Bleach Bypass

[Knut Jansohn]

Hi,

yes, that’s a way. Put in in a layer-node and control (mix) the effect via the key-tab. Tinting the BW could be an intersting thing…

Regards

Knut

[Joseph Owens]

And turn up the sharpness a bit.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Mike Most]

The most common technique used by 2K operators for years is to lower the master RGB gain and increase the Luminance gain. You might also lower the luminance lift a bit to crush the blacks cleanly, but you’ll increase saturation in the blacks by doing that.

[Dave Pickett]

Bleach Bypass seems to be developing into a catch all phrase for a somewhat desaturated and contrasted image.
Skipping the bleach in processing retains the silver in the emulsion. So a medium that is used by shining light through it now has silver particles refracting all over the place. And it looks pretty stunning when done correctly. There are also variants on this such as ENR or ACE which allow a partial bleaching for greater control. I have also worked on a job where the negative was bleach bypass and hurried into the telecine so that if the director did not like it we could send the negative back through the bleach which can only be done shortly after the initial processing.
So when trying to emulate a bleach bypass dont just settle for the plug in or desaturated contrast. Have a look at some great bleach bypass like Saving Private Ryan and use the color grading system to dial your interpretation in.

Dave Pickett
Colorist
Jam Edit – Atlanta
http://www.jamedit.com
http://www.davepickett.com

[Gareth Cook]

Along with Mike Most method add in the combination Chroma Light and Chroma Dark to help achieve the silver look that is part of the bleach bypass look. One other tip this can all be done in 1 node.

Gareth

[Robin Erard]

Hello,

Thank you for all these answers. I will try that.

Gareth, what do you mean by Chroma Light and Chroma Black ? (you mean to use curves SAT VS LUMA ?)

Best

Robin

réalisateur, scénariste, monteur, étalonneur
http://www.robinerard.ch

[Gareth Cook]

Hey Robin if you are on Mac version of resolve Chroma Light and Chroma Dark is in presets in one of the drop down menus at the top of the screen.

[Mike Most]

It’s basically a preset for the Luma keyer that selects either the brightest or darkest areas without having to do a color pick.

[Stig Olsen]

Hi,

What do you mean by lower the master RGB? Do you mean lower both lift, gamma and gain to equal levels (except Y)?
I cant find anyone on web or in the manual using master RGB as a term.

Stig