How to Color Match Cameras & Grade Log Footage without a LUT

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Tutorial on matching the colors from different camera brands, using a color checker, making custom LUTs, and grading log footage manually without a LUT.
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Tutorial on matching the colors from different camera brands, using a color checker, making custom LUTs, and grading log footage manually without a LUT.
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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - The Problem...
0:59 - Differences Between Sony & Canon Skin Tones
1:55 - Using ACES to Match Doesn't Always Work
2:54 - LUTs Are Rarely Designed to Color Match
4:06 - What about Transforming to Alexa First?
5:09 - Color Matching Manually with Color Checker
6:42 - How to Use the Vectorscope
8:20 - How to Match Skin Tones without a Color Checker
11:35 - Matching Colors Using Hue & Saturation Curves
13:15 - How to Match the Exposure & Luma Curve without a LUT
14:49 - Using Curves to Match the Shadows and Roll-off
16:27 - Grading Log from Scratch
17:26 - Step 1: Exposure Curve
18:08 - Step 2: Correct White Balance
18:44 - Step 3: Add Saturation
19:01 - Step 4: Add Contrast
19:44 - Step 5: HSL Color Correction
22:04 - Step 6: Refine the Saturation & Skin Tone
23:09 - Step 7: Double-Check White Balance
23:59 - Step 8: Final Contrast & Highlight Adjustments
24:45 - Save the Grade as a LUT
25:21 - Save a Color Preset using Grab Still
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@TedMV 4 года назад

I've said it before and I'll say it again: you are the film school most of us can't afford! Love these tutorials and thank you. You are really a great talker and great teacher: barely realized that half an hour had gone by.

@p3rrypm 4 года назад

Ted MV Holy Shizzle! I had to look at the length of the video when you said that, that’s crazy!!!

@cam35mm 4 года назад

Even if one did go to film school. This tutorials is still worth watching. Like Ted said, Gerald you are a great teacher but maybe just a tiny bit fast in your talking.

@lovemycity420 4 года назад

He knows how to simplify complicated things, and get to the point

@baqcasanke 3 года назад

I went to film school and this is def junior/senior year level stuff. Gerald doesnt mess around! He’s the only film youtuber who doesnt cater to the same round of “content” that all the other ones do. I hope he never does

@PostColorGear 4 года назад

Quick tip, man. That line moving that you mentioned at 10:03 can be fixed by holding shift when setting a point. They are very sensitive, that's for sure.

@geraldundone 4 года назад

Haha. I tried ALT then CTRL and then gave up. Bah! Thanks. That's a great tip. Cheers!

@PostColorGear 4 года назад

@@geraldundone haha any time!

@wubbsy 4 года назад

Came to say this : )

@JimRobinson-colors 4 года назад

@@PostColorGear I was just about to type that in when I saw this.

@PostColorGear 4 года назад

@@JimRobinson-colors hey Jim, how are ya? Beat ya to the punch haha

@renatomachelett 3 года назад

I got myself a color chart and I've watched a few videos covering that topic. This is the first where I get the feeling that the presenter thoroughly understands what he's talking about and is not simply regurgitating something someone else said. Your video helped me a lot in getting a grip on the whole concept. Thank you!

@christopherbarrett4556 Год назад

This is what I love about Gerald, he really knows his shit and is maybe the smartest RU-vidr I've watched.

@TheOriginalGregToo 4 года назад

I literally just spent the last few days in quarantine trying to figure out how to do this. Gerald, you are a god amongst men! Seriously, thank you for all that you bring to the creative community, I love how thoroughly you cover topics, and your communication skills are on point. Keep it up my dude, you have a viewer for life.

@geraldundone 4 года назад

🤓🙏💜

@fabioalferii 4 года назад

Hours, days, months, years, centuries spent on tons of video here on the Tube trying to understand how to match clips. The you came and in less 20 minutes you dissipate my doubts. Thank you.

