The Big Video Course:
Storytelling editing ✂️

Color

 

In this lesson

Give your video the right vibes with Premiere's powerful color tools! Some of them might seem scary at first, but once I show you how to work them, you'll be blown away by what they can do. 🎨🤯

 

Basic skills

➀  Lesson overview
➁  Basic correction
➂  Creative looks

Advanced color

➃  Curves
➄  Color wheels & match
➅  HSL secondary
➆  Vignette

Final advice

➇  Efficiency tips
➈  Assignment + recap

 

Part 01

Lesson overview

Get a big-picture intro to Premiere's color panels!


Bookmarks

00:00 → Why color matters
01:13 → Color panels
01:40 → Clip auto-selection


Part 02

Basic correction

Fix problems and make quick enhancements using familiar settings.


Bookmarks

00:33 → White balance
01:08 → Tone


Part 03

Creative looks

Apply stylized looks or filters to your shots and give viewers the feels.


Bookmarks

Creative section

00:02 → Looks and LUTs
02:12 → Creative adjustments
02:34 → Vibrance
02:58 → Tint settings

Test yourself

04:07 → Practice tasks


Part 04

Curves

Have total control and make subtle or surreal color adjustments.


Bookmarks

Intro

00:00 → About curves

RGB curves

00:48 → Luma curve
04:11 → Luma waveform
10:13 → RGB curves
11:36 → RGB parade

Hue saturation curves

14:16 → Hue vs. saturation
16:06 → Hue vs. hue
17:16 → Hue vs. luma
17:51 → Luma vs. saturation
18:44 → Saturation vs. saturation

Test yourself

19:56 → Practice tasks


Part 05

Color Wheels & Match

Quickly compare shots and automatically match the color between them.


Bookmarks

00:23 → Comparison view button
01:49 → Apply match button
02:06 → Comparison view options
02:26 → Comparing scopes
04:07 → Color wheels


Part 06

HSL Secondary

Make isolated color adjustments to specific areas of your shot like skintones.


Bookmarks

00:10 → Why use
01:18 → Keying a selection
04:11 → Vectorscope YUV
06:21 → Skin tone line
08:54 → Skin saturation
12:36 → Correction controls
13:42 → Matching colors


Part 07

Vignette

Darken or lighten the edges of your shot to make your subject pop.


Bookmarks

00:12 → Vignette settings
00:57 → Practice tasks


Part 08

Efficiency tips

Save settings, import presets and apply adjustments across your timeline.


Bookmarks

01:25 → Effect presets
02:28 → Custom looks / LUTs
05:55 → Adjustment layers
07:09 → Source effects
08:09 → Final advice


Part 09

Recap + assignment

Review everything you just learned and get your assignment!


Assignment

Adjust the color for your storytelling video and make any last tweaks, because next up you'll be publishing your final video!

 

Resources


Credit

Music in part by David Cutter at @dcuttermusic and davidcuttermusic.com.


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