Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Bring your pressing grading questions.
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Improving you color grading requires the mindset of a colorist. Learn the mental models of pro colorists in my ebook "The Colorist's Ten Commandments": cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/colorists-ten-commandments
Ready to move from grading shots to creating looks? Get a free trial of Contour, my look design plugin for Resolve that uses battle-tested, Hollywood color science: cullenkellycolor.com/contour
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You can also grab my free Kodak 2383 film LUT for free: https://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my Voyager LUT pack here: cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-pro and cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-essential
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0:00 Introduction
2:30 Can you recover a footage that was overdarkened with an ND filter?
10:19 Grading Black and White
21:30 When to have neutral black and whites or tinted?
25:52 Chromatic Adaptation for White Balance
33:55 Hue Shifts tools in Look Development
40:05 Contrast in look development vs at clip level
43:46 Monochromatic grain vs saturated grain
47:20 Combining two keys output
54:55 How to export LUTs
56:40 Softening before Grain
58:40 Why do we use Print Stocks LUTs and not Negative LUTs?
1:02:10 How to get contrast beyond the contrast knob?
1:09:40 Conclusion
Bring your pressing grading questions.
•••••••••
Improving you color grading requires the mindset of a colorist. Learn the mental models of pro colorists in my ebook "The Colorist's Ten Commandments": cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/colorists-ten-commandments
Ready to move from grading shots to creating looks? Get a free trial of Contour, my look design plugin for Resolve that uses battle-tested, Hollywood color science: cullenkellycolor.com/contour
•••••••••
You can also grab my free Kodak 2383 film LUT for free: https://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my Voyager LUT pack here: cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-pro and cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-essential
•••••••••
0:00 Introduction
2:30 Can you recover a footage that was overdarkened with an ND filter?
10:19 Grading Black and White
21:30 When to have neutral black and whites or tinted?
25:52 Chromatic Adaptation for White Balance
33:55 Hue Shifts tools in Look Development
40:05 Contrast in look development vs at clip level
43:46 Monochromatic grain vs saturated grain
47:20 Combining two keys output
54:55 How to export LUTs
56:40 Softening before Grain
58:40 Why do we use Print Stocks LUTs and not Negative LUTs?
1:02:10 How to get contrast beyond the contrast knob?
1:09:40 Conclusion
