Gold Mononodes - Reverse Engineering The Grade

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  1. h1ghm1nd

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    REVERSE ENGINEERING THE GRADE

    Reverse Engineering the Grade” is a project where I collect stills from “behind the scenes” and compare those images side by side with scenes from the final movie. My goal is to get as close as possible to the final look, but at the same time I want to keep the node tree minimal and clean.



    THE IDEA BEHIND
    REVERSE ENGINEERING THE GRADE

    I remembered this blog post by Juan Melara from 2015. In the course of a discussion on the topic „movie look recreations“ in this “Lift Gamma Gain thread“, colorist and cinematographer Juan Melara „jumped in“ and recreated the look of “Midnight in Paris” in DaVinci Resolve.

    The result is still one of the best look recreations you can find online. From this point on I got profoundly interested in the method „reverse engineering the grade“, and I started to experiment with it myself resulting in making this website on the topic with some additional points of views.




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    amazing, thank for sharing
     
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    Awesome, Thank you!!!:cool:
     
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    wow,Thank you!!
     
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    thanks, arigato :oops::oops::oops:
     
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    There has been a new update on the course, 9 new videos are out. OP can you please update the post for us? Thanks in advance!
     
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    can we get the updates of mononodes PART 3
    WORKING
    WITH LOG
    55min
    – Balance
    – Balance Skin
    – Consistency
    – Middle Gray
    – Order of operation
    – Recap – A
    – Recap – B
    – Recreating the look of “King Richard”
    – Recreating the look of “Silence”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZfM3IyPywk
     
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    I understand that an update came out and it is free for those who have it, could you see if it is true and share the update
     
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    An update would be great!
     
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    Updated.
     
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    can we get the updates of mononodes
    PART 4


    ADVANCED
    TECHNIQUES


    5 videos / 1h 25min

    – Contrast
    – Understanding Print Film Emulation
    – Shaping Film Emulation
    – Recreating the Look of “Asteroid City”
    – Recreating the Look of “Spencer”
     
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    It's just waste of time, all lessons follow similar techniques.
    1. Instead of doing RGB mixer technicolor technique with hue rotation to keep skin tones on line, you can just get any technicolor strip dctl from internet which has more controls to adjust the effect of it.

    2. Get the mononodes look dctl and technicolor strip is also there, the technique he implemented on the course is there as a tool.
     
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    what about the Contrast ?? is he saying anything new?
     
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    Nope nothing to learn from him or his tools
     
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    It would be amazing if we could have the update, if possible. Thanks in advance
     
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    Update added:
    PART 4 - ADVANCED TECHNIQUES.zip
     
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