Blue Screen grades in Resolve?

I posted this question last week but was not really clear on how best to go about doing this in Resolve. I looked at the V9 manual and still am hoping for some basic explanation on procedure and best practices for this type of grading in Resolve.

I do not actually have to remove the blue screen background - the AE artist will do that and worry about the compositing etc and animation (although I am curious about how to do this regardless), what I need to do is balance out shots and different angles and get some consistency across the board on all of this blue screen footage of actors dancing.

If some people could chime in a point me in the right direction I would really appreciate the help. If there are any tutorials as well or specific pages in the manual about how best to do this type of grade please let me know.

Thank you
Andrew

That is 100% correct...

A slice of color...

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What I did in a similar situation is to:
1. My AfterEffects artist made the keys using the source material.
2. Perform a color grade on the material in Davinci. I did some spill correction and neutralizing of the blue cast overall in here (which helped me to also see how the color was going to look in the end)
3. Had my artist repoint to the new clips in Aftereffects, but he burned in the original keys that I made with the source materials to create the composites.

Worked like a charm.

Sean

Thank you for the responses.

Sean:
So from the AE artist you got footage without the background and with what in its place - like what did it look like. Also, not sure i understand what you gave him if you didn't have to key anything?

Nook:
I will read that part of the manual now, thank you. Just curious, how do you make a black background - can i just do it in fcp with a solid and make it like 2mins long or whatever i need? How best to apply it in Resolve 9 - in the time line or specialty node type operation? Also, when you said "the graded shots for the vfx people to use", exactly what format/way do you render that out?

Thank you for the advise.
Andrew

"how do you make a black background - can i just do it in fcp with a solid and make it like 2mins long or whatever i need? How best to apply it in Resolve 9 - in the time line or specialty node type operation?"

If you have read the said manual already, you would know how to apply that in Resolve. As I mentioned before, however, there's a quick and dirty method where you would just qualify the BG, and HILITE on to see your BG in black. You just need to change the setting in the CONFIG window so that Resolve shows the key as black instead of gray.

If you'd like to follow what Resolve manual says, then yes, you could make the solid black clip to whatever length you want to composite in Resolve. Better make it longer than you need since you can trim it in Resolve.

"Also, when you said "the graded shots for the vfx people to use", exactly what format/way do you render that out?"

That depends on what your vfx guys want per project. Ask them what they want..

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