DaVinci Resolve is used to colour grade countless hours of television and feature films everyday. Developed by BlackMagic Design, the software has a freely available version which contains almost all of the features found within the paid version of the application. Over 90% of films premiering at Sundance were colour corrected within this software.

This introductory course will have students colour correcting samples of provided footage in this guided workshop. Topics discussed include how to normalize footage using an appropriate LUT, balancing footage to match in a scene, and an introduction to secondary corrections such as selective saturation and vignettes. Students will receive several pieces of sample footage for a take-home assignment. Selected samples of student work will be critiqued in the follow-up workshop.

Students will need to download and install DaVinci Resolve (Free) or DaVinci Resolve Studio (Paid) version 16.2.0 or later to participate in this course. Installer files can be found at www.blackmagicdesign.com/support

TOPICS:

• Navigate the interface of the Color page
• Learn basic colour theory including LUT transformations
• How to balance several pieces of footage in a scene
• Take-home assignment
• Apply secondary corrections such as hue isolation and vignettes.

INSTRUCTOR:

Over the past fifteen years, Arthur Ditner has worked in post production in a variety of roles including: Colourist, Editor, and Dailies Producer. He has had the pleasure of working with some of the top directorial talent in Canada, and has travelled the United States building remote dailies labs supporting network television series.

Over the past few years, Arthur has made a pivot in his career to move out of the edit suite and into the classroom. He has taught workshops at the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), Sheridan Institute of Research Technology (SIRT), YouTube Space Toronto, Humber College, and at BlackMagic Design. Arthur writes about industry and technology news at Red Shark News and produces training materials for Motion Array. He is a DaVinci Resolve Certified Trainer having completed all levels of train-the-trainer certifications.