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You are the first person that I've watched that has given a clear explanation of why one would use parrallel nodes rather than serial ones. Thank you so much!

You're a godsend to us. Your tutorials are absolute gold dust and your delivery of them is brilliant. Thank you, mate. Super appreciate it all.

Truly Amazing. That's why I continuously look over different explanations of the same thing... what others lacks, some explains brilliantly. This video is gold. A masterclass. Yet so simple, others simply are not meant to be teachers. I'm also in a position to teach other stuff and I'M ALWAYS GOING IN THE SMALLEST TINY DETAILS AND ALWAYS EXPLAIN WHY. I'm so happy I've seen this first before wasting my time with other "tutorials". This is unfairly so underrated.

This might be the best description of parallel nodes I've ever seen. So much better than mine lol. Great job my friend!

Would love to see layer nodes included in this - when to use them instead of Parallel.

Darren man , you can explain things in such a way that once a mechanism is understood it's almost impossible to forget it! I'm actually standing at my desk coloring some fashion clips and in the meantime listening to you as a podcast !! Great, just great. THANKS A LOT FOR SHARING!

The difference between a good teacher and a great teacher. I'm new to Resolve and I was avoiding parallel nodes because it seemed confusing. Thanks for this exceptional explanation.

I appreciate how there’s no ads, thanks.

I feel like, now i have entered into a whole new world of DR after almost 2 yrs… Thanks for your time and patience to make such valuable information free to public..!!

Thanks a lot, no bs just pure information. This is how youtube should be!

Applying the dodge and burn technique from photography is such a smart approach. Great work.

I’m so glad I found your channel! Most people just fly through and don’t give explanations to why something works the way it does. Thank you truly!

This is the best tutorials I've ever seen about Resolve. The length is only 12 minutes but you covered it all, absolutely masterclass. Not even you answer the question about parallel node, you also gave a simple example with the grey solid, 11/10

I watched two of your videos and it tooks me 30 minutes. Now I graded again my footage that I was working on for two days and it tooks me 10 minutes to make my original grade looks like a joke. Thank you Darren, you are a legend.

Wow, in a world full of courses. This is better than any paid course you could ever buy. Thank you!

Parallel nodes demystified! Thank you Darren!

Nothing is free in this world! Then I found this. Thank you!

Excellent lesson. Also I love the way you zoom in for close-ups of the interface, which makes it very easy to follow what you are doing even on a mobile device! Not only do you have expertise in your work, but have a great gift for explaining that work in an easy-to-understand manner, which is a great skill in itself. Thank you for sharing!

no one explains the endless possibilities of Davinci better than you, Darren. Thank you for your easy-to-understand instructional videos!

I've been searching for the best colorgrading channel on YT since 2020 and stumbled upon your videos Now. By far the best channel ever. Easy to follow and phenomenal tutorials❤

THE BEST description so far on youtube! Petty the adverts spoil the workflow!

Explained brilliantly. First time I understand parallel nodes. Thank you!!

Best breakdown of parallel nodes anyone has ever made.

This sticks, I kinda knew what they did but now I really understand why they are crucial to use in these scenarios!

Thanks, learning more, every time I watch your tutorials.

never have i watched a video of your's that i have not learned things. thanks again

Actually works.. Just disable the real time protection in Setting. Wasnt sure that it would work .Awesome bruh..

Finally! I’ve watched half a dozen tutorials on the difference between serial and parallel nodes and none of it ever made sense to me… I now finally understand it because of you. Great tutorial. But Darren- how come you don’t have a five minute rock ‘n’ roll introduction and then you have to spend three minutes explaining to us what you’re going to explain. LOL. I love it that you get right to the point… Other peoples tutorials are so bad compared to yours. But my favorite is when they have rock ‘n’ roll music playing in the background so loud that sometimes you can’t even understand what they’re saying. You are a breath of fresh air.

I don't usually write comments but I have to say that this video really made me understand the use of parallel nodes. it's easy to say that they mix the nodes, but this made really clear when I should mix my nodes. I don't know if i made my point clear but you surely did🤣

You are the first person to really explain how everything works. Thanks so much for sharing, a pleasure to have reached your channel.

So glad I found this channel. Concepts that I have been scouring the internet for explanations on and never quite been satisfied, you explain so perfectly that I can't believe I was ever confused. Thank you!

I have watched others talk about it and it still never made too much sense to me on a very basic level,until now. thank youuuuu!!!!

You are a gem, this is another masterpiece.

Best Resolve tutorials on YT hands down.

Ive got no words to say thank you for explaining this

I AGREE with every positive comment below. Felt like an epiphany after this tutorial. Resolve makes sense now... THANK YOU! 🤟 -colton

You are an awesome teacher. Very few can do this. Not overcomplicating things, yet explains everything that is needed. I hope you make a full course on Davinci resolve. I have spent a few hundred bucks already on some online courses. None of them were as helpful as your free RU-vid videos.

Спасибо за урок! Это и правда лучшее объяснение различия Serial и Parallel. Всё понятно и интересно слушать.

Best explanation I've ever seen of parallel nodes. Thank you!

You are a good man. Your heart is right and a brilliant instructor! Thank you!

Best Davinci tutorial channel I have found. Clear, straightforward, not too slow, not too quick! Many thanks :)

Always brilliant , always crystal clear & to the point. No fluff. Love this channel.

Color grading is quite new to me. This was very educational. Even noob like me could understand

Watched several times, but carefully this time. Very clear and now I have a good chance of remembering the key points. Thank you.

Each time I watch your episodes, I learn something new. And with the way you layer your tutorials, I will gleen more knowledge as I improve.

Thank you for this Brilliant pacing and explanation. I was in fact using them all wrong.

great explanation in simple language, always useful when you wish to brush up on basics.

