I just subscribed to Lowepost for learning professional workflow. I expected to be able to watch a lot of videos of professional workflow but apparently there are only 10 to 15 videos and all of them are so old.
Am I checking the wrong place? Or Lowepost just stopped updating?
I honestly tried to quit color grading but I feel I remember why I started color grading.
I’m a beginner but when I started it last year, I realized how powerful color is in shaping emotions, and I found joy in being able to control it.
I’d like to hear why you started color grading and what do you enjoy about color grading.
Now I’m reading Color collection handbook by Alexis Van Hurkman and the main control of the images are Lift, Gamma, Gain and Offset.
Cullen Kelly said using those tools are not good because we have to compensate multiple times, it takes a lot of time.
Are there any professionals who mainly use these tools in their workflow?
As far as I know, in DaVinci Resolve, people typically use Global for exposure and linear gain for white balance, and rely on DCTL for most of the rest.
Right now, I’m trying different methods and tools to build a consistent workflow, so I’d love to know how professionals approach this.
I’m 25 years old, Japanese.
No skills, jobless and I don’t know what I like.
2 years ago I did paper work in school but didn’t suit me and also had depression so I quit.
I can’t work at the office. I’m too sensitive and if someone in the office gets scolded, I feel really bad and eventually getting depression.
During the COVID, I almost did the worst decision because of depression.
Right now luckily I live with my parent’s house so I don’t need to worry about places and food.
But I know I have to do jobs and feel so much pressure everyday. I’m feeling I’m totally fucked up. People say I’m young and it’s true but that’s why it’s bad. I have to build my career by now.
I have been learning color grading for a year. I learned about color grading and spent a lot of time everyday.
But one of my acquaintances, the videographer who never learned color grading so far just started learning it last week and he did way better grading than me. He originally asked me to grade a MV. But he didn’t like it at all and ended up doing it by himself. He asked me to lend Dehancer and I did. He wanted clean natural look. I tried my best but I couldn’t do it.
At that time, I just felt all hard working so far is just useless. Like I realized there’s people who can create way way better look than me less than a week. Now I just don’t know what I’m doing it and what should I do, I don’t even know what I like. I was trying to become a colorist but I’m jobless now and I’m just stuck.
I think I’m just fucked up. My mom’s condition is also getting worse and now everything is fucked up. I’m 25, jobless, no skills.