While showing six, eight or even sixteen clips at a time might look impressive, don’t try to play all the clips at once at the risk of getting playback at a crawl, or worse, a software crash. Endless tweaking will do that.Ĭomparing the four grades against the original uncorrected image:Ī word of warning. Further into the session, this might be something you wouldn’t want to keep showing, although it always seems to amaze clients when you show them how far the image has come.
Versions and Original is similar to Versions, simply showing the ungraded clip for comparison.
At least, they should, if they’re a decent director. Upon seeing the various grades the director will typically respond in one direction more strongly than another. You may not get the palette right, but it’s still a useful talking point. It’s a great way to show a bunch of different styles and palettes. If you have time before the director comes in, roll through a bunch of tasteful options and select Versions when she comes in. Fashion jobs also may not have a clear answer as to where the grade wants to head due to their often otherworldly shooting environments. The current version you have selected will be highlighted in the monitor with an outlined gray box.įor instance, I can show four versions of a shot to the client right when she comes in:Ĭertain fashion jobs may have no still image campaign to match the video to, so often the director will be open to grading suggestions. Versions is useful at the session’s beginning if you have a client that is unsure of what look they want. Sixteen versions is probably more than your creative mind can run through, so for all purposes we can hardly call this a limitation. Selecting this will kick us into our first option called Versions, which can display up to sixteen versions of the shot selected in the timeline. Split Screen can be accessed by clicking on the little three-by-two icon above the main image viewer, between Image Wipe and Highlight.Īccess Split Screen by clicking on that little grid:
In this post we’ll delve into Split Screen, and demonstrate its various modes and how each can be practically used when color grading.
See different graded versions of the same shot in DaVinci Resolve. DaVinci Resolve has a little-known tool known as Split Screen which can be useful at various points in your color grading sessions.
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