STEAL THE COLOR-GRADING From Any MOVIE or PHOTO!

[@_MasonSummers]

What're some of your favourite movie color-grades!? let me know down below!

[@AlexAceves1994]

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Molinare)

[@user-hw9uy1bf7k]

madmax

[@chetan_l]

Fargo TV Series

[@lucania_723]

David Finchers SE7EN

[@joeblow9931]

sopranos

[@chrishenson4450]

I've been using Photoshop for 20+ years and Premiere for about 8 and I learned more in the last 13 minutes than in the last three years. Well done.

[@Jenevieve.Hubbard]

This was amazing. Thank you! (Saying it's super simple on repeat helped soothe my nervous system about all the steps.)

[@jocelynm9212]

You probably have one of the best working knowledge of photoshop I've ever seen. More importantly, you have a lovely way of teaching without over speaking. Excellent!

[@danielerasmus2436]

Dude, a tutorial where I don’t have to skip through a long irrelevant intro, I like you already! I’m not using this for movie grades but stealing the grading from movies for fashion editorial pics. Many thanks homie!

[@BestPlayedLoudLtd]

Tried this and selected 10 colours to create the palette and it works much better as you're inputting more detail of specific colours to the image from the previous one

[@cwdoby]

I'm not even working on anything like this but I found this technique to be pretty amazing and I love the creativity by people like you in the community. Keep being helpful! Thanks for the vid.

[@DarioToledo]

Didn't know about that double-click color picker on the Curves panel, and I've always been looking for a function like that one. Thanks!

[@aistemusic]

You're genius! This blew my mind!!!

[@ddeon]

Could you please link that exact LUT because it looks really nice

[@cwdoby]

You can screen grab the colors and make it yourself

[@technikchecker3314]

O.K. I will copy the link to this amazing tutorial. And save it because I will definitely come back to use this for a story telling video. Thanks for this clear and outstanding tutorial.

[@yashrajsingh519]

Seriously everyone watching you owe you one. Thanks bro im subscribing

[@VapourtrailphotographyCoUk]

This is really interesting, and you manage to pitch it at just the right level to be clear without being patronising. Good work, you've gained a subscriber :)

[@bluebull399]

Saved to my favourites for eternity. Please never delete this video.

[@arielzavala2955]

You are the reason I dissabled Ad Blocker and suck up all of those ads... the least I can do.

[@vanchi2351]

Wow thank you so much. I've been wonder what do they use movie color template for. Now i know how to cop these amazing color gradings for my photos

[@2ezclips]

Probably the best Color Grading tutorial. Great great work. Much thanks!

[@bobzhang5875]

It's amazing tuition about color grading, btw,what's the difference between matching function in Premiere.

[@shakaibart587]

Never knew that Photoshop can Make Premier LUTs. You save My Day MAN !

[@linusfotograf]

To me, the final image just looks orange and monochrome. Doesn't give me an idea of how this would work on photos with...stuff in it.

[@omnirhythm]

It wouldn't work, there's a lot more fiddling to be done as well as masking stuff in the photo as you don't want everything to appear colourized. It's a color guide at best.

[@elonlove343]

How often will you use a mars effect lol? Don't think of it that way. You can use the method he showed to replicate any color grade from any movie.

[@elonlove343]

@KolTony It actually does work because you're taking the exact colors from the image itself. Now the problem with that is you're taking away the human eye. That is why afterwards you have to tweak it. Color grade it. Play with it. Mess around with it to try to make it your own look. But copying a movies colors gives you a base to play with.

[@elonlove343]

@KolTony I get what you're saying but I'm saying this method scientifically gives you the closest thing to the exact colors used in your favorite movies. Now can you just drag and drop to every video and will it work? Ofcourse not. But if you've been using photoshop for a long time this method takes like 2 mins. And for color grading photoshop is a lot better than lightroom especially if you're color grading for video.

