Adobe After Effects offers a wealth of tools for making both technical and artistic color changes to footage. Whether color correcting footage for consistency or color grading to create mood, adjusting color is a critical phase of post-production. Instructor Rich Harrington introduces a basic workflow for getting a shot back to its best natural state and shares advanced techniques to push footage further, such as converting it to black and white or adding creative color.

• Introduction
• 1. The Color Grading Workflow
• 2. Essential Techniques
• 3. Fixing Exposure and Tone
• 4. Primary Color Correction
• 5. Secondary Color Correction
• 6. Black and White and Color Toning
• 7. Finishing Touches
• 8. Working with Third-Party Tools
• Conclusion