Here's how you can use contrast to manipulate an image. At the most basic level, virtually every adjustment we make in color grading boils down to some kind of contrast adjustment. This makes more sense when we think of contrast as the distance between any two unique components of our image. These components can be targeted based on their tonality (e.g. shadows, midtones, and highlights), colorimetry (e.g. reds, greens, and blues), or their geometry (e.g. pixels which fall inside the middle 20% of the image). In a previous article, we outlined tips on color grading cinematic images. In a three-part series, we will discuss tonal contrast and how we can manipulate it inside DaVinci Resolve. Below is Part 1. Exposure and Offset The most important tool in Resolve’s Color page is the offset wheel. Offset represents the simplest possible operation we can perform on an image—uniformly increasing or decreasing the value of every pixel. This behavior also mimics that of a camera lens’ iris, meaning that offset is the colorist’s equivalent of exposure. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 26 February, 2021