![]() ![]() Eventually Color Finale plugin was so good that Apple has decided to develop a kind of a replica by embedding its own color wheels. Apple preferred to implement the FCPX color palette that wasn’t so favorable on users who skip the process on FCPX and used alternatives like DaVinci Resolve. The reason for developing color wheels to FCPX is because FCPX was developed without those wheels. One of the main invention of Color Grading Central was the color wheel plugin dedicated to FCPX called “ Color Finale”. This fact made the grading process even more desirable and critical to filmmakers. Nowadays, there are RAW files, affordable 12 bit and Log footage which are extremely more gradable. Those products helped to enhance the grading stamina of the “poor” Rec.709 footage caused them to look magnificent. Denver has created color grading FREE tutorials (FCPX, DaVinci and more), and brought some of the most professional grading products (LUTs, softwares and plugins) that have been used even among industry pros. In my opinion, the filmmakers community owes him a lot. Applying LUTs to those parameters led to the “breaking” of the image which caused to poor results.Ĭolor Grading Central was founded by Denver Riddle, who is a professional colorist that was involved in creating the LUTs that we all use: Instagram’s filters.ĭenver has brought color grading to the masses. Those images could not take much changes in saturation and contrast. Once upon a time there was the good old Rec.709 and 8 bit imagery which limited significantly the grading abilities. The ability to grade became an essential skill and has transformed to a major and critic expertise of the filmmakers knowledge and toolset. I am just a user of their products! This review is my sole opinion! Color grading is THE processĬolor grading is like a hot jargon that came into filmmakers mind in the past years. Important: This is not an ad! I am not in any business partnership what so ever with Color Grading Central. Cinema Grade is a new grading software that wants to simplify color grading by eliminating the use of the color wheels. The pain is that the grading process is sometimes technically complicated. That’s when the images come alive and the film is taking shape. All these adjustments feel like painting, and the toolkit on the left keeps track of every change we've made so far.The color grading (=grading) constitutes as one of the most important processes in post. The same can be done with our highlights. We'll start with our shadows and drag the node we just placed and reduce the shadows as needed. With this tool selected, we can click to drop a node onto our image where were want changes made. Let's use the Shift-E shortcut to get selective exposure and clean up our shadows and highlights. Now we're cooking with gas.īut we're not done yet. The image is a little desaturated so we'll press the shortcut S, or click on the saturation button in the top left, and do the same. In Cinema Grade, a few adjustments get us close to a Rec.709 equivalent, with quick access to the tools for fine-tuning.īy selecting our contrast tool in the top left of the viewer, or using the shortcut C, we click on our footage and drag up to increase the contrast. While we can always use a LUT to bring the footage into a Rec.709 color space, the results aren’t always perfect. In this shot captured on the Sony F5, we need to add more contrast and saturation. In the middle top of the viewer, users will find a page for the Base Correction, a Shot Matching page, and the Final Grading page. Users can work their way from left to right in order to make changes to exposure, then color temperature, and finally finish off with saturation and color adjustments. It covers everything you'll need for exposure, white balance, saturation, and secondary color changes.Ĭinema Grade helps with the process of color grading by providing you with a workflow using the progression that is found on the top left of the viewer. In the new viewer window, you'll see your footage, as well as a menu system on the right where all of your adjustments can be made using a Lightroom-inspired toolset. We took a look at Cinema Grade in Final Cut Pro by dropping into onto our footage like an effect and then opening the control panel in the inspector. ![]() (Sorry, Avid users.) While the workflow is similar between Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro, there are a few differences in the Resolve version. Cinema Grade works as a plugin for the big three NLEs. ![]()
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