[@bluerabbit1236]

@@elonlove343 Dude stop arguing like an idiot. If I need all that tweaking why would I do this at all you door knob. Also nowhere in video it says you gotta be an expert in Photoshop to do this. Shut your nonsense hole.

[@MyJeanf]

Dude I have never seen anyone do colour grading like this, it's an excellent way of taking grades from bug movies as you state. Thank you for an amazing tutorial

[@_MasonSummers]

I'm glad you liked it! Be sure to check out some of my other tutorials!

[@MertBert]

That's a really easy photo to use. It would be a bigger tip if you were to use it on a Photo containing skin tones and see what extra effort needed to be added in order to completely mimic the look (separating the skin tones is a huge deal).

[@steenkevett-lopez3195]

I wasnt able to use the palette created in the first file for the Curves layer. It wouldn't eye pick the three colors at all

[@ProlexMedia]

This is Impressive! Great job on giving such an easy explanation of this process! We think that it is insanely popular for photographers to make photographs that refer to movies, so thank you for providing us with this tutorial!

[@dinoganic7782]

This is guys how you earn subscribers. Great job Mason, I am looking into getting involved professionally into photography and video and for now just observing tutorials, tutorials, tutorials.. liked this one so much! Thank you, I subscribed

[@mirahgirl01]

That much work isn't worth it for me. Thats insane it takes that many different steps to come away with an image! Think you can just put them side by side and get it closer faster by eye then doing all that! I mean you seem to know what you're doing and are great at what you do. Just for me if it takes that much time to edit one photo thats where photography isn't fun and makes it not feel realistic unfortunately! My favorite part is taking photos and not the behind the desk with years of tutorials that are constantly changing when they keep adding more shit that just gets more confusing for someone simple like me! Thanks for the video though, well done!

[@ArthurKonze]

Sorry to say, but this method is not really a good choice. Doing it the way described in the video does work on monchromatic color grades like in the Marsian (all orange) or Matrix (all green). But if you have more colors like the classical teal and orange look i.e. this does not work.

[@JoshRafG]

I also have this in mind

[@radityavisuals]

That makes sense yea

[@renanvaranda5495]

@@mounorman what Topic?? Can you please say Just the name of the vídeo?

[@mentalheadphones]

Are you gonna offer ideas or point your finger down some more?

[@georgek7566]

Show us dude.

[@aarondavidlewis]

This is a really great tutorial. I’ve been a colorist for years and have never lifted a color scheme in quite this way.

[@modernslice2238]

pulled from @UCMrvLMUITAImCHMOhX88PYQ so he's good at copying ;)

[@MrCozien]

Oh my god that‘s the best Tutorial i‘ve Seen since i work on Color grading , that’s incredible thank you so much for sharing this.... it’s like a Christmas gift before Christmas soooo coool

[@elipercy1071]

Dope shit, my friend! Good vibes all the way through

[@sheppo]

Super useful. I had no idea photoshop could export LUTs! thanks!

[@molnarjanos92]

@8:40 Can't use the Color Picker to select the color from another layer. (Layer 1) on your screen.

[@Visualchief]

Thanks so much, please I like the tone of your own video, is it an art lens or what makes it have that feel of a cinematic look? Would love to know. Thanks

[@the_allens_]

I would want to see this on an image or clip that actually had something in it other than dirt, seems like this is just a tutorial on how to make an orange overlay and isn’t super representative of what this would look like on skin tones or with anything with any sort of color variation. I love the thought put into it but don’t know if it would work on anything that’s not just the same color

[@no-hr6rj]

@@hunkosaurusrex While I agree that this video IS just an introduction, this dude isn't being strictly negative, This is constructive criticism. And you're over here on an internet crusade, out for blood. Just chill. Constructive criticism is not negative.

