Color Grading

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Color grading adds so much to a video. It can be slight, with just enough tint to make a scene more pleasant; or, it can be much more intense, with deep saturation. Video can also be graded to be monochromatic, with only one color, or grayscale, such as with black and white. This video I found on YouTube is my favorite example of how extreme and fascinating color grading can be, and how it can completely change the feel and mood of a film or video. Most of the color gradings shown are inspired by Blade Runner, as well as other classic sci-fi films. The combinations of warm and cool colors are unique, and led me to look up images from the Blade Runner film itself.

Possible issues on color grading:

1. Depending on what monitor or screen someone views the finished video on, the color depth of the screen may not show the full intensity of the color grading.

2. The quality and bit depth of the video footage that is being graded is the determining factor on how crazy one can go with color grading. High quality or RAW video can have much more grading done with it than lower quality video.

3. Computer processing power becomes a factor when working with higher quality video and complex color corrections and grades.