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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

looking for davinci resolve video tutorials.. anyone have one?

David Kellermann said:
Does someone know if it's possible to purchase old classes from FXPHD? They had an advanced Resolve class last term but I missed it.
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If you're a student for the term they offer the ability to buy what they call Vault Classes for an extra hundred each. Having said that, they are not offering that class in the Vault currently.
 
Zakaree Sandberg said:
there is no book? im trying to learn on my own.. but some things like the tracker are really pissing me off..
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There's always the manual:

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail/?sid=3948&pid=4446&os=mac&leg=0

The tracker is simplicity in itself. Create a node, select a window, place it on an object, open the viewer, click the Tracking menu option, and click on Track Forward.

Adjusting the tracking is more involved, and for that, you gotta experiment and read the manual.
 
Hi Zakaree, I've worked through the learning process, moving from Color to Resolve last November. Pretty much the only reference material available are the User Manual, and FXPHD, and those handful of video tips referenced. There is a great big body of knowledge to be learned by pouring through the Creative Cow Resolve forum. Put all of these together and it takes a lot of time, and there are knowledge holes. But you can generally fill in the gaps with experimentation.

I finished grading my first large project on Resolve a month ago (feature length), and believe me when I say, the time spent working through the learning curve is WORTH IT!! Once I got into a groove, I was working probably 40-50% faster on Resolve than Color. I've got a Cubix expansion chassis, two GTX285s, and a RedRocket. Everything is realtime. Renders 2-3x-realtime on HD material. Its a sports car and at this point going back to Color would be like riding an old horse.

Good luck!
 
sign up to FXPHD.com
You'll never regret it and I am certain you'll be going back for me after the first term.
The background fundamentals comes free as part of the 3 course signup and it alone is worth the price of admission.
 
The www.vimeo.com/icolorist tutorials are mine.
I will be making a full 10 x 30m set of tutorials soon with the guys from FXPHD. These will standalone not part of the PHD term.
Available in July to coincide with the Resolve V8 software release.

Warren
www.icolorist.com
 
Warren Eagles said:
The www.vimeo.com/icolorist tutorials are mine.
I will be making a full 10 x 30m set of tutorials soon with the guys from FXPHD. These will standalone not part of the PHD term.
Available in July to coincide with the Resolve V8 software release.

Warren
www.icolorist.com
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Good to hear Warren, I like your style of teaching. Learned a lot from the DAV210 classes. Is there a possibility for a class or section on using a 3rd party control panel with DaVinci, like the MC Color and Wave?

Anyway, looking forward to the new classes!
 
Warren Eagles said:
The www.vimeo.com/icolorist tutorials are mine.
I will be making a full 10 x 30m set of tutorials soon with the guys from FXPHD. These will standalone not part of the PHD term.
Available in July to coincide with the Resolve V8 software release.

Warren
www.icolorist.com
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Sound great. Can they be purchased even if I'm not enrolled in the current term? Any idea what the price will be?
 
I mentioned this elsewhere in another workflow thread, but it bears repeating:

Read Alexis Van Hurkman's recent book Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema. Trust me, I've been around post and color correction for a long time (I think only Mike Most beats me by 2 years), and despite working in LA for more than 30 years, I've picked up quite a bit from Van Hurkman's book. Phenomenal textbook on the art of the colorist, with numerous examples from Resolve, Color, Baselight, Lustre, Scratch, and the major players.

The best thing I can say about it is that it will open your eyes to quite a few alternate ways of grading a scene, some that are not immediately obvious. Hurkman is clearly a very, very experienced guy, and there's a lot of trade secrets in there that I already knew, but took me many painful lessons, learned over thousands of client-driven sessions, to really sink in.

The book gets into the overall philosophy of color, different approaches for different projects, solutions for common trouble spots, dealing with clients, and tons of other minutiae, told with great clarity and humor.

I can definitely see this becoming a standard textbook for colleges around the country, and it's hands-down the best thing I've ever read on the subject. It's written with a sense of style and flair, too, which helps make a very complex subject approachable and understandable to a wide audience, particularly DPs, post people, and directors who want to get a better understanding of the process. Highly recommended.
 
Marc is Right about Alexis Van Hurkman's Color Correction Handbook although Handbook is a bit misleading. It's 533 pages and includes a DVD with plenty of helpful footage. I met Alexis at Black Magic's area at NAB. He was one of several people around the DaVinci demos. We got into a conversation about the proper calibration of production monitors. He invited me to a presentation he was making the following morning and handed me his card. He said "check out my web sight for the location." It wasn't until I got back to the Hotel and looked at his card that I realized he was the same Alexis Van Hurkman who had just taken over FXPHD's Dav 202. He taught class 6 and I believe will continue. There has been a delay in 202. The reasons are unknown to me but I welcome Alexis style.

Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema is a great way to learn the finer points of color grading. As Marc pointed out, he touches on the principles of grading in any CC program but leans toward DaVinci. My favorite quote. "Color correction is a sword fight, Grading is a war."

Great reading
 
Marc Wielage said:
Read Alexis Van Hurkman's recent book Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema. Trust me, I've been around post and color correction for a long time (I think only Mike Most beats me by 2 years), and despite working in LA for more than 30 years, I've picked up quite a bit from Van Hurkman's book. Phenomenal textbook on the art of the colorist, with numerous examples from Resolve, Color, Baselight, Lustre, Scratch, and the major players.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I just bought it on Kindle. You can download the DVD files (3.83 GB) from PeachPit's website (link at location 11123) and if you use Kindle for PC/Mac/iPad/XOOM, etc the images are all in color. Can't wait to dig into it.
 
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Frank Weeks said:
My favorite quote. "Color correction is a sword fight, Grading is a war."
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Too true.

The roughest thing is when colorists are forced to put bandaids on bad lighting, as opposed to enhancing good (or even great) lighting. I hate when that happens.
 
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