Color Grading YOUR Footage | Step-by-Step

[@Brad_West]

Do you want me to do this again and grade more of your footage?

[@idanyork]

YES! This was very interesting to see you work with various types of challenging footage. Really loved it and would love to see more and learn more.

[@Brad_West]

Thanks Idan! 😄🙏🏼

[@DroneKingsInDarwin]

Yes - need more of this. Fascinating.

[@Brad_West]

Awesome! 😄👊🏼

[@KreativeCut]

Yes!! I missed my chance! Always so informational and helpfull!

[@RajPhotoEditingMuchMore]

Thank you so much for Grading our video 😊 Amazing video as always 🔥

[@Brad_West]

Thank you so much! And thanks for submitting your clip 😄🙏🏼

[@ExplorativeEye]

The best video I have seen so far on Color grading with FCP!

[@Brad_West]

I'm so glad you think so! It's probably time to do another one of these 😄👊🏼

[@TheFinalCutBro]

Just picked up the course! Amazing work dude!!!

[@Brad_West]

Dude!! Thank you so much for the support 🙏🏼

[@jesustrias8437]

Hola Brad!. my concern is not to leave the range of 0 to 100 of the vertoscope, and I see that you cross the line…, what is the real range?, Thank you!.

[@Brad_West]

Anything that goes below 0 or above 100 is clipped. We often don’t want to cross those lines for fear of losing dynamic range but sometimes that’s a great way to achieve a certain look or to get good contrast. For example, if you have a subject that is silhouetted against a sunset. You could set that black point to just above 0 but if there is no detail anyway, crushing the black point to just below 0 makes the subject truly black and will make it pop from the sunset. I hope that helps 😄👍🏼

[@jesustrias8437]

@@Brad_West 👋🍷

[@camcamwatt]

I was looking for this comment - so basically this is fine for personal content or socials - but for paid work or broadcast you probably will run into issues. The loss of data and information might not show on your screen personally but when a paying customer show this at an event or on a big screen I see potential for problems :( -- Great tutorial though still lots of great information @brad_west

[@Brad_West]

@@camcamwatt Not necessarily no. Crushing the blacks below 0 is something that is done in films all the time. Think of a dark alley, you don't necessarily see all the details in the dark area, sometimes it's totally black. It would be more of an issue if you have a corporate interview for example where the person is wearing a black suit. If you crush the blacks below 0 you will be missing some detail in the suit which would be a problem whether it is broadcast or not. Hope that helps!

[@charissaandcowellness]

Is your colour grading / correction course for beginners? I find your videos really helpful, just a bit fast for me, as I am still learning, but assume the course would be more slow paced? Thanks

[@Brad_West]

Yes, it is! I start with the basics and the foundations of color grading principles. I talk about the scopes and other terminology that is important to understand as a beginner as I go through beginner topics, to more intermediate topics and finally, a few advanced grading techniques as well. The course is slower in pace than my KZbin videos yeah. 😄

[@gerardomata.costarica]

Brad...i'm shocked at what you were able to pull off here! Which one is better, the native color correction tools in final cut pro or do I purchase color finale 2? I'm being pulled from both sides after watching how you were able to edit without color finale 2.

[@Brad_West]

Wow, thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video. Honestly, you can pretty much do almost anything you need to with the built-in tools. If you are relatively new to grading, I would suggest using the built-in tools. Don't spend money yet. When you're ready to do more advanced grading and tracking multiple masks and things like that, then Color Finale is a fantastic choice! 😄👍🏼

[@konstantinoschristakopoulo2188]

Why did you choose the HSL over the 3D mask in the first shot?

[@Brad_West]

Just so that I had more precise control over selecting specific saturation and luma values with that mask 😄👍🏼

[@classicmikestar]

Quick Question: Why do you use conversion Lutz as you're already a well established editor when you can grade it? If you know what you're doing with the image is the Lut just to save time?

[@Brad_West]

The conversion LUTs generally give you the best LOG to rec.709 results. Each camera is a little different so I generally try to use the conversion LUT that was made by the manufacturer for that specific camera model. That gives the best starting point and it saves time. Then I will usually do my own custom grade from that point on.

[@EMOTIVE_MEDIA]

Quick question, why do you make adjustments on seperate color wheels instead of doing it on just one color wheel?

[@Brad_West]

I do it because if I want to temporarily disable an adjustment (like a saturation adjustment I made), I'm not also disabling the white balance adjustment on the same set of color wheels. It's more for the purposes of creating tutorials and if I want to show how each individual step affects the footage, then it's easy for me to do. But you could totally make those adjustments on one set of color wheels. It would be no different 😄 Hope that helps!

[@alexpillayfilms]

hey buddy it was really great help thank you

[@Brad_West]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ekphotography]

Love it, Learned some new things, Thanks!!!

[@Brad_West]

Glad you found it helpful 😄👍🏼 Appreciate you watching!

