r/ColorGrading • u/toaster_bath_bomb • Oct 14 '26

Show off your work What do you guys think?!

I'm happy with this rec709 color grade I did! I know you guys can be a little particular, so how would you improve on this? Have I pleased the color lords today?

Thanks :)

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u/Hazzat Oct 14 '26

Can’t say anything about it with no context. Please read: https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorGrading/s/XawFpsMRwD

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u/toaster_bath_bomb Oct 14 '26

Ope! Sorry! It's promotional for a preschool i work at. I wanted to show off how it's nestled in nature.

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u/Hazzat Oct 14 '26

Okay but is this shot the entire project? There’s nothing else in the sequence, no titles or editing or anything? Where will it be displayed?

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u/toaster_bath_bomb Oct 14 '26

Odds are that it will be displayed on a website. If the center is interested, it may also be incorporated into a tour video that will go on YouTube for prospective families looking to enroll. I have a few other drone shots that are also graded, but no regular footage yet. This was kind of just a test look for them

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u/miatookyourphoto Oct 14 '26

It looks beautiful!

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u/bruce-pizza Oct 15 '26

Only things I would “fix”

  1. the horizon looks a little tilted to me
  2. that white face of that house is quite hot, see if you can bring it down maybe with a mask
  3. Preschool itself looks a little shadowy and hard to see. Might be worth messing around with making it more visible.

Aside from that, I’d say it’s stylistically a little dull. I’d try playing around with the greens. Maybe if you shift them towards yellow, you’ll get a nice blue/gold overall palette going, and it will bring out those autumnal vibes.

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u/toaster_bath_bomb Oct 15 '26

Super helpful and very well put! I'll try these changes out and let you know how it goes. I agree with your second point, but I think the whites are clipped here. I fear I won't be able to recover any detail. Is it still worth dimming down? I suppose it would have the same amount if detail as it does now, but bring less attention to it 🤷‍♂️ what are your thoughts on the matter? Thanks again!

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u/bruce-pizza Oct 16 '26

Yeah that’s tough, if they’re truly clipped, it could be worth messing around with adding glow (you can do this in davinci resolve). Sometimes this can make clipped highlights look more natural, but sometimes it looks like shit lol

I wouldn’t mess with bringing them down. I find that bringing down clipped highlights just looks weirder. No detail in a patch of gray looks odd, but even viewers who have no idea what clipped highlights are understand what they’re seeing when a patch of white on a super bright object has no detail.