Color boost vs. Sat?

[Emil Öberg]

What's the difference? Is it that color boost boosts more of the unsaturated colors instead of all colors equally?

[Jussi Rovanperä]

Yes, and also color boost is applied before the primary YRGB corrections, and saturation is applied after primary YRGB corrections.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Jussi Rovanperä

[Emil Öberg]

Thanks Jussi! Where is that node operations tree from? 

[Jussi Rovanperä]

34 minutes ago, Emil Öberg said:

Thanks Jussi! Where is that node operations tree from? 

It's in the Resolve manual.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Jussi Rovanperä

[Willian Aleman]

The practical difference between Color Boost and Saturation is that Color Boost is less intense than Saturation, especially in the mid-tone range than other parts of the spectrum. Try to confirm this by using a neutral gray or white patch, open the Scope, add some RGB color and use the Saturation and Color Boost one after another to visually see the difference not only with the eyes but in the Scope.

Because color Color Boost is less aggressive than Saturation it’s an alternative tool to fine tune skin tone saturation.