Denver Riddle, a colorist and filmmaker, provides a beginner's crash course on color grading in Premiere Pro CC. The course covers the basics of color grading, including terminology (Hue, Saturation, and Luma), reading scopes (Waveform, RGB Parade, and Vectorscope), and a simple workflow for color correction.
The course then moves on to a practical example, where Denver corrects the exposure, white balance, and saturation of a clip. He also demonstrates how to match the color of multiple clips, fix a single color, and create a mask to relight a scene.
Denver then creates an "Orange/Teal Look" by using the Curves and HSL Secondary panels to push teal into the image without affecting the skin tones. He also demonstrates how to selectively reduce the saturation in the shadows and how to use a LUT to enhance the look.
Finally, Denver promotes his free training workshop and Color Grading Academy, which provide more in-depth training on color grading in Premiere Pro CC.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The speaker, Denver Riddle, is a colorist and filmmaker.
2. The tutorial is on using the Lumetri color tools in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
3. The three basic terms used to define color are Hue, Saturation, and Luma.
4. Hue refers to the name of a color.
5. Saturation refers to the intensity or vividness of a hue.
6. Luma refers to the brightness or shade of a hue.
7. The three scopes used in color grading are the Waveform, RGB Parade, and Vectorscope.
8. The Waveform scope is used to correct for exposure.
9. The RGB Parade scope is used to correct for white balance issues.
10. The Vectorscope corresponds directly with the color wheel and shows what colors are in the image as well as their saturation.
11. A simple workflow for color correction is to first correct exposure, then white balance, and finally saturation.
12. The Lumetri Color panel in Premiere Pro CC has a basic correction panel with controls for highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks.
13. The Blacks control adjusts the darkest parts of the image.
14. The Whites control adjusts the brightest parts of the image.
15. The Shadows control affects the tonal range between the shadows and midtones.
16. The Highlights control affects the tonal range between the highlights and midtones.
17. Premiere Pro CC has an auto White Balance Selector tool.
18. The HSL Secondary panel can be used to qualify and adjust a specific color in an image.
19. The Color Wheels & Match panel can be used to match the color of one clip to another.
20. An Adjustment Layer can be used to apply color corrections to multiple clips at once.
21. The Curves panel in the Lumetri Color effect can be used to create a custom look for an image.
22. The Luma vs Sat curve in the Hue Saturation Curves panel can be used to selectively reduce the saturation in the shadows of an image.