Masterclass in Color Grading with Douglas Delaney

Douglas Delaney

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Douglas Delaney works as a senior colorist at Technicolor in Los Angeles, and has color graded many of the most known features and drama series in the world. In his masterclass you are invited into his color suite to watch how built his grades, discuss color grade techniques, workflows and strategies that will help you become a better colorist.

The course is about the art and craft of color grading and is not designed to teach the operations of a specific software.

About the instructor

Douglas Delaney is a world-renowned senior colorist working at Technicolor in Los Angeles. He has crafted images for many top directors and worked on blockbusters and dramas such as Captain Marvel, The Equalizer, Jumanji, The Loudest Voice, and the The Hot Zone.

Who is this course designed for?

  • Colorists

COURSE OVERVIEW

 

LESSON 01: INTRO

Meet Douglas

LESSON 02: COLOR SPACE JOURNEY AND FAMILY DRT

Douglas talks about the color space journey in his color corrector and about the family DRT used on this show.

LESSON 03: THE GRADE OF THE SHOW

In this lesson Douglas talks about how he approached the color grade on this show, and the order of grade operations.

LESSON 04: TIME & RIPPLING

In this lesson Douglas demonstrates an effective ripple function in Baselight and discuss time management.

LESSON 05: LOOK CREATION & COLOR ROOM

Now it’s time to be more creative, and Douglas discuss different look creation techniques. He also share some thoughts about how to prepare for color grading sessions and to deal with conflicting interests in the color room.

LESSON 06: SCOPES

Douglas discuss when and why he uses the scopes.

LESSON 07: INSPIRATION

Thoughts on how to get inspired and keep staying on top of your game

 

 

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Jamie Neale

Some great insights in there. Thanks Doug and LP.

I'm really enjoying the Lowe Post style of classes. A great antidote to the YouTube style 'How To' style vids.

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Thomas d'Auteuil

As always, I really appreciate the masterclasses here at Lowepost. However, I feel that, in this one, a huge chunk of the work was done in preproduction and we don't get to see that part.

I wish we could have been given more insight into how that show LUT was elaborated.

Also, the footage was shot so incredibly well that little had to be done in post. I'm on Lowepost because I'm starting out and, so far, I've had to fix the colors and exposure on every single shot thrown at me. 

In other words, this masterclass felt more theoretical than practical.

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Tom Evans
21 minutes ago, Thomas d'Auteuil said:

this masterclass felt more theoretical than practical.

I do agree, but I feel that's the point with these - to get in their minds more than learning what buttons to push.

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