Davinci Resolve for Underwater Videographers - Free YouTube Series

[Interceptor121]

Some cameras don't WB well, even in AWB in conditions a camera should WB sometimes things don't work out right. This is a way to correct that. In the end I try to get the colors semi accurate and pleasing to my eye. In Lightroom I do the same with temp and tint for quick corrections. If I need some real fine tuning in LR I would work with the color channels or go to Photoshop and do the individual RGB curves. You can do that in Davinnci as well, but I find you can get the same result in scopes. Its all working with the same data, just in different user interfaces.

That is conceptually incorrect. You don't look at RGB channel to evaluate white balance. If your in camera is wrong you white balance in post and trust your eyes if you don't find something to balance. A frame that is white balanced will not have RGB parade at the same value. A grey slate has all values of RGB parade the same
So your idea of using the RGB parade to white balance only works if you filmed a grey slate full screen you balanced that particular frame and applied

 

[Jonathan Venn]

Thank for the feedback. With regards to the scopes, it does work well as long as you have some blacks and whites in the shot, because these are normally at the darkest points and highest points. In some shots it doesn't work and you have to adjust it using your eye, or grade it to a different shot, especially shots in Blue Water off the reef, you could end up making the water white. I need to probably make a seperate few tutorials for different color grading of different scenes, to cover the other techniques, but the scopes works well often. I use an Olympus OMD EM mk 1 which has terrible white balance underwater, it just won't do a custom white balance under 5m or so. Saving up for a GH5 which would change things a lot I believe. Also getting maybe the lights that have filters that compensate for color change at depth would be great, I forget the brand.

This series was more of a start to finish crash course. Can go into the Nitty grittey fine details on future videos.

Jon
www.blueribbondivers.com

 

[Interceptor121]

Thank for the feedback. With regards to the scopes, it does work well as long as you have some blacks and whites in the shot, because these are normally at the darkest points and highest points. In some shots it doesn't work and you have to adjust it using your eye, or grade it to a different shot, especially shots in Blue Water off the reef, you could end up making the water white. I need to probably make a seperate few tutorials for different color grading of different scenes, to cover the other techniques, but the scopes works well often. I use an Olympus OMD EM mk 1 which has terrible white balance underwater, it just won't do a custom white balance under 5m or so. Saving up for a GH5 which would change things a lot I believe. Also getting maybe the lights that have filters that compensate for color change at depth would be great, I forget the brand.

This series was more of a start to finish crash course. Can go into the Nitty grittey fine details on future videos.

Jon
www.blueribbondivers.com

You did a great job. I have done a very short tutorial on grading. For macro shots there is nothing specific as this is totally covered by lights the difficult part is of course wide angle

 

[Glenn Williams]

Thanks for posting this, I have been a Davinci Resolve user for awhile but just use it for color grading. I am glad you have given a course on how to do from start to finish on how to get not only color, but fade in and out, music if you want and how to time it etc.

I’m a subscriber, keep them coming, thanks again

Glenn

 

[estresao]

@Jonathan, finally I've got time to follow your tutorials and have to say they were pretty usefull. Many thanks again

 

[Nico dR]

Cool videos @Jonathan Venn, thanks! On colour grading, do you have specific techniques to give all your shots a uniform "look"? I find this particularly difficult when you have shots across several days with varying light, visibility, colour of water, and potentially shot on different cameras. A great example of this is One Breath Around the World, which was shot in a wide array of locations around the planet, yet there is a very similar look shared by all sections.

 

[ReefHound]

The biggest obstacle for Davinci Resolve is it's requirement for a GPU, which a decent one will run you $100-400 and is not standard in most consumer PCs.

 

[afieldofblue]

Cool videos @Jonathan Venn, thanks! On colour grading, do you have specific techniques to give all your shots a uniform "look"? I find this particularly difficult when you have shots across several days with varying light, visibility, colour of water, and potentially shot on different cameras. A great example of this is One Breath Around the World, which was shot in a wide array of locations around the planet, yet there is a very similar look shared by all sections.

Bump - also looking for info/tips on this specific question. I try to best match clips then do a general overall grade, but it's tricky.

 

[drbill]

As a marine biologist, I use video exclusively so I can show behavior in my finished products. Recently downloaded DaVinci so I'm sure this will be helpful.

 

[vytaswashere]

Hey Guys

I made a series to try and get people into more Video Editing, as so few people seem to do it compared to photography. I tried to make it as easy and quick as possible not to bore people and show people the basics. I would love to get some feedback on it, wondering if I should continue making these tutorials and maybe even make a full course, and get a bit more advanced.

A bit about myself, I own a Dive Resort in Anilao, Philippines, and passion is underwater Video. I've been running my business for 10 years now

The Playlist is available here, from start to finish

I will also link the videos below.

DaVinci Resolve for Underwater Videographers - Importing and Organizing

DaVinci Resolve for Underwater Videographers - Editing on the Cut Page

DaVinci Resolve for Underwater Videographers - Editing Music

DaVinci Resolve for Underwater Videographers - Transitions and Tools

Davinchi Resolve for Underwater Videographers - Primary Color Grading

Jon
www.blueribbondivers.com

Hi Jonathan, could you please be so kind and give me some feedback on my colour grade on one of my videos if you have the time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--tPm4BC1rs

I'm diving since January, making videos for last 3 months. I'm mostly self thought, saw an occasional youtube video here and there. Did an online course on how to use DaVinci Resolve but there wasn't a lot on how to apply it in practise. It was more explaining what button does what. Just don't have anyone to ask for any advice, especially on colour grading and you sound like you know what you are doing.

The dive was 2 weeks ago at Sail Rock, Thailand, 40-50m visability, bright sunny day. I use GoPro Hero 7 Black, 4k 60fps, native white balance, flat, ISO 100-800, medium sharpness, no dive lights, red filter. Scissortail fusiliers were filmed at 15m, the rest of the fish mostly at 25-30m.

How would you rate my video and colour grade? Is there something obvious I'm missing or not doing?