All DaVinci Resolve classes include
Free retake
Detailed curriculum
Live instructor
Flexible rescheduling
Certificate of Completion
Small class sizes
Course recording
Skills learned in this Color Grading Course using DaVinci Resolve
- Professional color balancing and primary correction
- Precision grading using curves, color wheels, and advanced tools
- Shot matching and scene continuity techniques
- Skin tone refinement and selective color adjustments
- Node tree design, layering, and compositing
- Working with external mattes and advanced isolations
- Managing versions, grade migration, and project-wide style consistency
- Noise reduction, keyframing, and animated grades
- RAW color management and HDR grading
- Rendering workflows, presets, and digital cinema delivery
DaVinci Resolve class for editing: Course length
This DaVinci Resolve course lasts two full days. If taken live online or in our classrooms, the course times are from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you elect for private training or at your location, the course times can be adjusted to meet your schedule.
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs
Color Grading Course - Course Dates
All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.
Color Grading Course Topics
Foundations of Color Grading
- Overview of Color Grading
- Interface Review
- Color Page Layout
- Viewer
- Primaries Color Wheels
- Palette Panel
- Introducing Blackmagic Cloud
- Color Correcting a DaVinci Resolve Timeline
- Balancing Footage
- Opening a DaVinci Resolve Archive
- Setting Up Project Backups
- Understanding the Grading Workflow
- Primary Grading with Color Wheels
- Precision Grading with Curves
- Comparing Color and Log Wheels
Creating Color Continuity
- Creating Color Continuity
- Building a Shot-Matching Strategy
- Organizing Shots Using Flags and Filters
- Applying Shot Match
- Matching Shots Using Stills
- Comparing and Matching Shots Manually
Correcting and Enhancing Color in Isolated Areas
- Correcting and Enhancing Isolated Areas
- Controlling the Viewer’s Eye
- Sharpening Key Elements
- Fixing Overcast Skies
- Warping Color Ranges
- Enhancing Skin Tones with Face Refinement
- Adjusting Skin Tones Manually
- Managing Nodes and Grades
Conforming an XML Timeline for Color Grading
- Conforming an XML Timeline
- Importing an XML Timeline
- Syncing an Offline Reference
- Conforming a Timeline
- Maximizing the Dynamic Range
Mastering Node Trees when Color Grading
- Mastering Node Trees
- Understanding Node-Based Grade Compositing
- The Importance of Node Order
- Creating Separate Processing Branches with a Parallel Mixer Node
- Compositing Color Effects with the Layer Mixer Node
- Using External Mattes
Managing Color Grades Across Clips and Timelines
- Managing Grades Across Clips and Timelines
- Working with Versions
- Appending Grades and Nodes
- Saving Node Tree Templates
- Saving Stills for Other Projects
- Migrating Timeline Grades Using ColorTrace
- Copying Grades Using the Timelines Album
- Optimizing the Grading Workflow
Using Groups for Color Grading
- Using Groups
- Preparing Media Using Scene Cut Detection
- Creating a Group
- Applying Base Grades at the Pre-Clip Group Level
- Making Clip-Specific Adjustments at the Clip Group Level
- Automatically Tracking People and Objects
- Creating a Unifying Look Using the Post-Clip Group Level
- Working with Lookup Tables
- Using the Timeline Level
Adjusting Image Properties
- Adjusting Image Properties
- Understanding Timeline Resolutions and Sizing Palette Modes
- Using Keyframes to Animate Grades
- Applying Noise Reduction
- Optimizing Performance with Render Cache
Setting Up RAW Projects
- Setting Up RAW Projects
- Adjusting RAW Settings at the Project Level
- Adjusting RAW Settings at the Clip Level
- Grading High Dynamic Range (HDR) Media
- Setting Up a Render Cache for RAW Media Projects
- Delivering Projects
- Using Lightbox to Check Timelines Before Delivery
- Reviewing Projects with Clients
- Understanding the Render Workflow and Presets
- Creating Custom Renders
- Configuring a Timeline for Digital Cinema
- Exploring Advanced Render Settings
DaVinci Resolve course instructors
AGI instructors are DaVinci Resolve professionals and skilled teachers. You'll learn from a live DaVinci Resolve professional that brings years of experience that will help you learn DaVinci Resolve quickly and easily.
RJ
BA, Dual degrees
Certificate, Film making
Extensive professional experience
Sean
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Video Production
Author, Premiere Pro Digital Classroom
Author, After Effects Digital Classroom
Adobe Certified Instructor
Alex
BA, Film & Communications
Video producer
Animator
Drake
BFA
MFA
Professor, Keystone College
Custom and private DaVinci Resolve classes
This DaVinci Resolve course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. DaVinci Resolve classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.
Color Grading with DaVinci Resolve Course Prerequisites
Download the DaVinci Resolve application before starting the class. You can use the free version of the app for the class. If attending class in our classrooms, a computer and DaVinci Resolve app are provided for use during the class. If attending a DaVinci Resolve class online, download the app prior to the start of class so that you can follow along and work on projects as part of the course.
Color grading course materials
You will receive a comprehensive curriculum for this course and lesson files that are yours to keep following the class.
Color Grading Course Outcomes
- Understand the core principles of color grading and how they apply to modern video workflows.
- Navigate the DaVinci Resolve color tools, Color Page layout, and essential grading tools with confidence.
- Balance footage using primary color correction techniques to correct exposure, contrast, and white balance.
- Apply advanced grading tools such as curves, color wheels, qualifiers, and power windows for precision control.
- Create visual continuity across scenes by matching shots using automated and manual workflows.
- Enhance specific areas of a shot, including skies, foreground elements, and skin tones, using targeted adjustments.
- Control audience attention through contrast, sharpening, and selective color manipulation.
- Build and manage complex node trees, including parallel nodes, layer mixers, and external mattes.
- Organize and apply grades across clips, timelines, and versions efficiently.
- Use groups to apply pre-clip, clip-level, and post-clip adjustments to unify a project’s overall look.
- Adjust image properties, animate grades, and apply noise reduction while optimizing system performance.
- Configure and grade RAW and HDR footage using project-level and clip-level RAW settings.
- Prepare, review, and deliver final projects using professional render settings and digital cinema workflows.
- Develop a consistent, professional color grading workflow suitable for commercial, narrative, and documentary projects.
Prerequisites for this DaVinci Resolve course
Prior to attending this DaVinci Resolve classes, you should be familiar with all the concepts covered in the: Davinci Resolve Course for Editing. This can be through attending the course or through experience.
What to take after this DaVinci Resolve course
After you have attended this course, you may find it useful to continue your learning and attend: DaVinci Resolve Course for Effects and Motion Graphics.