Music Video Color Grading Assistant
Generate structured color grading plans for music videos with LUT recommendations
What You Can Do
You'll receive comprehensive grading plans that account for color psychology, song narrative pacing, technical constraints, and multi-platform delivery requirements. This skill analyzes mood boards, creative references, and technical specifications to generate structured scene-by-stage color strategies—including specific LUT recommendations, color temperature decisions, and creative direction notes—so you spend more time executing grades and less time planning them.
Features
organized by song structure (verse, chorus, bridge) with distinct color strategies for each section
specific LUT suggestions matched to source material specs, creative mood, and platform requirements
translates emotional narrative to specific color palettes and grading approaches
generates grading parameters optimized for broadcast, streaming, and social media simultaneously
provides structured creative direction notes to justify color decisions in stakeholder meetings
accounts for bit depth, color space, source footage characteristics, and delivery codecs
helps develop consistent yet differentiated color strategies for recurring artists or brands
Example Output
Scene-by-Scene Grading Plan (Example: Upbeat Pop Track)
Verse 1 (0:00-0:20)
- Primary Palette: Cool-toned desaturated look with cyan/teal undertones
- Recommended LUT: Kodak 2393 (reduced saturation, film stock aesthetic)
- Technical: Lift blacks slightly, target 2.2 gamma, maintain skin tone at 65 IRE
- Creative Direction: Introspective mood, emphasize subject isolation
Chorus (0:20-0:40)
- Primary Palette: Warm golden with increased saturation (75% boost)
- Recommended LUT: ARRI LogC to Rec.709 with custom warm grade
- Technical: Expand dynamic range, push highlights to 95 IRE, maintain shadow detail
- Creative Direction: Energy spike, lift overall image brightness by 0.3 stops, emphasize environment colors
Platform Deliverables
- Broadcast: Extended color range, maintain PLUGE reference
- YouTube/Instagram: Compressed dynamic range, +15% saturation boost
- TikTok: Mobile-optimized crushing of blacks, +20% contrast
What's Included
- SKILL.md instruction file for Claude integration:
- Music video color grading plan template (scene breakdown format):
- LUT recommendation decision matrix (footage type × creative mood):
- Color psychology reference guide (emotion-to-palette mappings):
- Multi-platform delivery specification checklist:
- Director communication framework (creative direction template):
Who It's For
- Colorists working on music video projects under compressed timelines
- Post-production supervisors managing color decisions across multiple videos
- Directors or creative leads building visual strategies before color sessions
- Producers briefing colorists and need structured creative documentation
- VFX/motion graphics artists integrating color grading into their pipeline
Best For
- Creating scene-by-scene color grading strategies from creative briefs
- Selecting and justifying LUT choices based on creative and technical requirements
- Developing consistent color palettes for artist/brand music video libraries
- Generating platform-specific color delivery specs (broadcast vs. streaming)
- Building director communication decks that explain color choices
- Analyzing mood boards or references and translating them to technical grading parameters
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