

To start off with this Resolve 15 workflow, select the LUT you wish to use for your particular shot. While there are various tutorials online that cover proper skin tone color retention, you should definitely check out this video tutorial by seasoned colorist Casey Faris as he explains a few basic, yet quite effective techniques to enhance skin tones in Resolve 15. As you start implementing your own coloring style and experiment with different tweaks, it’s quite possible to affect skin tones in a way so that they may lose definition and color accuracy in the process. Whether you’re trying to achieve the exaggerated blue/orange aesthetic of Sam Kolder or the popping hues of Wes Anderson flicks, it’s important to pay close attention to how your skin tones’ tint is altered by the applied grade. More often than not, it’s very easy for novice colorists to get carried away with their color grading.
