1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:05,550 OK, so really briefly, I want to cover, you know, color grading, how to brighten up a potential 2 00:00:05,550 --> 00:00:05,950 video. 3 00:00:05,970 --> 00:00:10,980 Now, this is something that I face a lot, especially if you're you're recording in like a dimly lit 4 00:00:10,980 --> 00:00:13,210 area or something along those lines. 5 00:00:13,410 --> 00:00:18,390 This is really going to help bring the light and take the shadows out of your, you know, your video. 6 00:00:18,390 --> 00:00:18,570 Right. 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,880 So this could be used for a number of reasons. 8 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,670 You can obviously color great doing this, and I'm going to give you the basics of it. 9 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:29,380 But I personally use this about 95 percent of the time when I do it to just simply brighten up my videos. 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:30,930 So let me show you an example of how you do it. 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,730 So what you basically want to do, let me drag this over first, is make this a little bit bigger so 12 00:00:35,730 --> 00:00:38,850 you can see now it might not be that evidence you. 13 00:00:38,850 --> 00:00:43,170 But really briefly, this is, you know, usually a little bit brighter in my office when I'm filming. 14 00:00:43,170 --> 00:00:43,300 Right. 15 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:44,460 It's a little bit dim over here. 16 00:00:44,460 --> 00:00:45,390 There's not that much light. 17 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,880 You know, I forgot to fully open the blinds. 18 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:52,350 And so even though right here behind the camera, like behind the camera, there's a ringlet going, 19 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:54,750 it's still is difficult to see a little bit. 20 00:00:54,750 --> 00:00:56,390 And I wanted a little bit brighter, OK. 21 00:00:56,610 --> 00:00:59,820 So what I can do then is I can color red and come into Adobe premiere. 22 00:01:00,030 --> 00:01:03,540 Now, keep in mind that you do want to actually select the the file. 23 00:01:03,550 --> 00:01:08,070 So if you want it on your entire file that you're uploading, make sure to select it before you start 24 00:01:08,070 --> 00:01:09,060 cutting things right. 25 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,550 Because if you cut it, you select one. 26 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:11,550 It's only going to apply. 27 00:01:11,550 --> 00:01:12,560 It's about one section. 28 00:01:12,570 --> 00:01:16,620 OK, so I'm gonna select the entire file because I want to brighten the entire thing to make it a little 29 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:17,120 brighter. 30 00:01:17,130 --> 00:01:18,600 And I'll show you how to do that here in a second. 31 00:01:18,630 --> 00:01:22,830 So once you see or excuse me, you want to click color right here. 32 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,690 And that's going to bring up this section right here. 33 00:01:24,690 --> 00:01:24,840 Right. 34 00:01:24,870 --> 00:01:27,210 So typically, what's up for me is effects. 35 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:28,630 And you'll see that pop over here. 36 00:01:28,630 --> 00:01:28,760 Right? 37 00:01:28,770 --> 00:01:33,330 We have like video effects, video transitions, audio effects, et cetera, graphics and and like, 38 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:34,560 you know, stuff like that. 39 00:01:34,710 --> 00:01:37,890 But if you actually click over here to color, right. 40 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:39,300 It's going to bring up this color window. 41 00:01:39,310 --> 00:01:42,690 Now, if you're unselected, you're not going be able to pull the sliders over here. 42 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,380 But if you select the actual file, you will be able to switch the slider. 43 00:01:46,380 --> 00:01:47,940 So know so you'll notice really fast. 44 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:52,020 Like, you can obviously bring the contrast out and it's going to add a little bit of color to it. 45 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:53,280 You can bring it up and down. 46 00:01:53,290 --> 00:01:56,220 So let's take this back to like normal right here. 47 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,080 You can also click in here and it's easier to take it back to normal. 48 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,440 Now, the way that you can basically brightness up is you can add shadows, highlights or whites or 49 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:05,140 blacks to it. 50 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:10,050 OK, so if you want contrast, obviously, or to add a little bit of temperature, you can play around 51 00:02:10,050 --> 00:02:10,740 with these in color. 52 00:02:10,740 --> 00:02:11,610 Great as you want. 53 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:16,350 I don't really touch them too much, especially because I don't really focus too heavily. 54 00:02:16,350 --> 00:02:19,050 I'm not creating like a cinematic edit for a lot of reasons. 55 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:22,770 So I'm not too focused on the way that the colors look and play off of each other. 56 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:27,750 I just usually and for about ninety nine point nine percent of you, this will be the case to want my 57 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:30,450 my videos to be a little bit brighter if possible. 58 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:30,650 Right. 59 00:02:30,660 --> 00:02:35,250 So all I'm really focused on is I'm going to bring a little bit of contrast to add a little bit of color 60 00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:35,490 here. 61 00:02:35,820 --> 00:02:39,660 I'm going to add some highlights here a little bit, maybe touch on the shadows a little bit. 62 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:43,950 And you'll see, just as I bring these these sliders up, it starts to brighten the thing. 63 00:02:43,950 --> 00:02:48,240 Now, you don't want to write because then it looks like it's, you know, just fake lighting and it's 64 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:48,870 going to be evident. 65 00:02:48,870 --> 00:02:49,140 Right. 66 00:02:49,350 --> 00:02:53,340 But if you just kind of subtly move them, like, let me let me take these back to zero and show you 67 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:58,140 just how much of a difference it plays and how it's going to psychologically improve the way that your 68 00:02:58,140 --> 00:03:01,020 customer perceives the video or your your viewer perceives the video. 69 00:03:01,020 --> 00:03:01,250 Right. 70 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:03,180 So just a little bit of highlights right here. 71 00:03:03,180 --> 00:03:03,510 Boom. 72 00:03:03,510 --> 00:03:05,190 Start spreading it up a little bit of shadows. 73 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:07,410 Boom, takes the shadows out, brightens it up. 74 00:03:07,410 --> 00:03:11,070 Right now, I can add a little bit more contrast, make the video a little bit more contrasty. 75 00:03:11,070 --> 00:03:12,180 Add some color here. 76 00:03:12,180 --> 00:03:15,600 I can also add a little tint, a little bit of temperature if I want to. 77 00:03:15,810 --> 00:03:20,490 But really, if you want to, on top of, like, adding a little bit of color, you can also add saturation 78 00:03:20,490 --> 00:03:20,910 down here. 79 00:03:20,910 --> 00:03:22,230 That's going to add a little saturation. 80 00:03:22,230 --> 00:03:26,040 You don't want to go to too much because you're going to look like you're a you know, what's those 81 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,090 things in Willy Wonka? 82 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:28,840 The the lupus. 83 00:03:28,860 --> 00:03:29,340 There you go. 84 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:33,750 Then you're going to look like an Bulimba, but maybe just like a little bit of saturation here. 85 00:03:34,260 --> 00:03:39,570 You know, if you take this back to 100, which is normal and you just drag it over a little bit, a 86 00:03:39,570 --> 00:03:41,820 little bit of saturation helps a little bit of contrast. 87 00:03:41,820 --> 00:03:47,400 And then highlights and shadows are going to really brighten the the actual frame up. 88 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,560 So that's color grading in a nutshell. 89 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,970 Now, obviously, I'm not a master color grader, but for ninety nine point nine percent of you, you're 90 00:03:53,970 --> 00:03:58,530 only really going to be focused on bringing a little bit of color with contrast and saturation and brightening 91 00:03:58,530 --> 00:03:59,550 up your frame.