DaVinci Resolve for Beginners
Course 5: Organization and Efficiency: Grading Control Surfaces
By Alex Berry , Colorist
About the video: Grading Control Surfaces
Overview
“If you’ve seen a professional grading suite you’ll notice that all career colourists will use a grading interface. While it’s by no means necessary, in this lesson I’ll show you why it’s useful. ”
In this video lesson Alex Berry addresses the topic: Grading Control Surfaces, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5: Organization and Efficiency. Develop your creative workflow with time-saving tips and tricks.
Partial transcription of the video
“Every professional colorist will use a grading interface, and they range in cost from tens of thousands of pounds down to a few hundred. In this lesson, i'll show you one of mine, and why using it will make you a quicker colorist. First, we have level controls for lift, Gamma. And gain. So lift. Up. and lift down Gamma. Oh. and down. and gain. Oh. and down. There's a reset button for each luminance range. One. too And three, And of course, with two hands, I can be making two corrections at the same time. while I'm looking at the monitor. The balls change the hue of the color, so lift. Warme...”
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Alex Berry
By Alex Berry
Alex Berry is a professional colorist from the UK. He began his audiovisual journey working as a runner for a post-production house as a teenager and began teaching himself skills like editing, VFX, cinematography, and color grading.
His work in color grading promos for a British TV station helped him gain the skills and experience necessary to co-found his own creative studio in East London in 2010. Over the last twenty years, he has collaborated on projects for brands like McLaren, Nintendo, Puma, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Airbnb, Clarks, the NHS, FIFA, and more.
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