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Understanding Color in Adobe Premiere Pro (Udemy.com)

A masterclass in The lumetri tools in premiere for Color Correction and color Grading

4.6

108 reviews

Created by: william Buckley

Last updated January 2025

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This is a focused tour of Premiere Pro's Lumetri Color panel from William Buckley, running about 5 hours across 39 lectures. It starts with camera basics like white balance and the Kelvin range, then moves through the scopes, curves, color wheels, HSL secondary, LUTs, masks and matching shots. The listing mentions 15 follow-along projects with the clips included. It is meant for people who already know their way around a timeline. The description says plainly that it is not for first-time Premiere users or experienced colorists.

Reviewers like the teaching. Buckley comes across as calm, thorough and clear, and one student says he explains how to read the Lumetri scopes so it is obvious which tool to reach for. Another came away with a much better understanding of the scopes. The complaints are small. Two reviewers miss color theory, one found the video quality only average, and another noticed odd edits where lessons were patched after recording. Of 108 ratings, 98 are four or five stars.

The last update was January 2025, and the course asks for Premiere CC 2019 or later. Only 484 students are enrolled, so it is a small course next to the big names, but the reviews are consistently warm. Anyone who can already cut a sequence and wants a clear, practical route into correction and grading should be happy here. People after theory or another grading app should look elsewhere.

Best forPremiere editors with basic skills who want to learn the Lumetri panel and the scopes step by step.

Skip it ifYou want color theory, a DaVinci Resolve workflow, or advanced colorist techniques beyond Lumetri.

Pros

Teaches the waveform, RGB parade and vector scope, then which Lumetri tool to use for what you see
Calm, thorough teaching that reviewers say leaves nobody behind
Follow-along projects with clips included, including a bad-shot fix and flat footage grading
Covers white balance, curves, HSL secondary, LUTs, masks and shot matching in about 5 hours

Cons

No color theory, which two reviewers specifically missed
One reviewer found the video quality only average, and another noticed patched-in edits
Needs basic Premiere skills first and is not aimed at experienced colorists

Very Knowledgeable, does a great job at not only showing and describing the right tools for the job, but also how to read the lumetri scopes to identify and assess what tools within lumetri color to use.

Stefan Grimsley, a student

Suits Premiere users past the basics. Listed as all levels, but the course says complete beginners should start elsewhere.

What you will learn

The Theory of color correction and color grading

Course content

19 sections · 39 lectures · 5.1 hours of video

1Introduction 2 free previews2 lectures · 10 min
2Color in Camera basics 2 free previews11 lectures · 46 min
3Practice materials Download1 lecture · 2 min
4Practice 1 White balance in Premiere2 lectures · 14 min
5Color Correction 1 free preview2 lectures · 20 min
6The Zone2 lectures · 9 min
7Practice 22 lectures · 15 min
8Using the scopes2 lectures · 22 min
9Vector Scopes1 lecture · 16 min
10RGB Curves2 lectures · 30 min
11Color Wheels1 lecture · 14 min
12Matching Color 1 free preview1 lecture · 9 min
13HSL Secondary 1 free preview3 lectures · 27 min
14Hue & Saturation Curves1 lecture · 12 min
15LUTS & Presets1 lecture · 13 min
16Color Grading1 lecture · 14 min
17Using Masks in Color2 lectures · 23 min
18Coloring Multiple clips on a timeline1 lecture · 7 min
19Summary1 lecture · 1 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

All levels of people interested to understanding how to color correct & color grade video
People wanting a better understanding of Color correction and grading video

What you need before you start

You must have a computer and have Adobe Premiere installed
Some basic skills in Adobe premiere

How it compares

Against the other 293 rated Udemy courses in Video Editing & Animation on CourseDuck:

Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 74% of them
Reviews108#190 of 294 by number of reviews
Length5.1 hourslonger than 65% of them
Last updatedJanuary 2025more recently than 61% of them

Course Description

This complete course will take you through the steps to "Understand Color" . From Color correction to Color grading

We will work together to take you through each of the panels and have "follow along" premiere projects so that you can maximize your learning experience as you learn.

What do I get?