[@travisreed5965]

First Of All, Thanx For The Subscribing Tip - Unsubscribed And Then Subscribed And This Tutorial Was The First Video Up - So That's Cool Beans - Now, This Episode Rocks !!! I Had No Idea About The Eye Dropper Tool - This Whole Video Blew My Mind - You Were Able To Bring So Much Life Into These Videos And Its Almost Seamless Juts How Easy You Made It Appear - I Would You Encourage To Create More Of These For Sure - All The Best Vibes Here In June Stay Groovy , Cheers P.S. Would Love Another Lesson Regarding Audio Features And Possibilities

[@Brad_West]

Thanks Travis. I’m glad the unsubscribe/subscribe trick worked 😄👊🏼 Glad you got some useful info from this video. I think I’ll definitely do it again. It was fun! Thanks for the suggestion, I think it’s about time for another audio video.

[@halimrahman]

I watched this video twice now to grasp some simple workflow for colour grading. Really good with "examples". I took a video of the beach panning left and right and I noticed that the horizon had been wobbly (up and down). I used stabilisation but it doesn't solve it. I used crop+angle, it solves one horizon but not for the entire clip. Is there any way I can solve this?

[@Brad_West]

Is the clip too shaky to be properly stabilized? If you want, send me a link to the clip and I'll have a look to see what I can suggest.

[@ChristiInCanada]

Amazing job! Thanks so much for grading my footage, I learnt so much!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks for sending your footage in Christi! So glad it was helpful to you 😄🙌🏼

[@alassafcam]

Bravo 👏🏼

[@Brad_West]

😄🙏🏼

[@travel_paradise]

Magic man, I always wonder when you do this. Awesome and much appreciated for sharing, showing and teaching your skills to us. Yes KZbin is a class and great platform for learners like me.Thank you and keep going!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed this one 😄🙌🏼

[@Scratchboardproductions]

Another great video! I love how you took other peoples footage, it was very informative and fun

[@Brad_West]

Thanks for the feedback! I enjoyed making this one a lot. I'll probably do it again 😄🙌🏼

[@thecinegrapher]

Always get to learn something from video. straight to the point and precise. Thank you for selecting and grading the video. And your LUT pack is a banger. Going to use it on my future videos.

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much! Truly appreciate you saying that and for the feedback on the LUT pack. Thanks for submitting your footage 😄🙏🏼

[@misterlaazy]

This video is a goldmine ! Thanks for sharing thses tips 🔥

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much for saying that. Means a lot! Appreciate you watching 😄🙌🏼

[@ThisisDigitalden]

Fabulous video Brad, always great content from you… thanks 🙏

[@Brad_West]

Truly appreciate that Dénes! 😄👊🏼

[@Whitephoenix1402]

@Brad_West I’ve got a question. Why apply the technical lut with custom lut and not in the Clip information tab? Thanks in advance

[@Brad_West]

It makes no difference in terms of the way the footage looks, but by applying it on the clip, if I decide while grading that I want to rather use a creative LOG LUT I can easily change it as opposed to going back into the clip settings to change it. So it's more of a workflow thing than anything else 😄

[@Whitephoenix1402]

@@Brad_West Thanks for the answer Brad 😉

[@danylombardojpg]

I LOVE this video man, thanks thanks and thanks

[@Brad_West]

Glad you enjoyed it! Appreciate you watching 😄🙌🏼

[@tanagramgd]

This is insane. Very well done. Checking out the class

[@Brad_West]

Thanks Grant. Glad you enjoyed it 😄🤙🏼

[@simonanartist]

So, no subtitles with your Color Grading Master Class? What about deaf people who cannot hear.

[@Brad_West]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will add that to my to do list to get subtitles up 🙏🏼

[@simonanartist]

You will likely get hard-of-hearing and deaf people like me to buy your course(s).

[@Brad_West]

@simoncooper5034 I truly appreciate the feedback. I will look into the best way of adding subtitles to the course, and I’ll get back to you.

[@hurricanevision]

great video! How do you create before and after effect? Thanks

[@Brad_West]

I did it using FCp's built in wipe transition but instead of feathered edges, you can change it to a solid line and choose the color you want.

[@hurricanevision]

@@Brad_West thanks

[@idanyork]

You make this look so easy, but those tulip fields are super tough to balance. Bravo! Great job! I'm going to take your color grading masterclass to learn how to be a better color grader!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks Idan! Appreciate you saying that 😄🙏🏼 Also, thank you for submitting your footage. I really need to go see those tulip fields for myself 🙌🏼

[@idanyork]

@@Brad_West Definitely go up to 't Zand, Workum, Lemmer and of course Lisse. Really amazing for tulips (in season), but also other flower fields like peonies and hyacinth. It's mind-bogglingly gorgeous but very tough to capture the colors.

[@Brad_West]

Yeah some of the footage doesn't even look real. Incredibly beautiful 😄🙌🏼 Now that I'm in Europe I definitely plan on going to see it for myself.

[@shyam7417]

❤❤❤❤

[@Brad_West]

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[@bakerke1]

Awesome video!

[@Brad_West]

Appreciate it Ken!