Uploaded May 2026 | 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": cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/colorists-ten-commandments
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: cullenkellycolor.com/contour
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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: cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-pro and cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-essential
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0:00 Introduction
1:28 Primaries vs HDR Wheels
3:55 Gamma 2.4 vs Gamma 2.2 for Youtube
10:15 HDR Wheels for Day for Night looks
18:10 Tone mapping option for REC709 material
20:48 Parallel vs Serial Nodes
26:46 Breaking production LUTs into small pieces for grading
31:26 Timeline Color Space and Color Space Aware Tools
37:46 Kodak Verita look
40:49 Using Referent with project level color management
46:45 Color Balance at source color space vs DWG
49:42 HDR Wheels black point controls
57:10 Is HDR fine tuning superior to primary controls?
1:05:20 ACEScc Offset vs Linear Gain
1:09:50 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": cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/colorists-ten-commandments
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: cullenkellycolor.com/contour
•••••••••
You can also grab my free Kodak 2383 film LUT for free: https://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my Voyager LUT pack here: cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-pro and cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-essential
•••••••••
0:00 Introduction
1:28 Primaries vs HDR Wheels
3:55 Gamma 2.4 vs Gamma 2.2 for Youtube
10:15 HDR Wheels for Day for Night looks
18:10 Tone mapping option for REC709 material
20:48 Parallel vs Serial Nodes
26:46 Breaking production LUTs into small pieces for grading
31:26 Timeline Color Space and Color Space Aware Tools
37:46 Kodak Verita look
40:49 Using Referent with project level color management
46:45 Color Balance at source color space vs DWG
49:42 HDR Wheels black point controls
57:10 Is HDR fine tuning superior to primary controls?
1:05:20 ACEScc Offset vs Linear Gain
1:09:50 Conclusion
