To see the changes before/after grading hover over the initial graded image with your cursor.

All images thanks to Sun Pictures.

A before and after of a moody shot, just before an attempted murder.

A before and after of the murderess.

A sad moment, requiring the reduction of overall colour, and especially the blue in the background.

Making the focus the foreground couple, with the pillar to the left reduced, as well as the background reduced and further defocused.

Brightening up a fight scene.

Giving an internal fight scene a specific look.

Night in a thunder storm, with the overall 'blue' reduced; the torch effect increased; and the exterior light levels in the rain reduced.

Enhancing the effect of the electric light on the stairs (just after the power returns to the above scene).

A sad song - heavily graded to show flesh tone only, with a lot of skin softening.

Further example of the above song with many layers of grading...

Evening with a school riot!.

Day for night, required to match the following shot. A lot of work required here, especially outside the window.

The alternate angle, shot at a different time - compare the ungraded image here with the one above from the same sequence.

Song sequences allow for some heavy grading, with the enhancement of some physical elements, such as the spotlight, while the focus has been enhanced on the main singer, and defocused elsewhere.

And yep, these spotlights were totally added during the grade.

Enhancing exterior night time song sequence.

Using focus during the DI grading process to enhance the point of interest within the image.

The opening sequence...

Using grading to separate reality from reflection...

Further enhancing the above song sequence with added light shafts.

Summer or Autumn?

3D airliner enhancement (graded using multiple layers from the 3D system).

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