Harry Potter Colour Grading

Harry Potter Lightroom Editing In this Lightroom editing tutorial I'm breaking down how to create the dark and moody color grading style from the Harry Potter films. If you're familiar with these films, the color palette seems to get darker and cooler as the series goes on. To finish off Potter week at fxguide (and part of a new series talking to the world's greatest colorists), Mike Seymour has a frank discussion with Peter Doyle, Senior Supervising Colorist, about Harry Potter 7: Part 2.

Mike had spoken to Peter in 2009 about his work on the Potter series, and it was one of our most popular fxpodcasts. This time Peter explains how he creatively created key. An advice to HBO and the creators, please keep the bright color grading of the first two films.

You can make the Series dark without sacrificing on the color pallet (eg COS film) and please don't ever do HBP and House of Dragons level of dark scenes ever. I really enjoyed the spooky cinematography and magical color palette of these films, and wanted to recreate these tones in my own photos. You're a [Lightroom] Wizard Harry!

Color grading extraordinaire Peter Doyle spoke with Filmtalkz last year about his work on the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings. Due to the sheer scale of these films, Doyle established a 'pop up' DI facility for Warner Brothers for Harry Potter so that they could grade as they filmed. In the Mood for Love (2000).

In the context of color grading, a LUT transforms color input values (camera) to your desired output values (final footage). In other words LUTs are the fastest way to color grade your footage. They help you transform the look of your entire film by changing your colors into the specific color palette.

Full Hogwarts House Color Palette Comparison Table To make it easy to compare at a glance, here's a comprehensive table of the most widely accepted Harry Potter houses hex codes, based on fan consensus from film frame extractions, licensed merchandise, and popular design resources like CodePen and Color. The films after Goblet of Fire go a bit too grim so I'm lifting the mood. Order of the Phoenix is not too bad but can benefit from colour grading, and a few edits and restoration of some deleted scenes.

This is my edit list: colour graded entire movie to remove heavy blue tint and add warmth. Find the distinct color palettes of each Hogwarts house and the corresponding hex codes, a valuable resource for parties, artwork or websites. Welcome to r/HarryPotter, the place where fans from around the world can meet and discuss everything in the Harry Potter universe! Be sorted, earn house points, debate which actor portrayed Dumbledore the best and finally get some closure for your Post.