@JCTheBeard 4 года назад

Finally, someone who just *does the process of color grading* in depth with great explanation of what actions affect which aspects of the grade, without simply shilling their own LUT or preset pack and wasting my time! Of course it would be Gerald who brought this information to the masses! Why did I ever have any doubt? Thanks very much for this extremely helpful video.

@alesko5 4 года назад

THIS IS THE VIDEO I"VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!! Thanks soooo much for making this one - I've been looking for for months and nobody has done this (well).

@jpemile 4 года назад

I swear, when I become a millionaire, I will personally find you and give you a bag of money and a big hug. You are the very BEST, I don't care!!!

@alesko5 4 года назад

Well, you can start by giving him $5/month ... LOL

@victorfilm_ 4 года назад

Alex Lesko 😂

@heyimdevin 4 года назад

a bag of ARRI Alexas, and lenses

@smortonmedia Год назад

THIS is the video everyone should start with when it comes to learning color correction and grading. I've been watching videos from other "pro colorists" that like to talk about ACES and throw jargon around with totally different workflows in each video... still leaving me feeling completely lost. Finally a video that clearly explains not only how to actually use a color checker, but how to match shots with it, as well as grading LOG footage.... All without using LUTS or saying "just use the proper color transform and gamma" and only demonstrating RED footage. THANK YOU.

@raymondlinares8307 4 года назад

"Editable Splines" is a nice way to really gradually affect the curve using long handles for more gradual and incremental changes. Available in the curves window 3 button menu. Next Video: "Boom Boom Boom lemme hear you say way-oh, way-oh!!"

@geraldundone 4 года назад

Yes! Great tip. Much smoother result. Cheers!

@JF.. 4 года назад

Love it everytime he says “Let’s get undone” 👍😊

@t-producciones5138 4 года назад

Omg!

@CaptainJCRage 4 года назад

I gained so much knowledge after 26 mins. Thanks!

@AllThingsFilm1 4 года назад

This was (or is) a fantastic color grading tutorial. You gave me a better understanding of the vectorscopes than I've had before. Thanks a million.

@c0pyimitati0n 3 года назад

This should be the #1 video that beginners watch when learning to color grade/color correct. This video is so well done and the explanations are very thorough, yet engaging.

@tsiturbotsi 4 года назад

Love that you teach and use Resolve. Just makes me want to see more and more videos from you like this. We really appreciate the hard work.

@otabwill709 4 года назад

Gerald is so pro that at 7:50 he did it speedy in real time.

@mitchwiebell2785 2 года назад

Without a doubt…you’re the best at this stuff. Thank you

@1chiTheKiller 2 года назад

I just got a new camera the other day after using the same one for over 9 years. Learning how to better use color grading, working with Log, and other more advanced features is very important to me right now so I love seeing this kind of simple help with learning how to correctly color grade. Very helpful. Thank you.

@southernaccentfoods Год назад

Good God man! This is one of the best Davinci Resolve tutorials I've seen.

@sebs247 Год назад

This video has given me so much more confidence using Davinci resolve. Thank you!

@covert93 3 года назад

the best thing to take away from this video . . . "embrace that experimentation" . . . ohhh man I'm going to look at some footage now, and just start messing around with it. thank you, thank you, thank you!! (even though, as I said yesterday on another video's comments, this is WAAAAYYYYY over my head. . . but I'm listening, and I'm experimenting. You are awesome.

@ivanlo1805 3 года назад

watch this video several times, i think the best video about how to grade logs

@ginjeff 4 года назад

A newbie with video editing and especially color for my new Mavic Air 2. I was pretty well lost (still stepping slowly through Blackmagic's excellent and voluminous documentation) until I found this! Now I know why my color mucking didn't do anything, just by watching you work. Now I need to find a DJI-cinelike LUT to start.

@thebrunoserge 3 года назад

It's so rare to find ultra-nerds at my level, but Gerald is one. I keep watching videos back to back and I think I may be falling in love

@JoshDeek 3 года назад

There are so many Horrible color videos and this is ACTUALLY helpful, not just in practice but in understanding conceptually. I might just take a nap I'm so happy.

