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mastering The Artistry of Color Correction
& Blackmagic's Resolve

mastering The Artistry of Color Correction
and Blackmagic's Resolve

Developing Your Voice Through Color

Access 24+ hours of intensive lectures designed and led by senior colorist Natasha Leonnet.

Connect with a vibrant community of students and aspiring colorists, participate in monthly group calls, and access curated resources through our platform.

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Deep Dive

Master color correction with 24+ hours of immersive, expert-led training by Ms Leonnet.

Group Calls

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Learning Essentials

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Meet Your Instructors

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Natasha Leonnet

Senior Colorist Natasha Leonnet has over twenty years of experience and has worked with many of the industry’s most acclaimed filmmakers. She won the HPA Outstanding Color Grading Award for both Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and has received ten other nominations for her contributions to Billie Eilish: Happier than Ever, Candyman (2021), Mulan (2020), First Man, Hidden Figures, Whiplash, Labor Day, Love & Other Drugs, Get Low, and Defiance. Most recently, she worked on K-Pop Demon Hunters, Rental Family, The Chronology of Water, and seasons 1 & 2 of Platonic. 

She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

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Natalie Kingston, ASC

Natalie Kingston is an award-winning director of photography whose recent work on the triple Golden Globe-nominated and four-time Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ crime drama, Black Bird, earned her an Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. 

Outside of film, Kingston also lenses music videos. In 2021 she shot “Break” for Julia Stone ft. St. Vincent, which premiered at SXSW the same year. Similarly, she collaborated with Billie Eilish on the “You Should See Me In A Crown” live performance and a music video for “Bitches Broken Hearts.”

