- In this video we're talking about one thing you can do
with color grading that really is gonna make
your Mavic Mini footage stand out.
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So the last video that I put out
was all about how to get cinematic footage
out of your Mavic Mini,
but there is some color grading tricks
that I use to really make the footage pop.
So out of camera,
the Mavic Mini footage does look really good.
However, if you do a little bit of color grading,
and you add this one filter,
you're really going to make your footage stand out.
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So before we dive into Final Cut
and I show you how to make this really stand out,
I just wanna let you know that you can do this
on any editing software.
You don't have to use Final Cut.
And also, I just wanna make a note.
With the Mavic Mini, you are super limited
with the colors that you're gonna get out of this camera.
It's a baked in profile,
so you can't push the footage that far in the color grade,
and you really have to set up your shots
when you're out shooting to get the best possible exposure
so that when you get into the computer,
and when you start editing,
you're not having to push the colors around that far
to be able to get these awesome looking images.
So when you're shooting, just make sure
that you're using best practices
to get the best looking footage out of the Mavic Mini.
And if you want some more guidance on how to shoot
to get these cinematic shots,
then I highly suggest checking out
the first video that I did on the Mavic Mini,
all about getting cinematic B roll.
So the filter that I'm using
to really make this footage stand out is a gradation filter.
So it's not like any specific look.
All it does is it chops off your footage at a certain point
and then allows the footage underneath to pass through.
And the reason that I use this is so that
I can color grade the sky differently than the foreground.
And you can create two different looks
that when blended together really makes your footage pop.
And the reason for this is that
when you're using a gradation filter,
it feathers between the two looks.
So it blends the footage,
and it looks almost seamless.
If you were to use just a hard cut,
you would see the line across your footage.
But what's happening with the gradation filter
is that it's going from 100% of one shot
into 0% of that shot,
and it's gradually doing that over the footage.
So let's jump into Final Cut,
and let me show you what you can do with this filter
and how you can use color grading
to really make your footage stand out.
So this is the shot that we're going to be working with.
This is a shot driving through the desert.
We got this rainbow, the sunrise in the distance.
There's a lot going on in this shot,
and when you color grade it, it's gonna look really nice.
However, the sky is gonna be different than the foreground.
So I'm gonna use a gradation tool
to be able to color grade the sky
differently than the foreground.
Let's just do a quick color grade
of what I wanna do with the sky.
I'm gonna use cinema grade.
That's what I use for all of my color grading
just because it gives me a lot more tools
when it comes to color grading footage.
You can see right here it kinda looks like light room
where you just have sliders instead of the tools
that you typically find in Final Cut.
I'll put a link down below in the description
to where you guys can download a trial of this,
but this is what I use,
and I love working in this.
So let's just do a quick color grade.
And I'm focused completely on the sky right now.
Okay, so I just applied that,
and you can see that it's made the sky look colorful,
and it has that really nice pop to it for a sunrise.
However, the foreground is really dark.
And so this is the issue when you wanna color grade
a contrasting shot like this.
And when you're shooting drone footage,
a lot of times you're gonna have a sky
that's gonna need to be color graded differently
than your foreground.
So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna duplicate this clip,
and I'm gonna just pop it right over the top of it.
I'm just gonna turn off the top clip using V.
That's my shortcut.
And now I'm going to color grade the foreground.
So I'm gonna go back in here, reset everything,
and go back to color grading just for the foreground.
So I'm not even gonna be focused on the sky.
And so it's gonna be a completely different look.
I'm gonna turn on the top clip.
So you can see how different these looks are.
So now, I'm gonna turn my top clip on the sky edit,
and I'm gonna use the plug in called graduated mask.
So once you apply this, you're gonna instantly see
that it's gonna take effect.
But let's turn off the bottom clip
so you can see what's happening.
So I turned off the bottom clip,
and you can see that it goes from full image up top
to none of the image down the below,
and this is only affecting my top layer,
which is what I color graded for the sky.
Now, with this, there's gonna be two tools.
You can move the line up and down,
or you can bring the fade closer or further apart.
And when you bring the fade closer,
what's happening is the gradation is gonna be less.
So it's going from dark to light much quicker.
Whereas if you pull these points further apart,
it's gonna be a much more gradual fade
from your image to no image.
And ideally, you wanna place this where your horizon is,
where you want the change to happen,
and have it gradually fade from one image to the other.
And so now when I turn on the footage on the bottom,
you can see that the color grade for the foreground
is popping through,
and that's how you can combine two different looks
into one image super easily
and be able to get these really interesting grades
on your footage.
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