Lumetri Colour - Colour Grading Workflows
- Lucy Simmons (Unlicensed)
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Setting up a Colour Workspace in Premiere Pro
Open Premiere Pro (Label with Title, Version & Date, e.g. ColourWorkflow_V1_01.01.24) & Import Media.
Open the Colour Workspace on Premiere Pro – click Window > Workspaces > Color
For most general workflows it makes sense to begin at the top of the panel and work your way down.
Open your Lumetri Scopes panel in the source panel when using Lumetri Colour to view your colour scopes.
Scopes
Darkest value = 0
Brightest Value = 100
Adjustment Layer
PrP - Basic Editing - Adjustment Layers
Basic Correction
Input LUT: Use this to apply a preset colour adjustment.
Colour & Light
Set the black (0) and white (100) points first by looking at the waveform scope. Start with black, then white, then you may need to adjust the black again.
Adjust the shadows and highlights so that the values are evenly spread out and the image is not too light or dark.
Play with some of the other sliders to add more stylised looks.
Temperature: Measures colour on a warm-cool spectrum.
Cold: Blue, green & purple tones Warm: Orange, red & yellow tones
Tint: A shade or type of colour.
Saturation: The intensity of the colours in your footage.
Exposure: The amount of light in your footage.
Contrast: The difference between individual hues that make elements in your footage distinguishable.
Highlights: The brightness in your footage.
Shadows: A dark area where light has been blocked by an object.
Whites: The white point in your footage, that alters the brightness of your footage.
Blacks: The black point in your footage, that alters the darkness of your footage.
Creative
Gives you some more interesting, stylized options in terms of built in ‘looks.’
Look: This can be used to apply a LUT
Move the Intensity slider to alter the intensity of the LUT.
Adjustments
Faded Film: Increasing this slider will add a faded look on your footage.
Sharpen: Increase or decrease the sharpness of your footage.
Vibrance: Alters colour of the muted tone in the footage. Already prominent colours will stay the same.
Saturation: Alters overall colour of the footage.
Shadow Tint: Change shadow colour in footage
Highlight Tint: Change highlight colour in footage
Curves
Find RGB curves & some more specific and advanced controls, that are limited to certain colour controls e.g. Hue vs. Saturation.
RGB Curves
Set the Black (0) and white (100) points first by looking at the waveform.
On the line click and pull down to darken the midtones or click and pull up to brighten the midtones.
You also have access to make individual adjustments to your red, green and blue colours.
Color Wheels & Match
Click on Comparison View – there are different types of views with the split.
Click Apply Match
HSL Secondary
Gives you tools to make precise alterations in the colour.
Vignette
Simple feature that can be used to dim the edge of the screen – it’s a nice feature to draw the eye to the middle of the screen if you want that effect.