Instructor: Kevin Shaw
Price: £740
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This is a live online class ideal for all Resolve users and anyone new to color grading - you do not need to be a colorist to attend. We welcome directors, DPs, editors, DITs, VFX colorists, and anybody that needs to balance, match and creatively grade images. It explores colorist theory, color psychology, color managed workflows and of course getting the most out of the resolve color grading tools. If you are planning to learn more about color grading and look management, this is the perfect starter class.
Explore the Resolve grading tools. Learn all the tricks to balance pictures better and quicker. Understand the effects of long grading sessions, how to trust your eyes and how to manage color constancy. Improve your matching techniques, including simplifying and condensing a grade or look. The goal is not just efficiency but also the highest quality, eliminating muddy grades. Everyone is encouraged to use their own ungraded media in addition to the course media.
You Will Learn
- The Resolve grading tools
- Technical balancing
- How to deal with raw, log and corrected sources
- Creative balancing
- Working with color constancy
- Making the most of your control surface
- How to use parades, vectorscopes and histograms
- Tricks for matching
- Different tools for different jobs
- Understanding color processing order
- Color managed workflows
All students on this course receive an ICA Digital Certificate (pdf).
Instructions:
Te class will run in a Zoom meeting environment with all participants online, visible and able to share their screen. Each participant will have a short pre flight check with the instructor before the first class to test and configure settings.
Ideally you should have the following setup:
two displays - one for Zoom and one for your color grading system*.
Microphone
Headset
* if you do not have a suitable computer for grading we can provide you with a virtual machine and resolve for the class. There is a small additional fee for this service.
Classes will run 10am to 5pm London time each day for 3 days. There will be a 40 minute lunch break and two 10 minute breaks each day
Discounts are automatically applied to combined bookings on the checkout page. Add all classes to the cart and then proceed to payment to see the discount.
Places are only confirmed once payment has been received.
Read the full course description.