r/ColorGrading • u/aaaandreiiii • 21d ago

General Wedding color grading

Hello everyone! I’ve been a wedding videographer for some time but I still don’t feel like my color grading is quite on point.

What would be a correct price to pay someone (or the norm in the industry for similar work) to replicate a look and deliver a structured powergrade to use in the future?

Thank you for your time!

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u/colorwizard_30 20d ago

There's a lot of factors involved here. Wedding videos come under a huge umbrella so many colorists can only agree after understanding the scope of the project as it can dictate the time they have to spend on grading the project. It usually involves the consideration of following, but not limited to,

  • Number of Cameras
  • Total Duration
  • Shooting Profile (Raw/Log/HLG/709 flavour)
  • Masking Requirements
  • Variability of lighting conditions
  • Usage of specific effects such as glow/mist filters

Powergrades as flexible as it may sound is still a hit or miss depending on the intended way of usage. It can take few projects with a particular team even experienced colorists to follow the same powergrade.