How to make color boost in Davinci Resolve

This tutorial shows you how to use color boost in DaVinci Resolve to make dull colors richer without over saturating the entire image. Select the clip, then add a new serial node so the color boost remains separate from your main correction. You can right click in the node area and choose add node, add serial. Before adding color, correct the basic exposure and white balance. Color boost works best after the image already looks balanced. Open the primaries palette and make sure the color wheels controls are visible. Below the wheels, find color boost. Its default value is zero. Drag the value slowly to the right. Start with a small amount such as 10 or 15 and watch the image instead of aiming for one exact number. The less saturated colors become stronger while colors that are already vivid are affected more gently. Open the video scopes and choose vectorscope. As you raise color boost, the trace spreads farther away from the center. Stop if skin, bright signs, clothing, or other strong colors begin to look unnatural. To compare the result, disable and enable only the color boost node. If the difference feels too aggressive, lower the value instead of reducing the saturation on another node. Here's the part many tutorials skip. Color boost and saturation are not the same control. Saturation increases the intensity of colors more evenly, while color boost mainly strengthens the weaker colors. This makes color boost useful for flat looking footage, but a negative value can also calm down uneven color without making the entire image gray. For more control, use a power window or qualifier on the same node so color boost affects only the background, clothing, or another selected area. You have now used color boost to add richer color while keeping the grade controlled.