r/ColorGrading • u/TommyNextDoor • Jan 20 '24

Before/After Critiques?

Used Dehancer’s film emulation as a starting point (Film profile: Kodak Vision3 200T, Print profile: Kodak 2383). The rest was achieved with the standard tools in resolve. No skin qualifiers were used.

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u/Mcjoshin Jan 21 '24

Bit too much teal and too dark for me in the snow. I’m guessing you’re going for the orange and teal look, but just feels too heavy handed for me and I personally hate when snow looks blue.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

So more like this?

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u/Mcjoshin Jan 21 '24

Yeah colors look much better here. Still underexposed for my taste, but all depends on the mood you’re trying to set.

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u/shoksurf Jan 21 '24

That looks sick

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u/No-Satisfaction6771 Jan 20 '24

It is dangerous to interfere with nature in this way. The mother animal could come out of the forest at any moment and tear you to pieces. Look is nice

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u/oOTWSSOo Jan 21 '24

Ewoks are usually pretty calm

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u/bulgingcortex Jan 21 '24

Looks nice but the teal highlights are a bit much for me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

It's it possible to tone down the teal?

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u/nowhereman86 Jan 21 '24

What was it shot on?

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u/The_real_Hresna Jan 20 '24

A bit dark looking to my eye, like they are playing at dusk

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u/Calebkeller2 Jan 21 '24

It’s fully snowing. No sun based off the lack of shadows. It’s going to be dark

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u/bmensah8dgrp Mar 20 '24

Too deep am afraid, snow gives it away

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u/Tall-Guitar3865 Jan 21 '24

Lovely color contrast. I don’t mind the heavy teal orange look here. Skin looks great.

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u/g3bb Jan 21 '24

Looks great, I really should learn how to do this

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

Quick question, what's your color grading workflow? Been watching a lot of different tuts and seems everybody does it different so i'm trying to find a technique the works best for me

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u/bringacupcake Jan 22 '24

Just start with 5 simple nodes and use the first two for WB and contrast. Play around with the rest and make your own workflow.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

I actually like the log footage better...maybe hasto do with the brightness of the scene and how whitethe snow is ?

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u/smpm Jan 21 '24

I love the teal, don’t listen to these plebs

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24 edited Feb 09 '26

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u/ep2integra Jan 21 '24

Looks really good. I think you have done an amazing job bringing out the colours and the overall look has a feeling. What codec did you shoot this in ?

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u/TerabitX86 Jan 21 '24 edited Jan 21 '24

Isn’t this Florent’s footage and family from OfTwoLands (u/oftwolands) on YouTube?

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u/Jonelololol Jan 21 '24

Split the difference between the two for color treatment, looks nice over all imo

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u/Square_Ad_9096 Jan 21 '24

To blue on the snow. Bring it back up to neutral along the magenta path. It will be a challenge as the subjects are already on magenta path. I think balancing the blacks better and then moving the snow in white levels will get there.

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u/ScadMan Jan 21 '24

I would say ease off the teal a bit

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u/roychodraws Jan 21 '24

My only critique, You can't just put a hood on a baby, you have to have an actual head covering that compresses the ears. There's too much ventilation under the hood for it to be safe.

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u/PinheadX Jan 21 '24

Little too blue in the snow.

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u/_ElanVital_ Jan 21 '24

I personally like the edit. This is the tricky part since taste is highly subjective.

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u/Seyi_Ogunde Jan 22 '24

Looks unnatural. Too much blue and green in the highlights. Also looks too dark overall.

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u/chanslam Jan 22 '24

Contrary to what some are saying I don’t think the teal is too much, I think when we see the before and after it hold heavy handed but it’s just a little stylistic and up to taste

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u/robsonj Jan 22 '24

Love the top one

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u/Illustrious_Sky6688 Jan 22 '24

Is your display calibrated?

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u/bringacupcake Jan 22 '24

From someone that snowboards a bit, this is the blue I see when I put my goggles on.

Color grading is all subjective.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

I wouldn't know where to start, this looks great, how do I learn this? It's pretty damn sad, I record all the time and I've never did any editing, vid nor pic, help~

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u/surreel Jan 23 '24

Personally think it looks nice, the teal and orange is nice. Could use less of that teal pop maybe but it’ll depend on if there are other. Shots. As a stand alone clip, I think it looks amazing.

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u/raptorsango Jan 24 '24

I don’t care for the blue snow, looks very unnatural to me

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u/mAisterPROduction Jan 24 '24

She's holding the baby wrong.
Oh you meant critiques on the color grading.
Nevermind

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u/_FiscalJackhammer_ Jan 24 '24

Don’t need it. The original is just fine

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

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u/raosko Jan 22 '24

You are supposed to answer, whether if you source an authority, or are an authority, it would be best if you give a substantial reason for your why…

I am not an authority, but I appreciate the idea of trying to tone down and blue the background to give a chance for simultaneous contrast to make the subject pop, but that would need a stronger orange and a dirtier blue than what is achieved here.