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Some examples of my color grading projects. Completely done with the awesome Magic Bullet Looks.
redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/magic-bullet-looks/
Enjoy!

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Patrick Lawler 1 year ago

Great stuff man! Wish I was that good at coloring!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thanks Patrick!
Frankie N.Films 1 year ago

amazing, was FCP used in here?
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

No, only Adobe Premiere CS3.
Frankie N.Films 1 year ago

is it possible for you to make a tutorial to this? how to get the right colour grading.

thankyou in advance
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Yes, tutorial to come...but don't expect me to give away ALL my secrets, haha.
Frankie N.Films 1 year ago

yes sir, just to get an idea, at end of day what would world be without sharing lol, thank you verymuch in advance.
Anthony Burokas 1 year ago

Very nice! Love to see the builds. I'd even say they went a little fast cause, well, I need SOMEONE to steal from, right? :)
Jet Kaiser 1 year ago

SO COOL! Thanks
Geoff A Charters 1 year ago

Excellent work mate. I'm with Patrick. Your pictures really jumped after grading.
Mark Harmer 1 year ago

This is really fantastic - to see the different layers and the care you take. Inspirational!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Much appreciated Jet, Geoff, and Mark! Made my day!
jelov 1 year ago

cool
Karen Erbach 1 year ago

Holy Smokes. Nice.
paramon 1 year ago

man no bullet, just magic!
could you do one pic how to video?
Mohamed Haqqi 1 year ago

Amazing man... what is the track name (music)?
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Its a track out of my stock music library.
Keen Johns 1 year ago

Superb, fires the imagination somewhat.
Olivier Depaep 1 year ago

I've never seen anything like this in Vimeo or anywhere else.
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

It's appreciated! Feel free to share... ;)
Matt Barwick Films 1 year ago

Wow - that was nice. :)
Maurice Gubbels 1 year ago

Briljant, thanks for the inspiration!
Grant VK5GR 1 year ago

I would be very interested to know how much of that was just premiere CS3, how much was Magic Bullet Looks and how much was in camera? I am trying to learn how to do this with CS3 myself and so far havent gotten anywhere near what I saw in your video. As others have asked, if you could do a slower video with a descriptive narration of what you are doing it would be really appreciated!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Tutorial to come. One thing to remember is to NEVER use the in-camera profiles or scene files to alter the picture. Do it 100% in post. EX: With the HVX200, leave the scene files set at factory zero. With the 5d, use the Eugenia gamma curve profile or superflat. Or just use Nuetral with the contrast, sharpness, saturation, and hue turned to zero.

From my blog:
Leaving the camera with the flattest image might not look all that great right out of the camera, but it records the MOST INFORMATION to the camera for best lattitude in post grading and giving you the most options to choose from when the color grading process starts. Otherwise, for example, if you choose to alter the camera settings to crush the blacks or over-saturate the colors…you will NOT be able to brighten up those shadows or decrease the over-saturation in post and make it look decent.
Grant VK5GR 1 year ago

I look forward to seeing it!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

I am working up a descriptive tutorial on color grading. I will post on my blog as soon as it's ready. crookedpathfilms.com/blog
Geoff A Charters 1 year ago

Thanks for the explanation above. I like to do everything in camera, but am now going to give your ideas a go. Your grading is very cool.
Garrett Wesley Gibbons 1 year ago

You have some really impressive work here! Some of the grades are really distracting/overdone, in my opinion. Though they would need to be viewed in context to be able to judge. Good work!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

It's no fun to show off the lower key grades I've done, haha. Thanks for the kudos though...much appreciated!
Christopher McKee 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing this - very beautiful work!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thanks Christopher!
Kristijan Matas 1 year ago

This is very valuable.
The way you emphasizes objects as a essence of storytelling.
Thanks man for providing this.
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

You hit the nail on the head my friend. Cheers!
Amul Patel 1 year ago

Fab color grading.. Wondering how you layered all the corrects.. adding lighting spots, volumetric lights, vignetting etc. did you use masking tools in premiere or is it all in the magic bullet?
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thanks! Most of it was Magic Bullet with some track mattes and also creative animation of photoshop mattes for the shadows and lightbeams. I didn't use after effects once. I love AE for some things...it's at time necessary...but many people don't realize what one can do in Premiere.
Tira 1 year ago

