The Introduction to Grading with DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio Course

Short course

In London

£ 800 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    8h

  • Duration

    2 Days

Our two day hands-on Introduction to Grading with DaVinci Resolve 14 Studio Course is great for those new to Resolve software. This class is ideal for first time users, or those with limited experience. You do not need to be a Colourist to attend.

Our class mixes the operational side of DaVinci Resolve 12 Studio with some practical real world training on workflows, basic colour theory, colour grading approaches and techniques.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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69 Wells Street, W1T 3QB

Start date

On request

About this course

- Resolve workflows including Film, Red, Cannon and other digital files.
- Primary Correction
- Secondary Correction
- Repositioning, Key-Framing and Tracking
- Looks and Styles with Resolve

This DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio course is designed for anyone new to DaVinci Resolve.

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

- Knowledge of OS X and basic computer navigation
- Basic knowledge of grading terminology is recommended

All students will receive a Soho Editors Training attendance certificate.

Firstly, we are long established as part of the post-production industry, and therefore have an excellent understanding of the market, and the skills that post-production staff need to have. We are not purely a training company, with other divisions of the group having a huge presence in the industry.

Secondly, unlike a lot of our competitors that provide training to the post-production industry, many of the courses we run are fully approved and certified, and will give you a recognised qualification if you pass the exam (more on this later).

We do not do general training – our courses are all industry specific, and we are experts in this field.

Thirdly, we're situated in the heart of London's post-production district – where better place to train on post-production technology?

Fourthly, the team here is friendly, helpful, efficient, understanding, flexible and approachable, and the trainers, as well as being all of the above, are fully qualified and certified, and all have significant industry experience and kudos as editors / talent in their own right.

Not necessarily, but it will be good for your CV – you will actually have documentation stating you're a qualified user of the programme.

This is a recognised qualification within the industry, and more and more employers are looking for this.

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Subjects

  • Colour Grading
  • Film Restoration
  • Editing and correction
  • VFX
  • Tracking
  • Motion graphics
  • Media
  • TV production
  • Post Production
  • Video broadcasting techniques

Teachers and trainers (1)

Rory Cantwell

Rory Cantwell

Trainer

Course programme

The Introduction to Grading with DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio (DVR101)

Lesson 1 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.

Lesson 2 Setting up your Resolve
  • Loading the software and getting started.
  • How to create a new customized user, and getting all the config settings correct before you kick off.
  • 2K, HD, what if you only need SD?

Lesson 3 How to get your images into Resolve
  • Importing and conforming both film and digital material using an EDL/XML/AAF The scene cut detector and manually creating a timeline.

Lesson 4 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.

Lesson 5 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.

Lesson 6 Serial and Parallel nodes
  • You’ll use them all the time, how do they work and when do you use each one.

Day 2
Lesson 7 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.
  • Learn If is it best to key a color or adjust its Secondary curve

Lesson 8 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.

Lesson 9 Tracking
  • Using the Resolve tracker, to lock a window onto a subject both manually and automatically.

Lesson 10 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, manually and automatically.

Lesson 11 Versions and the gallery/Powergrade
  • Versions, setting up the gallery including importing and exporting stills.
  • Making your own Powergrade looks.

Lesson 12 Rendering and Output Options
  • The grade is finished but how and where do you render it to?
  • Playing out to tape.

Lesson 13 Resolve workflows
  • Film, Red, Canon, Arri Alexa, Sony F3 and other digital formats.
  • Resolve works with lots of formats, get to know the pros and cons of each one.

Lesson 14 Looks and Styles
  • How to create looks and styles within Resolve that will give you a great start to your session.
  • You will look at a couple from the following…. Orange and Teal. Cross process Bleach Bypass “Schindlers” red coat Duotones Day for night.

Lesson 15 Layer and Key mixer nodes
  • Nodes offer lots of flexibility
  • See how to combine them with the other resolve nodes to complement our grades
  • Learn how to mix between the nodes.

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The Introduction to Grading with DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio Course

£ 800 + VAT