Blackmagic has priced its full commercial license of DaVinci Resolve Lite at the irresistible price of free, they've fully revamped Resolve's user interface, and now you can get up to speed in a matter of days not weeks with GeniusDV's intensive personalized training!
The DaVinci is the same top-of-the-line coloring suite that the finest coloring houses use to grade major films and Super-Bowl-class commercial spots. Now that elite toolset makes sense for even the most cost-conscious post production house. With your GeniusDV training, you'll be all ready to fix problematic shots, guarantee consistency across the shots in each edit, relight scenes, amplify your pieces' moods, and apply the visual polish to help your video stand out. And you'll be amazed at how fast the DaVinci workflow has become.
Are you an Adobe Creative Suite user? We're currently developing Adobe SpeedGrade training. Please contact us at (866)566-1881 for details and a discounted rate on our SpeedGrade courses while they're in development.
Day 1: Basics
- Setup and Interface—Designing a color grading environment; configuring your system; managing DaVinci users, projects, storage volumes, and media pools; getting around the new DaVinci interface; software-only operation vs control surfaces.
- Using Scopes—DaVinci's high-performance instruments provide detailed feedback for color-critical decisionmaking. Learn to get the most out of your color suite's waveform monitors, vectorscope, and histograms, using them for both technical and artistic guidance.
- Primary Corrections—Use the color wheels, mixers, Camera Raw panel, and Primary controls to adjust each shot's overall exposure and color balance
- Qualifiers—Selectively adjust specific parts of a video image on the basis of hue, saturation, or luma constraints
- Power Windows and Tracking—Create vignettes, relight scenes, and isolate specific surfaces in your shot for adjustment
Day 2: Workflows and Advanced Techniques
- Managing Nodes—Configure node trees to avoid redundant isolation work and create nuanced looks
- Balance and Consistency—Color-theoretical strategies to create balance and structure in individual shots and harmonize successive shots in an edit
- To and From the NLE—Send projects to and from Final Cut, Avid, and Premiere; online and offline workflows; conform to changes in your edit
- ColorTrace, Scene Detection
- Managing Grades—Recycle grades between shots and projects, maintain a library of looks, manage and apply LUTs
- Workshop: Creating moods—Working with their own clips or clips from our extensive library, the class will use all of DaVinci's tools to develop complete moods for short edits. We'll then workshop each student's color grade, with the instructor providing expert feedback and fellow students providing reactions as well as examples of their own personal approaches.
At NAB this year, Blackmagic announced that they were developing a free version of their world-class DaVinci Resolve color correction software. With today's release of DaVinci Resolve Lite, they've made good on their promise.Resolve Lite uses the same technology and interface as the commercial version, with a few minor restrictions.
The restrictions–on video resolution, project complexity, physical control surfaces, and processing power–don't significantly interfere with the tasks or workflows that are essential to coloring, so Resolve Lite is a perfect product for learning and for smallish independent productions.
Now that the Resolve line is a real, practical possibility for even hobbyists and non-professional colorists, look forward to some GeniusDV tutorials to help you learn it!
With the recent announcement that Final Cut Pro X will be shipping in June, we were curious about the other Final Cut Studio applications. While the price point of Final Cut X is just $299.00, there has been no mention about the other Final Cut Studio applications.
Well, I'm happy to find the latest rumor(s) that the other Final Cut Studio applications are still being developed. Check out this sneak peak of some screenshots from Motion 5.0.
Even though it appears Final Cut X incorporates some technology that was previously only available in Color, There is also a rumor that a new version of Apple Color is still be developed. If this is true, it's great news for professionals.
Remember, all the new Applications seem to be moving towards a 'download' only model from the App store.
Well, I'm happy to find the latest rumor(s) that the other Final Cut Studio applications are still being developed. Check out this sneak peak of some screenshots from Motion 5.0.
Even though it appears Final Cut X incorporates some technology that was previously only available in Color, There is also a rumor that a new version of Apple Color is still be developed. If this is true, it's great news for professionals.
Remember, all the new Applications seem to be moving towards a 'download' only model from the App store.
Here's a short tutorial on how to create the 'Pleasantville' effect using Apple Color's software. Apple Color is included within the Final Cut Studio package of software products.
I recently attended the 'unveiling' of Final Cut Pro X, and it appears that Apple has integrated the major features of Color within the next version of Final Cut Pro. It will be interesting to see what happens to Apple Color. My guess, is that it will be at the end of its life after Final Cut Pro X ships.
For what it's worth, here's a great tutorial on using Apple Color to isolate and shift a particular color. Enjoy!
I recently attended the 'unveiling' of Final Cut Pro X, and it appears that Apple has integrated the major features of Color within the next version of Final Cut Pro. It will be interesting to see what happens to Apple Color. My guess, is that it will be at the end of its life after Final Cut Pro X ships.
For what it's worth, here's a great tutorial on using Apple Color to isolate and shift a particular color. Enjoy!
Continue reading Pleasantville effect using Apple Color.
With the announcement of Final Cut Pro X, you will soon see workflow changes for those who currently own Final Cut Studio.
In particular, Final Cut Pro X will incorporate software features that are available in Apple Color. In the meantime, please enjoy this tutorial that demonstrates features in Apple Color and Motion. This tutorial was previously a 'rental' video, but GeniusDV has decided to release the video for free.
Download the sample media to work along with the tutorial
Continue reading Fixing a shot in Final Cut with Motion and Color.
