Alpas Films

Color
Grading

The masterclass, the tools, and the grades behind the work. Everything here comes out of real client projects, not theory.

Log → Alpas Real client work

The Course

Color
Masterclass

A complete path from a flat log image to a finished grade, in five lessons and about one hour. No filler: you watch the exact workflow I run on commercial work, from the node tree down to the last texture pass.

SHOP
01Node Structure Breakdownthe full commercial node tree
02Primaries & Fundamentalsbalance, exposure, color management
03Film Stock & Printdensity and the print look
04Maskingwindows, keys, tracking
05Final Touchestexture and grain
5 lessons1 hour total

The Reviews

In Their Words

Every review here comes from a filmmaker who bought the LUTs, the DCTLs or the masterclass and put them on real work.

Oct 2026

Amazing amount of information and well explained in the total hour of viewing. I’m normally quite apprehensive to purchase courses but I genuinely couldn’t recommend it highly enough. On top of this, the many questions I’ve had got a rapid email back with instructions and polite conversation. 10/10

SR

Seamus R.

Masterclass
Sep 2026

Watched it in one evening, then went back through it with Resolve open. Having the actual PowerGrade to poke around in made a big difference for me.

SL

Sophie L.

Masterclass
Aug 2026

Originally bought it for the film looks, but got more out of the walkthrough than I expected. I like that he gets straight into it. Easy to follow without dragging things out.

DB

Daniel B.

Masterclass
Aug 2026

I’ve ended up using these more than I thought I would. They fit nicely into the way I already grade, so I didn’t have to rethink my whole setup.

CB

Chris B.

DCTLs

The Film LUTs

Six Looks. Every Kind of Light.

Six finished looks, clean daylight to dense night, designed and refined on real productions. Pick a look below and drag the frame to compare it against the ungraded Rec 709.

REC 709 ALPAS 01 — MIDI placeholder frame — swap in your still

Six looks in Rec 709 and DaVinci Wide Gamut versions, twelve files in all. Works in Resolve, Premiere and Final Cut, including free Resolve.

Get the LUTs

Alpas Tools

The DCTLs

Five tools for DaVinci Resolve Studio. One system: a density engine that shapes the image, and four diagnostics that show you what it is actually doing. Drag any frame to compare off and on.

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Frame with Alpas Density on
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Alpas Density

Seven hue targeted vectors: red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta and global. Each slider deepens its color the way print film does, darker and richer, with neutrals and skin protected.

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Skin Check

Analyzes skin in the frame and shows you exactly where it sits. Set the tolerance, turn the overlay on, and protect skin with certainty instead of squinting at a vectorscope.

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Contrast Zones

Your tonal balance laid out in flat luma bands. Set how many zones you want, switch the mode, and the clip warning flags anything crushing or blowing out. Contrast you can see instead of guess.

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Heat Map

A false color diagnostic showing where exposure lands across the frame, with a legend on screen so you are reading values instead of interpreting colors. Grade with your eyes open.

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Sat Map

A saturation readout of the whole image, with two thresholds: one for color running hot, one for color draining out. The fastest way to keep saturation even across a whole spot.

06 Coming Soon

The Sixth Tool

In final testing now. It ships free to everyone who owns the bundle, no repurchase and no upgrade fee.

Everything Together

Learn It, Then Own the Tools

The masterclass includes the PowerGrade, all the DCTLs, and the complete film stock and print LUT system it runs on, which is not sold separately anywhere. One purchase, the whole system.

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