15 Projects to follow along
35 Lessons
All project files and video clips used in this course

What will I learn?

You will learn a complete essential training of color correction and grading in Premiere Pro.

What is white balance in camera
What is the kelvin Range
How to color correct an image and the steps involved.
The functionality of every Lumetri tool
Understand the measurement tools like the waveform, RGB parade and vector scope
Perform a color correction on an a bad shot
How to color grade Flat or Slog footage
Create masks to color correct a specific area
Match the colors of different shots

For who is this course?

This course is aimed at beginners & intermediate wanting to know more about color correction/grading in Premiere.

You are not required to have any pre-knowledge, however some basic experience with Premiere Pro is necessary.

This course is not for experienced colorists.

Requirements

An installation of Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 or later
Mac or PC that can process full HD video clips to work with the attached materials

What is the Lumetri panel ?

A series of tools that will allow you to change and correct video for things such as

White Balance

Exposure , contrast and skin tones

Secondary " masking " of specific areas of the image

Color grading for that Hollywood orange and Teel look

and much more...

Who this course is for:

This course is for any Premiere Pro user that would like to get better at color correction and the lumetri tools.
This course is not for experienced colorists
This course is not for Premiere Pro beginners. We advice to first follow our Adobe Premiere Pro 2021 : Full Training for Beginners course.

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Time: 5.1h

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Instructor Details

william Buckley

4.6 Rating
108 Reviews

I have been involved with training and making videos for 3 decades. I have created training programs and on demand video training since the only option was video CD’s!!

I have worked for Global companies to set up training programs that were all visually based training.

My learning method like a lot of people has always been visual. I always turn to "watching" how to do something vs "reading" about it.

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By Samuel Freeman on 12/19/2025

I got what I expected from this course, no mind-blowing revelations, but the most important takeaway was a new understanding of foundationally where to start from with color correction and color grading and how that should be built in your project, and a much better understanding of the scopes and how to use them

By Delbert Aye on 7/16/2025

Mr. Buckley is very informative and thorough in his lectures. He doesn't want anyone confused or left behind! If you're newish or kind of trying to break into being a lot more efficient and intermediate in the craft, I would highly recommend this course! I have no regrets!

By Matthew Warner on 2/17/2025

Good course. It gave me the information I need to move my projects forward. Occasionally, there was some strange editing as a result of retrofitted changes, but nothing insurmountable.

By James Stephney on 9/19/2024

I am only at the beginning of the course and I can already hear and see that I will learn a lot in a very clear and constructive manner. I usually have a sense of the value I will get from a course even at the beginning. I defiantly recommend this course to anyone who might be struggling to understand how to work with colours.

By Isiah Blake on 3/15/2024

It's just an introduction and the instructor is very knowledgeable. However, I would prefer that we get right into the history of color so that we could get a better perspective on how we arrived where we are at today.

By Tellam Jaya Harsha on 3/7/2024

I gained a lot of knowledge from this course. If anyone is in a Dilemma whether to take this course or not. Do yourself a Favour by buying this course, if you don't know nothing about "Color Correction"!!

By Anmol Singh on 1/25/2024

I was able to learn a lot, but the key was to practice on my own, on clips provided by the instructor. My objective in this course was towards forming my own judgement on color correction, with some guidance from the instructor. This course will be less helpful for someone who is looking for hand-holding. Hope this helps. Thanks and Cheers!

By Rob king on 10/31/2023

I really liked this course! It's a great a intro to color correction, especially the use of Lumetri Color in Adobe Premiere. I enjoyed the instructor's approach - calm, efficient, and informative. He gave me just the right amount of information to digest in short snippets and I'd highly recommend this to a colleague.

By Giovanni Morrillo on 11/23/2022

This course is not too long and not too short, but it's complete and full of tips about color grading and color correction. You fully understand the Lumetri color window and how to use the lumetri scopes. The white balance section is also handy, don't skip it.

By Ruediger Andresen on 12/30/2021

Everything is so well explained. I learn a lot about color. I enjoy that course so much. By the way the beginnings of each lesson are beautifully made. He is a real master of color. Thanks for the course!

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