Misha Denisov

https://www.samgilling.com/blog

http://robbessette.com/blog/

The missing SAT v LUM curve can be simulated in Resolve by changing a node color space to HSL and lowering the G channel of the Blue Output (uncheck Preserve Luminance). The technic is listed in Juan Melara's video.

By the way - how do you create highlight blooming? I tried different blur setups but haven't been satisfied yet.

I do grading first and if the noise emerges, I add a noise reduction node before everything. I am not often working with RED footages, but they are noisy, fact. So usually 5-7 of temporal NR will not affect image details and quality, but reduce noise significantly. You will see it)

I got excellent results on super-noisy RED footage using either Neat video or Resolve's internal denoiser. Neat will set everything for you automatically, in Resolve's denoiser start with Temporal (5 frames, Mo. est.type - better) and push it right before the artifacts come. Then go to the Spatial (mode - better or enhanced) and push it until you satisfy. Nothing special with RED, just dose the impact. For basic noise level I use 5-7 Temporal and no Spatial.

On 9/3/2016 at 2:20 AM, Tom Evans said:

just read Trish Cahill's article about The Hobbit

Tom, could you please provide a link? Can't find it.