@visceralpsyche 4 года назад

Great tutorial :D And thanks for the shoutout :) One quick tip with Resolve - if you double click the title of the parameter you want to reset, it will instantly go back to the default number, eg. double clicking on the Temperature text will reset it to 0 immediately. Very handy when you are dealing with the Hue vs Hue stuff where you nudged it off 1 when clicking a point. Cheers!

@geraldundone 4 года назад

Thanks, Paul! Cheers!

@JimRobinson-colors 4 года назад

If you don't have a chart - you can easily match the luma by putting the two clips side by side and matching the waveform - the waveform will show left and right of the 2 -up.

@geraldundone 4 года назад

Good tip!

@joe.mccord 3 года назад

You are an insane teacher! We need to add "Professor" to your name sir. Thank you for all your help and knowledge. Definitely purchasing a t-shirt to show support!

@jondargy 2 года назад

This is amazing Gerald. I continue to learn so much from your content. Thank you!

@giorgiopellerito 3 года назад

1 of the best tutorial of DaVinci i ever seen!!!!!🙌

@dkeberhard 4 года назад

I'm a first grader when it comes to grading video. I definitely had to bookmark this tutorial so I can watch it many more times. Fantastic information. I'm gonna have to create a sub folder in my bookmarks in the Bookmark Bar folder for Gerald Undone.

@eatherto 4 года назад

I have now officially watched this video 5 times and take notes each time. This content is GOLD!

@SirRelith 2 года назад

This just helped me out so much. My footage looks SO much better than before. Thanks Gerald! :)

@TommyMartin 4 года назад

This is a confusing topic for a lot of people. This is an excellent tutorial and very well presented. Thanks.

@john2510 5 месяцев назад

A thumbs up wasn't enough for this. Really great. I'm a novice and this is just at my point in the learning curve. I appreciate the nice, clear explanations.

@RonaldKasper 4 года назад

YES!! Little filmmaker Ronald is in a Gerald Undone Video! Thank you for choosing my comment for the intro!

@hmarci 4 года назад

I've seen so many colour correction tutorials, and this is so many levels above the rest it's ridiculous. Thank you.

@iagorecinos1119 2 года назад

Hey Gerald Undone! Great Video. I have to match to cameras to one another in the near future, and even though I've been editing for quite some time now, color (color matching) has not been an issue for me until now, as I normally shoot with only one camera. This video is a very useful resource for anybody who wants to quickly be able to match or grade cameras. Thanks!

@bamabaso 3 года назад

Best video ever. Was struggling with this very issue. WB, color correction were my weakness. Pretty good at getting the “look” I want.

@mkmartin559 3 года назад

As a color correction and grading novice working in Resolve, I really got a lot out of this tutorial. Thanks so much!

@aquatichdvideo 4 года назад

Hi Gerald, great content, thank you. In the Hue VS Hue and other curves, if you hold the shift key when adding points to the line you wont keep bumping it off the zero mark.

@JoshSandlin 4 года назад

As always, this has been great. I work almost exclusively with stills, but watching you run through this stuff with video is both very interesting and helpful for thinking about workflows

@TheLikeys 4 года назад

Exactly what I was thinking about the other day.. Thanks for the great work and afford for those in depth explanations/tutorials.. I love your technical videos so much👍🏼 Looking forward for more of your quality content! Wish you all the best 💪🏼

@BigFlavorFilms 4 года назад

Gerald, you have hands down the best technical channel on video there is. Great job and thank you!

@astrovlog 4 года назад

I don't know if someone already told you, but on any curve, if you shift-click you'll create a point without changing its value, I hope this helps!

@DanRaines 4 года назад

Since you were kind enough to put this video together I am going to give Resolve another try. 👍👍👍

@TMD_Produktion 4 года назад

You can search the whole internet but you won‘t find so much information about color matching in 27mins 😄

@54V4 4 года назад

I can't stress enough how much I love your short, simple intro...

