Filmora: Color grading and HSL adjustments

Abhay PS Rajawat·Jun 2025

Demo summary

The creator demonstrates manual color correction using saturation, contrast, and HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) sliders to enhance skin tones and background colors.

Step-by-step

Go to the Color option in the right-hand panel
Adjust Saturation, Contrast, and Brightness sliders to fix dull footage
Adjust Shadows and Highlights to add depth
Apply a Vignette effect
Open the HSL menu to manipulate individual colors
Select specific color channels (e.g., Blue or Orange) to adjust their Hue, Saturation, and Luminance
Click Save as Custom to create a reusable preset
Apply the saved custom preset to other video clips

Options

Use built-in Filmora presets
Import and use custom LUTs
Shift specific colors toward different hues (e.g., turning Blue toward Green or Purple)

Tips

Increase the brightness and decrease saturation on the Orange channel to make skin tones appear fairer
Perform color grading before cutting the video so you don't have to paste settings onto individual clips later
Use HSL for individual color manipulation to achieve a more professional look than basic global adjustments

Highlights

“HSL सबसे बढ़िया लगता है मुझे क्योंकि एचएचएसएल में आप इंडिविजुअली सारे कलर मैनपुलेट कर सकते हो”

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