How To Make Your Footage Look Like Film (Beginner's Guide)

💪🏽 Grade like this in one click (80+ PowerGrades): https://yesjmo.gumroad.com/l/powergra... 🎨 Learn to grade from scratch (136-page masterclass): https://yesjmo.gumroad.com/l/colorgra... Learn how to color grade in DaVinci Resolve from start to finish. In this beginner-friendly walkthrough, I take one shot of Sony S-Log3 footage from flat log to a soft, rich film look, and explain every adjustment and why I'm making it. We cover the full color page: layout and tools, color management and color space transforms (CST), color correction with exposure, white balance and contrast, then look development using the Kodak 2383 film emulation, ColorSlice hue, saturation and density adjustments, split toning for warm highlights and cool shadows, and a film-style fade with a final contrast pop. At the end, I show you how I build the same look in a fraction of the time using my PowerGrade album. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN 1. Color page layout, nodes, scopes and gallery 2. DaVinci Resolve color management (YRGB, DaVinci Wide Gamut, Rec.709 Gamma 2.2) 3. Color space transforms for Sony S-Log3 4. Color correction: exposure, white balance in linear, contrast with a locked mid-grey pivot 5. Why contrast increases saturation, and how to fix it 6. Kodak 2383 film print emulation (and why it needs Cineon film log) 7. ColorSlice: targeting hue, saturation and density for a rich film look 8. Split toning: separating warm highlights from cool shadows 9. Fade and roll-off for that soft filmic finish 10. Saving grades as stills and PowerGrades so you never start from scratch ⏳ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:16 Roadmap 00:27 Color Page Tour 02:42 Color Management 04:19 Color Correction 08:12 Look Development 08:32 Correctly Apply DaVinci Film LUTs 09:31 Color Slice Tool 13:42 Split Toning 16:34 Faster Workflow The full DaVinci Resolve PowerGrade album with all six signature looks is linked above. This is the first video in a beginner color grading series. Comment what you're struggling with in DaVinci and I'll cover it in an upcoming video. #DaVinciResolve #ColorGrading #FilmLook 4,305