@saint_odonnell 4 года назад

Bruh! This was the most helpful grading video I’ve ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing all of this voodoo-science knowledge 😍🤤🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@adsertheblade 3 года назад

OMG I learned so much...I hope I can engrain this in my mind because it will save countless hours. Thanks Gerald

@alistairbarclay3116 4 года назад

Thank you very much this is the best and most comprehensive matching tutorial I have watched and believe me I have watched loads ! Interesting to me that you don’t mention the colour checker comparison feature or the built in shot match option, why is that?

@Herbalgram 3 года назад

Thank you so much for the comprehensive tutorials... a lot to unpack for a lowly producer learning to shoot and grade on my own.. and yes, I watch at 75% speed!

@CamCovello 3 года назад

This is the most helpful grading video I have watched on RU-vid. Thank you Gerald.

@fitdrummr 4 года назад

FINALLY!!!! This was the most helpful color tutorial video I have watch in the last two years!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

@GrandeurNature 4 года назад

There's no real way to thank you, I believe. What you teached is priceless, and being already subscribed and having hit that like button seems so small. Thanks a lot for your fantastic videos and skills. Greetings from Switzerland

@vincelicas2422 4 года назад

Im a fairly new fan of yours but have been watching your past videos. I don't recall seeing any software reviews/how-tos before so this is very awesome of you to make a video about this. Again, keep up the great work!

@VRVitaly 8 месяцев назад

Great overview for matching cameras!

@joellemorris5684 3 года назад

You are an excellent teacher for someone like me who is learning color grading! Thanks a lot!

@Netaction Год назад

Thank you for the tutorial that uses no magic but only basic tools that are available in all video editors. OK there is one magic happening. You eyeballed a lot using your experience. I tried the same steps very often and failed so hard. Now I bought Leeming Luts and enjoy the precision.

@VideographerLearnings-bd8ur 8 месяцев назад

This is amazing! I still don't understand how to do it but the amount of information in this video is mind blowing. I think I just need Gerald to do my color grading for me :(

@coreywallroff 4 года назад

Amazing video! You take a complex concept and make it simple to understand and execute!

@AndysCuts 4 года назад

This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for. You're a life saver Gerald. Thank you

@LifeSurfingDude 2 года назад

Gerald, you are one awesome dude. Your knowledge and drive to get to bottom of things is amazing. Channel to go to for deep knowledge and understanding of how things work behind the scenes. thanks for all your time and effort!

@Glen.Danielsen 4 года назад

This is just outstanding. It is Gerald at his super best. Thankful for this! 💛😎

@itsnotaboutyouproductions3195 4 года назад

Normally I can set my speed to 1.5 and follow along but this was so rich in info I kept it at normal speed. Great video!

@gustafonseca2 3 года назад

That's high end pro grading tips for free! Thank you very much, sir!

@stevederbin3502 3 года назад

Love your videos. I've learned so much from them. Just signed up with Storyblocks under your account to show my support!

@dxsaigon 4 года назад

So good! There are two other channels where I've learned about resolve color grading from and each of you uses different tools and node structures to get to the final result. I really like what you've done here since it's more about camera matching (something I currently need to do better) than creating a look. As always, keep up the good work G.

@50shadesofNV 3 года назад

this is one of your best videos. super useful

@AlejandroMaagno Год назад

Such a great video. Always helpful! 😉😉

@LowBrassU 4 года назад

Extremely helpful. Subscribed instantly.

@jordanjohnmusicofficial 4 года назад

Absolutely brilliant Gerald! I'm thoroughly enjoying these insightful videos.

@florianbarras 4 года назад

I'm Gerald Undone and I see the world at F1.4.

@p3rrypm 4 года назад

Florian Barras Me Too! Well, When I misplace my glasses I do anyway. 😁

@streetready 6 месяцев назад

fox me... I just had a "aha" moment.. thanks Gerald

@blackout1111 3 года назад

Charts are for pros. If you shoot a chart and adjust your points to match in the vector boxes, then adjust your contrast to match your luma steps, that works without even looking at the image. Data/scope workflow is much faster and precise because there is zero guesswork.

