Davinci Resolve Colour Correction and Grading

Transform your videos with colour correction and grading.

Discover professional techniques and add a polished, cinematic look to your footage.

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Davinci Resolve Colour Correction and Grading

Davinci Resolve Colour Correction and Grading

Learn the fundamentals of colour correction and grading with DaVinci Resolve in our hands-on training course. Over two days, you’ll learn how to use Resolve’s powerful tools and understand the core processes behind professional colour grading.

Through hands-on practice, you'll learn a range of techniques used by pro editors to colour correct and grade video footage, including using scopes, curves, qualifiers, masks, and more. This course is ideal for anyone looking to build on their video editing skills.

Attendees need to have basic experience of video editing, either using DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, or Final Cut Pro.

Duration icon

Two Days

Timings icon

10:00 - 16:30 GMT

  • Key Learning Points

  • icon Basic principles of colour correction and grading
  • icon Using scopes to analyse and correct shots
  • icon Techniques for secondary correction
  • icon Building and refining grades
  • icon Applying grades across multiple shots

If attending an online course you must have a licensed copy of any software required and access to a suitable computer.

You'll need basic knowledge of video editing before attending this course and experience using either DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, or Final Cut Pro. If you're new to editing please attend our DaVinci Resolve Video Editing Introduction course before taking this class.

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Expert Trainers

Course leader is an experienced industry expert

Course Dates Days Location Places RRP Discount You Pay
18-19th Aug 25 Mon-Tue London Bridge Available £499.00 £70.00 £429.00 + VAT
13-14th Oct 25 Mon-Tue London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
11-12th Dec 25 Thu-Fri London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
2-3rd Feb 26 Mon-Tue London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
30-31st Mar 26 Mon-Tue London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
26-27th May 26 Tue-Wed London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
Course Dates Days Location Places RRP Discount You Pay
10-11th Jul 25 Thu-Fri Online Available £499.00 £100.00 £399.00 + VAT
8-9th Sep 25 Mon-Tue Online Available £499.00 £70.00 £429.00 + VAT
10-11th Nov 25 Mon-Tue Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
22-23rd Jan 26 Thu-Fri Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
2-3rd Mar 26 Mon-Tue Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
14-15th May 26 Thu-Fri Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
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Course Dates

10-11th Jul 25 (Thu-Fri)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £100.00

You Pay: £399.00 + VAT
18-19th Aug 25 (Mon-Tue)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £70.00

You Pay: £429.00 + VAT
8-9th Sep 25 (Mon-Tue)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £70.00

You Pay: £429.00 + VAT
13-14th Oct 25 (Mon-Tue)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
10-11th Nov 25 (Mon-Tue)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
11-12th Dec 25 (Thu-Fri)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
22-23rd Jan 26 (Thu-Fri)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
2-3rd Feb 26 (Mon-Tue)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
2-3rd Mar 26 (Mon-Tue)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
30-31st Mar 26 (Mon-Tue)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
14-15th May 26 (Thu-Fri)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
26-27th May 26 (Tue-Wed)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT

Course Outline

1

Setting up a Project

Using Resolves' Project Manager

Importing content

Setting up locations

Understanding the interface

Understanding when and how to use: the Media Page, the Editing Page, the Colour Page, the Fairlight Page, the Deliver Page

2

Workflows

Importing Clips for Digital Dailies

Editing in the Timeline

Importing XML, EDL and AAF

Working with Timelines

3

Colour Theory

Understanding the colour correction process

Making primary corrections

Making secondary corrections

Analysing a shot visually

Analysing a shot using Scopes

Analysing and fixing Luminance issues

Analysing and fixing Chrominance Issues

4

Using Scopes and Correcting Luminance

Using and customising the Waveform monitor

Using the Colour Wheels interface

Using Life, Gamma, Gain and Offset controls

Adjusting contrast and exposure

Using Curves to adjust Exposure and Contrast

5

Using Scopes and Correcting Colour

Analysing colour balance problems

Understanding the RGB parade

Understanding the Vectorscope

Fixing colour balance using the Colour Wheels

Fixing colour balance using Curves

Fixing colour balance using the Primaries Bars

6

Grading

Using the Hue Saturation curve

Understanding different curves: Hue V Hue

Using the RGB mixer

Adding Blur

7

Grading (Continued)

Making secondary corrections

Using the Qualifier

Keying on Hue, Saturation & Luminance

Adjusting the qualifier range

Optimising a Key

Using Windows (Masks)

Tracking using Windows

Sizing – Cropping and scaling

Adding and amending effects

Keyframing Grades and effects

8

Nodes in DaVinci Resolve

Using and adding Nodes

Serial Nodes Vs Parallel Nodes

Outside and Layer Nodes

9

Using Look Up Tables (LUTs)

Using LUTs to transform colour values

Importing LUTs

10

Grade Management

Using the Stills Gallery

Using the Light-table view

Creating a basic grade

11

Delivery

Rendering clips

Adding handles

Rendering a sequence

Round Tripping

12

Questions and answers

Who attends?

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Career Progressives

Professionals who wish to develop skills for their current role and companies who believe in developing their talent.

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People seeking opportunities which require new skills. Industry relevant training for those pursuing a new role.

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