Unlock the secrets to achieving a stunning golden look in your videos with our step-by-step guide, exclusively on DaVinci Resolve. This tutorial is perfect for filmmakers, content creators, and anyone passionate about color grading and cinematic looks. Using DaVinci Resolve’s advanced color grading tools, we’ll take you through a detailed process to enhance your footage with a beautiful, warm, golden hue that adds depth and emotion to your visuals.
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Firstly, we dive into the essential foundation of color grading by applying a Color Space Transform (CST) at the beginning of our node structure to ensure accurate color management from our footage’s original color space to DaVinci Resolve’s working color space. This crucial step sets the stage for consistent and professional-grade color grading.
Following the CST, we introduce an advanced technique using a Look-Up Table (LUT) specifically designed to imbue our footage with a tropical, golden warmth. The Tropic LUT, selected for its ability to transform colors into a vibrant, sun-kissed palette, is applied right after our CST out node, instantly elevating the visual aesthetic of the video.
Understanding the importance of exposure in achieving the perfect golden look, we employ DaVinci Resolve’s HDR tools to meticulously balance the exposure levels. This ensures that our footage has the right luminance, highlighting details without losing information in the shadows or highlights.
To create a breathtakingly detailed sky, we set up a parallel mixer node, allowing us to work on enhancing the sky without affecting the rest of the image. This approach provides us with the flexibility to adjust and refine the sky’s appearance in isolation.
Next, we harness the power of DaVinci Resolve’s qualifier tool to make a precise selection of the sky. This targeted adjustment lets us focus on improving the sky’s texture and color, ensuring it complements the golden look we aim to achieve.
Finally, to add depth and texture to the sky, making it pop against our golden-toned footage, we apply a contrast pop to the qualified sky node. This technique enhances the sky’s dynamic range, bringing out details and textures that contribute to the overall cinematic quality of the footage.
By following this detailed guide, you’ll learn how to leverage DaVinci Resolve’s color grading tools to achieve a professional and cinematic golden look in your videos. Whether you’re working on a film project, a YouTube video, or any visual content, these techniques will elevate your color grading skills and help you create visually stunning, emotionally resonant footage.
Remember, the key to mastering color grading is practice and experimentation. Use this guide as a starting point, and don’t be afraid to tweak settings and try new adjustments to find the perfect golden look for your footage. Happy grading!
See how to add order to your layout with a square proportion grid. Create asymmetrical layouts more intuitively with the Rule of thirds proportion.
Content of this video:
00:00 Intro to square proportions
00:29 Square proportion examples
01:34 Make a square grid
02:40 Dynamic square grids
03:13 The Rule of thirds proportion
04:05 Arranging elements on a Rule of thirds grid
05:26 Outro: Iterate freely to create dynamic designs
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Instruction by: Sean Adams [https://www.burningsettlerscabin.com/]
Design by:
Piet Zwart (https://www.pzwart.nl/)
Gilbert Stuart (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/16584)
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