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Masking & Color Grading a Video in Davinci Resolve

  • Davinci Resolve Version: 19.4.1 build 11

The goal: Learn basics of video editing by altering the tone of the clip through visual editing using color grading and image masking.

Color grading is the post-production process of artistically enhancing and altering the color, contrast, and tone of video or still images to create a specific, consistent mood or cinematic aesthetic

Image masking is a post-production technique that isolates, conceals, or reveals specific areas of a video frame by applying a shape (or “mask”) to act like a stencil

  1. Grab a snippet of video you would like to mask off.