Colour Grading for Photographers: Cinematic Tones & Presets
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A creative post-processing guide to colour grading for photographers covering the Colour Grading panel in Lightroom, LUT application from cinema workflows, preset creation and sharing, and the tonal signature development that defines a photographer’s post-processing identity.
Description
Colour grading has moved from the exclusive domain of film colourists to one of the central creative decisions in photography post-production, and this guide provides a complete framework for developing and applying sophisticated colour treatments. The Colour Grading panel — formerly the Split Toning panel — in Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw is addressed in depth: the hue and saturation of shadow, midtone, and highlight tone injection, the blending control between tonal regions, and the luminosity shift within each colour zone. The workflow for a coherent colour grade covers the base exposure and colour correction step that must precede any creative grade, the reference image approach to developing a signature grade, and the blend luminance slider for managing the colour grade’s interaction with tone. LUT (Look-Up Table) application in Lightroom and Photoshop covers the importation of cinema-originated LUTs, opacity management for strength control, and the LUT conversion approach for applying film emulation stocks. Preset construction and organisation — building a preset library that captures complex multi-panel grades as single-click starting points — and the commercial potential of preset packs as a photography income stream round out the guide.
