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COLOR GRADE in Lightroom Like a PRO // Cinematic Color Grading

Anthony Gugliotta

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[Timecodes]
0:00 How Color Grading Works (technical)
4:34 Why use Color Grading?
5:47 Going Into Depth
6:02 Method 1 - Themed Color Grade
8:38 Method 2 - Split Tone
10:00 Method 3 - Enhance

20 Comments

@AnthonyGugliotta Creator 4 years ago Pinned

What's your favourite tool in Lightroom? OR What's a tool you wish you knew more about?

@AM-ju9wx 2 years ago

No matter how many of these videos I watch. I still suck lol.

@lifethroughalens9878 4 years ago

Probably the best instruction of “how” color grading actually works versus just pushing sliders around. Excellent tutorial and delivery.

@rachelhampton9 4 years ago

This is what a tutorial should be! The back to the basics, as easy as possible to explain, makes it simple to follow and even easier to try and execute on your own. Thank you for this!

@YukiThor 2 years ago

I've watched countless Colour Grading video and understood non of it

this single video, ONE VIDEO, changed my entire perspective

thank you so much

@WorldOfMaureen 2 years ago

The rare moments when he talked about what a setting makes him feel, eg atmosphere of a desert, was insightful to me. Because that is what photography is for me, not features of Lightroom, but that it makes you feel something

@user-kj3ch3ke8m 3 years ago

Anthony - I'm a beginner with Lightroom, and have discovered that while there are lots of useful YouTube channels, most assume a certain amount of prior knowledge, and that creates a real barrier for someone new to the field. This is hands-down the best video I've seen in terms of explaining the basics. I wasn't really sure how colour grading differed from the RSL adjustments until I saw your explanation here. You strike the perfect balance (not easy to do I think!) - beautifully clear, really well expressed. Thanks so much!

@kyyJack 3 years ago

Oh my! When someone has a full understanding of a topic is one thing. But when they can really, I mean REALLY pass/explain this knowledge onto another person, that's something. My add brain struggles to connct things, to sometimes understand one word that just won't click in right away and there we gooo I'm missing a whole point. But what you did here? Using multiple different words for the same thing, break down the total basics. I will be forever grateful. And whenever my brain forgets what we learned here, I'm just gonna come back and have a bath in your awesome clear words again. Thank you!

@zhivkom 4 years ago

YouTube needs to add a double/triple like option. I gave you one like the first time I watched this video. Now I played it again, because I am now doing some color grading and needed a refresh... but there is no double like option. 😆

@HannahKutner 2 years ago

This is literally the most helpful color grading tutorial on the internet and MAN i have watched SO SO many

@jimthomson9044 2 years ago

Nice job -- you got to the point w/o 2-3 minutes of pointless BS. After many attempts on my part, I think I finally am beginning to "get" what color grading is about. Your reference to "splits" was helpful. As a new subscriber I offer a sincere "thanks" for this work.

@Cunning_Jester 4 months ago

This really is the best color grading video on YouTube

@eff_kaa 3 years ago

Great tutorial! Thank you for that!

A video on the tone curves would be cool!
What I find really hard in Lightroom is how all the different tools work together. I mean, there are so many ways to achieve what you want. For example, making the whites darker: you could use the basic panel, the tone curve and even the grading tools. If you could explain this, I think this might be a very helpful tutorial for a lot of us :)