I wasn't sure what color grading was before I watched this. Wow. Magic.
Patrick van der Heyden 1 year ago

That is some really nice color grading. It is incredible to see how much the ambiance of the clip is modified by simply grading it differently. Specially like the clip of the guy writing next to the window as well as the singer. It is quite sure that a short tutorial would be highly appreciated!
Matt S 1 year ago

You, sir, are the real deal.
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thanks Matt!
Louis Moncivias 1 year ago

Cant wait 2 see the Night Lab Trailer!
Ok Ok ..I really just want to see the fight scene's!
Peace
Louis
SouthFace Media Group Inc. 1 year ago

You really know how to get someones creative juices flowing! Lol... Great work man, love learning from people so gifted!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thanks SFMG, I really appreciate it!
videoemotion 1 year ago

wow
great job!
Steffen K 1 year ago

Impressive! Best example for cc in post on vimeo, I´ve seen until now! Thank´s for sharing! I "only" have PS14 w MBL. Could You imagine, that a similar cc is possible with my software?
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

I don't know what PS14 is, but MBL (Magic Bullet Looks) is my preferred coloring software.
Steffen K 1 year ago

I meant Pinnacle Studio 14 Ultimate Collection with MBL. So the concept seems to be the same, even though "my" MBL has no possibility for keyframing,(e.g. the spotlights).
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

If by keyframing you mean animating the spotlights...I did not do that. You can't animate the individual components in MBL. I just used other techniques. There are many other elements involved, such as photoshop layers and track mattes.
Steffen K 1 year ago

Yes Sir, I meant this. Thank You! I apprehended, that MBL is´t able to do it alone, yes. I will study track mattes and layers in Photoshop a little, in future. Didn´t consider these tools until now. It´s interesting.
eXtreeme Team 1 year ago

WoW. It's so amazing and looks not too complicate.
I did find your tutorial at your site ... will try to play with my own videos.

Thanks a lot for your Work!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thank you eXtreeme Team! What tutorial are you referring to?
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Hey guys, you can download my Crooked Path Flat picture style setting for your 5dMkII here: crookedpathfilms.com/Sharing/CrookedPathFlat.pf2
Paul Hamilton 1 year ago

Hey Crooked - this is a wicked cool demo video! I immediately recognized your raw footage as a superflat profile... I have been using Marvels Cine, a superflat profile... will your profile also work with the 7D? Thanks for posting this helpful video!
Cheers, Paul in Chicago
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thanks Paul. I believe it will work fine on the 7d, yes. I've tested most of them out including Marvels, and mine's the best. Marvel's curve is too flat in the midrange which consequently causes skintones to look muddy and actually losing detail. One thing to remember is to switch to a profile that closely matches your intended graded final image for lighting and setting exposure, then switch back to the flat profile just before rolling. Otherwise you'll underexpose.
Paul Hamilton 1 year ago

Hey Crooked - I am following up with this thread - I hope you are still around. It's taken me this long to understand fully what superflat is. I am now getting what you said about using a profile for setting exposure - then switching to superflat to shoot. I've had to shoot in superflat enough to understand what it looks like. What you said about underexposing is interesting... it's strange because I have been "overexposing" just a wee (in my judgement), and shooting identical clips with my preference of slightly underexposed. So no I understand what you are taking about here, cheers and thanks, Paul
Quang Duong media 1 year ago

Very nice!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thanks Quang!
illya laney 1 year ago

Very very cool. Did you match shots from scene to scene on these projects or just do individual clips?
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

I shot with my flat picture file and then color each clip after the edit was locked.
bob lorrimer 1 year ago

Excellent and convincing demonstration of the power of MBL.....(and other products in fairness).

