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Colour Grading in DaVinci Resolve

Give footage a look that holds up on a cinema screen

4.9 288 enrolled 8 lessons 3h 22m Intermediate
Kevin Njoroge

Kevin Njoroge

Colourist

Colour Grading in DaVinci Resolve
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  • 8 video lessons (3h 22m)
  • Downloadable project files
  • Lifetime access on any device
  • Certificate when you finish
  • Ask questions in the student group

TOOLS COVERED

DaVinci Resolve Studio Colour scopes Custom LUTs

WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH

  • Read scopes instead of guessing from your monitor
  • Balance and match shots across a full sequence
  • Build node trees that stay editable
  • Protect skin tones while pushing a stylised look
  • Deliver graded masters with the right colour space

About this course

Colour is where an edit stops looking like a school project. This course takes you through the Resolve colour page node by node: balancing shots, building a look, isolating skin tones, and keeping everything consistent across a 20-shot sequence.

We grade real footage together — an interview, a night exterior and a product shot — so you see the same tools solve very different problems.

Curriculum

8 lessons · 3h 22m

Fundamentals 2 lessons · 52 min

  • Scopes, exposure and white balance

    Judging an image with data, not vibes.

    Free preview

  • Primary correction on the colour wheels

    Lift, gamma, gain and where beginners overshoot.

    27 min
Node craft 2 lessons · 53 min

  • Serial, parallel and layer nodes

    A node tree you can hand to another colourist.

    24 min

  • Qualifiers, windows and tracking

    Isolating a face, a sky or a single product.

    29 min
Looks 2 lessons · 57 min

  • Building a look you can reuse

    Film emulation, split toning and LUT discipline.

    26 min

  • Grading skin tones for darker complexions

    Hue vs sat curves that keep skin natural.

    31 min
Delivery 2 lessons · 40 min

  • Shot matching across a sequence

    Stills, groups and pre-clip grades.

    22 min

  • Rendering and colour space management

    Rec.709, HDR and what clients actually need.

    18 min

What you need before starting

  • Comfortable editing in any NLE
  • DaVinci Resolve (the free version works)
  • A reasonably colour-accurate screen

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