Lynda – After Effects Guru: Color-Grading Footage

Lynda – After Effects Guru: Color-Grading Footage

Whether you’re looking to “fix it in post” or “make it pop”, After Effects offers a wealth of tools for making both technical and artistic color enhancements to your footage. And this class has you covered. Rich Harrington introduces a basic workflow for getting a shot back to its best natural state, and then advanced techniques that allow you to push your footage a little further: converting it to black and white or adding creative color. Start now and learn how to make your video look its best within After Effects.

Topics include:
* Evaluating the shot
* Fixing white balance
* Fixing exposure and tone
* Adjusting color
* Converting to black and white
* Toning
* Creating a film look
* Adding texture