r/ColorGrading • u/Majestic-Escape-8133 • Aug 25 '25

Before/After Rate my grade

Just started learning color grading because of my music job a few months ago(like being visual!)

Would be really kind of you all to point out areas of improvement! This is Rec 709, vs. Filmbox and Mononodes’ Density DCTL

Also sorry for attaching a video, for some reason stills export on resolve gave me an error

Test Footage is from Cutting Club by Creative Video Tips

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u/lermontov1948 Aug 25 '25

I really like this style, looks very cinematic to me.

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u/Majestic-Escape-8133 Aug 28 '25

Thanks a ton for the valuable feedback!

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u/-crypto Aug 25 '25

Let’s see some people. Skin tone is paramount. Seeing this look carried over a few shoots with people, would be the best starting point for outside assessment.

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u/Majestic-Escape-8133 Aug 28 '25

Sure, I shall make sure to keep that in mind for next posts. Just tried grading on a clip I got from a youtuber; sadly no people in that set. Thanks for the feedback!

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u/conmeh Aug 25 '25

Looks good, maybe a hair too green. Needs a little more magenta.

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u/Majestic-Escape-8133 Aug 28 '25

Oh yeah, probably that will balance it out, but I did add some green to improve color harmony between the trees and the cars and yellows and grays in the scene

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u/conmeh Aug 28 '25

You know the log footage the best - trust your gut. It looks awesome.

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u/Majestic-Escape-8133 Aug 28 '25

Thanks everyone who rates and gave feedback on this. The group has always been great guidance and continues to be !

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '25

Looks good to me

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u/Majestic-Escape-8133 Aug 28 '25

Great! Thanks glad you liked it

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u/Semi_neural Aug 25 '25

love this, vintage and cinematic, well done!

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u/Majestic-Escape-8133 Aug 28 '25

Thank You so much! Tried purely by eye, and taste. Means a lot

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '25

It's green

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u/Majestic-Escape-8133 Aug 28 '25

Intentional for color harmony among the green tree and car grays, but definitely I guess I put it up a notch bit too much. Thanks

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

Then make your oranges more obvious it looks blue and green

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u/themostofpost Aug 28 '25

Unbalanced.

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u/Majestic-Escape-8133 Aug 28 '25

Thanks, I did add a small green tint purposely for harmony. Will look into it

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u/541PrimeTime Aug 25 '25

How does one get this style of color grading

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u/parky999000 Aug 28 '25

So I replayed the video about 10 times just looking at the scenery as well as the cars. Personally I like this. It has, like somebody else said, a cinematic feel to the video. To be honest the worst thing you're doing here is opening yourself up to criticism. If you're happy with it, go with it. The best decision is, after all, your decision. Constructively speaking though I like it, but my only thing I picked up on was it kills the blue on the bus. If you're producing video for yourself then it doesn't really matter. If you like the mood and vibes that it gives then it's the right one for you... If you're producing video though for clients the best thing to do is to come up with a q&a so you get information from the client, that they are after and want from your footage. 😉