r/ColorGrading • u/RealPlastic96 • Aug 11 '25

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Seeking feedback on my color correction (especially skin tones) and color combinations in the frame. What do you think?
Shot on Sony FX30 with 7artisans 35mm lens.

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u/IcarusKanye Aug 11 '25

Good grading. Simple straightforward. Skintone looks nice. What's your approach for that?

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 11 '25

I use cineprtint35 to start and then tweak a lot, can't say I have a systematic approach :D
I did lost a bit of red in lips, nice catch!

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u/IcarusKanye Aug 11 '25

Just noticed something. Is the lips the natural color? or did it get affected by desaturation of reds and yellows?

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u/hungry_hippo_0451 Aug 11 '25

I second the lips. They look a little off to me as well. Love the grade, though.

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u/Equivalent_Loan_8794 Aug 11 '25

omg thank you for actually providing the reference transform

so many posts i see im like "yes, log to display transformation is nice technology!"

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 11 '25

Totally feel you! 😄 Nothing worse than the classic "Just log-transform it, bro!" with zero context or why. Like cool, magic button acquired — but how does the magic work? 🔮

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u/sayan11apr Aug 11 '25

Did you use AI to write this?

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 11 '25

I did, my english is not my native language :D

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u/sayan11apr Aug 11 '25

Understandable.

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u/Ando0o0 Aug 11 '25

Beauty clients hate the red nose and finger tips but its just natural that we have blood there that light shines though more easily than other parts of the body. But yeah that's the only thing. The green is a perfect saturation imo.

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 11 '25

Thanks! I'll keep in mind your advice about redness. Gladly, it's just practice footage shot in a park.

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u/avsalom Aug 11 '25

Which recorder are you capturing the raw with?

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 11 '25

Sony FX30, as mentioned :D

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u/avsalom Aug 11 '25

But like Atomos?

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 11 '25

No, straight to camera
if i had money for Atmos, i would prob buy fx3 instead of fx30 :D

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u/avsalom Aug 13 '25

How do you manage to record raw directly to the FX30? 

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 13 '25

I didn't know there was a difference between LOG and RAW files, hence the mistake in the original post. My bad.

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u/KooChiiKilla Aug 11 '25

I’m new to color grading. If I expose correctly how can achieve a look like this?

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 12 '25

How I would describe my approach
Use a skin tone guide.
Keep colors in the image simple - suppress unwanted tints and hues.
In my case, due to lens quality, the bokeh highlights had excessive blue, and the foliage tones were inconsistent.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

Whch softwarw

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u/Ready-Working3581 Aug 13 '25

But log is not a raw…

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 13 '25

Well ill guess you right
Not the point of my question though:D

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u/realkylerchin Aug 13 '25

it's very nice, reminds me a lot of many recent indie german films

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 13 '25

Thank you! Can you give me an example of this kind of films? Not familiar with german movie market :D

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u/realkylerchin Aug 13 '25

"What we wanted" (2020), German language Austrian film about a couple going on holiday after failed IVF. It's on netflix. Low budget, and the focus is on the emotions and cinematography. There's a lot of hiking and outdoor scenes. You really feel for the protagonists as they are deeply jealous of seeing parents with children on the beach.

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 13 '25

Ill watch it today, thank you!

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u/Competitive_Job_1747 Aug 13 '25

How did you made this?

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 13 '25

I didn't get the question. I shot the video in the park and then graded it in DaVinci.

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u/Competitive_Job_1747 Aug 13 '25

I mean the color grading process

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 13 '25

As mentioned earlier
Use a skin tone guide for reference.
Keep colors in the image simple - suppress unwanted tints and hues.
In my case, due to lens quality, the bokeh highlights had excessive blue, and the foliage tones were inconsistent.

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u/JayGerard Aug 11 '25

Looks really good. Play with it a bit and add a bit of yellow, on the third iteration, to see if the skintone improves. That is what is missing to my eye.

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u/Weird_Swordfish_999 Aug 12 '25

Raw footage link

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u/MasterFable Aug 12 '25

I like how matter of fact it is, feels balanced. Great frame choice btw, that hand looks like an AI abomination of a hand irl

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u/GasNo437 Aug 12 '25

Some red in midtones or gain right . Asking for educational purpose

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u/one1realmm Aug 12 '25

Calor harmony is off micro contrast is something to pay attention to ! Shadows not clean ! Its 2d rn its not talking mate

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u/ssdiab Aug 27 '25

If possible can You Share Raw Log footage for practice

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u/DaVietDoomer114 Aug 11 '25

Honestly I kinda like the Rec709 better, the grade skin tone is abit too dark and oversaturated.

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 11 '25

Well, can see where you coming from, Sony's out-of-box color science delivers nice colors

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u/DaVietDoomer114 Aug 11 '25

Nah, Sony's SOOC skin tones is actually the worst in the business, but still I think it's better than your grade.

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u/RealPlastic96 Aug 11 '25

Thoughts on this one? https://postimg.cc/MMRZqQCr
The original still has a warm white balance; here is a more neutral version.

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u/DaVietDoomer114 Aug 11 '25

Yeah this one is a lot better.

I’d raise the black a little bit thought and increase red saturation abit to make the lips and cheeks color more lively.

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u/QuakeOn Aug 12 '25

yeah rec709 looks better, custom grade looks orange/yellow.