Primary Grading in Baselight: Base Grade, Video Grade, and Film Grade

Making Sense of the Three Default Grading Operators in Baselight

Getting started in Baselight can be a little difficult for the unacquainted. In this Mixing Light Insight, I am going to walk through my Baselight workflow setting up several shots that need matching and walk through my thought process for primary color correction.

Are you new to Baselight and would like to along? You can download Baselight Look for free (macOS only) and get access to the same primary grading tools and begin your Baselight training journey.

To start grading in Baselight a grading layer is required. Add a grading layer by pressing p on the keyboard (think, primary). In this tool there are a default set of 5 grading operators: Base Grade, Video Grade, Film Grade, Hue Shift, and X Grade. In this Insight we are looking at the first three of these operators, and in another Insight we will learn about the remaining two.

Base Grade