The Five Star Formula: A Color Grading Masterclass
WITH THE PROPER TRAINING...
TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF COLOR GRADING AND START CREATING FOOTAGE THAT BOOKS CLIENTS
Unlock the power of professional color grading.  This masterclass teaches you how to take flat footage and turn it into clean, cinematic visuals with confidence, using the same tools and techniques I use every day.
INTRODUCING
THE FIVE-STAR FORMULA
The ultimate course for creators who want to master cinematic color grading in DaVinci Resolve.
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If you want to stand out in today’s content-heavy world, your visuals can’t just be “good” — they have to be clean, consistent, and cinematic
INCLUDED WITH THIS MASTERCLASS:
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My Custom Five Star Node Tree
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Balance skin tones, exposure, and contrast like a true colorist
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Use DaVinci Wide Gamut and properly transform it to Rec.709
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Get hands-on with Dehancer, PowerGrades, and advanced tools like DCTLs
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Create both natural commercial looks and bold creative styles
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Read and apply scopes (waveform, vectorscope) with confidence
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Apply full grades across multiple clips using groups, shared nodes, and ripple node changes
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Access the exclusive Five Star community support
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COURSE LESSONS
Getting Started
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Course Overview, Downloads, and Five Star Community
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Adjust Monitor
Color Science & Workflow
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Color Management Setup — DWG + Rec.709-A
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DWG vs. Rec.709 + LUT Settings
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What Are Nodes?
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Parallel Nodes – Your Secret Weapon for Control
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The Outside Node
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Working Smart in Resolve
Primary Corrections
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ARRI to Sony, Color Space Transform & White Balance Correction
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Balancing Your Image
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Using the Waveform Scope to Balance Footage
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The Contrast Node
Secondary Corrections
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The Beauty Node – Skin Softening the Right Way
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Hue Twist & Hue Bend – Advanced Hue Control with DCTLs (MonoNodes Required)
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Color Shaper – Advanced Saturation and Density Control (MonoNodes Required)
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Bending Hues with Color Vectors + Fine-Tuning with Color Slice
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Using the Vectorscope to Check Color Strength and Skin Tones
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Using Power Windows & IntelliTrack for Precision Grading
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Final Touches – Dehancer → CST to Rec.709 → Sharpening
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Final Nodes – Texture Pop & Dehancer Grain + Halation
Real-World Grading
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Real-Time Color Grading – Outdoor Football Clip
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Real-Time Color Grading – Indoor Football Clip
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Real-Time Color Grading – Editing Female Outside
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Real-Time Color Grading – Editing Female Inside
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Real-Time Color Grading – Editing Multiple Football Clips
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Real-Time Color Grading – Basketball Indoor
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Real-Time Color Grading – Music Video Warehouse
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Real-Time Color Grading – Music Video Blue Tint Look