I need to learn Resolve comprehensively in three days.

[steven moreno]

How did any of us get good at anything?
By doing stuff we knew how to do?

Well said, sir.

[Marc Wielage]

Most doctors just ask questions and then go look up your condition in a book. Now comparing it to a surgeon would be different.

The trick is having the skill and experience to know which diseases to eliminate from the list of symptoms.

I once joked with my doctor while he was operating on my hand for a nerve-damage problem. It took him about 5 minutes total (including giving me a shot to numb the area). I laughed and said, "wow, that's a great deal for you -- 5 minutes, $5000. I'm in the wrong line of work!" He grinned and said, "I get paid this much because I know where not to cut." Good point.

A great colorist can save you money in post because they can get directly to where you need to go in terms of color. They can also suggest different looks and solutions for photographic problems you might not have thought of.

I have been grading for six years... Resolve looks easy. I am sure I can learn it in three days, I just need a tutorial to get me up to speed. Now I have two options. Thanks to those who suggested them. Why would I hire a pro when I am working for free and am better at grading than most pros (my past few jobs have been in post--should I hire myself)?

I think it took me more than six years just to figure out what I didn't know, and how to relate to cinematographers and the lighting and exposure problems they needed to solve. And then I had to learn eight different color correction systems, spread out over three decades. All of them are different enough that they require a different philosophy, a different approach, and different features to consider. Knowing how to drive a truck will not necessarily help you pilot a plane or drive a Ferrari.

I have no problem that you're trying to learn Resolve, and you're working on a free project. I objected only to your language, which to me, kind of diminishes the work and skill of colorists. If you had said, "hey, I need to learn just enough to get by and do some minimal color-correction on a freebie project," that's much different than saying "I need to learn this at a professional level in my spare time in three days." The basics you can learn in 3 days, provided you have the background to deal with the rest. Really learning color correction takes a lot longer.

Warren Eagles is definitely a top, experienced guy who can teach you whatever you need to know about Resolve:

http://icolorist.com/

[Kevin Burroughs]

This helped me with a bunch of conforming issues I had last week.

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/277/5435