80% Of COLOUR GRADING BASICS In ONLY 20 Minutes

80% of what you need to know to get good Color Grades! All there's left for you to do is dive deeper into each topic and practice till it's second nature!

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Overview:
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - REC.709 // Theory
01:02 - REC.709 // Practice
01:43 - Color Correction
02:24 - Contrast // Practice
03:01 - Exposure // Theory
04:49 - Exposure // Practice
05:48 - Color Balance // Theory
06:45 - Color Balance // Practice
08:24 - Color Grading
08:45 - Look // Theory
10:19 - Look // Practice
11:33 - Curves // Theory
12:26 - Curves // Practical
14:56 - Masking // Theory
15:46 - Masking // Practice
19:56 - Want To Learn More?

[AlexBjorstorp]

Hope this one helps you out getting the basic concepts! If you nail these basics, you're very well on your way to amazing-looking videos!

[linerk]

I've watched countless colour grading tutorials by this point and none of them have come even close to this. You clearly explained what each step actually achieved, and crucially the best order to do them in. Zero unnecessary information to confuse things. Thankyou!

[NPC_averagemale]

99% of color grading tutorials on youtube are demonstrated with perfectly exposed footage, followed by "buy my LUT pack, buy this 2383 LUT, join my masterclass". Nobody knows that the 80% of color grading is exposing a camera properly and lighting.

[ayman_zakaria]

Without exaggeration I consider this the best tutorial for basics of coloring on YouTube, it is simple, understandable and reveals many points that most of tutorial consider unnecessary to mention, Thank you Alex.

[paulz]

Finally, a video that gets straight to the point, without any banter I couldn't care less about. Personally, it was better than so many other videos out there & he's just gained another subscriber without the need for asking.

[balintboris]

As a beginner I found this video very helpful and easily followable, thank you for sharing!

[alvinniza]

This tutorial is beginner-friendly, there's so many things I learn from this video alone. Thank you Alex!

[gabsfairchild]

I literally screamed at the first tip! You explained it SO PERFECTLY. I don't know why I couldn't understand rec .709 for like a whole year. I was so confused but I FINALLY understand. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY SOUL!

[fakesultan]

I’m sure you get this all the time, but thanks so much for making this video. Much appreciated and hope you know how talented you are!

[uidentity]

Absolutely agree with others. Things explained in 20 minutes that I couldn’t get watching help videos for a year. You have a gift for putting these things together and explaining! Keep on!

[primedestination-de]

probably the best colorgrade video ive ever seen on youtube.. keep it up man! insane work<3

[FellipeRodrigues]

This is the most comprehensive yet easy and straight forward tutorial I've ever seen on this subject. Thank you!

[david.k]

This video is the life saver for me. I've tried to understand what was all this color grading - color correction thing is all about, for several years already, I didn't even understand what was the difference between those two.
Best tutorial ever, on the internet for the color basics. Thanks a lot!

[waaahyu]

i think this is the one and only video you need to understand the concept of color grading, thanks man, love it

[DreadMakerRoberts]

Hands down the best video on this topic PERIOD! Thank you!

[igorvuk]

this is the best log-709 and cc/grading tutorial on YT
Period.

[Vlingvling]

Absolute Gold. The best 20 minutes (more like 40 or 60 when all was said and done) spent today! As a noob to this domain not knowing where to start, Davinci's Color bench is daunting. This video breaks essential information down into digestible blocks AND provides a solid workflow frame of reference! You've officially given the foundation to understanding coloring. Thanks!

[fmphotooffice]

4:00 A good place to "touch the bottom of the waveform scale" is, for example where a bare lightbulb is partially obscured by a black lamp shade" that MIGHT BE a line that goes from the lightest part to the darkest part of the shot.

[francisianvlogs]

Oh wow! I really learned a lot from this. I have been trying to lear to color correct/grade for the past weeks and this was both informative and simple as long as you follow the steps carefully. I also like the workflow which I think I will be using moving forward. I tried this in the old videos that I tried to color correct/grade and the results were amazing for me. Thank you so much.

[mywildlifestories]

One of the best video I have see so far Alex. Please add another video tutorial for rest 20 as well and parallel nodes and secondary color grading as well.