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Colour grading in Karachi.

Colour grading is a method, not a filter. Every grade starts from a reference and is built scene by scene in DaVinci Resolve.

Badshahi Mosque graded flat on the left and cinematic on the right
SUV on a foggy night highway in a teaser frame

Start from a reference

We set skin tones, neutrals and primaries against the same 24-patch chart a colourist uses. That is why a face looks like a face in every scene, on a phone and on a television.

Perfume bottle and sneakers in a commercial shot

Build the look scene by scene

Matching shots first, then the look. Two cameras, three locations and different times of day end up belonging to the same film.

Lantern and red dupatta in a rainy haveli courtyard

Grading for the place it will be seen

A reel on a phone, a YouTube video on a laptop and a television commercial are graded differently. Tell us where it will play and we grade for that.

Before / After

The same scene after grading, with warm skin tones, rich blue velvet and green garden light
A flat, ungraded drama frame of a smiling woman in blue velvet talking to a man
BeforeAfterDrag to compare

Every grade starts from a reference: the same 24 patches a colourist uses to set skin tones, neutrals and primaries. Then we build the look scene by scene in DaVinci Resolve.

Watch the full grade on YouTube

The 24-patch reference chart.

Edit suite and control room

In an edit suite or control room, photo 1
In an edit suite or control room, photo 2
Actor, model and musician Ali Ansari with the founder of Sitey Edit
In an edit suite or control room, photo 3

Questions

Cinema camera on a dolly track on a Karachi seaside promenade at golden hour
Which software do you grade in?

DaVinci Resolve.

Do you do color grading for YouTube videos?

Yes. YouTube videos, reels, dramas and ads are all graded the same way, against a reference.

Can you grade footage I did not edit?

Yes. Send us the footage or the finished cut and tell us the look you want.

Can I order a grade internationally?

Yes. Our colour grade gig is on Fiverr, linked below.

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