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Intro to color correcting: Log with LUTs - DaVinci Resolve Tutorial
From the course: DaVinci Resolve 12 Essential Training
Intro to color correcting: Log with LUTs
- Working with log recorded images is very different than working with raw. With raw, we have lots of options as to how we want to develop the starting state of the image we're about to color correct. I can choose a log style starting state when I'm working with the raw recorded image. When I'm working with an image that has been recorded log, that choice is done, I'm starting with log, I can't choose to develop the image into something else. I have to start color grading from that starting point. There are two basic ways of working with log recorded images, and it all begins with how those images are recorded, and the recorded looking very flat, very lifeless, because they're recorded to retain as much detail as possible in those images, and when the camera does that, it doesn't look right to the human eye. So I've got a shot right here, and I'll tell you the truth, I'm not really sure if this was recorded log or not, it very much feels like log, I believe that this shot was actually…
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Colorist lingo: What is a primary correction?5m 9s
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Primary color wheels: The Offset control9m 20s
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Primary color wheels: Lift Gamma Gain brightness9m 37s
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Primary color wheels: Lift Gamma Gain color changes6m 48s
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The primary sliders and YRGB processing9m 55s
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Color wheels: Getting faster with keyboard modifiers3m 56s
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Understanding the Contrast and Pivot controls7m 21s
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Adjusting hue and saturation4m 57s
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The RGB mixer8m 48s
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Using curves as primary corrections6m 25s
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Colorist lingo: What are raw and log formats and lookup tables (LUTs)?8m 25s
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Intro to color correcting: Raw5m 4s
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Intro to color correcting: Log with LUTs6m 19s
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In action: Hero shot and primary grades14m 8s
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