Justin Oakley

I had this issue as well. If I remember correctly, click on the three dot menu thing. And remove display histogram from curves...not sure how exactly it’s worded.

Edit>generator>grey scale then right click and create new compound clip. Then work on it in the color page.

Cool, thanks! And yes, on getting an additional monitor to view the scopes interface? Not much real estate as it is on my MacBook. Or does it somehow integrate with the UI in Resolve?

Right on. I know it’s typically done, I just never do it. I’m a one-man band/self taught Filmmaker. I’ve been just kind of learning as I go. Only been doing it for a few years now. The one monitoring LUT I have loaded in my camera (The one I mentioned) I don’t think is a “proper” technical LUT. since you’re here and you obviously know way more than I do, do you happen to know of any resources where I could get correct technical LUTs for my camera? (Blackmagic 4k film). I know every YouTube guy and their mother likes to create and sell LUTs. But I do realize that not all of them are created equal

Yes. Untouched. Now this is Blackmagic RAW we’re talking here. I’m not sure exactly what’s going on under the sheets.

Well...I mean I’ve never applied a LUT in camera for monitoring purposes. I do have one in there—a blackmagic pocket cinema camera 4K-rec.709 LUT that some dude from the internet made. But I pretty much never enable it.

I gotcha. I personally haven’t used LUTs when filming. For my purposes. So when I apply the blackmagic 4K film(?) to rec.709 LUT in Resolve’s LUT menu, is that maybe why it doesn’t look all that great? Or is that even a proper LUT to use? To bring my BRAW footage to rec709?

Ahhhh, I see. Thanks. These both look like they have some cool features. But I’m assuming this would require another monitor dedicated solely for monitoring these apps? And when it comes to paying $100-$200 for “annual renewal” it’s hard for a guy like me to justify. There are no one-time purchase solutions that you’re aware of?

New guy here. I’ve watched pretty much every lesson and I’m wondering if anybody else here has experience using these techniques with Blackmagic RAW footage. in each lesson he begins with a curve (tech LUT) specifically for Arri. When he applies it, the job looks mostly done. Nice amount of saturation, good contrast, etc. I have been messing around and I’m not sure if the best method for me is to - do a CST (blackmagic to Arri) at the very beginning, and then drop the Arri LUT at the end, and then work in the middle. or - drop a technical LUT for blackmagic...blackmagic design film to rec.709 When I have tried using the blackmagic to rec709 LUT, it doesn’t look all that great. Not as much sat, kind of so-so contrast, etc.

I’m sorry, I guess I don’t really understand what you mean by “external scopes”. I still use my laptop for using all of the controls and reading scopes. But I use my external monitor for color grading.

Oh man, that’s the ticket. Thank you! I had this disabled. And as soon as I saw your comment I remembered an old YouTube video… I think it was from “learn color grading” Or something where he said to disable this. I forget exactly for what reason. But I did it in this particular project.Or something where he said to disable this. I forget exactly for what reason. But I did it in this particular project.

Hey guys. I removed the calibration LUT. But when I use the contrast and pivot controls it still doesn’t create a smooth curve. I understand that I don’t necessarily need to perfectly replicate what the instructor is demonstrating, but I guess it would still be kind of nice to see how the curves are supposed to behave...on my end Brief clip attached. IMG_0099.MOV

Well damn. thanks

Simply connecting works though? If I remember correctly, I wasn’t able to actually see what I was grading unless I selected clean feed (which, again, was wrong apparently).

Ok, so I get the calibrated LUT on my monitor. Any idea how I actually hook into the monitor via the UltraStudio and get a good signal from Resolve? Without using this display LUT thing? I understand that simply hooking them up and using the “clean feed” option doesn’t send an accurate signal to the monitor. That’s what I did before and people were saying that was all wrong, and not accurate and whatnot. Hence the display LUT. what a maddening rabbit hole...

Ok. As you can tell, I’m not the brightest bulb when it comes to this stuff. This is, and has been, one huge learning experience for me for about two years now. And I’m just staggering along, learning as I go. so I BELIEVE that my monitor does have internal LUT capabilities...if I think I understand what you’re talking about. It’s a BenQ sw270c. Yeah, it’s ‘lower end’ stuff, but it’s what I’ve got to work with. After buying that thing, people who know what they’re doing said I would need some sort of intermediary, like decking or something. I work off a MacBook Pro so I bought the UltraStudio Monitor 3G. then I was told to use DisplayCal, and given some tutorial to watch. And here I am. So that was wrong? Oh, and I have no idea what a lut box is or how to use it. Care to enlighten me?

Damn. so this is a calibration LUT for my monitor. I calibrated it using DisplayCal through Davinci Resolve. If I remove this, it pretty much renders my monitor useless, no?

Copy that. Thanks. somebody on Facebook had said to pretty much change all of these to “no LUT”. With the exception of my calibration LUT for my monitor. and it worked

10-4. I’ll try again. But first, the comments appear to be from over a year ago, so I wasn’t sure if it was a bunch of dead air in there. And I stated which course in my post. But I suppose I should have been more specific. So here it is—color grading—techniques and look creation—curve manipulation (Davinci Resolve). second, I understand that a lot of effort and time has been put into these courses. That hasn’t been lost on me. I’ve been signed up here for about a day and I was merely making a statement based on looking at the interaction here, at a glance. There’s really no need to get all wrapped around the axle about it. I just replied to another gentleman here. In short, I didn’t know what else to post a screenshot of. My issue is creating curves using the contrast and pivot controls...per the demonstration in the course. So I snapped a quick pic of that. so here it is.

Thanks. This type of response is more what I was looking for. My first thought wasn’t to post screen shots. Mainly because I wouldn’t even know what to screen shot...which you have provided some clarity on. anyway, this is what I’m dealing with. And hopefully my original question was easy to understand. I’m still not that great at articulating issues with this type of stuff. I just try to explain as best as I can with issue I’m dealing with.

Hello. I just recently signed up for these courses and I’m already having trouble following along. I’m on the first course (curve manipulation) and I’m at the part where he creates an S curve using contrast/pivot. When he demonstrates using contrast, the waveform displays a nice curve, but when I try this the waveform stays as a straight line and the blacks and whites are just pulled up or down (no curve)...like the line is being rotated on an axis. I could sure use some help. The courses are really cool, but I’m not on the same page for some reason. And this is getting in the way of my learning. I’m trying here. And I sure hope this forum is active enough where we can get good feedback. At a glance it doesn’t exactly look like a hub of activity.

I think I may be having a similar issue. But I’m not really sure how to articulate it. I am trying to follow along with the course and I dropped a grayscale gradient in. But it doesn’t appear to be accurate, as the waveform and parade shows a kind of arc. Also I’m getting this weird stuff at the top, In the curves window. I sure hope somebody can help. I’d like to follow along with this course.