Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Bring your pressing grading questions.
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Improving you color grading requires the mindset of a colorist. Learn the mental models of pro colorists in my ebook "The Colorist's Ten Commandments": https://procolor.ist/ebook
Ready to move from grading shots to creating looks? Get a free trial of Contour, my look design plugin for Resolve that uses battle-tested, Hollywood color science: https://procolor.ist/contour-official
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You can also grab my free Kodak 2383 film LUT for free: https://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my Voyager LUT pack here: https://procolor.ist/voyager-lut-pack
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0:00 Introduction
3:15 Grading Film Scans
5:40 ARRI's Film Lab
17:30 Mid grey and contrast for multiple clips
19:30 Voyager LUTs and JP2499
21:10 Balancing multiple shots
25:35 Saturation missbehaviour on CLog material
26:55 Black Offset in the HDR tab
31:45 Fuji 3510 in Genesis
32:30 Gamma 2.2 vs sRGB vs Gamma 2.4
36:55 Is emulating halation flawed in nature?
39:00 Correct workflow for ProRes raw
40:00 Diachromie plugin
43:30 Curves editable splines vs multiple points
46:05 Reducing saturation to check contrast
49:45 Filmic Tone Curve DCTL vs regular curves in Resolve
51:45 How to take care of your eyes as a colorist
54:10 Histograms vs other scopes
56:30 Alternatives to output blanking
1:07:40 Conclusion
Bring your pressing grading questions.
•••••••••
Improving you color grading requires the mindset of a colorist. Learn the mental models of pro colorists in my ebook "The Colorist's Ten Commandments": https://procolor.ist/ebook
Ready to move from grading shots to creating looks? Get a free trial of Contour, my look design plugin for Resolve that uses battle-tested, Hollywood color science: https://procolor.ist/contour-official
•••••••••
You can also grab my free Kodak 2383 film LUT for free: https://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my Voyager LUT pack here: https://procolor.ist/voyager-lut-pack
•••••••••
0:00 Introduction
3:15 Grading Film Scans
5:40 ARRI's Film Lab
17:30 Mid grey and contrast for multiple clips
19:30 Voyager LUTs and JP2499
21:10 Balancing multiple shots
25:35 Saturation missbehaviour on CLog material
26:55 Black Offset in the HDR tab
31:45 Fuji 3510 in Genesis
32:30 Gamma 2.2 vs sRGB vs Gamma 2.4
36:55 Is emulating halation flawed in nature?
39:00 Correct workflow for ProRes raw
40:00 Diachromie plugin
43:30 Curves editable splines vs multiple points
46:05 Reducing saturation to check contrast
49:45 Filmic Tone Curve DCTL vs regular curves in Resolve
51:45 How to take care of your eyes as a colorist
54:10 Histograms vs other scopes
56:30 Alternatives to output blanking
1:07:40 Conclusion
