![]() The work of color grading exists in two very different realms now. So now the “free DaVinci” was actually a free version of DaVinci Resolve. To drive the point home, Blackmagic released a free version called Resolve Lite. This was a color grading environment you couldn’t touch for less than a hundred thousand dollars the year before. In 2010, worlds collided when Blackmagic Design acquired DaVinci (the industry leader in high-end color grading) and released the latest version of Resolve (their flagship application) for the shockingly low price of US $995. There was no need to move out of the NLE to a dedicated grading application, it was possible to finish right there inside of Final Cut. Simultaneously, NLE based color correction plug-ins (like Red Giant Colorista and Magic Bullet Looks) were getting more powerful, allowing sophisticated color correction and grading right in the timeline. However, for the dedicated, the free copy of Color allowed for a shot at developing professional color grading skills. Many editors opened up Color, took one look around and then went straight back to the timeline. It turns out that what was going on in those expensive DI suites was more than just tweaking colors, there was a real color science happening. Suddenly, editors everywhere were given the power of a complex, robust color grading application in all its arcane and indecipherable beauty. The joke at the time was that you got a “free DaVinci” in every box of Final Cut. ![]() Then Apple, Inc bought Final Touch, renamed it Color and gave it away for free with every copy of the Final Cut Suite. The idea of a proper “color grade” was really just a pipe dream. Most producers instead relied on their editors to do a basic “color correction” to the clips sitting in the NLE timeline using the small, limited set of filters at their disposal. ![]() This final “finishing” step in post-production was a luxury that many producers simply could not afford. ![]() There was a time, not long ago, that getting a complex, subtle look for your video meant spending thousands of dollars a day in a DI suite. Image from Blackmagic Design Color Grading: In the Beginning Professional color grading tools are within reach – either as free downloads or built into the video editing app you already use! ![]()
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