Very, very helpful. I learned so much about parallel nodes from this video. Thank you.

Wow never before has the use of parallel nodes AND serial nodes been explained so in-depth. Thank you. Understand them so much better. Can’t wait to try this out in the morning. I have subscribed sir. Please continue to enlighten us.

Explained perfectly brother …. Finally found video which explains properly and understandable to learn about nodes

U gotta make it look so easy, thx bro!

the grey board part is easily to understand, excellent !

Oh my god!!!! Really!! Did I watch this!!! My life is easy now!!! Thank you soo much. You are awesome!!!! 😇😇 You have put so much effort creating these episodes.. I’m truly moved!

By far this is the best tutorial that I see here on RU-vid explaining parallel nodes, I´m feel very happy to be subscribed to this channel, thanks Darren

Best tutorial ever on parallel nodes. Thank You sir

I've got a bad cold - Darren is the one who nodes loads !

Hi Darren, thanks for this awesome instruction and demonstration of the avantages of parallel nodes.

Super great explanation and shows why Resolve continues to amaze me coming from an Electrical Engineering background this is how DSP and signal flows should work and give you full control for serial or parallel so easily is just awesome - thanks for all your wonderful videos!

Am I glad I came across your site… yes sir I am.

Great demonstration Darren, thanks. If you keep doing this the ‘black art’ of grading will be completely demystified..

You made it really easy understand.

Awesome tutorial Darren you are a great teacher...😀😀

This is my second comment on this. Your ending example (using the gray screen) drove me to prove, at least for myself, that it is not the nodes that are being equally mixed, but the changes to nodes that are being equally mixed. The incoming RGB becomes ground zero for a parallel tree. An adjustment in one area of a frame on one node becomes the output if that area has not been changed on another node in the same parallel tree, i.e. changes to one area of a frame in two or more nodes results in the effects of those changes being mixed together, but areas changed in only one node become the output. So if you make a primary grade to one node in a parallel tree (as you did your first example), then any secondary grade you make in the other nodes in that tree will be mixed with the primary grade since the primary grade moved the incoming RGB off of ground zero for the whole frame. (If no primary grades have been made in a tree, and if no secondary grades overlap, then the only reason a parallel tree might be preferred over serial nodes would be for organizational purposes, in addition to, or in place of, node nesting. True or False?) It seems to me that a starting point for understanding parallel nodes would be too to play with overlapping secondary exposures before moving on to overlapping colors in a parallel node tree that contains no primary adjustments.

Time always well spent learning form your videos.

This is an extraordinary video. Finally understood it. Thank you so, so much!

Dear Darren, again a very well explained video tutorial. Finally I am understanding the meaning of parallel nodes! Thanx a lot!!!!!

Makes perfect sense. Especially coming from the Photoshop world. Can see the obvious parallels (pun intended) with editing photos. This video gave me the 'light bulb' moment I needed! Thank you!

All of a sudden it all makes sense!!! Absolutely brilliant explanation, thank you, you are a genius.

Excellent description, finally someone who fully explains. Thanks

So much "BBC Radiophonic Workshop" goodness... I love it!

Thank You for taking the time to put this tutorial together, it makes perfect sense.

This is fantastic. Very simple, and I now know how to do exactly what I need with tool I was having trouble figuring out. Thank you!

Finally clear explanation!

This is a perfect video. It is not easy to find videos that explain the basics this clear. Thank you.

Awesome : Great explanation. What a good person you are to share this explanation like this. I am photographer know everything about photoshop and lightroom . But this explanation about resolve and the way of thinking in how to correct moving image is really great. Thanks.

Fantastic tutorial , you are Def one of my favourites on the topic of everything Davinci Resolve . Thanks

Woww, your explanation is very simple and straight to the point with out any complication. You have earned my subscription. Great job!Thank you a lot.

Pretty much the best explanation and demo I've seen so far. DM rules!

Wow this was SO clear and so helpful!! Best description of serial and parallel nodes. I've been watching multiple other RU-vid videos and it didn't quite click, but this was crystal clear. Thank you!

Amazing! So clear and simple. For sure i'm gonna watch everything you publish.

Thanks Darren!

Very nice tutorial! Thanks! Great pace.

So well explained. Best pro tutorial that is out there. Please make a video about Layer Node. I have most trouble understanding that node type.

You're just the best. Needed this. Thanks Darren!

Very informative material...i just bought Davinci 17 and its not as easy coming from a layer base software...I am eager to start using it. This looks like a game changer and for that reason i Subscribed..thanks

Worth watching each and every video,keep going 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Wow that was a big difference between the serial and parallel. Really good explanation thanks

I've watched a few of your videos. Davinci Resolve needs to put you on the payroll. Wow.

Thank you that helped...will endeavor to switch form now on!

Very good explanation. Definitely will start using parallels.

NOW I get it!!! Thanks for explaining it!

Wow nobody ever explained this but you did an amazing job thanks!

Very nice logical presentation. When a tutorial makes sense logically then I can remember and use accordingly so thanks for a superb tutorial.

Seriously, thank you for this video. Really got me thinking about my workflow- Instant sub.

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Helped me a lot

And the million dollar question, what about "layer" instead of parallel and when you should use one over the other? Brilliant explanation on this BTW. Definitely made me go "aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh I see now" lol

Another fantastic tutorial. Subscribed. Thanks for your generosity.

Oooh this is the video I've been waiting for.

Hi Darren. I used to develop my own still photographs decades ago - built my own 35mm long throw enlarger - so I understand what 'dodge and burn' is about. I had no idea it could be done with Resolve so thank you for that as well. Just knowing that something can be done is half the battle. BobUK.

I am a beginner. Thanks for your sharing.