Color Grading

Professional color grading with precise control over highlights, shadows, and midtones. Adjust temperature and tint for cinematic looks and film-quality color correction.

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What is Color Grading?

Color grading transforms photos with professional color correction controls for cinematic looks. Adjust highlights, shadows, and midtones independently to create film-quality images with precise tonal control. This online color grading tool provides temperature and tint adjustments for white balance correction and creative color styling used in professional photography and video editing.

How to Apply Professional Color Correction

Upload your photo to start color grading with professional tools. Adjust highlights slider to brighten or darken the brightest areas without affecting shadows - perfect for recovering blown-out skies or toning down harsh lighting. Modify shadows to lift dark areas or deepen blacks for dramatic contrast. Fine-tune midtones to adjust overall image brightness while preserving highlight and shadow detail. Control temperature slider for warm orange tones or cool blue tones, and adjust tint to add green or magenta casts for creative looks. Download as PNG for lossless quality or JPG for web-optimized files.

Highlights vs Shadows vs Midtones Control

Professional color grading separates tonal ranges for independent adjustment. Highlights control affects the brightest 25% of pixels - use positive values to boost bright areas or negative values to recover overexposed details. Shadows target the darkest 25% - increase to reveal hidden detail in dark areas or decrease for deeper blacks and dramatic contrast. Midtones adjust the middle 50% of tonal range affecting overall image brightness without clipping highlights or crushing shadows. This three-way color correction enables precise control impossible with simple brightness adjustments.

When to Use Temperature and Tint Adjustments

Adjust temperature for white balance correction in photos with incorrect color casts - add warmth to fix overly blue indoor lighting or cool down yellow tungsten bulb photos. Create cinematic orange and teal looks by increasing temperature for warm skin tones combined with cooled shadows. Use tint slider to remove green fluorescent light casts or add magenta for creative sunset enhancement. Apply color grading for portrait photography, landscape photos needing golden hour warmth, or product shots requiring accurate color representation.

Export Options for Color Graded Images

Save color graded photos at full resolution up to 4096x4096 pixels maintaining all tonal adjustments and color corrections. PNG format preserves exact color values for professional printing and further editing. JPEG provides smaller file sizes with 95% quality retention ideal for social media posts and web galleries. WebP reduces file size 30-50% compared to JPEG perfect for website optimization while maintaining color grading quality.