Free Color Grading Tools

DaVinci Resolve Lite

“DaVinci Resolve Lite includes all the same high quality processing of the full DaVinci Resolve. However it limits projects to UHD resolutions or less, a single processing GPU and a single RED Rocket card.” 

Some limits:

1) You can only work in 4K or lower resolution
2) Only process on a single GPU and a single Red Rocket Card
3) No Stereo 3D support
4) No noise reduction, power mastering, remote grading and sharing

Red Giant Colorista Free

Colorista is an amazing product from the prolific mad genius of  rebel filmmaker, Stu Maschwitz. When it was released it was, quite simply, the three-way color corrector that Adobe forgot to build in After Effects. It had primary and secondary color grading tools, skin tools, masking tools and it lived right there in the plug-in window.

The app has matured into an amazingly powerful color finishing tool that lives in most NLEs and After Effects as a plug-in, it’s called Colorista II and it’s US$199.

Red Giant released a free version of the app called “Colorista Free” that has just the three way color correction tool and numeric inputs. But when you combine this with the built-in tracking masks in Adobe Premiere CC 2014, you get a really stable, powerful primary and secondary color correction tool for free.

Kinemax 6k

KineMAX is capable of Capturing and Recording 6K RAW without external recorder. KineMAX is honoured as one of three cinema camera models in this planet. 6K RAW is recorded as KineRAW(.krw) codec which is compressed lossless RAW format developed by Kinefinity. For 4K and lower resolution, it can record Uncompressed CinemaDNG; for 3K and lower resolution, it can record Cineform RAW which is easy to be edited and graded in mainstream DI software. 6K RAW capturing and recording leaves very large room for reframing, trimming, and CG, especially for 4K delivery. At same time, it also features capturing and recording 6K, 4K, 3K, 2K, 1080p in both S35mm frame and crop mode: that means KineMAX can cover from 1080p to 6K, every mainstream resolution in one camera. KineMAX may be the most compact and powerful cinema camera for 6K&4K RAW capturing and recording now.

KEY TECHNICAL FEATURES :

16 f-stops 
KineRAW codec 
100fps SLOW-MO 
4K 4:3 Anamorphic 
Super 35mm
KineStation 
Built-in Cineform RAW 
NEW LOCK-TYPE EF/F MOUNT
KineMOUNT Interchangeable Mount 
CinemaDNG  
3G SDI and HD Digital Display  
M4/3 and S16mm  
LIGHT-WEIGHT AND COMPACT 

PRICE $8000.00 

Davinci Resolve 12 Getting New Editing Features – NAB 2015

Blackmagic Design announced Davinci Resolve 12 here at NAB this week. This new version includes 80 new features and significantly expands its video editing capabilities.

The new update will include significant improvements in the user interface, enhanced video editing including multi-cam, new media management tools including metadata filtering and smart bins, brand new professional audio engine with support for VST/AU plugins, 3D keyer, a new 3D perspective tracker, enhanced curve editing, and more.

Resolve 12 is planned for a July release for $995, but current users can upgrade for free.

New Editing Features:

• New Interface
• Metadata filtering
• Multicam Editing
• Improved trimming
• Nesting timelines
• On-screen controls for motion graphics
• Customizable transitions with curves editor
• Real-time audio mixing using recordable fader moves
• VST/AU plugins
• Export to Avid Pro Tools
• Improved media management

Other Features

• Metadata filtering
• Enhanced 3D tracker
• New 3D keyer

Cost

• Full Version: $995 for new users (free upgrade for current users)
• Resolve Lite: Free