What is Day-for-Night Color Grading? Day-for-Night color grading is a post-production technique used to give the illusion that a scene was shot at night, even though it was actually filmed during the day. This technique involves manipulating the colors, contrast, and overall look of the footage to create a nighttime ambiance. By employing Day-for-Night color grading, filmmakers can enhance the drama and intensity of their scenes, as well as maintain creative control over the lighting conditions. Creating a Realistic Nighttime Atmosphere: Welcome to our comprehensive tutorial on mastering d ..read more

Hope you all are overflowing with ideas and beaming with imagination. In this blog, we will tell you about the 2383 LUT that we have created and how to apply it correctly inside Davinci’s resolve. Before the widespread adoption of digital cinematography, films were shot on film stocks and processed in specialized photochemical laboratories. When a picture was developed and transferred to print stock for further distribution, its final look was determined by this photochemical process.  THE GODFATHER: Directed By Francis Ford Coppola  FILM NEGATIVE STOCK – Eastman Kodak Color Negativ ..read more

Hope you all are overflowing with ideas and beaming with imagination. In this blog, we will tell you about ‘Color saturation’, also known as ‘intensity’ or ‘chroma’ which is the dominant hue of a color. The so-called “pure” colors tend to be located on the outside rim of the color wheel.  The hue we’re using to describe the color becomes less and less prominent as you move toward the center of the wheel. Reaching the center of the wheel, no single color predominates. Hence desaturated hues are those found along the middle axis. It is important to note that Color saturation ultimately is ..read more

Hope you all are overflowing with ideas and beaming with imagination. In this blog, we will tell you how to modify a LUT. Even though LUTs or Look Up Tables, have been extensively used by video creators around the world, LUT modification still remains a mystery to many.  Technically speaking, the concept behind LUTs modification is simple and complicated at the same time; when we apply a LUT to an image or shot, we do not simply apply a color preset, rather, we are applying a mathematical modification to expected RGB values in an image.  There are creative and stylistic LUTs availabl ..read more

Hope you all are overflowing with ideas and beaming with imagination. In this blog, we will tell you what is white balance and guide you on how to fix it in DaVinci Resolve using a minimalistic technique. So firstly, what is white balance? The technique of removing or neutralizing color casts from your shots is known as ‘white balance’. As you can see from the image below, most sources of light have a color cast. While a camera captures a shot as it appears in real life—sometimes in neutral but other times with a warm, cool, magenta, or greenish color cast. Our eyes are quite adept at compensa ..read more

Hope you all are overflowing with ideas and beaming with imagination. This week we will guide you on how to apply a LUT appropriately using Da Vinci Resolve software so that you don’t lose your artistic expression for technical accuracy.   You might have noticed that in order to achieve cinematic color space, a LUT that you usually apply, creates banding and distortions that sacrifice your picture quality. This not only compromises your creative expression but also makes your video output look amateurish. In today’s blog, we’ll learn how to appropriately apply a LUT to get rid of Ban ..read more

The teal and orange look has been one of the most popular looks used in Hollywood. This is because teal and orange are complementary colors, which means they lie at the opposite end of the color wheel. The teal can be created by mixing blue into a green base. Blue evokes feelings of tranquility and calm while green evokes feelings of balance and peace. Teal can also elicit feelings of trustworthiness and reliability. Orange on the other hand is considered an energetic color. Orange calls to mind feelings of excitement, enthusiasm, and warmth. The teal and orange look in a premiere pro is ach ..read more

On trying to break down a popular Monochrome look from the film “Inside Llewyn Davis”, we understand that Peter Doyle, colorist of the film used advanced techniques and a LUT to achieve this look. But when you are inside premiere pro, you have to work within the limitations of the software to achieve a similar look, whether it is for a commercial project, a short film or feature length film. In our case, we have used Kodak Vision2 500T 5218 LUT from our Film Emulation category to mimic the Color Palette of Inside Llewyn Davis. This LUT is a part of our Ultimate Colorist Toolkit 2.0. You can ..read more