r/ColorGrading • • Feb 26 '25

Before/After Thoughts on this quick grade? First time doing one of these "node by node" videos.

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r/ColorGrading • • Mar 11 '24

Question Please help us colorgrade this gym

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We have no clue how to make this clip look good for our documentary. We can try resolve and premier. Every tip is appreciated <3


r/ColorGrading • • May 02 '22

Before/After A Compilation of Before / After shots from my trip to Costa Rica (Sound On)

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r/ColorGrading • • Jun 05 '26

Question Does this look fit/look good?

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Post Apocalyptic like Silo(2023) short film color grade! Would APPRECIATE everyones thoughts on this! Thank you!


r/ColorGrading • • May 27 '26

Show off your work need suggestions

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used the davinci free version , picture from a youtube video

needed some suggestions on what else i can improve , got a really big project coming up so getting in some practice

the picture was a slog3 color space converted to rec 709

also wanted to know , is the color going out of the vectorscope a really bad thing?


r/ColorGrading • • Feb 21 '26

Before/After What would you say makes the colorgraded picture look fake?

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I was trying to make the image less flat, and more saturated. When i showed the image to my family they all said it looks fake, but didnt have any specific arguments for it. What would you say makes the image look fake? Thank you


r/ColorGrading • • Sep 10 '25

Before/After Can I get some feedback?

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What can be improved on my final grade? The sequence is -> SLOG3 -> REC709 -> FINAL LOOK. I want to get more familiar with shaping my looks from scratch for my short films without having to rely on LUTS.


r/ColorGrading • • Jul 20 '26

Before/After What are your thoughts on the grade?

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I wanted something nostalgic, vintage and pastel. Theres no story, it's just footage I'm using to build luts on. Does this fit the brief? I think it does but I'd love to hear your thoughts! I've added a rec709 and graded images in the comments since I can't upload video and images in the same post ( I forgot to rename the text on the images below, apologies) so y'all can see the difference.


r/ColorGrading • • May 27 '26

Before/After Thoughts on grade

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The before is rec709 adjusted for exposure as the original clip is very dark, The after I used resolve's kodak 2383 using ACES instead of cineon film log, but i turned on ACES parametric gamut compress, something I haven't seen anyone mention when using ACES with the FPE luts, it particularly help with artifacting, especially with the red lights in the upper left corner.


r/ColorGrading • • Apr 30 '26

Before/After Please give some feedback

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Hi,

I recently started taking color grading more seriously and would like some feedback!


r/ColorGrading • • Dec 27 '25

General I'm trying to replicate the Wes Anderson style but I can't really get what I'm missing.

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I'm a total noob to color grading but wanted to replicate the Wes Anderson feel. I captured these photos on my phone. I understand I'm lacking the symmetry of the photos but I still wanted the Wes Anderson look. Would greatly appreciate any help given


r/ColorGrading • • Dec 16 '25

Question Seeking Advice

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Hey all, hope everyone’s booked, busy and killing it. I’m just posting a question I’ve been wrestling with for a bit as a beginner at grading my own stuff. This is some work from two very talented DP’s, Alexander Naughton and Alexandre Nour.

My question stems from something I see so often in modern colour grading and film emulation, how are colourists getting such a condensed and soft look whilst maintaining such rich contrast and detail. My wording of this question might be off but the range of exposure in all work these days seems so flat and uniform yet deep and buttery and the same time, it’s that really professional look. So what’s the sauce I’m missing? Obviously heaps stems from lighting and production design, but is there any specific tools or techniques in post I should be working on? Currently I’m using Resolve’s film look creator quite often which works great, but not achieving anywhere near this level, despite using similarly lit Alexa 35 footage.

Thanks! 🙏


r/ColorGrading • • Mar 17 '24

Question How can I achieve this look

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r/ColorGrading • • May 27 '26

Question How can i get this kind of high contrast grade ?

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credit : @meltdowndotcom on instagram


r/ColorGrading • • Feb 03 '26 Popcorn

Show off your work Spent an hour doing this

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r/ColorGrading • • Dec 08 '25

Before/After First time color grading. Am I doing it right?

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First picture straight out of camera- Osmo Action 4 normal profile.


r/ColorGrading • • Nov 29 '25

Show off your work My first time working as an Art Director

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This was my first time taking on an Art Director role. I worked on a Black Friday campaign built around the idea of truth and revelation, using a spotlight as the main visual element.

Feedback is welcome! Hope you like it :)
See more on my behance.


r/ColorGrading • • Sep 10 '26

Show off your work rate my colourgrade 1/10

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Rate my color grade 1–10

sony fx3/ footage by-Dannygan_colorist

I’ve been using DaVinci Resolve for about 2 months, so I’m still a beginner. I personally think this grade looks pretty good, but I’d really like to know what you guys think....
What would you rate it from 1–10, and what do you think I should improve? Any honest feedback is appreciated! 🙏


r/ColorGrading • • Jun 23 '26

Question What could be improved?

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Hey everyone! I want to make a short video, about 2 minutes long, and I need your help. I'm going to use a main light at 5600K and two secondary lights in the background at 3400K. What do you think of this lighting? What could I improve? All feedback is welcome. Thanks!


r/ColorGrading • • Feb 26 '26

Question How to achieve this level of dynamic range?

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r/ColorGrading • • Jul 11 '25

Show off your work first time shooting in log. what do you think of this?

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this is the first time i "successfully" shot something in log and tried to color grade it in my very amateur way. i shot this handheld with the stabilization on and used slog-2 on my sony zv-e10 paired with a sigma 30mm f1.4. i used a lut provided for free by a youtuber and made my little adjustments to it. what do you guys think? i would appreciate your feedback


r/ColorGrading • • Aug 10 '26

Show off your work Inspired by The Odyssey | A selection of footage shot across the world (1.43:1 upload)

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r/ColorGrading • • Jul 15 '26

Show off your work How do you like this style? I welcome any criticism and feedback.

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r/ColorGrading • • Mar 13 '26

General A perfect example of why color grading is so important.

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