Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Unlock my full pro tools, grading system & community here: https://colorist.inc
I walk you through my desk and setup for my best coloring practice.
FlexiSpot E7 Standing Desk:
US: bit.ly/488WIBG
Canada: bit.ly/3LX6QnS
--------
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
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 ---




![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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Check out my Voyager LUT pack here: https://procolor.ist/voyager-lut-pack
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)





