Color Grading 101 - Everything You Need to Know

Written by Benjamin Lambinet

#FilmRiot #ColorGrading
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[VariTimo]

Funny, that shot from Blade Runner in the thumbnail was done in camera with lighting and filters. Sure there was some enhancement in the grade but the Orginal image in camera was actually so orange that they found some sort of artefact in the dark shadows and called Arri how also didn't know about this. This was a case where Deakins actually pushed the Alexa to places its never been before.



Also for anybody interested in what color grading was like before computers, look up: Color Timing with Printer Lights.
It's a really simple and intuitive process and there's a printer point feature in DaVinci Resolve that you can also control thro the touch bar on MacBooks. It's crazy to me how many different looks can be created from such a simple tool. Nolan, PTA, and Tarantino all exclusively color time with printer lights, the first two actually photochemically and not in a digital intermediate.

[fujicinema]

I love color grading! Sometimes I feel beginners may overlook this, but for me, I've been grading footage since my first short film. I don't know why exactly, but it was important for me to grade to set the right mood. Even back then I shot in log😂 this is a great video! I hope new film makers learn a lot from it!

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That was amazing. This helped me a lot to understand what the whole process looks like! A very well not-confusing overview! Arigato Film Riot, as always! :)

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[Playerdue]

Great video! Another use of LUTs in post-production is having a preview of the final look of a shot while working in the VFX stage.
Compositing software like Nuke have a built-in quick preview using an imported LUT, so the artist can see how the shot will look in the final edit, without changing the original scan.

[Andrew_Price]

I'd love to hear more about the color correction process. I always find my fingers twisting during that phase, when two cameras simply won't look the same. And I'm not always sure what to pull and what histogram to look at.

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[LawrenceKaneshiro]

This is the best explanation of color space, LUTS, and or RAW I have seen so far. Color 101, I learned a lot from this even though I have been doing video for awhile now. There is still a lot more to learn. Great job!