Training for Colorists by Colorist

The International Colorist Academy will be offering two Resolve courses starting April 20th and continuing on thru April 23rd. The instructor will be Warren Eagles and we are limiting the class size to eight students so book early! Upon completion of any of the courses below, each student will receive a ICA certificate.

For more information about registration and costs contact us!

ICA Resolve 101 Plus (April 20th- April 22nd, 3 days)

A great introduction to Resolve Mac V8 software. This class is ideal for first time users, you do not need to be a Colorist or have had previous grading or Resolve experience. The class mixes the operational side of Resolve with some practical real world training on workflows, basic color theory, grading approaches and techniques.

Day One

Introduction to Resolve V8

A complete demo of the system, looking at every area of the new software and how it works with the control surface.

Setting up your Resolve

Loading the software and getting started. How to create a new customized user, and get all the config settings correct before you kick off. 2K, HD, what if you only need SD?

How to get your images in

Importing and conforming both film and digital material using an EDL/XML/AAF. How to use the scene cut detector and creating a timeline  manually.

Basic Color Theory

Looking at the waveform, vector scope, and histogram. Learning how colors interact with increased saturation/contrast and why some colors complement each other more than others. RGB vs. YUV correction in Resolve.

Primary Correction/Grading with Curves

Primary correction is very important. It is the base of any “cool look”. Get it right and it will simplify your whole color correction process.

Day Two

Serial and Parallel nodes

You’ll use them all the time, how do they work and when do you use each one.

Secondary Correction

Keying is a very important part of what we do as colorists. Learn how to key in Resolve using either HSL RGB or LUM. Is it best to key a color or adjust its Secondary curve?

Power Windows

Each node has 4 Power Windows, the classic DaVinci Circle, Linear square, Polygon and a Bezier Power Curve. How to use each one, and why do we decide to use one over the other. Repositioning, Key-Framing and Auto Tracking

Key framing

Using the pan, tilt, zoom and rotate controls, just how far can we zoom in on a film or digital image? Key-framing in the timeline and auto tracking explained.

Resolve workflows

Including Film, Red, Canon, Arri Alexa, Sony F3 and other digital files. Resolve works with lots of formats, get to know the pros and cons of each format.

Day Three

Layer and Key mixer nodes

These nodes offer lots of flexibility. See how to combine them with the other Resolve nodes to complement our grades. How to mix between the nodes.

Looks and Styles

How to create looks and styles within Resolve that will give you a great start to your session. Here are just a few we will look at……

Orange and Teal.

Cross process

Bleach Bypass

Schindlers red coat

Duotones

Day for night

Versions and the gallery/Power grade.

What are versions, setting up the gallery including importing and exporting stills.  Making your own Power grade looks.

Rendering and Output Options

The grade is finished but how and where do you render it to?

Playing out to tape.

Warren’s Looks (April 23rd, 1 day)

A great insight into how famous looks and styles are created. This is a general class so is not grading system independent so all welcome. We will learn how to create the traditional “Looks” but will also work on how to make new “Looks” to suit your workflow even if you don’t have million dollar budgets. Students are encouraged to bring their own footage.

Looks Covered:
Bleach Bypass
Duotones
Technicolor 2 strip
Cross process
Natural Color vs Color Washes
Day for Night
Schindlers…Color isolation
Classic Black and White
Orange and Teal
Huge grads
Spot Color

Warren Eagles is a co founder of the ICA and has been a Colorist for over 20 years. He learned his trade in Soho London, working on high end TV commercials, music videos and movies such as ‘Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels”. Now working as a freelance Colorist based in Australia he splits his time between grading on his own system and working freelance around Asia. He has a lot of experience on a number of grading systems including Resolve, DaVinci 2K, Pandora and Apple “Color.”