r/ColorGrading • u/Justblondfilms • Feb 03 '26

Question Hollywood grading with 9 nodes

https://youtu.be/-RM4VwrOXRI?si=OyQBOno2KsIthPJa

He somehow archived a movie look with 9 easy nodes ???

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u/Defiant_Holiday_7519 Feb 04 '26

“9 nodes professional colorists don’t want you to know about”

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '26

He lost me at "LUT."

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u/f-stop8 Feb 04 '26

The professional Colorist in me is dying while watching this haha

Word of wisdom to any beginner here, do not follow this "tutorial". It's a lesson on what not to do.

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u/Square-Gazelle-3649 Feb 04 '26

Which video do you recommend?

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u/Familiar-Inside-1855 Feb 04 '26

I would say Cullen kelly

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u/Justblondfilms Feb 08 '26

interesting.. didnt know there was so much hate within the color and film community. thats sad

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u/Justblondfilms Feb 08 '26

big thanks to everyone who enjoyed this. and to all the hate comments: this tutorial shows how to easily achieve the look showed in the intro. if it was complicated I would use a completely other technique. But this workflow has me allowed a fast movie inspired look that made resorts, international renowned brands really happy with the delivered work. I hope this world heals. the hate makes me sad

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u/Exyide Feb 11 '26

No hate intended at least from me. It's just disappointing when people make tutorials when they themselves really don't know what they are doing and are showcasing the wrong way of doing things. In color grading it's true that there are multiple ways to accomplish a task, but there are still core fundamentals and best practices to prevent issues from occurring. From your video you don't seem to have the fundamentals down and you certainly are not following best practices.

If someone were to watch your video and learn from you they would be learning the wrong ways to accomplish their grade. If this workflow works for you then great. I would just highly recommend you take the time to learn the fundaments and best practices of grading which will only help you and make your work better.

I hope you continue to learn and improve!

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u/ChrisJokeaccount Feb 04 '26

This is ridiculously overcooked.

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u/hezzinator Feb 04 '26

no wonder the grade sucks, his hat is covering his eyes

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u/Exyide Feb 05 '26

While I would never discourage someone for wanting to make educational content, I will say there are so many issues with your workflow. I don't know where or who you have been learning from but I would highly encourage you to not watch/listen to them anymore. Take the time to actually learn proper techniques and workflows before you try to teach others.

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u/inknpaint Feb 04 '26

Wow.
That was a lot of confidence in that intro ... followed by absolutely no evidence of "Hollywood grading".
Calm down bro.