RG180 Intermediate Resolve Techniques

Name: RG180 Intermediate Resolve Techniques — Warren Eagles, Freelance Colorist
Start: 2020-03-28T09:30:00-0400
End: 2020-03-29T17:00:00-0400
Location: Griffith Film School

Saturday 28 March 2020 9:30 am 09:30
Sunday 29 March 2020 5:00 pm 17:00

Griffith Film School South Bank Brisbane QLD Australia Australia (map)

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POSTPONED TO Q4 2020

A CLASS WITH COLORIST WARREN EAGLES

DESCRIPTION

The class covers intermediate techniques using the latest Resolve software that focuses on Colorists who are starting to work with clients for the first time.RG180 also looks at general topics like 8bit v 10bit, 422 v 444, Color Space, macro blocking and general problems that occur during a session.The ICA media used comes from a variety of different cameras, and is not always the best quality so more like the material and challenges we face everyday as a colorist.These classes are normally capped at ten people with each student getting a workstation with control surfaces to share.Students are encouraged to bring their own material so they can get individual feedback from Warren.This class is designed around a small conformed sequence that you can take away. We will work through the project from start to finish considering the best strategies to get the job finished efficiently. You will be able to keep the media, project and stills — a great way to continue your learning.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

Start with a complete look at the Resolve, what tools are great for the colorist?Dailies including sound sync, watermarks and burnt in text for editors.Use the Clone and Media Management tool.Basic editing explained.Grade a look for editing from the 4K RAW camera files.Render 1920x1080 ProRes or DNxHD for Editing, compressed H264 for the clients and DPX or EXR for the VFX team.How to export correctly from a Resolve RAW timeline for editing in Avid/FCP/Premiere.Conform the finished cut in Resolve using the XML, if it’s not correct what can we do?Bring in audio .wav then compare the conform with the offline reference movie.Where do we start the grade and what do your clients expect?Complete Primary controls. Lift Gamma Gain, Offset, Curves and LOG grading. When to use each tool?Color Spaces and 4K-8K larger resolutions explained“Conform v Baked” what are the pros and cons of each workflow?How to animate shapes and framing with the key-framing tools.Secondary grading, including the 3D keyer and Hue Curves.Auto Tracking a shapeTotal Nodes, when to use each type of NodeNoise Reduction we look at the different types.