Rob Bessette, a professional colourist from Boston, MA joins you for this colour grading and colour correction course. This is an eight part course, which starts off with the basics of colour correction and moves on to advanced techniques such as motion tracking and colour keying. Rob uses the DaVinci Resolve software package from Blackmagic Design which is an industry standard post production application. DaVinci Resolve is available for free in a Lite form or as a paid package. This colour correction course can be followed using the freeversion of DaVinci Resolve.A few areas covered in the course: Introducing colour correcting and colour gradingContrast & ColourColour wheel introductionSaturation and intensity of the pieceShadows, midtones and highlightsHow to analyse shotsWaveform monitorsVector scopesBalancing an image using highlightsAn example of how to match the colours using vector scopes and wave formsAdjusting shadows, mid tones and highlights using black and whiteComparing shots to a master reference shot and matching to theMaster shotA brief overview covering some basic footage organisation and import tips for DaVinciReferencing to an already edited (and not colour graded) offlinevideoAn overview of the UI layoutAn explanation of the node based workflowPower windows created and explainedInverting windows/nodes to create vignetteBlur tab to emulate focus/blur on a video. Creating masks using shapes to isolate areas of a clip to protect areasfrom being affected by changesFine tuning in the hue saturation and luminance areaHow to isolate a selection to one area of the frameMotion tracking tab overviewStabilising footageChanging the lighting
