Youtube Create: Color correction and adjustments

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Justin Brown - Primal Video·Jan 2026

Demo summary

The video shows how to manually adjust brightness, contrast, warmth, and saturation to color grade clips within the app.

Step-by-step

Select a clip in the timeline and tap Adjust
Adjust the Brightness slider to set the overall exposure
Modify the Contrast to refine the image depth
Navigate to Warmth to adjust the color temperature
Adjust the Saturation to set the intensity of the colors
Tap Apply to all to sync the color grade across all clips in the primary timeline

Options

Add blue tones for a cooler shot
Add warmth to increase the color temperature
Manually select and adjust B-roll clips separately

Tips

Start your color grading process with the overall brightness of the shot
Use the 'Apply to all' feature to maintain a consistent look across your project
Experiment with the various additional settings beyond the basics to dial in a specific look

Highlights

“There's actually quite a lot of settings in here for you to really dial in the look that you're after.”

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