Credits & Highlights

Movie poster for "La La Land" showing a dancing couple on a hill with city lights in the background, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Release date: December 25.
Poster of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" shows a Spider-Man figure in mid-air over a city skyline, with a release date of December 14.
Movie poster for "Where the Crawdads Sing" featuring a woman's face with hair blowing in the wind. A boat with people on water is shown above. Text includes release details and production credits.
Movie poster for "First Man" featuring a close-up of a man's face in a space helmet, numbers and spacecraft reflections overlaying, with text detailing the movie title, cast, and production credits.
Poster for the film "Candyman" shows a person in a dark coat holding a hook. Text reads: "Say It," "A film by Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele," and "In theaters August 27.
A woman with tied-up hair and tattoos faces sideways in a dimly lit scene. Text includes names of cast, director, screenplay, and the movie title "Back to Black." In theaters May 17.
Poster of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" featuring various Spider-Man characters in dynamic poses, with a vibrant, colorful background.
Movie poster for "Whiplash" featuring two men, one playing the drums intensely and the other observing closely. The poster highlights film festival awards and stars J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller.
Illustrated poster for "Sin City" featuring a man in a suit holding a gun, standing in the rain. The dramatic color grading course captures the noir essence. Text reads: "HELL OF A WAY TO END A PARTNERSHIP" and "BRUCE WILLIS as HARTIGAN.
A woman in a blue dress gazes at a man in a torn suit holding a large crocodile. The text above reads "You're Cordially Invited" and promotes a new movie, whose stunning visuals rival the best color grading course, releasing January 30 on Prime.
Poster for "K-Pop Demon Hunters" shows three animated characters in dynamic poses with weapons, standing before a large, colorfully lit billboard—like a scene straight out of a color grading course. Netflix release June 20.
Close-up of two people facing each other closely, with the text "Nobody Wants This" and "Netflix" below. Release date is September 26.
Poster for the film "Hidden Figures," featuring three women standing confidently in front of a rocket launch under an archway. Text reads "Meet the women you don't know behind the mission you do.
Two men in a tense conversation sit close together in a dimly lit setting. One has a mustache and looks serious; the other appears pensive. Text reads "Black Bird," with the Apple TV+ logo above.
Two people wearing sunglasses grasp hands in front of a sunset background, showcasing vibrant tones perfect for a color grading course, with the text: "Apple TV+, Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Platonic.
Five people sit side by side on a bench inside a subway train, highlighted by striking tones reminiscent of a color grading course. The film title “Rental Family” and credits are shown below them.
Poster for the Netflix series "Boots," with cinematic color grading reminiscent of a top color grading course, shows young men in USMC uniforms training. Tagline: "Growing up has its obstacles." Premieres October 9.
Promotional poster for Disney's "Mulan" showing a woman in a red outfit wielding a sword against a backdrop of mountains, with the movie's title and release date at the bottom.
Movie poster for "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," showcasing a diverse cast inside a vividly color-graded yellow submarine. Text includes film title and credits.
Cover of "Happier Than Ever" by Billie Eilish features a person with blond hair in a white sweater, looking reflective. The image's exquisite color grading course accentuates its mood. Text includes the artist's name and song title.
Movie poster for "La La Land" showing a dancing couple on a hill with city lights in the background, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Release date: December 25.
Poster for "K-Pop Demon Hunters" shows three animated characters in dynamic poses with weapons, standing before a large, colorfully lit billboard—like a scene straight out of a color grading course. Netflix release June 20.
Poster of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" shows a Spider-Man figure in mid-air over a city skyline, with a release date of December 14.
Close-up of two people facing each other closely, with the text "Nobody Wants This" and "Netflix" below. Release date is September 26.
Movie poster for "Where the Crawdads Sing" featuring a woman's face with hair blowing in the wind. A boat with people on water is shown above. Text includes release details and production credits.
Poster for the film "Hidden Figures," featuring three women standing confidently in front of a rocket launch under an archway. Text reads "Meet the women you don't know behind the mission you do.
Illustrated poster for "Sin City" featuring a man in a suit holding a gun, standing in the rain. The dramatic color grading course captures the noir essence. Text reads: "HELL OF A WAY TO END A PARTNERSHIP" and "BRUCE WILLIS as HARTIGAN.
Movie poster for "First Man" featuring a close-up of a man's face in a space helmet, numbers and spacecraft reflections overlaying, with text detailing the movie title, cast, and production credits.
A woman with tied-up hair and tattoos faces sideways in a dimly lit scene. Text includes names of cast, director, screenplay, and the movie title "Back to Black." In theaters May 17.
Two people wearing sunglasses grasp hands in front of a sunset background, showcasing vibrant tones perfect for a color grading course, with the text: "Apple TV+, Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Platonic.
Collage poster for the Netflix series "Boots" showing young men in USMC shirts undergoing military training, climbing ropes, and standing together. Enhanced with techniques from a color grading course. Release date: October 9.
Five people sit side by side on a bench inside a subway train, highlighted by striking tones reminiscent of a color grading course. The film title “Rental Family” and credits are shown below them.
Poster of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" featuring various Spider-Man characters in dynamic poses, with a vibrant, colorful background.
Two men in a tense conversation sit close together in a dimly lit setting. One has a mustache and looks serious; the other appears pensive. Text reads "Black Bird," with the Apple TV+ logo above.
Movie poster for "Whiplash" featuring two men, one playing the drums intensely and the other observing closely. The poster highlights film festival awards and stars J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller.
Promotional poster for Disney's "Mulan" showing a woman in a red outfit wielding a sword against a backdrop of mountains, with the movie's title and release date at the bottom.
A woman in a blue dress gazes at a man in a torn suit holding a large crocodile. The text above reads "You're Cordially Invited" and promotes a new movie, whose stunning visuals rival the best color grading course, releasing January 30 on Prime.
Movie poster for "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," showcasing a diverse cast inside a vividly color-graded yellow submarine. Text includes film title and credits.
Poster for the film "Candyman" shows a person in a dark coat holding a hook. Text reads: "Say It," "A film by Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele," and "In theaters August 27.
Cover of "Happier Than Ever" by Billie Eilish features a person with blond hair in a white sweater, looking reflective. The image's exquisite color grading course accentuates its mood. Text includes the artist's name and song title.

Course Overview

Mastering the Artistry of Color Correction

Course Material
1 Hours
Video Lessons
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Modules
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Of Course Material
1 Hours
Video Lessons
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Modules
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Build a Solid Foundation with your Primary Color Correction

Learn to use printer lights and linear primaries to build a beautiful basis for every grade which ensures consistency and balance across all shots.

Navigate DaVinci Resolve’s End-to-End Workflow

Build a solid workflow to set up databases, manage media, and configure your color management for seamless, professional-grade project workflows.

Craft beautiful Lighting with Precision

Enhance depth and atmosphere with windows and the Key Mixer to mimic on-set lighting and elevate your visual storytelling.

