Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Note: this is a higher-quality re-upload of the original interview posted here on the channel.
Cullen talks to renown colorist, Jill Bogdanowicz about her work on movies like Joker, John Wick, Umbrella Academy and more. She gives us insight on how best to collaborate with DPs and directors and how she builds a well rounded color practice.
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If you like this chat, you can find our past interview with Jill here: youtube.com/live/WiQB_zX5HNU?si=strlQp1scsEYitST
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Unlock my full pro tools, grading system & community here: https://colorist.inc
Note: this is a higher-quality re-upload of the original interview posted here on the channel.
Cullen talks to renown colorist, Jill Bogdanowicz about her work on movies like Joker, John Wick, Umbrella Academy and more. She gives us insight on how best to collaborate with DPs and directors and how she builds a well rounded color practice.
This episode is brought to you by Portrait Displays, portrait.com
If you like this chat, you can find our past interview with Jill here: youtube.com/live/WiQB_zX5HNU?si=strlQp1scsEYitST
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Grab my Voyager LUT Pack. 17 LUTs to provide beautiful looks for any type of project so you can grade faster, take every image further, and attract better and better jobs.
cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-pro and cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-essential
Get my free Kodak 2383 film print LUT for DWG and ACES here:
http://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my ebook, The Colorist's 10 Commandments:
cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/colorists-ten-commandments
Start creating your own studio-quality show LUTs, camera LUTs, and LUT packs with my pro look design plugin Contour (free trial available): cullenkellycolor.com/contour
Need RED footage? Grab $100 off the Raw Film Library:
https://raw.film/lifetime?code=cullenkelly
Looking for RAW footage to work with? I use Artlist:
bit.ly/436l137 ---

![Every Hollywood Colorist Uses This (Live training)
In todays episode of Grade School, youll learn how to work with images not like a colorist, but like a [REDACTED], helping you get more cinematic grades every time.
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0:00 Introduction
2:26 Cinematography core concepts
12:17 Translating cinematography concepts to Resolve tools
40:00 When NOT to think photographically
45:30 Whats the difference between setting luma mix to 0 and only using the Y channel in the curves?
50:50 Why are you using the dropdown menu to change the color space of a node instead of using a color space transform sequence in nodes?
52:50 Is there a way to show stops using the curves?
56:46 When do we use offset instead of linear gain?
1:00:35 Conclusion Every Hollywood Colorist Uses This (Live training)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nVMKC77AmTM/mqdefault.jpg)








