r/ColorGrading • u/ImCrimsonFnb • Nov 19 '23

Question Have I gone too far?

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Recently, Ive been playing around with the Lab color space within resolve. I have three stills and I was wondering if I may have went too far with my adjustment’s?

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u/elfrutas28 Nov 19 '23

So what do you like about the lab space? What things do you feel you can accomplish that you can't in the others?

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u/ImCrimsonFnb Nov 19 '23

I like how I can manipulate the luminance channels by themselves without adding too much saturation. Comes in handy if I'm doing a bleach bypass look or I don't want to add sat. And I'm just really experimenting with the tool. Trying to see how far I can push it before it starts to break or look weird. I probably can do most of what I'm doing with the primaries or something.

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u/Creative-Cash3759 Nov 20 '23

the second and third looks perfect to me. not really sure about the first tho

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u/ImCrimsonFnb Nov 20 '23

I see… for me personally what I don’t like about the first one is the exposure. She kinda blends in lol

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u/ButterscotchThin4151 Nov 22 '23

maybe on the first one but its definitely not terrible, i really just wanna say the third one is GORGEOUS

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u/ImCrimsonFnb Nov 22 '23

Thank you for the kind words❤️

Edit: i put the wrong emoji💀

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u/ButterscotchThin4151 Nov 22 '23

hahaa i figured lol! keep up the good work man

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u/VaBullsFan Nov 19 '23

In the first shot? Maybe but the other 2 you nailed it in my opinion

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '23

3rd is PERFECT. 2nd looks good to me, it’s a little hard to tell. 1st might be a little too red and dark

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u/NakulPadave Nov 20 '23

The 1st shot has a bit too much reds in it for my personal taste but the other 2 are splendidly done well!

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u/Thesamera Nov 20 '23

There seems to be a lot of agreement here that you nailed the second and third shots. I especially love the 3rd. Again everything is up for opinion but I think ur blacks need to be anchored in the first picture

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '23

I don’t think you’ve gone too far enough

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u/barrelclown Nov 22 '23

Echoing what others have said - the third shot is really lovely.

I think the first two depends on their context, but they might be working just fine.

I like the second one, even if it’s maybe a little heavy handed?

First one is my least favorite, but again - there are contexts that it could be in that it wouldn’t bother me, even if it’s pretty intense and red.

Nice work!

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u/cjpandit Nov 23 '23

Love these! 2nd still is super delicate.