Live Online Workshop Lifetime Recording Access Color Grading Deep Dive in Capture One
Master professional color grading from scratch. Build cinematic looks with Color Balance, Curves, and Layers. Unlock AI-powered masking and Match Look for faster edits. 3 hours of hands-on techniques you'll use on every shoot.
Same workshop, two time options. Choose the time that works for you — or join both.
Can't join live? The recording is yours forever.
What You'll Learn
Specific techniques you can use in your next editing session
Classic Color Grading Techniques
- Master color perception: Learn why your eyes deceive you during editing, how to use Lab readouts as objective references, and the preparation that must happen before any color grading begins.
- Color Editor mastery: Pick and adjust any color with a single gesture. Make colors pop the right way, create complete color transformations, and achieve film-like desaturation using techniques unique to Capture One.
- Classical color contrasts: Apply the same principles painters have used for centuries — cold-warm separation, light-dark drama, saturation contrast, and pure color contrast to guide emotions and direct attention.
Color Grading in Layers
- Layer-based workflow: Structure your edits for complete flexibility. Every adjustment can be reduced, erased, compared, or copied to other images. Never lose control of an edit again.
- Color Balance like a colorist: Use Master Wheel and 3-Way controls together for cinematic looks. Learn the saturation-first technique and combine Color Balance with Color Editor for results impossible with either alone.
- Curves for precise control: Master RGB channels with a simple cheat sheet. Create faded film looks, use Luma Curves to protect skin tones, and combine Curves with Luma Range for surgical brightness-based targeting.
AI Tools for Color Grading
- Match Look's full potential: Use classic paintings, film stills, and AI-generated references as color sources. Control impact and tool selection for clean results. Save and reuse looks as presets and styles.
- AI masking for portraits: One-click subject/background separation. Correct skin tones, enhance eyes, recover or amplify facial shadows, and create two different lip volume techniques — all with automatic masks that adapt to each image.
- Batch processing workflows: Build your layers once, copy them, and let Capture One create unique masks for hundreds of images automatically. Balance automation with manual creative control.
Bonus Materials
Everything included with your registration
Color Styles
AI Styles
Match Look Presets
Cheat Sheets
Workshop Curriculum
Classic Color Grading Techniques
- Color Perception & Preparation: Why your eyes deceive you (and how to work around it). Using Lab readouts as your objective color reference. The saturation boost trick to reveal hidden colors.
- Color Editor Mastery: Direct Color Editor: one-gesture color adjustments. Making colors pop without the "toxic" over-processed look. Complete color transformation using Skin Tone uniformity. Film-like desaturation via color inversion layers.
- Classical Color Contrasts: Cold-warm contrast for subject separation. Light-dark contrast for drama and focus. Saturation contrast to make subjects pop. Pure color contrast to eliminate muddy colors.
Color Grading in Layers
- Layer Workflow Foundations: The 5-layer starting structure for flexibility. Layer shortcuts that make editing effortless. Using opacity for precise adjustment control.
- Color Balance Techniques: Master Wheel + 3-Way combination for cinematic looks. The saturation-first technique for accurate toning. Radial gradients for natural light falloff effects.
- Curves for Color Control: R-G-B channel manipulation cheat sheet. Luma curves for contrast without color shifts. The faded film look (raised black point). Curves + Luma Range for surgical targeting.
AI Tools for Color Grading
- Match Look Deep Dive: Using artwork and AI-generated images as references. Impact vs. opacity — when to use each. Replicating iconic black & white photographs. Saving Match Look results as reusable styles.
- AI Masking for Portraits: One-click subject/background separation. Skin tone correction without affecting eyes or lips. Eye enhancement with catch light protection. Two lip volume techniques: vibrant vs. dim.
- Batch Processing Workflow: Smart Adjustments + AI masks for hundreds of images. Copying layers that auto-adapt to each photo. Quality control after batch processing.
Alexander Svet
Alexander Svet is a professional photographer with over 18 years of Capture One experience, dating back to version 3. He's a Phase One Certified Professional, Capture One trainer, and founder of AlexOnRAW — a blog with over 40,000 followers and newsletter subscribers.
Color grading is central to his work. The techniques in this workshop come from years of real-world experience processing thousands of images for weddings and commercial projects.
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Registration
First 20 registrants save $30
- 3 hours of live instruction
- Access to both session times
- Lifetime recording access
- All bonus materials included
- Community Q&A access
- Practice RAW files
After early bird sells out
- 3 hours of live instruction
- Access to both session times
- Lifetime recording access
- All bonus materials included
- Community Q&A access
- Practice RAW files
Two Time Slots
Same workshop, two time options. Pick one or attend both.
Can't join live? The recording is yours forever.
Frequently Asked Questions
Capture One 16.5 or later is recommended to follow along with all techniques, especially the AI features (Match Look, AI Masking). However, most classic color grading techniques work with earlier versions.
This workshop is designed for intermediate to advanced users who are familiar with Capture One basics. If you're brand new, I recommend getting comfortable with the interface first. However, if you're transitioning from Lightroom and understand editing concepts, you'll be able to follow along.
No problem! Both sessions are recorded and you'll have lifetime access to the recordings. You can watch at your own pace, pause, rewind, and review as many times as you need.
Practice RAW files are included with your registration so you can follow along with the exact examples I use. You can also apply techniques to your own images during or after the workshop.
This is a structured, 3-hour deep dive that builds concepts progressively - not scattered tips. You'll learn the "why" behind techniques, not just the "how." Plus, you get live Q&A, bonus materials, and a complete workflow system you can apply immediately.
Yes! You'll have lifetime access to recordings of both sessions. Review the content anytime, as many times as you need.
Register for the Workshop
3 hours of color grading techniques for Capture One. January 8 or 10, 2025.
Register Now - $59.99