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Masterclass in Color Grading with Chris Jacobson

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In this masterclass in color grading, Hollywood colorist Chris Jacobson invites you into his color suite to show you every detail about his color work with the popular tv-show SUITS. Chris will take you through the full technical process in DaVinci Resolve from setting up the project to final delivery, including building the node tree, creating the look and shaping the final images.

 

About the instructor

Chris Jacobson is one of the most successful colorists in Hollywood and is the colorist behind big features and tv-shows as Mulholland Drive, SUITS,  Alpha Dog and Covert Affairs among many others.

Who is this course designed for?

  • Colorists
     

COURSE OVERVIEW

 

LESSON 01: PREPARING THE PROJECT

Chris is preparing the project for color grading.

LESSON 02: TIME MANAGEMENT

Analyzing the shots and discussing the importance of time management and how to prepare for keeping deadlines.

LESSON 03: COLOR PIPELINE 

Going through the project settings in DaVinci Resolve

LESSON 04: NODE STRUCTURE

In this lesson Chris goes through his node tree in detail with special attention to compressions and highlight controls.

LESSON 05: CONTRAST AND SHAPING

Building a strong "Ansel Adams"-contrast and shaping the shots.

LESSON 06: BLACK TREATMENT

Going through techniques to add an extra "pop" to the images.

LESSON 07: LOOK OVERVIEW

Discussing the looks in SUITS.

LESSON 08: RIPPLING THE GRADES

Chris demonstrates how to adjust grades in a scene and ripple the result.

LESSON 09: VFX

Discussing visual effects.

LESSON 10: DELIVERY

Finishing it all up with the delivery settings.

 

 

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Hi Chris, thanks for this great master class. Very helpful. I would be very happy to see a real life session. Even for 10 minutes :)

On 10/7/2020 at 10:36 PM, chris jacobson said:

then I get into camera metadata settings and will adjust exposure and color temperature there and then move into the color tab.

 

For the metadata editing, does it mean that you grade RAW footage ? Or this lift gamma gain workflow also works on Alexa quicktime 444 log.

I never be able to have better gamut curve with the color tab than with the "technical" LUT or IDT on log footage (no raw). Especially for skin tone.

Thanks

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Awesome to see the thought process behind a master. Would have loved to see how he does skintones, as he just glanced over that node. But I guess everyone needs their secrets. hahaha

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