Understanding The Baselight ‘X Grade’ Tool For Exposure And Hue

August 7, 2024

Get an in-depth breakdown at one of Baselight's newest innovative and intuitive primary color grading tools, 'X Grade' for hue and exposure.


Get an in-depth look at Baselight’s innovative new primary grading tools

X Grade is a new grading operator introduced in Baselight V6 that allows the user to make powerful localized adjustments using dynamic, smooth strokes. This tool is optimized for primary adjustments and supplements the BaseGrade tool.

This Insight breaks down X Grade’s user interface and functionality and demonstrates how small and large adjustments to hue and exposure do not break, clip, or harm the image.

Key takeaways from this Insight

By the end of this Insight you should understand:

  • How to add the X Grade operator in Baselight and how to customize its preferences
  • How to add and customize layers in the X Grade operator
  • Make localized adjustments and finesse exposure and width using the X Grade parameter controls
  • Protect key memory tones using pins

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– Luke


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