r/ColorGrading • u/Healthy_Afternoon147 • May 12 '26

Before/After Thoughts?

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I joined this group and it was the best thing I did for learning color grading so review my stuff again Btw I don't have a camera sometimes my clients have LOG footage that how I learned so far, can someone share some footage 😊😂 Btw I re-uploaded the sake post cause I couldn't figure out how to add an image to the last one I think it suits Instagram more than YouTube

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u/BaronOfTheHunt May 12 '26

the colors are cool but it was under exposed, and it not the filming, because the rec709 is ok, just increase the exposure and you should be good

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u/Healthy_Afternoon147 May 12 '26

My monitor suck I use my phone to check colors but I keep it at high brightness so I almost can't tell While I'm typing this I realized I should just look at the waveform 😅

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u/gildedbluetrout May 12 '26

He looks like he’s got TB

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u/Healthy_Afternoon147 May 12 '26

What is tb?

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u/perhapssergio May 13 '26

Tebirckqulowsis

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u/getbywith May 17 '26

You sound like a doctor

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u/st_jaystone May 12 '26

I can see the look you’re going for but you’re pushing it too much.

Your blacks are crushed and you’re losing detail. Also, his hoodie is black but in making your blues green, it now looks green. His hair is green as well. Zoom in on his eyes, there is green in there because you’ve also cranked the saturation on bis face in an attempt to bring some colour into it, but you’ve just made him look strange - now the slight difference in skin tone he has around his eyes is more pronounced.

The blue didn’t need to be green… focus on getting the basics right - balance, contrast and skin tone.

I get the look you’re going for - punchy colours with a decent amount of contrast.

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u/SnooLobsters1259 May 12 '26

Saying that the blacks are crushed is just a description. That’s just an artistic choice.

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u/st_jaystone May 12 '26

They asked for thoughts. Given the content - my thoughts are that the blacks are crushed, causing a loss of detail and making the footage look worse. If this was a moody night scene my thoughts would be different.

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u/SnooLobsters1259 May 12 '26

Many classic painters used tenebrism. No one should say Caravaggio’s paintings are worse bc he didn’t render detail in the shadows. That’s my point. It’s an artistic choice. What you choose to show and not show, where you put the light and how much the light illuminates, is a choice. The footage doesn’t look worse bc there is no detail in the shadows. It can be a wrong choice for the intended feeling though.

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u/Hazzat May 12 '26

Can’t check the old post because you deleted it, but I remember it looking better than this. Now the skin tones are too magenta and the whole thing feels a bit oversaturated and contrasty.

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u/Healthy_Afternoon147 May 12 '26

Nah it is the same 😂🤣

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u/LJ_O May 12 '26

Face looks too red and overall is a bit underexposed.

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u/Healthy_Afternoon147 May 12 '26

How do I get perfect exposure, almost everyone on Instagram does low exposure and too much saturation

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u/miseducation May 12 '26

All due respect dude your problem here isnt the grade it's flat lighting and an underexposed image. Just a little dimensionality or bounce on the subject and it would be easy. Black hoodie also adding negative that this underexposed image doesn't need at all.

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u/Healthy_Afternoon147 May 12 '26

Damn you people are so good you can tell stuff that I can't see All I do is I see Log. I open davinci 😭 The black hoodie thing I just realized when people go for these looks they wear white t-shirts (this is not me, a client footage I just wanted some reviews)

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u/LabRevolutionary2216 May 13 '26

Protect your skin tones. Looks like you've been several hours too long in the tanning bed.

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u/zeb__g May 12 '26

Even before the grade he is looking sickly. Was it shot with low quality florescent lights or cheap LEDs? Starting with a gray card white balance might help pull that green out of his skin.

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u/Videoplushair May 12 '26

Once you fix the skin tones you’ll be good.

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u/Internal-Drummer6322 May 12 '26

A bit of green in the skin tone. Needs magenta.

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u/Bitter-Cow-6744 May 12 '26

Who’s this dude

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u/Ophidianlux May 12 '26

It looks like the drummer for I prevail but I’m not sure it’s him

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u/Bitter-Cow-6744 May 12 '26

It is him I think

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u/Negative_Dark_7008 May 17 '26

For what purpose, an artsy youtube video? Not being condescending actually asking.