Grade with Precision Using Industry Standard Scopes

Confidently analyze and refine your grades using the Parade, Waveform, Vectorscope, and Histogram for a flawless color consistency.

Build Advanced, Non-Destructive Node trees

Master complex grading workflows with the use of serial, parallel, layer, and key mixer with complete creative control.

Prepare Platform-Ready Deliverables

Gain a clear understanding of rendering workflows and QC processes for deliveries across theatrical, streaming, and broadcast formats.

course Highlights

Highlights from the
Core Training

A person in a white spacesuit stands on a road, surrounded by trees and rocky hills in the background. A person in a white spacesuit stands on a road, with a rocky, barren landscape and sparse trees in the background.
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A young woman with earbuds looks out of a car window at night. City lights and streetlights are visible outside. A woman with earphones looks out the window of a moving car at night, with blurred city lights in the background.
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Module 12: Digital Lighting

  • Digital Lighting with Custom Windows: Create and manipulate linear, circular, polygon, curve, gradient, inside and outside windows that shape light and create shadows, mimicking on-set lighting.
  • Blend Lighting Adjustments Seamlessly: Create invisible corrections by fine tuning window placement and edge softness, ensuring smooth transitions.
  • Adapt Your Light to Varied Cinematographic Styles: Adjust window softness and contrast dynamically to match the cinematographer’s original lighting design without disrupting the inherent visual language. 
  • Create Targeted Lighting Effects with Layered Nodes: Combine windows with hierarchical grading to build complex lighting effects and control how each shape interacts with others for precise, scene-specific adjustments. 

Module 12: Digital Lighting with Natasha Leonnet

A person in a white spacesuit stands on a road, surrounded by trees and rocky hills in the background. A person in a white spacesuit stands on a road, with a rocky, barren landscape and sparse trees in the background.
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After
A young woman with earbuds looks out of a car window at night. City lights and streetlights are visible outside. A woman with earphones looks out the window of a moving car at night, with blurred city lights in the background.
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  • Master Digital Lighting with Custom Window Shapes: Learn to create and manipulate linear, circular, polygon, curve, gradient, inside and outside windows to shape light and create shadows, mimicking on set lighting techniques in DaVinci Resolve. 

  • Blend Lighting Adjustments Seamlessly: Create invisible corrections by fine tuning window placement and edge softness, ensuring smooth transitions, in high resolution theatrical or streaming formats. 

  • Adapt Your Light to Varied Cinematographic Styles: Adjust window softness and contrast dynamically to match the cinematographer’s original lighting design and enhance dramatic or naturalistic scenes without disrupting the inherent visual language. 

  • Create Targeted Lighting Effects with Layered Nodes: Combine windows with layer mixers and hierarchical grading to build complex lighting effects, controlling how each shape interacts with others for precise, scene-specific adjustments. 

Module 16: Creating Your Own Lighting Package

Close-up of a person's eyes with light-colored irises, slightly red around the edges. Close-up of a person's eyes with intense gaze, highlighting blue irises and long eyelashes.
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A person stands on stage, silhouetted by a spotlight, with their arms raised.
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  • Simulate Realistic On-Set Lighting with the Key Mixer: Learn how to replicate complex lighting setups by blending multiple window shapes (linear, circular, polygonal, and gradient) using the Key Mixer which can enable you to create dynamic and natural lighting effects that align with the cinematographer’s creative intent.

  • Master Parallel vs. Serial Node Configurations for Lighting Effects: Using Natasha’s favorite node tree, understand the critical differences between parallel and serial node structures and how each impacts the intensity, layering, and blending of your color and contrast corrections. 

  • Build Hierarchical Lighting Rigs with Layer Mixers: Design sophisticated lighting effects by combining windows and nodes in both layer and key mixers, allowing for precise control over how corrections stack and interact, resulting in more natural and cinematic images. 

Module 18: Reframing the Image with Sizing

A woman in a white dress appears to float among swirling white sheets in a soft-lit, dreamlike setting. A person in a white dress appears to float above a bed, surrounded by flowing sheets, in a dimly lit room.
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After
Aerial view of an intricate multi-layered highway interchange with several lanes and vehicles visible, showcasing complex urban infrastructure. Aerial view of a complex highway interchange at night, with multiple overlapping roads and a few vehicles visible.
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  • Master Sizing Tools for Reframing: Understand how to effectively use Input, Edit, Node and Output Sizing in DaVinci Resolve to adjust framing while preserving quality of the image across different resolutions and formats. 

