DaVinci Resolve Mac Color Correction Workshop

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

DURATION: 12 hours

PRICE: 280€.

DISCOUNTS: “amigo promotion” and other discounts apply.

WHEN: December 10 and 11, 2011. Saturday from 4pm to 8pm and Sunday from 10am to 2pm and from 3:30pm to 7:30pm (times may vary slightly).

WHERE: Ondas Formación COURSE CODE: RES09-051111

SOFTWARE USED: DaVinci Resolve Lite and DaVinci Resolve 8 with Tangent Wave controller at 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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