How do I use Scopes in DaVinci Resolve?

Mar 26, 2018

Scopes are a crucial tool for editors for consistent color correction, for giving skin tones natural color, and for fixing the white balance of footage. It’s not difficult to learn to use scopes either, whether it’s Waveform scopes, Luma, YC and RGB Parade, the Vectorscopes, or the Histogram. Although this series is focused on DaVinci Resolve, much of these tutorials are applicable to scopes in any video software or hardware.. Learn to read these scopes and stop the guestimating!

Here are several tutorials on using Scopes in Resolve.

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In Depth: Color Grading is a LUT Easier with LUTs!

Oct 17, 2017

A LUT, or Look Up Table, is used in the film industry as an easy method of color grading. It’s an array of numbers to control the color of an image, by mapping one color space to another. Simple enough at the surface, but here’s more than you probably want to know about LUTs.

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Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite Tutorial Roundup

Jul 18, 2017

Get up and running quickly with all the products in the Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite, when you watch this batch of Quickstart Guides from director Stu Maschwitz.

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In Depth: 8 Plug-ins for White Balancing Footage in Final Cut Pro X

Aug 31, 2016

White should look white, not peach, pink, or baby blue. White balancing footage will help your video look natural by looking at the color temperature in your shot and setting an accurate white, removing any unnatural color cast. Here are 8 tools for white balancing your footage in Final Cut Pro.

Of course, it's always best to white balance your footage as your shooting, but sometimes you forget, or your client doesn't do it, or your camera may not even have the option to white balance. Here are a 8 great tools, in no particular order, for white balancing footage in Final Cut Pro X.

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How to Convert Color Video to Monochrome in DaVinci Resolve

Mar 22, 2016

“Carver Moore shows us how to convert footage to Black and White in DaVinci Resolve.” - WolfCrow

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