Grade School: Q&A about working with RAW footage @CullenKelly
Grade School: Q&A about working with RAW footage  @CullenKelly
Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This week's live we want your questions and challenges about working with RAW footage.
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0:00 Introduction

5:52 Courses vs Grading revenue

9:30 Resolve catching up to third party developers

12:25 Is debayering to linear gamma before converting to LOG any good?

15:31 How to handle linear assets from VFX?

21:01 Why only Blackmagic cameras can debayer into any color space?

23:15 Keeping vignettes natural

29:31 Ways to emulate anamorphic lenses

32:47 If you debayer to REC709 and then apply a CST, do you lose color information?

42:05 Can I grade without properly transforming my footage if it gives a better starting point?

47:48 Is it better to specialize in color or to be a jack of all traits?

51:35 Can the Raw tab adjustments create clipping in the image that might not be recoverable?

57:11 Have you ever thought about quitting your color grading job when you were starting out?
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Grade School: Q&A about working with RAW footage

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