Start by selecting the Color Workspace
The process of adjusting the hue (color and chroma) and luminance (brightness and exposure) of an image.
The purpose is to correct issues and make footage appear as naturalistic as possible. The idea is for colors to look clean and real, as the eye would see them in the real word.
The other purpose of color correction is to create visual consistency for your footage and scenes. You want them to match for better flow.
GETTING STARTED
If you are correcting color between 2 clips, click on the Comparison View icon.
Use the Lumetri Panel to perform Basic Corrections.
These effects are applied to ONLY the clip that is selected.
You will need to color correct each individual clip in your scene.
You can copy and paste your corrections from one clip to another if they were all part of the same take.
In your Effect Controls Panel, Right-Click on the word Lumetri Color and select Copy.
Highlight your new clip and Right-Click in the Effect Controls Panel and select Paste.
The process of changing the color of images to suit your style and taste.
This is a creative process that is completely up to you and is powerful in creating looks that achieve certain emotions.
You may notice that in romantic movies, colors seem to be warm and red, while in action and super hero movies there is a lot of blue and teal.
Our minds tend to associate certain emotions with certain colors.
Here is a list of colors and their corresponding emotion or perception:
Red: Passion, enhanced metabolism
Orange: Sense of Welcoming, energy
Yellow: Happiness, positivity Green: Harmony, stability
Blue: peace, relaxation
Purple: Luxury, romance
Black: Power, elegance, edginess
White: purity, simplicity
Brown: Dependability, friendliness.
It is a lot easier to color grade an entire movie or complete sections of a film using an Adjustment Layer.
An adjustment layer effect is applied to an adjustment layer and affects all layers below it in your sequence and can be extended for the entire movie or used just on certain scenes.
Click the New Item button in the Project panel and choose Adjustment Layer.
You can also choose File > New > Adjustment Layer from the main menu.
Review your settings and click OK.
Drag the adjustment layer from the Project panel to your sequence in the Timeline panel.
Position the adjustment layer above the clips you want to affect — even the entire sequence. Change its duration by dragging either end of the adjustment layer.
Click on your adjustment layer in your timeline and open up the Creative Color Panel.
Apply an effect or change your color options.
Premiere has a lot of Preset Looks for you to choose from and to customize.
Under the Creative Tab, click the Look drop-down and select a setting.
Once you have a setting selected, you can quickly scroll through them using the arrow keys to get a quick preview of what the effect will look like.
To apply the effect, Double Click anywhere on the photo between the arrows.
Adjust the intensity or any other setting under adjustments until you have the look you want.
Effects will be rendered in realtime.
Once you've committed, you can build a preview by pressing "Enter" on the keyboard.
To reset any of the effects to their default value, go into your Effects Panel and click the reset button.
You can also click on the FX icon to disable the effect at any time.