Contrast and Pivot in 3 Levels of Difficulty | DaVinci Resolve

A detailed breakdown of the contrast and pivot controls inside DaVinci Resolve!

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Table of Contents (Important topics are marked with !):

BEGINNER:
00:00 - Introduction
00:22 - The Contrast and Pivot Controls
00:46 - What is Contrast? (!)
01:40 - Understanding Pivot (!)
02:53 - Setting Pivot by Eye (!)
03:35 - Setting Pivot with Scopes
04:14 - Recap

INTERMEDIATE:
04:51 - Exploring Contrast in Detail
05:44 - Contrast Above 1 (!)
06:59 - Contrast Below 1 (!)
07:35 - Changing Contrast in Project Settings
08:14 - Pros of S-Curves (!)
08:56 - Cons of S-Curves (!)
09:32 - Pros of Linear Contrast (!)
11:05 - Cons of Linear Contrast (!)
11:17 - When to Use Linear vs S-Curves (!)
11:36 - Common Contrast Workflow

ADVANCED:
13:14 - Linear Contrast with Other Controls
13:34 - Gain and Offset (!)
14:50 - Lift and Gain
15:30 - Aggressive S-Curve Problem (!)
17:43 - Tonality Change with Pivot (!)
20:47 - Linear Contrast Tonality (!)
22:11 - Linear Contrast Workflow
22:46 - Outro