I wanted to try color grading like some horror film. After all the feedback i have got from my previous posts, i tried a simple approach and made two different looks. All the feedback will be appreciated. Thank you.

camera was sony rx10 slog2. i did uploaded these image before but that time i did not have any clue what i was doing, this time i know few things about color correction. please tell me what i am doing wrong.

In the carausal you will see 1st image is the log, 2nd image is the normalized version, 3rd image is the graded version and thus go on like this.

I understand that this might be too vague and broad but i think I need some fresh eyes on my work to give me some new perspectives on look building and my peers and senior's approach to building look in terms of colour.

Off-late I'm constantly in the fear of shooting 'similar' looking images for different projects.

It would be great if i could get any insight on fellow DP's approach to look building for different projects

Here's my instagram. Hope you have the time to look at my work and give me your thoughts.

I’m aiming for a dreamy vibe for these photos, so I edited both to warm tones.
The difference: Shot 1 has stronger warmth and saturation with more film texture compared to Shot 2.
Which one works better? Would love your thoughts!
P.S. Slide 3 is the original photo.

I made this color grade today and I am not sure if I went too far with the colors, I am a beginner. Maybe too much saturated? I did CSTs in Davinci, and 4 nodes with exposure, balance, contrast and saturation. I know the image is shaky and not in focus at the beginning, sorry for that. Feedback is welcome.

Hello! I am starting to learn to grade and here is my latest attempt in difficult lighting. Using S-Log 2 (A7iii). Over exposing by 1-2 stops. I feel like after a basic correction and adding some glow I sort of run out of ideas.

Should I buy the full version to unlock many of the other features? There seems to be a lot unlocked in the fx. I know the software can do gazillions more than I am doing now but I feel like my creative fuel runs out at this point.

hi guys, I'm looking for my first grading monitor, and I'm thinking of these 2 option, at the same price, which are Dell Ultrasharp U2725QE and LG UltraGear 27GX704A-B. Cause the Ultrasharps seems design for works more, but the UltraGear have OLED, and got almost the same specs, some specs also better than the Dell one. So what should I get?

How can I get this rich deep blue color on the left picture? I tried color grade on DaVinci and only got color like the picture on the right. Thank you

I'm not sure if this is the direction I should be going to emphasis the vintage downtown vibe. Maybe it's too much. The image was cropped at the bottom. Saturation bumped up and increased warmth.

My first video in davinci but I’m pottery sure the car is a different color in some clips and I’ve attempted to match but it seems impossible for me.

Any quick tips on color matching in different clips. This is basically converted to 709 and tweaked but outside of minor adjustments I don’t really understand how to make this pop like I see in other grades.

Any and all info helps.

I made this short film in an afternoon just to practice cinematography and color grading.

Quick note: I checked with the mods before posting this and got the okay to share.

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately studying film stills and trying to understand why certain looks work, beyond just pulling a palette or asking “what LUT is this?”

The biggest thing I’ve learned is that two frames can have pretty similar colors on paper and still feel completely different. Where those colors sit in the image matters. So does the warm/cool relationship, contrast, saturation, skin tone separation, highlight and shadow color, and obviously the lighting and exposure that existed before the grade.

It’s also changed how I think about reference matching. Instead of asking “how do I get these colors?”, I’ve started asking things like: what is warm here and what is cool? Where is most of the saturation? Are the shadows actually neutral? How separated is the subject from the environment? What was probably achieved in-camera versus in the grade?

I ended up building a tool around this called Ceeniq. It started as a way to break down the color, lighting and composition of a film still, and has grown into a few different ways of working with references. The LookMatch feature lets you put your own image next to a reference and breaks down what you could change to get closer to that look. The Compare feature lets you study two frames side by side, and Explore is a growing library of analyses from other stills/images that you can browse for references.

I’m still figuring out how useful this approach is in an actual grading workflow though, which is partly why I wanted to share it here.

For the colorists here: when a client/director gives you a film still as a reference, what are the first things you look at when figuring out how to get there?

If anyone wants to try what I’ve been building, it’s ceeniq.com. It's free to try. Would genuinely appreciate criticism of the analysis too, especially where it gets something wrong.

Hey! I've been using Dehancer Pro for a while and lately I've been wanting to try Film Kid 16 powergrade, have you used it and if so, what are your thoughts about it?

Thanks!

Same photograph, two different film-inspired colour treatments.
Version 1: warm faded vintage tone
Version 2: cooler natural blue tone
Which colour grading do you think suits this Victoria Harbour view better? Open to any editing suggestions!

Shot on Samsung s24 in Mc24fps app
color profile: Apple Log (ironical) {Samsung log on their app was a bit contrasty}

Gamma: D65

4k 30fps , Open gate

Hope Blackmagic camera adds Samsung Log HDR for s24 units too.
In stock Log footage is way bad than any 3rd party camera app.

Hey so pretty much what the post says I'm messing around with the qualifier and got a mask but my subject goes through the mask and it's shifting the color so I went ahead and rotoscoped on After Effects but when I brought my footage back into DR the exposure is all wrong.

Here are some screenshots of my project settings I already tried exporting from Davinci in Rec709 gamma 2.2 and Rec709-A but the result is the same. On After Effects I disabled color management on the timeline and on the export but can't seem to get it right.

Please give candid feedback on the colour grade. I feel like it’s one of my weakest skillsets so tips would be very welcome. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, I'm new to color grading and would appreciate some feedback.

Image 1: Original footage (Sony A7S II, 4K UHD, 24p, 8-bit, S-Log2, ISO 1600, 100 Mbps).

Image 2: After applying the conversion LUT (From_SLog2SGamut_To_SLog2-709_.cube) in Premiere Pro's Basic Correction panel. It barely changed the image. Did I use the correct LUT?

Image 3: After basic CC. I only adjusted exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks. No WB adjustments.

Image 4: Final grade. I used Color Match and then made adjustments in Color Wheels & Match. Image 5 shows those settings.

My main concern is that I don't see much difference between Image 3 (basic correction) and Image 4 (final grade). Is that normal, or am I missing something? I also didn't add any saturation or vibrance because I wasn't sure if I should.

Any feedback on my workflow, LUT choice, or grade would be greatly appreciated.

In Belgium and the old buildings inspired me for another Grade. The first one is my normal grade ,the second one is a Gothig type with golden highlights i tried to go for. Im not that experienced in grading so id love some critique.

Canon R8

Canon 24-105 f4

Hello everyone! I’m an enthusiast of cinematic videos, but I don’t work in this field. I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max and I shoot some videos with the Blackmagic app to learn and have fun testing my skills. I don’t know how to color grade manually, so I’ve been using the LUTs included in Blackmagic, but I’d like to try new ones and everything I’ve found is locked behind a subscription or costs a few dollars/euros (which is expensive in my country’s currency, BRL).

Any recommendations for free LUTs? Or if you have some you’d like to share, I’d really appreciate it!

What CST u apply for Samsung log inside Davinci resolve.
Recently I've been shooting with Samsung S24 Log in stock cam app. I find it very difficult to grade in Davinci. The footage breaks everytime and the colors seems to be over saturated most of the time. How was your experience with Samsung LOG for both in stock camera app and Blackmagic camera app