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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 :)

RED - IPP2 Introduction

Ty,

Those looks are in the form of a .RMD file. Its great for an in-camera look as long as you don't use the " Post: Image: Effects" tools and everything below that area, because they don't translate in-camera or really to any other color correcting program. The .RMD file is also great as a preset within Redcine X-Pro.

Also, I don't believe most of the IPP2 functionality is fully implemented into Premiere Pro yet, this might change in an upcoming update however. I don't use Premiere Pro but I think you can use an .RMD file in Premiere, but as Rakesh stated above, you won't have as much control over the look as I think you will want. An actual "Lut" is what you want to use not so much a .RMD file.


Once you spend a little time to learn Davinci Resolve, I don't think you will want to go back to grading with anything else.
 
Ty,


Here is where I started when I was looking for info on Davinci Resolve about a year and a half ago. Its for resolve 12 but some of the lessons are still applicable.


https://www.lynda.com/DaVinci-Resolve-tutorials/DaVinci-Resolve-12-Essential-Training/444948-2.html


Edit,

The link doesn't take you to resolve for some reason so type www.Lynda.com and Davinci Resolve in the search bar on that page. The link that is created on this page will take you to a free trial activation page with no search bar and not directly to the resolve lessons
 
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Just wanted to say thanks for laying this out Rand. Helped a lot to understand how to set things up.

Very Much Appreciated!
 
If anyone has the time and the camera, can we see the R1 and Epic X footage using IPP2. Some of us are set on the tools we need for our craft, my craft doesn't require me to upgrade and this time or my pockets =)
 
Aaron michaels said:
If anyone has the time and the camera, can we see the R1 and Epic X footage using IPP2. Some of us are set on the tools we need for our craft, my craft doesn't require me to upgrade and this time or my pockets =)
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Here's some early early work, ran through IPP2, no grading. These are all Scarlet-X with Zeiss CP2's:

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Aaron,

just a suggestion on the scene with the white guy holding a gun on the black guy.


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rand thompson said:
Just a suggestion on the scene with the white guy holding a gun on the black guy.
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Appreciate the suggestion, however this film was set in a nuclear wasteland so I purposefully didn't balance the direct sun against the shade.

To give you a little insight of my original intentions, I remember I had wanted the sun to feel painful to even stand in. While you can recover a lot of the background, this is a case of lighting (or not lighting, in my case), for the look. If the script had called for more pleasing, balanced levels between shade and sun, then I would have tried to get that in camera with an 8x8 bounce or something like that.

When it came to the actual grade, it was more like this:

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It can be balanced a bit though (added grain for fun, too):

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Aaron,

Thanks for responding. I get now what you were going for in this scene. I like your more color balanced lower contrast version with the grain added better than the one I suggested above. From the scenes you posted, it looked like it was a very interesting "Post Apocalyptic" movie.
 
rand thompson said:
Aaron,

Thanks for responding. I get now what you were going for in this scene. I like your more color balanced lower contrast version with the grain added better than the one I suggested above. From the scenes you posted, it looked like it was a very interesting "Post Apocalyptic" movie.
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I too like the bottom one better, but because it makes the background footage look more realistic.
 
H Dewey said:
I too like the bottom one better, but because it makes the background footage look more realistic.
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True, but I'd vote for the top one because it's so blown out. It's definitely a lot more interesting considering the context! I love the bold choice!

(P.S. And this is why I love the art of color grading so much!)
 
Aaron,


The nuclear explosion caused a blending of multiple realities.



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lol that's a fun looking grade hahaha

I love it!
 
Marcus,

Thanks! Its the original clip in a "Layer" mixer with an "Exclusion" "Composite Mode" in Resolve. It gives everything with direct sunlight shining on it that weird look.
 
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Great stuff Phil! Thank you for your work!
 
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