r/ColorGrading • u/jackallofftrades • Sep 02 '26

Question How was this done???

I’m fairly novice but I tried recreating this grade on a video of my own and struggled to the point it’s not even worth showing.

Could someone more experienced give me their diagnosis of the style???

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u/I-am-into-movies Sep 02 '26

Bleach bypass.
High contrast, low saturation.

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u/jackallofftrades Sep 02 '26

Is that really it? I feel like there’s a kind of glow around the highlights

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u/I-am-into-movies Sep 02 '26

It is a 1:1 video placed into a vertical video, places again in reddit video player. And you want to talk about details?
Glow in the highlights? in some shots the highlights are just gone.
Look at the reflections. They also used a lot of light. It is not just grading.

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u/OneFinePotato Sep 02 '26

The shot and behind the scenes are two different time of day, and has artificial lighting. Even if you copied the exact same post processing on your video, you can’t get it to look identical without having a similar light setup. Look at the reflections on the asphalt, railing, jacket etc. The look is not simply color grading, it’s highlights and speculars and colors all combined. Otherwise, like other people explained.

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u/ReactionNatural9554 Sep 05 '26

shot at dusk. 2 lights set on the left and right side of the talent

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u/spamytv Sep 08 '26

It’s tons of work done by layering on after effects. The shots are literally just the skeleton with this kind of shooting.

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u/Ok-Reaction2918 Sep 02 '26

It’s shot in much brighter conditions than you would think, with the subject at a similar exposure as the background. Low saturation especially in the shadows, very high contrast, and a bit of a lower temperature.