COL 201 | 2 Day
Advanced Color Grading With Resolve - $1,095
[TWO-DAY INTENSIVE, 10am-6pm]
Take your color grading skills to a professional level with Manhattan Edit Workshop's two-day COL 201: Advanced Color Grading with DaVinci Resolve. Designed for experienced editors, colorists, cinematographers, and finishing artists, this hands-on course explores advanced grading techniques including secondary color correction, power windows, tracking, keying, HDR workflows, look development, image refinement, and professional finishing. Learn the tools and workflows used by professional colorists working in film, television, commercials, documentaries, and streaming productions.
What You'll Learn
In COL 201: Advanced Color Grading with DaVinci Resolve, you'll master professional finishing workflows used by colorists working in film, television, commercials, documentaries, and streaming productions.
Project Preparation & Conforming
Create editorial dailies from RAW camera files
Build an edit-ready look for offline editing
Export XML and AAF files from Adobe Premiere Pro
Successfully conform projects in DaVinci Resolve
Troubleshoot and resolve common conform issues
Compare conforms against offline reference movies
Import and sync production audio (.WAV)
Relink projects from proxy media to original RAW camera files
Understand the advantages of Conform vs. Bake workflows
Professional Color Grading
Primary color correction using Lift, Gamma, Gain, Curves, and Log controls
Advanced secondary color grading techniques
Build cinematic looks for narrative, documentary, and commercial projects
Preview grades across an entire timeline using split-screen and gallery tools
Create, export, and manage custom LUTs and PowerGrades
Advanced Resolve Techniques
Power windows, tracking, and animation
Advanced keying and masking workflows
Working with the new RGB Mixer and RGB Node tools
Using external mattes to isolate complex image areas
Integrating visual effects shots into a color grading workflow
Understanding when colorists should use ResolveFX and third-party plugins
Troubleshoot optical flow, retiming, and audio issues
Professional Delivery
Render high-quality ProRes and DNxHD files for editorial
Export H.264 files optimized for web delivery
Deliver Rec.709 masters for broadcast and streaming
Prepare projects for DCP and theatrical delivery
Learn professional finishing workflows used in modern post-production
Who should take COL 201?
This course is designed for editors, colorists, cinematographers, and post-production professionals who already have experience with DaVinci Resolve or have completed COL 101.
Do I need prior experience?
Yes. Students should already understand the fundamentals of DaVinci Resolve color correction before enrolling.
Do professional Colorists use DaVinci Resolve?
Yes. DaVinci Resolve is the industry-standard platform for professional color grading and finishing, used on feature films, television series, documentaries, commercials, and streaming productions worldwide.
Is this course available online?
Yes. COL 201 is available both live online and in person at Manhattan Edit Workshop.
Each student gets their own workstation.
Click here for a free DaVinci Resolve trial before you take the class.
*BUNDLE COL 101 + COL 201 for 10% OFF