A lot goes into making a video look professional, and one of the final and most important steps is the color grade. It's easy to make a mistake here, and this great video will highlight four such missteps that new videographers often make when it comes time to color grade.
Coming to you from Chrystopher Rhodes with YC Imaging, this helpful video will show you four mistakes new videographers commonly make when they color grade their work. Color grading is an important step, as it's both rather technical and a chance to add your artistic signature and to further solidify your signature style. As such, it's especially important to give it lots of careful attention. Of the mistakes, perhaps the most common one I see is simply going over the top with the grade. It can be quite easy to go from stylized to garish, even for more seasoned editors. It's a great idea to step away from your computer after you finish your grade for an hour or even a night, then rewatch your footage with fresh eyes. Less is often more in this case. Check out the video above for more helpful tips!
If you're new to video editing and really want to learn more, be sure to check out 'Introduction to Adobe Premiere: A Video Editing Tutorial!'
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Color grading is a great way to set your images apart from other photographers. Have you refined this part of your post processing? Submit your best color grade now and see if the community approves of your techniques. Between now and February 6th at 11:45 PM, we invite you to submit up to two of your best color graded images for your chance to be critiqued by Lee and Patrick and win one of two free Fstoppers tutorials. The first winner will be chosen by the highest community rated image and the second image will be chosen at random. When making our selections, we'll be looking for images which have clearly had adjustments to the colors and tones, similar to the featured image taken by Bill Larkin.
Once you've uploaded your image, let us know what you think of the rest of the community's submissions by scrolling through them, rating them, and if you see an area where an image could be improved, leaving an encouraging and helpful comment.
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