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Color Grading Made Simple – Master the Look You Imagine.
This beginner-friendly course walks you step-by-step through DaVinci Resolve’s Color Page so you can finally understand how to balance, enhance, and stylize your footage with confidence.
ONLY $199
Lifetime access to our Color 101 Course + ONLINE STUDENT COMMUNITY ACCESS WITH LIVE WORKSHOPS
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Learn Where:
Real-World Application
No matter your experience, learn color grading techniques to make your videos look visually stunning!
Do your videos look flat or unfinished?
So your videos don't look like the pros...yet! That’s where color grading comes in — and that’s what Color 101 is all about.
This beginner-friendly course walks you step-by-step through DaVinci Resolve’s Color Page so you can finally understand how to balance, enhance, and stylize your footage with confidence.
This Course Is For You...
If you’ve ever thought, “I wish I knew how to make my footage look more professional.”
Perfect For:
✅ Beginners who’ve never touched Resolve’s Color Page before
✅ Editors ready to take control of the look of their videos
✅ Creators who want to make their work look more polished
Color 101 Promise:
This course bridges the gap between watching tutorials and actually grading with confidence.
Learn the tools, techniques, and workflows — balancing shots, using scopes, building nodes, and creating consistent looks.
Practice on a real short-film project with step-by-step guidance, so you leave with skills you can use on any future project.
Meet Your Instructor
Casey Faris has been teaching DaVinci Resolve for over 13 years. He’s worked in broadcast television, color graded short films and advertisements, and has been in the content creation trenches for about as long as Youtube has been a thing.
He got his start compositing in After Effects long long ago. Casey was inspired to share every bit of knowledge he learned in a way that’s inspiring and entertaining.
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Color 101 –
Introduction to Color Grading in DaVinci Resolve
Transform dull footage into stunning visuals — no experience required.
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What You'll Learn
🧭 Introduction
Set up your workspace and learn what color grading is — and why it’s essential.
🎨 Adjusting Images
Fix exposure, contrast, and color using Resolve’s most important tools.
🌈 Color Concepts
Understand how exposure, contrast, and saturation shape every great image.
🎞️ Color Grading Sequences
Grade entire scenes efficiently using groups, shared grades, and shot matching.
🔗 Everything About Nodes
Master serial, parallel, and layer nodes with a clean, fixed node workflow.
⚙️ Practical Color Workflow
Build a fast, consistent grading process for pro results.
🎛️ Detailed Color Tools
Refine your grades using curves, qualifiers, windows, and more.
🎚️ Color Hardware
Speed up your workflow with Blackmagic’s Resolve control panels.
🎬 Color Grade a Documentary!
Apply everything you’ve learned to a real short-film project.
ONLY $199
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Lifetime access to our Color 101 Course + ONLINE STUDENT COMMUNITY ACCESS WITH LIVE WORKSHOPS
Sooo... What's Inside?
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO COLOR WITH CONFIDENCE
Introduction
In this chapter, we'll get set up and ready to get to work. We'll also explore what color grading is as a concept so that we're all on the same page.
Adjusting Images
We will learn the basics and need-to-know stuff about adjusting different aspects of an image. We'll get familiar with the most important tools in the color page.
Color Concepts
We'll jump into the details of exposure, contrast, saturation, and other aspects of an image, and we'll learn the best tools to control each. Foundational wisdom for any color grade.
Color Grading Sequences
Color grading is more than just adjusting a single image. We'll take a look at the best techniques to color grade entire scenes and projects using groups and shared color grades to save time.
Everything About Nodes
We'll explore the details of working with nodes in the color page, as well as the magical workflow of using a fixed node tree.
Practical Color Workflow
We'll take a look at the easiest and most practical workflow for moving quickly in a color grading session and getting the very best images.
Detailed Color Tools
We'll explore Resolve's most powerful tools for getting detailed with your color grades. From isolating certain colors to adjusting separate elements on screen to being selective with your saturation. We'll dive deep into the nearly all of the panels that you need to know to make great images.
Color Hardware
In this chapter, we take a detailed look at Blackmagic's Resolve color control panels and explore how they can speed up the color workflow.
Color Grade a Documentary!
Here, we walk through a color grade of a real-world project for a short documentary video. This puts everything that you've learned to the test and challenges you to match shots, develop creative looks, fix problems, and create a cohesive color grade.
Get our Color 101 course today and score these exclusive bonuses!
BONUS #1 - Casey's Color Grading Notebook
In this bonus presentation, Casey walks through the most important aspects of color in one compact presentation. A perfect review after the course.
BONUS #2 - The 10 Minute Color Grade
What would you do if you were only given 10 minutes to color grade a short film? Casey walks through how he dealt with this exact situation on a recent color grade and explains how he used the same workflow to create a beautiful color grade in less than 10 minutes!
PLUS...
Access to our EXCLUSIVE ONLINE COMMUNITY with LIVE student workshops!
Our online community is where students get real-time support, share wins, troubleshoot together, and stay inspired—you're never creating alone.
Real-time problem solving | Advanced technique demos | Workflow optimization
Here's What Some of Our Customers Have Said About Our Courses...
"Great Course."
Take this course. No matter what type of film/video project you're working on this will be a huge asset in helping you through the process.
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“Clear Explanations.”
Easy to follow and a relaxed mood which helps with concentrating on what is important. Also, the [community] is a really nice place if you have questions or want to share thoughts.
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“Worth Every Penny.”
There is something far more efficient about learning from a well-crafted course versus the hit-and-miss of YouTube grazing.
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Why We Made This Course
From all of us at Ground Control, this Color 101 course is more than just a training—it’s our way of saying:
You’ve got this, and we’ve got you.
Our mission has always been simple: to empower DaVinci Resolve editors to confidently create anything they can imagine. Whether that’s transforming your footage to look more professional, shaping its story through color, or building the confidence to create your best work, we believe you can do it—and we’re here to help you every step of the way. The truth is: you don’t need to be a wizard to create incredible work. You just need the right guidance, a bit of clarity, and a crew that’s got your back.
This course was built with heart, experience, and a whole lot of respect for the creative process. No matter where you're starting from, we've built this so anyone can do it—you'll feel supported, encouraged, and ready to bring your wildest ideas to life.
We believe in you. Let’s do this—together.
— Casey & The Ground Control Crew
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If for ANY REASON you don't think this is the best Intro to Color course EVER, we'll give you your money back within 30 days of purchase! That means there's NO RISK! Just a golden opportunity to take your videos to the next level!
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HERE'S A REMINDER OF EVERYTHING YOU GET IN THE COURSE:
🔥 Introduction – Get set up and learn what color grading is all about.
🔥 Adjusting Images – Fix exposure, contrast, and color with Resolve’s core tools.
🔥 Color Concepts – Master the key principles that shape every great image.
🔥 Color Grading Sequences – Grade entire scenes fast with groups and shared grades.
🔥 Everything About Nodes – Build and organize nodes with a fixed-node workflow.
🔥 Practical Color Workflow – Create a fast, consistent process for amazing results.
🔥 Detailed Color Tools – Refine your look using curves, qualifiers, and windows.
🔥 Color Hardware – Speed up your work with Resolve’s control panels.
🔥 Color Grade a Documentary! – Apply everything in a real short-film project.
💥 BONUS: Casey’s Color Grading Notebook – A compact review of the most important color concepts.
💥 BONUS: The 10-Minute Color Grade – Watch Casey grade a short film in record time using his proven workflow.
💥 PLUS: Access to our EXCLUSIVE ONLINE COMMUNITY with Live Workshops