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Color grade photos and video.

Curves, hue curves, color wheels, scopes and LUTs, with a look you build once and lay over a whole set.

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Things to make
one sunset field in four looks: as shot, warm film, teal and silver
one sunset field in four looks: as shot, warm film, teal and silver
01

Make a warm film look for a wedding set

Warm light, cool blue shadows and cream highlights, saved as one Look with its own Amount.

  1. Warm and lift a photo with Develop. Put cool blue in the shadows and cream in the highlights with Split toning.
  2. Save the two edits as a Look and lay it on the next photo.
  3. Step inside either copy, change it and pick Update the Look. Every copy follows.
InputImageFile→ImageDevelop→ImageSplitToning→ImageMaskMix→ImageContactSheet
the sunset field before and after the warm film look
the sunset field before and after the warm film look
02

Bring a flat, hazy shot back

Real blacks and real whites out of a gray haze, checked on the scopes as you drag.

  1. Turn on the scopes in the view.
  2. Pull the black point up and the white point down in Levels. Watch the waveform stretch.
  3. Add a gentle S curve for a little more snap.
InputImageFile→ImageLevels→ImageRGBCurves
the hazy lake before and after Levels and Curves, each with its histogram below
the hazy lake before and after Levels and Curves, each with its histogram below
03

Give a city street a cool teal grade

Teal midtones and blue shadows, with a sky that stays clean.

  1. Push the midtones toward teal on the Color balance wheels.
  2. Drag on a dark doorway in Color correct. Only the shadows go blue.
  3. Leave the highlights alone so the sky stays clean.
InputImageFile→ImageColorBalance→ImageColorCorrect
the city street before and after: teal midtones, blue shadows, a clean sky
the city street before and after: teal midtones, blue shadows, a clean sky
04

Shift one color and leave the rest

A lovebird's peach face turned rose red. Its yellow body stays as it was.

  1. Open Hue vs curves.
  2. Drag on the bird's face. The curve bends at that color's own hue.
  3. Nudge it a little. Only that range of color moves.
InputImageFile→ImageHueVsCurves
a lovebird's peach face turned rose red, the yellow body left as it was
a lovebird's peach face turned rose red, the yellow body left as it was
05

Match a set of shots to one hero frame

A cold, misty shot pulled toward a warm sunset shot, then fine-tuned by eye.

  1. Pick Match colors to a frame and choose the hero.
  2. Set it to Overall balance. It moves the color and contrast, not every tone.
  3. Trim what is left on the Color balance wheels.
InputImageFile→ImageHistogramMatch→ImageColorBalance+InputImageFile
a cold misty bear shot pulled toward the warm sunset frame in the corner
a cold misty bear shot pulled toward the warm sunset frame in the corner
06

Bring in a LUT from your grading app

A .cube look on a photo at the strength you pick, updated each time you export it again.

  1. Export a .cube file from your grading app.
  2. Load it on the photo and set the strength.
  3. To go the other way, select your grade edits and pick Export LUT.
InputImageFile→InputImageLutFile
an old car before and after a warm .cube look
an old car before and after a warm .cube look
Take it further

It all connects.

Every part of Kinematic works with the others. Wire one into the next.

Perform

Grade a camera on a fader

Two looks on one feed, mixed by a fader or a cue.

ImageDevelop→ImageCrossfade→UISlider
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Create

See a render through ACES

Run a 3D render through the ACES view of an OCIO config.

3DGeoSceneRenderToImage→ImageOpenColorIO
Edit

Grade only the shadows

Select the dark parts first. Only they lift.

ImageThreshold→ImageMaskRefine→ImageRGBCurves
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Keep going
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Tutorial: Give a photo a film look→Browse the Edit demos→Coming from Nuke?→

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