Color correction and grading

Color Correctionand Color Toning

What is the difference?

• Color Correction = getting rid of a color cast

• Color grading = adding color to tell a story

color correction

• there are many tools available. try out the following tools:

• Image>auto color

• adj layer photo filter > check neutralize, enter

• adj. layer Curves> in one of the color channels pull up or down the middle of the curve

• try the method on the following slide color, blending the inverse color of the cast

Remove color cast

• sample color in hilights

• fill layer, invert, blend mode color, opacity ~8%, protect shadows in “blend if”

• repeat for shadows

https://fstoppers.com/studio/check-out-brilliant-way-remove-color-casts-photoshop-8036

Correction tips for Filmic Look

• keep saturation and contrast down

• balance out colors

Grading helps tell a story

• warm & happy

• cold & serious

• clear & natural

• unnatural / science fiction

Complementary colors

Teal and Orange

Adding Color with Curves AdjustmentRED

CYAN

GREEN BLUE

MAGENTA YELLOW

direct select

retro film look

• photo filter blue, preserve luminosity

• blend mode: exclusion

• opacity ~30%

• add noise

photo filter underwater-multiply

LUTs / Look Up Tables

• mathematical color conversion files

• for Color Grading photo and film

• Photoshop simplest tool to make

• make• import image• add and tweak adjustment layers• File>Export>Color Lookup Tables

• use• Add Adj. Layer> Color Lookup ...