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Color grading coats digital worlds in specific color tints

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Raw digital renders look surprisingly dull and lifeless. Color grading fixes this by passing the final output through a mathematical lookup table, forcefully tinting shadows blue and highlights orange to simulate dramatic lighting moods. It is essentially an aggressive digital filter applied twenty-four times a second to ensure visual consistency.

Color grading coats digital worlds in specific color tints
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