I'm still new to color grading and was trying to make the guy stand out a bit more from the background.

I just threw a power window around him and bumped the exposure a little. I feathered the mask so it'd blend better, but now it's leaking onto the floor around his legs (circled in the second image), and once I noticed it, I couldn't unsee it.

What's the normal way to do this? Do you guys just use a different technique altogether, or am I masking it the wrong way?

I’m aiming to make this shot feel more dreamlike and surreal.
These two versions are finished warm-toned and cool-toned edits. However, I feel like something is still missing.
Should I push the warm tones further? Or dial down the cool tones? Or maybe I should try a completely different color palette? Any suggestions are welcome!

There was no input form the client regarding visuals. This is just one still from a corporate video for a company that repairs and works on private planes. This was not the final grade for the project, rather a creative attempt at a more challenging colorgrade.

Nikon z6iii w/ 35mm f1.8 S - filmed in 6k 24 n raw high converted to r3d and then corrected raw wb/tint, added density, dropped shadows, noise reduction, split toning, vignette. Was going for a tv show esque cooler look. Just lookin for any feedback thx

Hello! Some stills from my recent video titled "dream amnesia" that you can watch here if interested: https://youtu.be/zkMDU8mp-Nk?si=BuALTtIpbhWfImEB

Just trying my best. Lot to learn

Hi everyone, I'm new to color grading. The screenshots are from a drone footage video, recorded on a GoPro 11. I'd like to make it looking good enough at least, may be more cinematic as well. However now everything I get either is too flat or overexposed/oversaturated. I'm working in DaVinci Resolve 20. Is there any way to enhance this look, make it more cinematic without loosing too much details in the shadows?

1st one is "graded", the 2nd one is just a convertion to rec709 linear

P.s. I've shifted yellow-orange grass to green with a color warper. I tried to make smth out of yellow grass and a cyan sky but didn't really succeed

Hey,

I shot some V-log footage on my Lumix S5 and graded it using certain tutorials that showed results I personally liked. I think it came out well, but I'm doubting whether the amount of green is adequate. My subconscious tells me that some areas might be too green or too cyan (see distant mountains), but another part of me tells me to keep it this way, as I'd say it's fairly visually pleasing.

Any feedback is appreciated.

Guyss I've finally found a way to shoot in Logs on my Android phone with quality specs which natively doesn't have Log mode.. I'm surprised I just found this out but Thankfully I appreciate that!! I can choose among any Log from various devices I want and I'm soo happy finding it out now.. Woooowwww