Tutorials - The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction - page 473

CHAPTER 12
Tutorials
With Adobe SpeedGrade still in the wings (as of the writing of this topic)
and Apple Color's discontinuation, the most universally available color cor-
rection application is probably DaVinci Resolve. In order to get through the
most material, I'll be doing all of the tutorials in this chapter using DaVinci
Resolve 8.1. But regardless of whatever color correction system you have
access to, or prefer to use most frequently, you should be able to follow along
and translate the methods from this chapter to your own favorite system.
As I was writing this, Adobe did start to show off the capabilities of
their version of SpeedGrade. It seems like it will be a standalone prod-
uct for the time being instead of being integrated into Premiere. There
are numerous analogous tools between Resolve and SpeedGrade. And for
those still using Apple Color, the tools will also be very similar.
The goal with these tutorials is to walk you through several correc-
tions from start to finish so that you start to develop a comfort level with
the tools and techniques. These tutorials will build on each other.
Start out by loading all of the footage. On page xvii is a thorough
explanation of how to load the tutorial material from the DVD onto
your system and prepare it for grading in DaVinci Resolve. If you haven't
already, follow those instructions before continuing.
Primary Color Correction
1. With the DVD footage loaded into Resolve, click on the Color
button at the very bottom of the screen ( Figure 12.1 ) . This gets
you to the Color Screen.
2. Scroll through the timeline, in the center of the screen, and find
the “Ghost_SWAT” shot ( Figure 12.2 ) .
Fig. 12.1
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