Color correction and grading
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Color correction involves removing unwanted color casts from an image, while color grading adds color to convey mood or story. The document provides tips for both color correction and grading in Photoshop, including using tools like Auto Color, Curves adjustments, blending inverse colors, and photo filters to remove casts, and adjusting saturation, contrast, and complementary colors to add mood through warmth, coldness, or retro looks. It also discusses using LUTs/look up tables to apply complex color conversions for grading photos or films.
Color correction and grading
- 1. Color Correction and Color Toning
- 2. What is the difference? Color Correction = getting rid of a color cast Color grading = adding color to tell a story
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. Correction tips for Filmic Look keep saturation and contrast down balance out colors
- 6. Grading helps tell a story warm & happy cold & serious clear & natural unnatural / science fiction
- 9. Adding Color with Curves Adjustment RED CYAN GREEN BLUE MAGENTA YELLOW direct select
- 10. retro film look photo filter blue, preserve luminosity blend mode: exclusion opacity ~30% add noise
- 12. 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 ...