Contrast and Pivot in 3 Levels of Difficulty | DaVinci Resolve

A detailed breakdown of the contrast and pivot controls inside DaVinci Resolve! If you're feeling generous and would like to buy me a coffee, you can visit my Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/averypeck Thank you so much! :) To stay up to date on new tutorials and personal projects, follow me on Instagram:   / averypeckofficial   Also, a big thanks to my friend Charissa for modeling:   / theonlycharissa   A great place to find music for your videos: https://bit.ly/3bl9XU2 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