Colour grading | Ralph Lambert

I grade using DaVinci Resolve in ACES (Academy Color Encoding System). This gives me greater flexibility when working with colour and light, while also ensuring consistency between footage from different cameras or post-production software.

I mainly work in SDR from RAW, Log or Rec.709 sources.

Colour grading examples

RAW Colour grading

① Raw footage

② Primary corrections

③ Secondary corrections (sky)

④ Secondary corrections (plane)

⑤ Secondary corrections (characters)

RAW Colour grading

① Raw footage

② Primary corrections

③ Secondary corrections

④ Subtle vignette

⑤ Final look

Rec.709 8 bits Colour grading

① Source footage (already compressed)

② Primary corrections

③ Subject isolation

④ Subject secondary correction

⑤ Background secondary correction

⑥ Subtle vignette