  • Create Beauty with the Key Lock Function: Eliminate visual imperfections with this colorists’ secret weapon.

  • Use Reframing to Enhance Visual Storytelling: Employ precise scaling, panning, and tilting to subtly shift focus and highlight key elements to help strengthen the visual narrative.

Module 16: Creating Your Own Lighting Package

  • Mimic On-Set Lighting with the Key Mixer: Learn how to replicate complex lighting setups by blending multiple window shapes (linear, circular, polygonal, and gradient) using the Key Mixer. Create dynamic and natural lighting effects that align with the cinematographer’s creative intent. 
  • Master Parallel vs. Serial Node Configurations for Lighting Effects: Learn Natasha’s favorite node tree, understand the critical differences between parallel and serial node structures and how each impacts the intensity, layering, and blending of your color and contrast corrections. 
  • Build Hierarchical Lighting Rigs with Layer Mixers: Design sophisticated lighting effects by combining windows and nodes in both layer and key mixers which allow for precise control over how corrections stack and interact, resulting in more natural and cinematic images. 
Close-up of a person's eyes with light-colored irises, slightly red around the edges. Close-up of a person's eyes with intense gaze, highlighting blue irises and long eyelashes.
Before
After
A person stands on stage, silhouetted by a spotlight, with their arms raised.
Before
After
A woman in a white dress appears to float among swirling white sheets in a soft-lit, dreamlike setting. A person in a white dress appears to float above a bed, surrounded by flowing sheets, in a dimly lit room.
Before
After
Aerial view of an intricate multi-layered highway interchange with several lanes and vehicles visible, showcasing complex urban infrastructure. Aerial view of a complex highway interchange at night, with multiple overlapping roads and a few vehicles visible.
Before
After

Module 18: Reframing the Image with Sizing

  • Master Sizing Tools for Reframing: Understand how to effectively use Input, Edit, Node and Output Sizing in DaVinci Resolve to adjust framing while preserving the quality of the image across different resolutions and formats. 
  • Create Beauty with the Key Lock Function: Eliminate visual imperfections with this secret weapon.
  • Use Reframing to Enhance Visual Storytelling: Employ precise scaling, panning, and tilting to subtly shift focus and highlight key elements to help strengthen the visual narrative.

A few more hidden gems of knowledge

Created as a true companion to the training, this book exists only in physical form. It is your tactile, high-end reference for mastering the most technical and artistic aspects of color correction.

A book titled "A Few More Hidden Gems of Knowledge" with Natasha Leonnet, featuring a minimalist cover design with intersecting lines on a light background—perfect for anyone curious about color grading courses and creative learning.
Table of contents page listing introduction, five chapters, and conclusion with corresponding page numbers for a color grading course, set on a gray background with yellow and white text.
A numeric keypad is shown with colored stickers applied to the keys, each color representing a specific printer lights control function—ideal for anyone taking a color grading course. Instructions are displayed above the image.
A diagram of a parallel node configuration in color grading software, accompanied by explanatory text about serial and parallel nodes, their effect on image adjustments, and tips from a professional color grading course.
A page from a color grading course manual explains the Layer Mixer in Resolve, featuring a diagram with labeled nodes and annotated text about bottom connection priority.
Screenshot of a node-based editor showing a Key Mixer node selected, with its input link gain settings displayed in a panel below—perfect for illustrating concepts in a color grading course.
A page from a book discussing Natalie Kalmus's philosophy of color, with bullet points outlining her principles, an image of "Color Consciousness," and insights perfect for anyone interested in a color grading course.
A blurry figure stands near a window, transitioning from a sepia-toned scene to color; text below explores Technicolor in "The Wizard of Oz" and highlights insights from a color grading course.

The Course Breakdown

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  • Downloadable Exercise Files
  • Group Calls
  • Certificate of Completion
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  • Certificate of Completion
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STUDENT DISCOUNT - 4 MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS
$ 375/month
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  • 24+ Hours of Comprehensive Classes
  • Access to Our Private Community
  • The Physical Study Book
  • Downloadable Exercise Files
  • Group Calls
  • Certificate of Completion
  • Email and Community Support for Your Questions
  • No Previous Knowledge Required
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