Masterclass in Color Grading with Chris Jacobson

Yes Justinian - Time management is very crucial to every color session. 700 shots is an estimate, for  action shows cuts can run up to 1200 events

On 10/6/2020 at 7:40 AM, Az Kola said:

That's correct he uses Lift/Gamma/Gain to get the exposure that he desires

Yes, that's correct. Exposure is all done in the Color tab unless its something very tricky, then I get into camera metadata settings and will adjust exposure and color temperature there and then move into the color tab.

I have played with LUT's ACE's and IDT, etc. but I have found these handcuff my ability to push the image in particular directions. I will on occasion apply the LUT to see what direction the image is heading, grab a still, and then remove the LUT and start from the beginning.

LUT's can be helpful when they are good and you don't have a lot of time, but ultimately I found these to be generic short cuts that tend to be missing or clipping information from the BIT depth.

Thanks,

Chris

On 10/6/2020 at 5:39 AM, François Dompierre said:

Nice one, always great to see how a colorist works specifically. And in the case of the TV, quickly. 12-16 hours for 700 shots.

He mentions he’s working in classical YRGB, no color management, with timeline set to Rec709 gamma 2.4. How does he get the Alexa from LogC to Rec709? I guess he just does it manually with Lift Gamma and Gain?

 

Yes, that's correct. I do not use LUT's or ACES or IDT, etc. I have played with all types but in the end I felt they handcuffed me and didn't allow me to push in places I like to go.

On 10/5/2020 at 8:41 AM, Dimitrios Papagiannis said:

You mentioned that you like to work in linear. Where do you get in and out of linear?

The media is LOG but the Resolve controls are in LINEAR.  You have the option to work in LINEAR or LOG on the resolve. Most of the time I work in LINEAR but switch  to LOG when I need to make subtle adjusts in the "blacks" without affecting other parts of the image.

Thanks!

Chris

I  think he wants to see a grade built up from ground up..

Hi! Thank you for a great master class. The grey card you use, is that 17% grey? 

Chris Jacobson, I really enjoyed watching this masterclass. Thank you so much!

Hi Chris, I enjoyed your class, but I was perplexed as to how you went about  compressing the  highlights in lesson 4. Could you elaborate on that? Thanks!

I would also be interested in seeing how the highlight compression node is built and what its doing. Thanks!

On 12/30/2020 at 7:16 AM, Daniel Agustin said:

I would also be interested in seeing how the highlight compression node is built and what its doing. Thanks!

I think nothing special there, if I understood correctly, in the first node Chris qualified the highest part of luminance and compressed it using gain control.