[@driver3899]

@@hunkosaurusrex being passive aggressive to people is also being negative

[@no-hr6rj]

@@hunkosaurusrex You're delusional, What put downs do they use in their comment? Despite the fact that their comments aren't strictly relevant to the video, they say they love the thought put into it, they aren't trashing him, Jesus Christ man, chill. It's a cool video and they aren't saying otherwise, they are pointing out an ACTUAL VALID FACT, it just isn't super relevant. Have a nice day man.

[@davyddocarmocabral2989]

@@hunkosaurusrex He This guy made a very light critic, 90% of the other comments are: This video was totally useless

[@DominicJacksonFilm]

@@hunkosaurusrex you're talking about yourself the guy has a point its really not a good example image at all. No dynamics. You have your head up your own arse if you cannot see the truth this person is pointing out, its obvious.

[@petersanjur32]

Dude this has been one of the most helpful videos about color grading that I've seen in ages, thank you!

[@hasanAli-em2hu]

man this is one of the best color grading tutorial video on youtube!!

[@tokekkk]

Next: how to steal Matt Damon from his movie

[@yannberte8291]

Nuke + Geotracker (KeenTools) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXfNk6SubtNpf5I ;-)

[@pixelreformer]

I will wait for how to steal the budget from your favourite movie

[@nocturne619]

*Jimmy Kimmel gets excited*

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Matt Damon: "Matt Damon."

[@ralphgeronilla]

You don't steal Matt Damon, he steals your movie

[@willvalentini]

awesome explanation :) when I export the lut in 64 grid points the premiere preview is slow. at 32 grid points this does not happen, what could it be?

[@SynysterNick]

That was one of the best tutorials I have ever seen on KZbin! Thank you so much!!!

[@hunter8980]

In what file format should I save LUT in Photoshop to be used in Davinci Resolve? I appreciate your reply. Thanks!!!!!

[@joshelias8472]

This is great man. Been looking for something like this all over the place. Everyone calls their videos “tutorials” and just end up placing a paid lut and just adjusting the basics...

[@methlokaijufan9729]

Now how do I do this in After effects ?

[@Nene-8090]

Just made weird sepia effect. Also I can't double click on the curve sample icons

[@Toyrapy]

True, just like you put a boring dull muddy brown overlay over your footage. This is no way can match the "authentic cinematic mood" from the original movie!

[@MarcParisel]

Fantastic !!!! Darkest hours is one of my favorite color graded film. It also has a lot to do with the lighting

[@_MasonSummers]

Absolutely! Filmmaking is 85%+ about the lighting!

[@MarcParisel]

Mason Summers so true it’s my challenge for 2020: make my own movie with a great lightning set up ;) cheers and thank you for he great content

[@storyboard5317]

after taking out highlight,midtone,shadow tone from the actual photo, it is not selecting anything in the curve adjustment pallet.

[@storyboard5317]

can you help please?

[@GeorgeHolden]

Had always assumed this must be possible! Very well done man, solid thumbnail too 👌

[@_MasonSummers]

Thanks George! Glad you enjoyed it! 👊

[@JoshuaMKerr]

The LUT file doesn't seem to play ball with premiere for me. I get an odd posterised image when adding the file.

[@shotbykray]

Same for me, did you figure a way around it ?

[@DEVUNK88]

8:40 when I got to map my tones the color picker does not register an input when selecting?

[@ThatsCindy]

My mind has been... BLOWN!!! I AM TRYING THIS IMMEDIATELY!

[@genevahebron6555]

Mine says something about the image/photoshop file not having a background upon exporting the LUT. What should I do?

[@rolandrick]

Cool. Can I do this also with DR and FCPX?

[@naexhan]

Could something like this be done for everything everywhere all at once? The colors there are amazing. Especially the greens .know this is from 3 years ago but If you could do a tutorial that would be great!

[@kcluv123321]

This didn’t work for my scene, I have skin tones and clothing that make it not work so well. Even with 5 colors in my swatch

[@DannyTaddei]

Obviously you’ll want to tweak a lot more if you’re trying to match something as an insertion or something but that is great. Thanks!

