getting professional looks

[lewis jacobs]

Im still learning  wondered if anyone could share with me some pointers  how to get a professional subtly stylized high end look that you quite often see on commercials. I know its a broad question tho. Ive watched tutorial after tutorial about the technical side of things but very few actually explain the more creative side of things and the ones that do quite often miss the mark and still look amateurish. What colours do you normally push into the shadows and highlights for certain looks? looks like blue or teal in the shadows and yellow in the highlights but it doesn't look like the classic cheesy orange teal look. some professional tips would be much appreciated. 

[Rihards]

Add some references of what you mean so we can point you in the right direction. 

[lewis jacobs]

10 hours ago, lewis jacobs said:

Im still learning  wondered if anyone could share with me some pointers  how to get a professional subtly stylized high end look that you quite often see on commercials. I know its a broad question tho. Ive watched tutorial after tutorial about the technical side of things but very few actually explain the more creative side of things and the ones that do quite often miss the mark and still look amateurish. What colours do you normally push into the shadows and highlights for certain looks? looks like blue or teal in the shadows and yellow in the highlights but it doesn't look like the classic cheesy orange teal look. some professional tips would be much appreciated. 

 

[Rihards]

That's a big variety  of looks, it would help by deciding which aspect you are after to guide you better.

As I see you watch wanderingdp I gather you understand the impact of lighting, contrast ratios and set design.

The looks you have referenced dont appear to have anything crazy done color wise. The shadows seem mostly neutral while in some there's slight gain push to the blue. All appear to have some amount of highlight compression and controlled toe, which is pretty standard in high end work.

The first 3 appear to be very subtle on saturation.

Have you analysed these images in your own scopes?

[lewis jacobs]

1 hour ago, Rihards said:

That's a big variety  of looks, it would help by deciding which aspect you are after to guide you better.

As I see you watch wanderingdp I gather you understand the impact of lighting, contrast ratios and set design.

The looks you have referenced dont appear to have anything crazy done color wise. The shadows seem mostly neutral while in some there's slight gain push to the blue. All appear to have some amount of highlight compression and controlled toe, which is pretty standard in high end work.

The first 3 appear to be very subtle on saturation.

Have you analysed these images in your own scopes?

Thanks for the reply, I know my question was extremely vague. I guess what I'm looking for is more information and techniques on creating looks like this with regards to what colours you push into lift gamma gain etc to give these subtle looks.

If you wouldnt mind helping further I'm looking to re create something look wise similar to the look of bohemian rhapsody 

[lewis jacobs]

1 minute ago, lewis jacobs said:

Thanks for the reply, I know my question was extremely vague. I guess what I'm looking for is more information and techniques on creating looks like this with regards to what colours you push into lift gamma gain etc to give these subtle looks.

If you wouldnt mind helping further I'm looking to re create something look wise similar to the look of bohemian rhapsody