Grade Production Stills

Grade Production Stills in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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Create a consistent color grade across a series of production stills to match the film's mood.

2 ready prompts

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Execute — do the immediate task

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Create a consistent color grade across the series of ten production stills to match the film's…
Create a consistent color grade across the series of ten production stills to match the film's moody palette; apply the chosen LUT and tweak color per image to match mood, then export JPGs sized for web with filenames by sequence number by end of day.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Make the grade consistent and defensible for the director: build one master LUT tuned to the film's…
Make the grade consistent and defensible for the director: build one master LUT tuned to the film's palette, apply it as a non-destructive layer, adjust each still's curves to match reference frame 03, supply a contact sheet showing all graded stills side-by-side, and include the LUT file so marketing can replicate the look.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Film / Video EditorAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Lightroomalso: Create Consistent Color Lookalso: Match Film Mood Across Stills

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