Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Bring your pressing grading questions.
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0:00 Introduction
4:40 Technical Issues
8:40 Compass Node Tree Order
11:05 Watching movies in your Grading Suite
11:55 Was Referent created in Genesis?
14:26 Color Balance before applying a Look or after?
21:12 Bleach Looks
27:00 Export Settings
31:40 Omniscope Levels Missmatch
35:40 How the IDT affects your color pipeline
40:39 Highlights Manipulation
48:51 DWG vs ACES
51:50 Pen Tablet Recommendations
53:00 Animated Shows Workflows
55:43 BRAW Debayer Settings
58:48 Conclusion
Bring your pressing grading questions.
Want to get studio-quality looks on your iPhone photos? Check out Halide -- I developed the looks for the brand new version they just released: https://links.lux.camera/cullen
β’β’β’β’β’β’β’β’β’
Check out my tools and other resources at cullenkellycolor.com
β’β’β’β’β’β’β’β’β’
0:00 Introduction
4:40 Technical Issues
8:40 Compass Node Tree Order
11:05 Watching movies in your Grading Suite
11:55 Was Referent created in Genesis?
14:26 Color Balance before applying a Look or after?
21:12 Bleach Looks
27:00 Export Settings
31:40 Omniscope Levels Missmatch
35:40 How the IDT affects your color pipeline
40:39 Highlights Manipulation
48:51 DWG vs ACES
51:50 Pen Tablet Recommendations
53:00 Animated Shows Workflows
55:43 BRAW Debayer Settings
58:48 Conclusion
![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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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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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)









