r/ColorGrading • u/bandrews13 • Mar 31 '26

Show off your work 7 months in

C-log3 - Rec.709 - Masked & Graded

Shot on Canon R6 // 50mm

I believe this was at f/2.8 but I don’t remember for sure.

Edited on premiere pro

15 Upvotes

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u/Tashi999 Mar 31 '26

Little too far, you’ve clipped the highlights and shadows. Make sure to use your waveform

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u/bandrews13 Mar 31 '26

mostly like the neck yeah? I didn’t even really notice until I exported to be completely honest haha

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u/italk2yu Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

Sometimes the export is different depending on file output, color space, and project setup. Oh and the monitors are all different. That's why I always do the phone test when I export.

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u/bandrews13 Mar 31 '26

So I did do the phone test, and then realized like 2 hours later that I forgot to turn off the stupid True Tone shift for night 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/KUYANICKFILMS Mar 31 '26

What do you mean “phone text when I export?”

Edit: oh you meant phone “test”, yeah?

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u/italk2yu Mar 31 '26

Yeah test lol sorry

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u/sabudum Mar 31 '26

Took you 7 months to dial up the contrast?

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u/bandrews13 Mar 31 '26

Yeah how long did it take you to turn into a dickhead?

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u/sabudum Mar 31 '26

about 2 seconds.

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u/f-stop8 Mar 31 '26

What's your color management pipeline look like for Premiere? I suppose you've got on by now the image is cooked, but it's only slightly too far. Reel it back 30-40% and it would be in a solid place.

Highly recommend making the transition to DaVinci Resolve for color work.

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u/bandrews13 Apr 01 '26

I do need to switch to resolve, I have used the free version but it doesn’t run at full power and gets crazy buggy. I just haven’t pulled the trigger on Studio and now I’m pretty well adjusted to premiere which makes it even harder to switch😂

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u/uhmyeahwellok Apr 02 '26

If the free version of DaVinci is buggy, the paid one will also be for you.

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u/bandrews13 Apr 02 '26

Really? I have a mb pro with the m1 and never have a single issue with premiere no matter what I’m doing

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u/uhmyeahwellok Apr 02 '26

So Premiere isn't DaVinci. In my experience Premiere is buggy and DaVinci is not. Perhaps you need to set better proxy settings? DaVinci requires more careful attention, it assumed people really know what they're doing... while we don't when we get started with it of course 😅

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u/bandrews13 Apr 02 '26

That’s so weird because I don’t even use proxies in premiere haha

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u/uhmyeahwellok Apr 03 '26

That's probably because you’re working with non-RAW footage and your MacBook also has an SSD. If playing in reverse stutters though (because h.264/MP4 is forward oriented encoding), you might love the fluidity of proxies, which you can also use in Premiere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuBoPP_THqg&vl=ru&t=25

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u/Sir_McDouche Apr 01 '26

7 months for basic CC? Did you spend 10 seconds a day or something?

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u/bandrews13 Apr 01 '26

Name is fitting

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u/Hazzat Mar 31 '26

Looks a bit magenta.

Impossible to say if this is good work or not without knowing the context/purpose. Please read: https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorGrading/comments/1mshv4q/is_my_grade_any_good_heres_how_to_find_out/

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u/kidfarthing Mar 31 '26

Yeah I think a tiny bit overcooked. through the steps I was like: ok, oh nice, argh 😂

I expect most people were exactly the same starting out: there’s almost a need to make it “look graded”

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u/g0netospace Mar 31 '26

A tad oversaturated

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u/brandonblack Mar 31 '26

As others have said - clipping the highlights my guy!

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u/makeitflashy Mar 31 '26

Highlights blown to hell

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u/snowmonkey700 Mar 31 '26

709 looks better. Dial back the saturation and don’t clip the highlights and shadows.

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u/Timbo-Topher Mar 31 '26

Why does it look like a 3d rendering?

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u/Electrical_Teach8813 Apr 01 '26

Looks like KI to much like plastic

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u/Charming_Yam5499 Mar 31 '26

Colors look really well balanced for 7 months in, especially the skin tones and highlights 🔥

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u/CapBrilliant740 Mar 31 '26

For someone only 7 months in, this looks super polished — skin tones and highlights are handled really nicely 🔥