@romasandmo 4 года назад

Hi, Gerald. In your Table of Contents section add "0:00 - Introduction" or something like this. Not all channels have this feature, but try it. It's a new feature on RU-vid which lets your viewers see chapters in your video.

@suitablemediallc2918 4 года назад

Scenario: If I were stranded on a deserted RU-vid island, and could only watch one channel, I'd get Undone. That's crazy.

@alexbenn6571 3 года назад

Thanks Gerald. Answered so many of my colour correction issues in one video.

@MarekBartovic 4 года назад

Color correction is probably my main issue I should work more on... Thanks for the tips!

@dronetoronto 4 года назад

Very cool - I use Resolve and this is very thorough and easy to follow. Thanks. Have you tried using the built-in Color Match tool, where you can line it up with your color checker? I'd imagine it would (should) get 2 different cameras to the same base-line staring point?

@RealSoundReviews 3 года назад

your work is becoming an encyclopedia of technique. Really, it is essential. Keep up the good work :)

@staticvideo 4 года назад

“I’m Gerald Undone and I put film schools out of business.” Seriously tho. Probably 95% of my workflow is based on what I learn from your videos! Keep them coming and honestly, I have no idea why you’re not at at least a million subs. It’s a shame!

@baqcasanke 3 года назад

I was listening to a podcast and the guest talked about how he hadn’t touched a camera until senior year in film school 😵 jesus. I hope he puts them out of business

@ErisedMediaCo 3 года назад

Best tutorial! Thanks Gerald!

@MarcSchreiberRealtor 4 года назад

WOW was that a great tutorial! THANK YOU! I moved over to Davinci recently (I have the BMPCC4K) and I do use the X-Rite panels! Your explanations are perfect! FYI 1: in case you move the main line in say hue vs hue just select that point and type 0 into the right box below. FYI 2: The "still" can be added to the power bins for other projects.

@4thwalltvandfilm 3 года назад

Great video. THanks for your help. Very easy to follow for fixing up your Slog footage for sure.

@debuys 3 года назад

Phenomenal amount of usable info here. Thank you!!!!!

@TheAuroraChasers 3 года назад

Man! I sure do appreciate your videos!

@OliKember 4 года назад

So many fantastic tips in this video. One cool thing with saving your grade is that if you drag it from Stills into Powergrades you can access it from any project. Cheers!

@InvisibleJiuJitsu 4 года назад

very useful. Especially being slightly colourblind

@ozzmanzz 4 года назад

Fantastic!!! Just got my colour checker so now I know what to do with it. Thanks for posting, I very much appreciate the time you put into making this video.

@alantuttphotography 4 года назад

I've recently experimented with this type of process in Vegas Pro using a Datacolor Spydercheckr, with 48 color patches. Wasn't sure where the extra colors should hit on the vectorscope. Amazing how easy it is to get different cameras to match each other.

@dharmeshchauhan3838 3 года назад

Thank you ... I have rekindeled something I love doing so this was great and I enjoyed the way you delivered this.

@GregStonham 2 года назад

This is fantastic content - thank you. I've just bought a Blackmagic Studio cam and am trying to create a LUT to match to my GH5 for livestreaming via Atem, This fills in a lot of the blanks for me. Thanks again.

@CalvinPowers 4 года назад

I like this video so much I clicked it not once, not twice, but THREE times!!!

@TheJMShow 4 года назад

"I'm Gerald Undone, and Daddy's gotta go to work."

@frederickpolk 4 года назад

Adjusting the playback speed to 75% helps! LOL. Well done.

@DESTINEAK 3 года назад

Unreal From Undone! Thank you too much for all this valuable information, you are an incredible teacher!

@recipetodelicious5791 3 года назад

This was an AMAZINGLY helpful video. I'll watch it several times I'm sure. I'm using three different cameras and need to get them to a consistent feel. All canon's but different. Plus the way to use the Color Checker was invaluable. Going to get the video version tomorrow (have the photo)