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What is Colour Grading & How Does It Work?
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What is Colour Grading & How Does It Work?

Colour grading describes how colours are perceived when light strikes the eye, creating a visual sensory impression.

Colours are important to the human senses for the same reason that they can help create and display moods, emotions, or situations.

As a result, colour grading is an important tool for creating colours in video productions and photographs that focus on a desired mood or feeling.

How Does Colour Grading Work?

Colour grading is the process of changing the colours and lighting of a video production or a photo session during the editing process.

It can be used for a variety of purposes. It can be used to, among other things, match the colour in clips from different scenes, save the colour and lighting setup in clips that did not turn out as expected, or add a specific and desired atmosphere to a clip.

The possibilities are nearly limitless, and with the right colours and lighting, you can create completely new and unique moods for the material.

Colour grading is often the last step in the overall production process.

This is because, in general, you should only use it on clips that you know you need to use – avoiding wasting time on colour grading material that will not be used.

As a digital agency, IBEX Media Group can assist you. To learn more, please contact us today.

Create Mood & Emotions With Colours

You may be familiar with it from your own experience. That colour and light can have a significant impact on your mood, the atmosphere created when you watch a movie, or the atmosphere created when darkness falls every evening.

Colour grading, on the other hand, can be an extremely useful tool for capturing and creating these moods.

The atmosphere in recordings or photographs can vary greatly depending on whether they have a bluish and cool expression or a warm and yellowish expression.

If you want to boost the feeling of joy and happiness in a particular recording, colour grade with warm colours that create a harmonious and evocative feeling.

Colder colours, on the other hand, can substantiate depressed emotions, where the emphasis is, for example, on instilling fear and gloom in the viewer.

Today, most professional programs for cutting footage or editing images include a colour grading tool. As a result, almost all colour grading is done digitally.

However, correcting light and colour on film is not a new technique.

Colour grading, as we know it today, is founded on the same principles. However, because of the many technological possibilities, the colours are frequently adjusted very subtly, so that you do not notice it.

Guide To Colour Grading

As previously stated, colour grading is a tool with limitless applications. For the same reason, diving into your first colour grading project may appear to be a daunting task.

However, there is some sound advice to be found right here, as we walk you through three basic settings to consider when colour grading your material.

 

1. Change the colour balance

Adjustments to the material’s colour balance allow you to increase or decrease the intensity of individual colours. The primary colours, red, green, and blue, are highlighted.

Assume you’re working on a colour grading project for an action film. The recordings are often darker and with shades of blue to create the right atmosphere and feeling in the scenes.

You can create a unique atmosphere in your action film by experimenting with colour balance, so that the blue and dark tones help to tell your story.

The process is the same whether you colour grade video or photos. The difference is that colour grading video footage can take longer because the image is in constant motion.

 

2.Change the contrast

Contrasts in shots or images can also be important. The contrast may differ between cameras.

Some cameras record in higher contrast, while others record in lower contrast.

You will have more colour correction options if you record your camera with a lower contrast.

The contrast setting affects the brightness and intensity of your shots. It also means that the greater the contrast in your shots, the more distinct the distinction between light and dark.

 

3.When colour grading, use pre-defined colour settings and LUTs

If you are not an expert in colour grading, colour grading software can be confusing and difficult to use.

Fortunately, there are many pre-defined colour settings and LUTs available to make colour grading much easier. These can assist you in a significant amount of the way, making colour grading much easier.

You can also manually adjust and edit the colours of your recordings in programs like Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro to get them exactly how you want them. If you are looking for video assistance, do not hesitate to contact our video production company today.

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