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A Color Grading Case Study of the New Music Video from Hip-Hop Artist Killer Mike

09.10.12 @ 9:30AM Tags : blackmagic, colorcorrection, colorgrading, davinciresolve, resolve

Even with the growing prominence of cheaper color correction systems, the craft of color grading is still mysterious to many, including those who work in post-production. I’m often asked how I approach specific projects or how I achieve particular looks so I thought it would be helpful to illustrate some of my methodologies with a music video for the rap artist Killer Mike. Beyond nerding out on Resolve, I hope the reader will start to see that there is a lot that happens outside of the software. More »

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A Colorist’s Perspective: Practical Comparisons of DaVinci Resolve and Apple Color

08.13.12 @ 9:36AM Tags : apple, applecolor, color, colorcorrection, davinciresolve, grading, mac, postproduction, resolve, software

This is a guest post by Tristan Kneschke.

With the release of Apple Color several years ago, the once-niche field of high-end color grading trickled down to the average user. When Blackmagic released DaVinci Resolve on Mac it became more obvious that color grading was the next big wave. Having already been grading professionally with Color shortly after it was released, I quickly decided to invest in a traveling DaVinci Resolve Mac Pro tower. The client demand for color grading in particular, and a traveling station specifically, has grown my business at a rate I never thought possible. Now, with Resolve 9 nearing its official, non-beta release, Blackmagic has separated itself even more from Apple’s killed product. More »

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DaVinci Resolve Now Available on Windows Thanks to Free Public Beta

12.16.11 @ 9:14AM Tags : colorcorrection, colorgrading, davinci, davinciresolve, postproduction, resolve, software

Just because the popular color correction software DaVinci Resolve uses a Mac monitor for its press image (at left) doesn’t mean it’s Mac only — any more. Resolve, which has a free version known fittingly as Resolve Lite, now comes in a Windows version for the first time thanks a newly-released Public Beta. If you have already purchased Resolve for Mac, the Windows version comes included, so you now have a Windows license too. More »