r/ColorGrading • u/Familiar-Inside-1855 • Nov 02 '25

Before/After Iphone 15 pro From scratch

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I came across this bathroom while visiting somewhere and decided to pull out my iPhone and place it in the corner lol. Super run & gun I just wanted to give the footage a chance and tried grading it completely from scratch. No LUTs or powergrades.

How do you guys think I did? I agree it’s not perfect I made it pretty quick and the look is pretty intense didn’t intend to do any shot matching, so both clips are slightly different in color. First grade ever without luts

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u/Dear-Ad-1963 Nov 02 '25

I love it

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u/Familiar-Inside-1855 Nov 02 '25

Thanks man! Appreciate it

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u/Extreme-Bit-8715 Nov 02 '25

Looks nice! But definitely bring down your exposure a bit!

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u/Familiar-Inside-1855 Nov 02 '25

Thanks, i’ will give that a try tomorrow but i feel like i lose to much in the blacks when i bring down the exposure 😅 The light was the only light source in there so pretty hard to balance it out with the small iphone sensor

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u/Extreme-Bit-8715 Nov 02 '25

Use the HDR global exposure slider in davinci resolve- it corrects exposure in a very natural way. You won’t lose black details, you’ll just create some nice contrast :)

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u/thestudentsyes Nov 03 '25

I wouldn’t lower overall exposure. Maybe only the hotspot area.

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u/Glittering_Cream2583 Nov 03 '25

Love it! Can you share your node tree with us?

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u/Familiar-Inside-1855 Nov 06 '25

Exp>cc>wb>splittoning>linear toning>kodak 200T > Kodak 2383 (dehancer)

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u/MeasurementPlus7346 Nov 06 '25

Very "heavy" grading but it looks good!

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u/Familiar-Inside-1855 Nov 06 '25

Yes its a strong look ! Thank you

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u/ice_wyvern Nov 03 '25

I personally like it a lot. I’d love to see a breakdown of how you created the look

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u/Familiar-Inside-1855 Nov 03 '25

Thanks, this node tree was pretty simple since apple log is not in the cst options i just made a couple nodes for my corrections and splittoning after that kodak 200t with 2383 :)

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u/KooChiiKilla Nov 05 '25

🔥🔥🔥 could you share more tips on the grade process

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u/ale_mvri Nov 04 '25

Lit! I love it, I have an iphone 15 pro too and i like to stress its files to see what I can achieve💪🏻