Tools for breathing analogue life into digital footage.
First, if you haven’t already, check out our intro to colour grading…
… and our guide to grading Log footage:
As Salik Waquas explains, “DCTL is akin to a programming language tailored for DaVinci Resolve, enabling users like myself to craft intricate color effects using mathematical operations”, and observes that its most popular use is the Film Density DCTL, which uses colour adjustment to give digital footage a more analogue look and feel.
Broadcast television colorist Darren Mostyn explains the DCTL he uses in his colour grading:
And now a couple of ways different folks use these tools. Inspired by Darren’s video, Frenchie Color Grading demonstrates…
Further Viewing
More from Darren Mostyn, this time on how to use DCTL with third party colour management aka DRT (Divide Rendering Transform) as an alternative to CST (Color Space Transfer):
Another master class (or two) in both the art and the craft of colour grading: