DaVinci Resolve Color Correction Workshop February 2012

After multiple requests from students we announce a new call for the color correction workshop on DaVinci Resolve. After being acquired by the company Blackmagic and that this brutally reduced the price of the software (and also released a FULLY operational free version) Resolve has become the standard for many medium-high level postproduction companies, being also the natural replacement of Apple Color in color correction with FInal Cut Pro X. It is a program designed by colorists for colorists, not only has powerful and subtle color correction tools at different levels. It also has numerous ways to carry out quick corrections depending on the material we are working with (film, advertising, documentary, etc) and the possibility of establishing different workflows with the most popular editors (Avid, FCP, Premier) or with tapes or files (Red, Arri Raw, etc).

A little gem of color correction that is now offered for free. Let’s hope that this kind of actions serve to show that a colorist’s salary should not be based on the price of the software he/she uses, but on his/her talent and experience.

TEACHER: Jorge “Yoyi” Antonio Molina. See works on Vimeo

DURATION: 12 hours

PRICE: 280€.

DISCOUNTS: “amigo promotion” and other discounts apply.

WHEN: February 4 and 5, 2012. Saturday from 16 to 20h and Sunday from 10 to 14 and 15:30 to 19:30h (times may vary slightly).

WHERE: Ondas Formación Ondas Formación does not administer the 709 Media Room courses. If you need any kind of information, do not go to Ondas Formación, you can contact 709 MR by email or phone (668840783).

COURSE CODE: RES013-210112

SOFTWARE USED: DaVinci Resolve Lite and DaVinci Resolve 8.1.1 with Tangent Wave controller on the teacher’s workstation.

AIMED AT: Colorists, Avid and FCP editors, directors of photography, digital image technicians, producers, filmmakers, etc.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Familiarity with the concepts of SD and HD video signal. Basic photographic knowledge.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

  • Locate the color correction process in the current production and post-production chain.
  • Learn how to use DaVinci Resolve color correction tool
  • Compare the differences between the free Resolve Lite version and the full Resolve 8 version
  • Learn the philosophy and methodology of color correction work regardless of the tool used.

CONTENTS:

  • Concept of offline-online digital onforming
  • Prepare a sequence for color correction in Avid MC and FCP 7.
  • Common concepts of digital conforming and DI: HD, 2K and 4K resolutions. Bit depth. RAW media explanation
  • OFFLINE/ONLINE exchange protocols (XML, EDL, AAF)
  • Processes to be performed in DaVinci: Ingest, conforming, color correction and exporting
  • Use of measuring instruments: waveforms, vectorscope, histograms, etc.
  • Primary, secondary color corrections and masks
  • Work process in color correction. Steps to follow and correction of common problems
  • Dynamic corrections. Animation of corrections. 3D Tracking
  • Creation of looks in DaVinci
You can download the documentation for the course here.
JORGE “YOYI” MOLINA: He has been active in the audiovisual industry since the late 90’s as an advertising director, special effects technician, colorist, director of photography and technical advisor. He collaborates regularly with the Asociación de Camarógrafos de Televisión y Video (A.C.T.V), ROCHE HD, T.E.A (Fórum Español de Alta Definición) and the CLUSTER AUDIOVISUAL GALLEGO as a teacher and lecturer and has directed commercials for clients such as Ubisoft, Loewe or the Spanish Army and numerous music videos for artists such as Amparanoia or Ariel Rot.
As technical head of post-production and special effects he has recently worked on the series “Herederos” and “Fuera de Lugar” (TVE/Cuarzo), the film “El Frasco”, the documentary “GITANOS DE BUENOS AIRES” (TVE/Continental) and the award-winning sci-fi short film “CÍCLOPE” (Ignoto Planet).
He is currently working as a color corrector with DaVinci Resolve on the second season of “Tierra de lobos”, shot with Arri Alexa.
You can see some of his videos here

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