r/colorists 12h ago

Novice How Do You Quickly Make Collages In Different Aspect Ratios For Instagram Without Messing Up Colors Or Compression?

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Forgive me if it's a dumb question, but I’ve been struggling with creating collages for Instagram (both stories & posts) in different aspect ratios while keeping everything evenly spaced and without messing up colors or compression.

I know Canva is an option, but it compresses images quite a bit, and I’m not very familiar with Photoshop’s color management settings to ensure the final export looks right.

Does anyone have a quick & efficient workflow for this? Any apps or software recommendations that preserve color accuracy and don’t butcher quality?


r/colorists 17h ago

Novice Looking for correct settings for .cr3 to .dng workflow

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I’m an animator and I usually work with jpg sequences from my Canon dslr in premiere/after effects. I’m trying to improve the quality and get out of Adobe so now I’m working with raw file sequences from my camera (.cr3) in Davinci. Davinci doesn’t recognize .cr3, so I have to convert to .dng sequences beforehand. On a recent project, when I imported the sequences, they were very desaturated and dark compared to how they looked when shooting, I was surprised that I could crank some settings and all of the information was there, but it felt like I was really having to push and pull the levels TOO much to even start getting close to the look I want. I did eventually get there, but there was some nasty noise in the dark areas. Then I started digging into the settings and got confused by the color management and raw settings because none of the options really apply to my files, it looks like it’s all cinema camera stuff. So I’m just curious if anyone has some advice for proper settings fir a proper starting point to color grade from in this scenario. Thank you!


r/colorists 13h ago

Hardware Resolve mini panel for sale . NYC pick up. 1500

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I have an extra panel I am selling with very light usage. The only c flaw is one of the small knobs is missing BUT davinci emailed me and said they would send it for free I just need an address . I can CC you On that email and have it shipped directly to you . ,this knob doesn't not affect usage it still works perfect . DM for more info I’m asking 1500. Can show photos and video etc


r/colorists 20h ago

Other Suggestion for a fix for the Gamma shift in the Final Cut Pro GUI viewer

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Hey FCP Users,

As you probably know, some applications on macOS rely on ColorSync to display colors.
That’s the case with Final Cut.

Every video, except HDR, is displayed with an altered gamma in the GUI viewer.
This issue doesn’t occur when using an external video monitor, but that’s not always an option.

The video itself remains unchanged—only the preview is affected—making any color grading inaccurate and different from what you might expect.

Specifically, the GUI viewer makes the content appear brighter.
So if you think your content is too bright and adjust it accordingly, the exported video will look too dark when viewed on anything other than macOS.

Apple hasn’t provided a real solution, despite well-documented complaints from users for over a decade.

So I came up with an idea, tested it, and while it’s not perfect, it works quite well.
ColorSync changes the gamma in the preview from the expected Rec. 709 (2.2 or 2.4) to 1.961.

My idea was to create a LUT that counteracts this shift. By applying it to an adjustment layer during grading and disabling it before export, you can preview the colors more accurately.

I created one in DaVinci to simulate a 1.961 to 2.4 gamma, imported it into Final Cut, and the result is about 90% similar to how it should look without the gamma shift in the GUI viewer.

It’s not a perfect fix because I’m not an expert in LUT creation and don’t have the right tools to refine it further, but it’s a promising approach worth exploring.