Da Vinci Resolve Colour Grading for Game Artist – Lighting Bot

Da Vinci Resolve Color Correction, Grading, and color management are aimed toward lighting artists and 3D artists. The purpose is to improve your ability to tweak, update, improve, and adjust your images or videos to a higher quality. It is also useful to improve your color theory in practice for lighting etc. And lastly, we cover color management to improve your work to another level.

What You’ll Learn In Da Vinci Resolve Colour Grading for Game Artist

Files used in Videos to Follow along

• Female Caucasian Woman used in Video
• Red Head Biker Girl used in video
• Dark Skinned Woman used in video
• Stairs Forest used in video
• Sunset Dock used in video
• Wedding Car – Color Correction
• Female Watching Sunset RAW Video used in Video
• Bartender RAW Video used in video
• DJ Outside RAW Video used in the Video
• Paragon Render
• Ventilation Render
• Magic Shop Render
• Stealth Render
• Library Render
• Animal Render
• The Shield Render
• The Farmer Render
• Space Bunker Render

Introduction to Resolve Interface

In these video you get a brief introduction to the Da Vinci Resolve Interface to help you get used to it in general, incase you want to dig deeper into it.

• Media Page
• Edit Page
• Color Page
• Deliver page
• Cut Page

Introduction to Nodes

These videos quickly explain the basic of the nodes so you can get started quickly on your own.

• Serial Node
• Layer Mixer
• Parallel Mixer
• Outside Node
• Key Mixer
• Shared Node
• Timeline Node

Introduction to Color Correction

Understanding color correction is an important part of color grading and training your eye for color and lighting. As you train yourself in this area you will be able to quickly analyze color differences in your or other people’s images as well as references.

• Quick Intro to Scopes
• Quick Intro to White Balance
• Understanding Exposure
• Female Caucasian – Color Correction Image
• Red Hair Biker Girl – Color Correction Image
• Dark Skinned Woman – Color Correction Image
• Stair Forest – Color Correction Image
• Sunset Dock – Color Correction Image
•  Wedding Car – Color Correction Image
• Prop – Color Correction Image
• Female watching Sunset Video – Color Correction Video Clip
• Bartender Video – Color Correction Video Clip
• DJ Outside Video – Color Correction Video Clip

Color Correction Demonstration

In this section I demonstrate some color correction demonstration without going into technical details. The purpose is to explain the advantage of using da Vinci resolve to train your eyes to spot the nuances of color, exposure and focal point.

• Paragon Color Correction Demo
• Magic Shop Color Correction Demo
• Stealth Color Correction Demo
• Library Color Correction Demo
• Animal Color Correction Demo
• The Shield Color Correction Demo
• The Farmer Color Correction Demo
• Space Bunker Color Correction Demo

Workflow Tips

In this section you learn a few workflow tips to arm yourself with additional methods of grading to save time and make your life easier.

• White Balance Tip
• One Color Tip
• Histogram Tip
• Preset Tip
• Transfer Grade Tip
• Grab Still Screenshot Tip
• Image Wipe Comparison Tip
• Split Image Comparison Tip
• Hotkeys Tips

Color Grading Reference Resources

In this section you will find color grading resources to establish your references.

• Hacking.jpg
• Boat.jpg
• Shark.jpg
• Woodcutting.png
• Farm.jpg
• Operation.jpg
• Clock.jpg
• Berries.jpg
• Sunset.jpg
• Bathtub.jpg
• Hacking.braw
• Boat.braw
• Shark.braw
• Woodcutting.braw
• Farm.braw
• Operation.braw
• Clock.braw
• Berries.braw
• Sunset.braw
• Other links for files for further practicing

Colorgrading

In this section you will learn about color grading your work.

• Common Color Grading Tools Used
• Color Grading Intro
• Hacking Color Grading
• Boat Color Grading
• Shark Color Grading
• Woodcutting Color Grading
• Farm Color Grading
• Operation Color Grading
• Clock Color Grading
• Berries Color Grading
• Sunset Sea Color Grading
• Bath Color Grading
• Clean Up Advice

Color Management

• Introduction Color Management
• Optical Illusions
• Human Eye
• The Light
• CIE Color
• Color Space
• Example in DaVinci

Unreal 5 – LUT Grading Workflow for SDR Game [Easy]

In this section we show how to export lut from davinci to photoshop to unreal 5.

• Importing Unreal sRGB Image into DaVinci [sRGB Linear]
• Exporting LUT from DaVinci [sRGB Linear]
• Applying LUT in Photoshop [sRGB Linear]
• Adding LUT into Unreal 5 [sRGB Linear]
• Sticking to sRGB Aces for images [Easy Mode]

Unreal 5 ACES Render Workflow for Video/Portfolio [Intermediate]

In this section we show you how to render out using sequencer and render queue using OCIO and setting it up in Da Vinci if you were to make final movie or image that is not going into a game.

• Downloading OpenColorIO
• Downloading Plugins
• Creating Config File
• Setting up config OCIO
• Setting up Sequencer Shot
• Color Management Setup in Unreal 5
• Importing EXR Render into Da Vinci
• Color Management in Da Vinci
• Exporting Videos

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