> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.premierecopilot.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Color Studio

> A free grading room inside your editor: nodes, color wheels, curves, scopes, Log conversion and 33 film looks in one click, live on your timeline.

![Color Studio grading room with nodes, color wheels and scopes next to a graded interview](https://mintcdn.com/premieregpt/LgbJf1sWB2rWQzv7/images/color-studio-hero.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=LgbJf1sWB2rWQzv7\&q=85\&s=2ea97b6890f160ed98dc7374b2a1c694)

Color Studio is a free grading room for your timeline. It is the grading room of [Auto Color](https://docs.premierecopilot.com/features/auto-color.md) without the AI: you grade by hand, with nodes, primaries, wheels, curves and scopes, and you can start from one of 33 film looks. No credits, no limit.

Works in **Premiere Pro**. In DaVinci Resolve, the Color page already does this job: [Auto Color](https://docs.premierecopilot.com/features/auto-color.md) writes its grade there as native nodes.

## Quick Start

**1. Open the tool**

Open the **Tools Menu** and select **Color Studio**.

**2. Choose the range**

**Whole timeline**, **In / Out**, or **Selected clips**. The grading room loads right away: one thumbnail per source, Log already converted.

**3. Start from a film (optional)**

Click a film poster in step **0 · Look**: a look node is added to the selected clips.

**4. Grade**

Pick a node, open a palette and adjust. In Premiere Pro, every change shows live in the Program Monitor.

## Film looks

![Clicking a film poster adds its look node and grades the interview](https://mintcdn.com/premieregpt/LgbJf1sWB2rWQzv7/images/color-studio-film-look.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=LgbJf1sWB2rWQzv7\&q=85\&s=1a4ee17cb4e591380759a1f82e10b658)

Click one of the 33 posters, from *Blade Runner 2049* to *Midsommar*: a **look node** is added to the selected clips (or to the active clip). The look is calibrated on each image and skin tones are protected.

* Click **another film** to swap the look: only the look node changes, your own corrections stay.
* Click the **same film** again to remove it.
* Use **Select** in the clip strip to apply a look to several clips at once.

## The grading room

![Adjusting wheels and curves in Color Studio while the monitor follows](https://mintcdn.com/premieregpt/LgbJf1sWB2rWQzv7/images/color-studio-grade.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=LgbJf1sWB2rWQzv7\&q=85\&s=56761a08896831d4c21c9ba2ae1f9552)

| Area | What it does |
| - | - |
| **Clips** | One thumbnail per source. Click to select it and move the playhead there. **Select** lets you pick several clips (**All**, **None**). Right-click to copy and paste a grade. |
| **Nodes** | The chain of the clip: **LUT** (Log conversion), **Correction**, then your nodes. **+ Node** adds one after the selected node, a click on a node's number turns it off, **Node mix** sets its strength. |
| **Palettes** | **LUT**, **Primaries**, **Wheels**, **Curves**, **RGB gain**, **Film** and **Isolate**. |
| **Scopes** | Waveform, parade, vectorscope and histogram, updated with every change. |

### Palettes

| Palette | What it is for |
| - | - |
| **LUT** | The Log conversion of the clip: auto (detected), another camera profile, or none. |
| **Primaries** | Exposure, temperature, tint, contrast, pivot, black and white points, saturation, vibrance. |
| **Wheels** | Five color wheels, from darks to highlights, each with hue, strength and luma. |
| **Curves** | Custom curves (luma and red, green, blue) and hue curves: hue vs hue, hue vs saturation, hue vs luma, luma vs saturation. |
| **RGB gain** | Per-channel balance. |
| **Film** | Film density and color crosstalk, for a print-like rendering. |
| **Isolate** | Pick a color with the eyedropper, or a preset (skin, sky, greens, shadows, highlights), and the node only touches that zone. The preview shows what is isolated. |

## Log footage

Color Studio reads the camera and its **Log profile** in each file (Sony S-Log3, Canon C-Log, Panasonic V-Log, and many more) and converts it to Rec.709 in the first node.

* Click the **LUT** node's number to turn the conversion off, or delete the node.
* **+ LUT** in the node bar adds it back, and the **LUT** tab lets you pick another profile.

## Where the grade goes

On **adjustment layers** above your clips, with Lumetri. Every change is sent live to the Program Monitor.

> [!TIP]
>
> Want the AI to grade the whole timeline and choose a film look for each shot? Use [Auto Color](https://docs.premierecopilot.com/features/auto-color.md).

## Need help?

Join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/WyBNCbZhBD) or write to [admin@premierecopilot.com](mailto:admin@premierecopilot.com).


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