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A Deeper Look at Consistent Color with QuickTime Tags From Resolve To YouTube & Vimeo on Wide Gamut Apple Monitors
If you want to skip the details, I've created an infographic guide for consistent color from DaVinci Resolve to QuickTime to YouTube and Vimeo with QuickTime Tags. In it, I describe project settings, monitoring options and export settings from Resolve to maintain expected color through delivery.
Matching Color: DaVinci Resolve’s Viewer & Mac P3 Displays and Applications (for macOS High Sierra)
The information in this article has been updated in this latest article about best practices for color shifts in Resolve and later versions of Mac OS: https://www.thepostprocess.com/2020/07/17/color-on-mac-displays-from-davinci-resolve-to-the-internet-with-quicktime-tags/ For an in-depth analysis
The Three Phases of Creative Freelance Work
When starting to do creative freelance work, its a good idea to have an understanding of the different phases in the process. Then you can structure your projects much more efficiently and be able to communicate much more clearly with your clients. Not knowing these steps can lead to burn out,
The Top 3 Technical Editing Mistakes
A Rough Process When you edit video, you can easily make technical editing mistakes. Editors have a rough job: watching through hours of footage, cutting down the footage into useable chunks, working and re-working material, cutting the fat, adding more drama. It's a constant process that
LUTs: How to Use Them Effectively for Color Grading
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