My most common unfulfilled topic request for potential RetouchPRO LIVE shows is for "color grading". I reply to those requests by asking for a definition. And rarely hear back. When I did hear back it was with a link to an example rather than an actual definition.
"Color Grading" is a motion picture term. It is time-based. In fact the pre-digital equivalent was called "color timing". It refers to matching scene exposures, stocks, etc., from cut to cut.
For anything to be graded, it must be compared to some external standard.
Just because a photo has gradations of color does not mean it has been color graded. Ditto for extreme balance changes, or anything else.
"Color Grading" is a motion picture term. It is time-based. In fact the pre-digital equivalent was called "color timing". It refers to matching scene exposures, stocks, etc., from cut to cut.
For anything to be graded, it must be compared to some external standard.
Just because a photo has gradations of color does not mean it has been color graded. Ditto for extreme balance changes, or anything else.
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