[@AlexMinor]

OMG!!!! YOU ARE A FREAKING GENIUS!!!!!! I will definitely be using this.

[@_MasonSummers]

Haha! Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Obyvvatel]

Doesn't really work for images with a lot of color variety

[@KiR_3d]

In games with CGA gfx we had only 4 colors! :)

[@KiR_3d]

@BTON Some old game graphic artists were able to create masterpieces using just four colors. So it's up to you only.

[@letsprogress4124]

@@KiR_3d no youre missing the point

[@sumitmishra2576]

@@letsprogress4124 I agree, From this technique you can only create monochromatic grading.

[@Un.Breton.en.Vadrouille]

8:40 i'm not able to pick any colour outside of the dialogue box, do you know why? Thx.

[@anlgunduz1776]

Exactly what i was looking for. Thanks man!

[@dougmc3397]

At 5:53 what happens with the gradient map layer? That layer is gone in the next step.

[@SuperMachead1]

What would happen if you took a section of the Martian frame and exported it as a LUT ?

[@MarijnGoud]

Following as I was wondering the exact same thing

[@_MasonSummers]

Unfortunately Photoshop only exports adjustment layers as part of the LUT, so exporting directly from the image would essentially be a blank LUT and would do nothing! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@_MasonSummers]

Hi Marijn I’ve just replied (not sure if you get the notification or not!)

[@MarijnGoud]

@@_MasonSummers thanks a lot, that makes sense

[@poalotesta7743]

Hello Mr Summers, could you apply a similar, or same process for B+W, say to emulate the tone, d-max and so on, of certain film stocks and luts? Thank you, your tuts are very concise and easy to follow, even when the process becomes complicated.

[@andrewjohnson1800]

Amazing! Great work around and you explained this so well!! Loved your video and learned something so so valuable. And agreed, the Martian looks dope af

[@sithlols1665]

"Hey guys what's going on?" Me: it's actually pretty tough recently

[@hamidvisuals]

Genius tutorial man, i am making a short film inspired by blade runner so this technique will really help me to color grade the shots.

[@priyamchakraborty8334]

Do we need to have a sample images everytime for each one ?

[@potatolord6204]

Excellent tutorial mate. I'll try this technique this week. Kind of a stupid question when u mention skin grab is that a screen snapshot using premiere pro or can u use the photos of say the Martian from Google? Cheers

[@BambooLofi]

thank you my friend... im just in the comments to help push the video out to more ppl.

[@EdenBouhnik]

Hi, how come i see my swatches differently on photoshop, they pretty annoying, how you get it to look like yours (like illustrator swatches?)

[@kookiespace]

I'm gonna steal this and make all my videos look like the red/blue contrasts in mad max

[@Toebiscuit]

Non-Pro Tip: Take a screen grab of your PSD file at the 1:50 step. Crop image to area of interest. In this case, the three swatches. This'll save you jumping thru all the .ACT steps.

[@davidkusko3370]

Great Tutorial! Very easy to follow and you really went slow enough to create a lut along with the tutorial. Great job! Thank you very much.

[@8225189]

I did all that and importet the Cube File into PP but it did not apply anything to the image. What did I wrong? Also the Cube file is about 500mb big...

[@lucyatkinson9831]

HELP!! Can anyone help me trying to do this. I am working on photoshop in creative cloud. I have managed to save the colour grade from my chosen image. After adding the colour gradient I am trying to load in my swatches. But it seems like my swatches panel isn’t set up as I don’t have the option ‘replace swatches’. Compared to the list he has when clicking on the 3 lines I think I need to change something on my swatches?!? Any help would be fabulous!!

[@holaemili]

When I try to change from 256 to 3, no colors apear on the Table of colours,...what is happening? Thanks.

[@holaemili]

@@gigrant9194 no, that was not the problem. The issu was that I must select de option "default". Thanks anyway.

