Color Grading Services & Pricing

Rec.709, ACES/RCM | Rush Available

  • Color

    Director-first grading for commercial, episodic and film projects. Cut-ready looks with perfect skin and tight continuity. (Full session details below.)

  • Campaign Look Bible

    Concise guide with hero frames, printer-lights bias, grain, and dos/don’t. Keeps agency, edit, and finish aligned.

  • Shoot+Finish bundle

    Single pipeline from set to delivery. Color-managed dailies, live grade, and final masters with fewer handoffs and tighter schedules.

  • Color-managed dailies

    Dailies in the right color from day one. Editorial and clients see the correct image; CDLs carry into the grade.

  • On-Set Look Support (Livegrade + CDL)

    Build intent on set. We create and capture CDLs per setup so the final grade starts from your approved look.

  • Virtual (Remote Supervision)

    Color-managed live sessions with time-coded notes. Same room experience, anywhere.

Remote & Atened

Grading sessions

Director’s Color Session

Essentials — from $2,500

✓ Best for a single spot ≤60s

✓ Shot matching and primary balance

✓ Look pass + skin tone refinement

✓ Subtle film-style grain (on request)

✓ QC pass and delivery check

✓ Two rounds included

Deliverables: Rec.709 SDR ProRes 422 HQ + H.264

Turnaround: 3–5 business days (Rush ≤72h +50%)

What we need: locked picture, XML/EDL, refs

Pro — from $6,500

✓ Up to 5 masters/ratios for one campaign

✓ CDL ingest from set + look refinement

✓ Consistency across edits/aspects

✓ Versioning + file naming for platforms

✓ Two rounds included

Deliverables: Rec.709 SDR master set + review links

Options: supervised remote session

Typical schedule: 5–7 business days (Rush ≤72h +50%)

Premium — from $9,500

✓ Supervised priority window

✓ Custom look development session

✓ Social masters + delivery pack included

✓ Before/After sign-off frames

✓ Two rounds included

Deliverables: final masters + archive pack

Typical schedule: 5–7 business days (Rush ≤72h +50%)

FAQs

  • Yes. If picture changes later, we’ll re-conform as a change order.
    To move fast: lock titles/sound, freeze shot IDs, share an approval owner and deadline.

  • Yes. We’ll conform and prep the timeline.
    Send: XML/EDL, reference QuickTime with TC burn-in, project fps, drive/folder structure, and any CDLs. Missing assets slow delivery.

  • Covered under Pro/Premium.
    Provide an aspect/length list up front (e.g., 16:9 :30, 9:16 :15, 1:1 :06). We’ll template notes so changes ripple cleanly.

  • Often yes, with a rush premium. Send links and XML/EDL at intake, share look refs, and make one person the final approver over to us via our contact page.

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