Primary Color Correction — Color Grading Roadmap
The foundational pass every shot needs before anything creative
Steps in Primary Color Correction
- Balancing Exposure — beginner · Using lift, gamma and gain to set a correct exposure baseline
- White Balance Correction — beginner · Neutralizing unwanted color casts
- Contrast and Black/White Point — beginner · Setting a full, accurate tonal range
- Saturation and Vibrance — beginner · Adjusting color intensity without clipping or oversaturating
- Shot Matching Fundamentals — beginner · Making multiple cameras or takes look like one consistent scene
Part of
- Color Grading roadmap — the full learning path