959 Color grading in Camera Raw

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland. … Welcome to Deke's Techniques. … Today, we'll be talking about a recent edition … to both Camera Raw and Lightroom called color grading. … Now, four things you need to know about color grading. … First, it replaces split toning … which let you colorize highlights independently of shadows. … Second, in addition to highlights and shadows, … color grading lets you assign color to mid-tones. … Third, color grading is backward compatible. … So it preserves any split toning … you may have applied in the past. … Fourth, and I think you'll get a kick out of this one, … color grading was originally a development lab term … in which a Hazeltine film analyzer, … seriously, who cares? … That's what Wikipedia is for. … Here, let me show you exactly how it works. … And so here I am looking at a handful … of RAW DNG files inside Adobe Bridge. … And just by way of a quick preview, I'll tap the space bar … in order to switch to the full screen mode. … Here's the original version of the photo. …