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color-grading-finishing

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Provider-independent color grading and finishing direction for generated video, ads, trailers, product films, social clips, explainers, and mixed-source edits. Use when planning, directing, reviewing, or QAing color correction, shot matching, exposure, contrast, saturation, skin/product color protection, look development, LUT/reference use, SDR/HDR color management, delivery constraints, generated-media artifacts, editor/compositor handoff, and finishing QC.

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# Color grading and finishing direction

Use this skill to guide the color and finishing stage of a video project, whether the material is fully AI-generated, camera-originated, motion graphics, screen capture, avatar footage, product renders, or a mixed-source edit.

Treat color as both a technical pipeline and a storytelling surface. A good finish makes shots belong together, preserves required colors, supports the intended emotion, survives compression and platform conversion, and gives downstream editors/compositors unambiguous instructions.

## Start by separating the job

Before proposing fixes, classify the work into three layers:

- **Color correction:** normalize the image so shots are usable and consistent. Balance exposure, white balance, black/white points, contrast, saturation, and obvious color casts. Documented fact: Blackmagic describes balancing color as the first correction step, using primary tools to adjust brightness and levels and remove unwanted tints before creative grading begins ([Blackmagic Design Resolve Color page](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/color), verified 2026-07-10).
- **Color grading:** create the intended look after the material is technically balanced. Shape mood, palette, contrast style, warmth/coolness, density, texture, highlight behavior, and scene-to-scene emotional progression.
- **Finishing:** prepare the final master for review and delivery. Check legal/video levels, gamut, color tags, SDR/HDR target, accessibility contrast, caption/graphic readability, compression resilience, safe areas, artifact repair, and handoff materials.
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