Color Grading: Add Emotion, Mood, and Impact with Color!

Coursera MOOC / Non-credit USD 49
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Color Grading: Add Emotion, Mood, and Impact with Color!

About this course

By the end of this course, you will be able to use color grading to shape mood, enhance emotion, and bring cinematic impact to your photos by working with highlights, midtones, and shadows. In Color Grading: Add Emotion, Mood, and Impact with Color!, Rob Davidson introduces you to the powerful Color Grading panel in Adobe Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw, helping you unlock a whole new level of creative control. What makes this course unique is its focus on cinematic storytelling through color—drawing inspiration from professional film colorists and translating those techniques into a practical, step-by-step workflow for photographers. You’ll move beyond basic edits and learn how to intentionally craft the look and feel of your images. This course is ideal for photographers, creatives, and visual storytellers who want to elevate their editing style and explore more artistic expression. To be successful, you should have a basic understanding of the Develop panel in Lightroom or Camera Raw. If you’re ready to see your photos in a completely new light, this course will open up exciting creative possibilities.

What you'll learn

  • Use the Color Grading panel in Adobe Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw
  • Craft mood and emotion in photography through color
  • Develop a step-by-step workflow for cinematic storytelling

Course objectives

  • Teach color grading techniques for enhancing photos
  • Show how to influence the emotional impact of visual imagery

Skills you'll gain

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