Love it.
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thank you Bob!
Fernando Zamora 1 year ago

Woooow
Robert Orlowski 1 year ago

holy shit!
eVideo 1 year ago

Wonder if you also can grade like this in iMovie? Yes I know, it's not Premiere or FCP but perhaps there are people who achieved almost the same...Thanks.
Jamie Pippin 1 year ago

you showed me the light through your color correcting
Ryan Sauvé 1 year ago

That was unreal. Amazing work Rich, truly inspiring!
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thank you Ryan...means alot!
Jonathan Lawrence 1 year ago

You inspire me, my friend. Suck great work.
Crooked Path Films 1 year ago

Thank you Jonathan...and you as well! Let's make movies together!
Jonathan Lawrence 1 year ago

LMAO - Hope you had the reasoning powers to know that "Suck great work" was intended to be SUCH great work.
Davide Dall'Acqua 1 year ago

Woooooooooooow
Dave Dugdale 1 year ago

If anyone is interested I did a podcast with Richard about this video here:
vimeo.com/19670450
Tommy Reed 1 year ago

It would make sense to see a much wider range of color correction in a demo. Almost every shot has the 'darks' literally crushed and the overall image does look digitally enhanced. It definitely takes a step away from achieving a true 'film' like image.
Crooked Path Films 10 months ago

There's a million combinations you can do. Usually if I want the film look, however, I shoot on film. I don't try to make my video look like film...seems pointless to me. I grade what looks good to me, but it's very subjective. Thanks for watching!
Greg Conners 9 months ago

There's at least a million combo's, and what we do is completely subjective. For every look you create some will love it and some won't and everyone seems to have their own opinion on what constitutes the "film look". I see vignette's on a number of your videos, but from what I've seen you don't grade every video with this contrasty moody look, it looks cool on this piece, good job!
DBrands 1 year ago

*bows*
Crooked Path Films 10 months ago

Right back at 'cha!
LifePictures 1 year ago

nice grade!
Crooked Path Films 10 months ago

Thanks!
William Rich 11 months ago

Thank you for this demonstration Richard! I am using an HMC150.. I should restore the settings to factory standard for best grading results following your HVX200 lead.. up until now I've had limited success using MBL with my altered scene file settings.. now I know why!
It looks like you add a slight layer of Gray before grading. does this help in grading? such a in a beyered image?
Crooked Path Films 10 months ago

No grey layer..not sure where you're seeing that. Thanks for the nice words.
Sligeach Films 10 months ago

Loved the video. Have been color grading with synthetic aperture in AE. Just got MBL and intend using it more. I'd love to know more about using the track mattes. Did you use a few layers (or video tracks in premiere), and use MBL on each of them?
videonivaria 10 months ago

Nice!!!!.
Kevin Kim 10 months ago

Is the tutorial still coming?
Crooked Path Films 9 months ago

Yes Kevin...I've been swamped. I'm wanting to do an in-depth tutorial that starts with shooting to give everyone a great overview of the process.
Giacomo Cagnetti 9 months ago

Great grading...!!!
Ashish Gurung 9 months ago

Grading in layers, this is some inspiration for me. Great Video !!!
Julio Aguiar 9 months ago

Wow !!! you Rock !!!! I'll join your Facebook too. Thanks.
Justin Hollaway 9 months ago

Please O Please Make Some Tutorial On How To Do Some Of This Color Correction!!!! You freaking ROCK man!!!!
Guillermo Mueses 8 months ago

A1 stuff!!! Absolutely inspiring. I've just bought Magic Bullet Looks and I'm currently going through the tutorials on Red Giant's page, but this is the best "demo" I've seen so far.

The best part is that, after watching your stuff and putting it together with what I've learned so far, I think I have a pretty good idea of how to at least "start out". I'll see. Hopefully, some day, I'll be doing color grading at least half as impressive as yours. I take my baseball cap off. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

P.S.: BTW, your Blog is extraordinary. I got here from there.
Alessio Balza 8 months ago

ohhhhhh yes!!!
steve seagal 8 months ago

Amazing but....my friend we r still waiting for the tutorial!
And...your blog is POWER;)
Crooked Path Films 7 months ago

I didn't forget. I'm working on it. :)
Kaysha 7 months ago

Amazing
richard knight 7 months ago

awesome work, cant wait for the tutorial, dont mind paying subscriptions for that kind of great knowledge ! Hope to see it soom
Shihan Chowdhury 6 months ago

No tutorial yet?
Crooked Path Films 6 months ago

Actually doing production on it as we speak. :)
Chris Child 5 months ago

Very nice :)
povtorov.net 4 months ago

Great work!
Paul Xi 3 months ago

Cool! I'm just wondering the smoke added on which looks like motion tracked. Can you tell the secret? :)
Crooked Path Films 3 months ago

It's an adobe photoshop layer that I imported and keyframed in premiere.