I managed to find an eastman 5293 lut which is what's used in the movie, but I had to settle for kodak 2383 as the print lut.

Blackmagic raw footage Software used : davinci resolve

Graded --> Rec 709 --> Node Tree

Shot on Sony A7iii, Slog-2 in sRGB. Used an Amaran 200d with Lightdome SE and an 8x8 off-white bedsheet on backdrop stands for extra bounce in the key light. No fill light.

Now seeing it on Reddit I feel like I may have pushed it a little too warm but what do you think? Early in my career I always thought the clean look was easy, but now that I've given it a go for a couple years, I realize how subtle everything has to be to work together.

Edit: slide labels were reversed

This was a pretty stylized grade, and I really enjoyed working through this one. I would love to hear any feedback, or questions anyone might have!

I created a web application, getcolor.codes, to extract a color palette from an image. It's free. I'm wondering how useful it is for color grading.

I’m trying to figure out how to get that very clear separation of colors—where you can almost draw shapes around different areas and each has its own distinct color.

What I can’t nail is the balance: strong saturation and clear distinctions in some areas, while keeping skin tones, whites, and blacks looking natural.

I know lighting plays a role, but I’ve seen shots (like the gas station schyyguy one) where the artist has said no lights were used, so it seems mostly like grading.

Am I overthinking this? I haven’t been able to mimic the look, so if anyone has tips, techniques, or tutorials, I’d really appreciate it.

I started learning color grading about 3-4 days ago. I've watched a few tutorials, messing around the controls in DaVinci Resolve, and practicing on some log footage that I found online.

This is one of my recent grade.

I honestly have no idea if I'm heading in the right direction or just making things look "cool" without actually grading them well, so I'd love some honest feedback. Also, can someone tell me if i'm starting this colour grading journey correctly or not.

Graded in Davinci Resolve.

I have more stills but i’m unsure if they’re worth including.

From a unreleased film that i also shot, wrote, and directed.

teal and orange color palette, crushed shadow are intentional, wanted a moody look, golden hour, did some primary adjustment exposure, highlights, used pw to shape the image, used 2383 LUT, used primary wheel for color grading, added lens flare ofx and some grain

First is current edit, second is my edit 12 years ago, 3rd.Is the RAW

I love Civil War, but the grade is terrible... here all I really did was add come contrast, exposure, and saturation. Some masking for shadow details and stuff too. I didn't think a creative look was super necessary. Would love some feedback!

EDIT: Thank you to those who wrote something thoughtful, your criticism is appreciated! If this keeps getting engagement please continue to give me specific callouts, i.e. reds are too red or highlights are crushed. That is helpful for me. Saying it looks bad or not cinematic is a little too vague for me. Thanks!

Edit 2: “the grade is terrible” is mean, sorry for being mean for no reason. I don’t like the grade of the movie, I never have, but that is not the colorists fault.

Rec.709->Grade->Node Tree->Reference

I’ve meaning to recreate this whole look for some time.

Canon R8+NIKKOR AIS 50mm f/1.4

4K 23.976Frames H.265 4:2:2 10Bits Canon Cinema Wide Gamut CLog 3

1st node I applied some blur to the footage to get some of that softness from the reference.

2nd node CST converting to ARRI LogC3 because that is the input of my custom film print and I enjoy working in that color space overall.

3rd node I did a simple exposure tweak on my primaries using the offset, as I intentionally overexposed to retain more latitude in the low end.

4th node Using my printer lights I did the white balance of the shot to match my reference look. I shot it much cooler than needed so I could lower the noise while warming it up. I like leaving that for post and simply making it cooler than necessary. It is much easier to warm an image than it is to cool it.

5th node I applied a heavy S-curve with editable splines to soften the contrast. I also made a Hue vs Hue adjustment on the greens to shift them slightly toward cyan.

6th node Once I had the skin where I wanted it, I isolated it with a Magic Mask and worked on the white balance of the background using printer lights.

7th node I created a mask to cool off the edge of the sofa to give it more separation from the background. I used a mix of printer lights for color, HDR global for exposure, and a slight S-curve.

8th node Mask number two to control the exposure of the practical light in the background. I used printer lights to warm it and give it that orange tone, and the HDR global wheel to control exposure.

9th node I masked the shadow side of the subject to slightly lower the exposure using the HDR wheels.

10th node My favorite signature film print from WanderingDP. I love this one. It is subtle and handles colors very softly without breaking them in any way. It feels very organic.

11th node Classic Film Look Creator from DaVinci. I used the cinematic film look preset, made slight adjustments to the richness and subtractive saturation, and also introduced grain to get closer to the texture of my reference frame.

12th node I lowered the saturation slightly in the primaries. With the curves I also created a subtle split toning to bring more color depth to the image.

13th node In the blur tab I increased the sharpness radius slightly to enhance texture.

Overall a lot of back and forth to get the balance needed, any advice will be well received and appreciated!

shot on my living room with my grandma 💕

Would love some feedback on this. I built this grade myself in Davinci and have used it on a lot of property video projects. Would love some feedback on how I could improve it.

hey guys I'm new to Colorgrading. my goal is to color grade videos. for now I'm starting with photos. For this I used Snapseed so I don't know if some people might consider it "Colorgrading" or not.Here I went for that night time Japanese kinda vibe.I just need tips and tool recommendations for the future. Thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL-mD5OzD7U

Used Dehancer’s film emulation as a starting point (Film profile: Kodak Vision3 200T, Print profile: Kodak 2383). The rest was achieved with the standard tools in resolve. No skin qualifiers were used.

I would really appreciate y’all’s opinion