
At the bottom you can select which clip you want to edit and you can navigate in the clip - alternatively and intuitively with the arrow keys, as well as most functions can be called quickly by key.Ī series of videos on the Cinema Grade website beautifully illustrates how special grading operations such as white balancing, color saturation adjustment or shot matching are performed in Cinema Grade.

Here, a click in the image creates a control point for these parameters and the respective parameter is then selectively adjusted by clicking and moving the mouse.įurther menus above offer special functions for "Shot Matching" and the exact "Final Grading". Interesting is the possibility to adjust only single image elements like shadows, midtones, highlights or single colors.
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Workflow and handling are different than with other grading tools with their standard color wheels and curves: there are a lot of menus that can be called from the edges, but every action takes place against the background of the constant full screen preview.Īt the top, basic parameters such as contrast, color temperature or saturation are selected - the value is then set interactively (including real-time full-screen preview) by moving the mouse. Actually, it is more like using a standalone program, because when activated, the preview takes over the entire screen and thus the special operating concept of Cinema Grade takes over the respective grading workflow.

Cinema Grade: Grading with a difference // IBC 2018 Ĭinema Grade, a grading plugin for Fincal Cut Pro X, Da Vinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro C (but only under MacOS), promises a completely new (and above all simpler and faster) operating concept.
