Most of the time people use color correcting and color grading interchangeably, but that not exactly right – they are actually two different processes. Color correcting is usually done first and it means we’re trying to make the footage look exactly the way the human eye sees things. We try to get the white and the black levels to match what we actually saw when we shot the video and the other colors normally balance out as a result. Color grading, which comes second is where you get to introduce a creative aesthetic look to your video and it’s a great way to convey a certain mood or visual tone.

Today I’m going to show you how to color grade your footage in order to give it a cinematic look! A few weeks ago I published a tutorial that showed you step by step, what you need to do in order to get cinematic looking footage with the Canon SL2. And I got a ton of comments, questions and requests asking me to publish a color grading tutorial. If you haven’t watched the original tutorial yet, I very much suggest that you watch here because some of the things I’m going to cover today might not make sense, or aren’t going to work for you, if you haven’t followed those steps. So assuming you’ve got nice flat footage to work with, let’s get going.

What’s up guys, Sagi here and welcome to another Tech Gear Talk.

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