I mean how many people get to play with what are essentially digital crayons all day and get paid to do it?įor those who don’t have hundreds of hours to learn the magic of apps like Resolve, Pablo Rio and Baselight, or even color correction inside of an NLE like Avid Symphony or Adobe Premiere for that matter - you still have the ability to create stunning footage with plug-ins like Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Suite. Hopefully, that doesn’t discourage you on your journey to becoming a color master, because it is an awesome career in my opinion. Don’t fool yourself, one, two or three years doesn’t really even scratch the surface of the dedication you need to dive into the dark art of color correction, and most color correction artists are more than willing to tell you that.

You don’t sit in front of high-end color correction panels while surrounded by thousands of dollars worth of equipment whose reason for being is taking everyday footage and pulling peoples’ minds inside out.Įven with Blackmagic’s free version of DaVinci Resolve out in the wild, color correction is a skill that takes a lot of time to hone. Unfortunately, as an editor you don’t have the opportunity to spend 10 hours a day honing the craft of color correction. A dedicated colorist can make your footage look so good, your response upon seeing it will likely be, “I had no idea it could look like this.”

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