[@jonl0711]

I was ok with the video where you created the 3 colours for a new swatch, however, where you lost me was selecting the colours for the gradient, why didn't you use the darker swatch for the far left colour on the gradient map then the middle colour on the swatch for the mid tones and the lightest for the highlight or did I miss something?

[@antonioseoane3319]

Great video, thanks for this! Does this work in black and white as well? Would this be the same technique? Would be great to know how to "copy" a certain black and white look :-)

[@SmanEDITS]

How can i do it in Affinity Photo ?

[@anitaboamah1860]

This is brilliant Mason! Thank you so much!

[@DuBToXiiC]

Damn, i always asked myself how the f*ck do these people use the color tables they want as a look/lut in their videos, now i know! Great video dude... the look of my next music video i am going to shoot has to be like matrix. With this method, you‘re saving me a ton of hours searching for the right gradient

[@odellowe7340]

Kartal they color grade from scratch

[@jules3311]

LUTs are NOT the way to grade. Just learn your tools.

[@tuonglamtran1241]

How can I do that in Lightroom? How can I copy color into Lightroom? Thanks

[@FOTOESTUDIOEVOLUCION]

Thank you very much, love it, i will apply it, i didn´t know how to make luts from PS and send them to Pr

[@aaronjohnsonmedia]

Dude this was a game changer. Well done. Super interesting trick

[@christophermchugh7887]

I don't get the option to replace swatches. Im using photoshop 21.0.2. My options are vastly limited compared to the options that appear in your list. Anyone have any ideas?

[@acappkun8202]

Why don't I have the color lookup tables in export file? Help me! :'(

[@jasonscottish2824]

Great work dude!! Now I can steal Peaky Blinder color scheme

[@adrianmack7750]

This was a dope tut. I just used this on a project and it worked well. Question: If the scene has a person it... why wouldn't we sample the skin-tone into the mid-tones as opposed to the highlight that you mentioned? I thought the skin-tone lives in the mid-tones. Great walk through!!!!

[@Vitaliy_zl]

and you forgot to mention the red suit

[@Oluvistas]

I tried this out and it really speeds up my editing process for color grading. Thanks again

[@_MasonSummers]

Glad to hear it!

[@ianstuart7911]

Quick question as I am new to this, could you not have just exported a colour lookup from the screenshot from the movie?

[@cesardeltoro2364]

Thank you, your color grading tutorial and saves for the luts are really awesome. keep doing tutorials, you're great.

[@jorgerosales4435]

how you get the isolating tones from the martian to your photo,sorry i am bigginer

[@petrthingsilike8487]

That is a really nice tutorial. Well done you. One question. If you sampled all 256 colours, sure, it would take fairly long time to place all of them, but would it make the new scene more accurate? Without using curves and all those steps you have done afterwards?

[@Skbeuker]

That was awesome! Thank you for the tutorial. Easy color grading yess

[@coltonjbrooks]

Can't seem to export as a lut. I get a message saying could not export because the document has no background. Any help?

[@BestPartyCZ]

Great video! How to do this in Davinci Resolve 15 for videos? :)

[@alistairthomson8710]

Would love to see this reversed, with Matt Damon transferred by a LUT back to a back-lot on planet earth.

[@imblessed200]

Oh, saw the Kinemaster icon in the corner thought this was kinemaster. No shade at all, I think you do great work. The thumbnail is a bit confusing.

[@AndrewAguilarPhotography]

did i miss something ? how do i get the colors we painted from the layer of the martian to our own photos ? please help

[@pierrefollain4489]

Its just a layer. Drag and drop from one window to the other

[@benigal5649]

Thanks for this in-depth color grading tutorial.

[@EDDIEGARAGE]

a great tutorial is really necessary to do 360 over and over with the mouse cursor???

[@blue-pi9dw]

this is the best tutorial on KZbin! 1.87K subscribers? It should be 1.87M. C'mon guys!! He deserves it!