Color balancing is what most people think of when they think of color correction. This is the process of correcting for color casts, ensuring the shot doesn't exhibit a dominate colors, having clean blacks and clean whites. In this color grading tutorial I show you how easy it is with FCP X's Color Board to make these fixes.
A large part of what we do as colorists is perform shot-to-shot matching; ensuring the continuity from one to the shot so that there's no visual break in the story. In this color grading tutorial I share with you some shot-to-shot matching techniques to make this process a breeze.
Filmmaking is storytelling. Creating emotion that resonates with the audience. In this color grading tutorial I share with you how to create different looks that will influence the mood visually thus complimenting the story.
A powerful post technique is suggesting to the audience a time of day even though principal photography might have taken place at a different time. In this color grading tutorial I share with you how to suggest a golden hour look, dusk look or even a simple day-for-night look.
Looks can play a powerful role in suggesting to the audience where a scene is taking place. Is it a cool New York look? Or a warm sunny California look? In this color grading tutorial I share with you how create these different contextual looks to assist in the storytelling process.
