Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bring your pressing grading questions.

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0:00 Introduction
2:30 Skin compression with native tools
11:30 Customization for faster work
17:20 Filmic Split Toning
26:25 RGB Mixer vs high order matrices
39:56 Can you emulate JP2499's saturation rolloff under RCM?
44:08 Where to place split toning?
49:51 Bleach bypass explained
58:42 End of the year reflections