Let\u2019s breakdown this image: This is a still from the movie trailer \u201cI am Not a Hipster<\/a>\u201d. A great movie that ironically uses a hipster grade. Classic hipsters\u2026<\/p>\n Let’s breakdown this image: This image created by Dustin Scarpitti of VSCO<\/a> is a great example of a hipster color grade in modern photography. Unsplash<\/a> is also a great place to get free stock images.<\/p>\n Let’s breakdown this image: Now that we\u2019ve looked at a few examples lets talk a little about some of the similarities.<\/p>\n Most if not all hipster color grades photographs feature vignetting in some form or fashion. Sometimes vignetting is created simply from the layout of elements in your scene and sometimes it needs to be added in post.<\/p>\n Most hipster style images feature more detail information in the midtones and highlights and less in the black parts of the image. This is known as crushing the blacks.<\/p>\n Hipster photography typically maps the white parts of the image to be more grey. This often results in hipster grades making the image darker than it originally was.<\/p>\n After the blacks have been crushed they are usually lifted to become dark grey instead. This makes the entire image look more \u2018milky\u2019.<\/p>\n Most hipster grades feature more blues in the darker parts of the image and more yellows in the lighter parts of the image. Keep in mind that these are usually subtle tweaks that complement the image, not take away.<\/p>\n Most hipster photography and filmography doesn\u2019t have vibrant colors. This is probably because hipster grades try to emulate film which is simply not as vibrant as digital cameras, especially if it has time to decompose. The most vibrant parts of hipster images tends to be in the yellows and the magentas.<\/p>\n As you probably already know digital cameras tend to be much more sharp when compared to film cameras. Sharp video isn\u2019t common in most hipster color grades as it makes your image look too mechanical. You can fix this by adding small blurs and noise to your images.<\/p>\n So now that we\u2019ve broken down what makes up a hipster grade lets take some of the things we learned and apply them to an actual photograph in After Effects.<\/p>\n The first step is to add a vignette to the image. In this particular case it seems like there is a lot of brightness in the left area of the frame and a little too much attention being drawn to the guys arm. To fix this problem we will create a new black solid and drop the opacity down to 30% so we can see our image underneath. I typically like creating my vignettes using the pen tool. I also don\u2019t like simply making making my vignettes a ellipse. Once you make your vignette you\u2019ll have to feather it out until you get a well balanced image.<\/p>\n Create a new adjustment layer and add a levels effect. After Adding the levels. Now grab the left arrow and drag it to the right until the dark parts of your image are crushed. Also, make sure your adjustment layer is positioned over your vignette.<\/p>\n Now add a curves effect to your image. Let\u2019s bring down the white points so that they are light grey instead of white. You can do this by simply drawing the top right corner of the RGB curves bar down and to the left.<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s do the opposite for the black parts of the image. Grab the bottom left point in your curves effect and drag it up and to the right. This will make your black points a shade of grey rather than simply black.<\/p>\n You can add yellows to the highlights and blues to the darks by adding an \u201cS\u201d curve to the blue channel. To do this simply click the dropdown box that says RGB and select blue. Now you can adjust the curves to create a backwards \u201cS\u201d shape in the image.<\/p>\n Next add in the \u201cHue\/Saturation\u201d effect to the adjustment layer. Bring down the saturation point just a little. I find that a number around -10 works nicely.<\/p>\n Most digital images tend to be sharp and mechanical to fix this we need to soften up the image. Simply adding a gaussian blur and setting the blurriness to \u201c1\u201d will work just fine.<\/p>\n There you go! Using just a few simply observations we can create a hipster style image in no-time. Try playing around with these different effects to get different results. Adding things like grain and light leaks can give your images a hipster look as well. You can find a few grains for free in our \u201910 Free Film Grains for Video Editors\u2019<\/a> post.<\/p>\n This is of course just one example of how photographers and filmmakers give their images a hipster style. If you want to learn more about doing hipster\u00a0style color grades check out the following resources:<\/p>\n Hipster Color Grading<\/a> – ISeeHue Have any other tips for creating a hipster look?<\/strong> Share in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Learn what makes up a ‘hipster-style’ color grade in the following post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":49013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,715,79,617,21,39,583],"tags":[121,3496,2554,1683,2270],"class_list":["post-class-post-48979","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-after-effects","post-class-category-industry","post-class-category-inspiration","post-class-category-photography","post-class-category-tutorials","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-category-video-production-2","post-class-tag-color","post-class-tag-grade","post-class-tag-hipster","post-class-tag-look","post-class-tag-style"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Screen](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-21-at-10.28.10-AM-1024x497.png\")
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\n1. There is little detail\/information in the black areas of the image<\/strong>
\n 2. The white areas aren\u2019t white but a greyish\/yellow.<\/strong>
\n 3. There is more blue in the dark to mid-tone areas.<\/strong>
\n 4. None of the colors are very vibrant<\/strong>
\n 5. Both edges of the frame are dark<\/strong>
\n 6. There is noise in the image<\/strong>
\n 7. It is an altogether soft image no sharp edges.<\/strong><\/p>\nI Am Not A Hipster<\/h3>\n
![\"Screen](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-21-at-10.30.08-AM-1024x475.png\")
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\n1. Blacks aren\u2019t completely black they are actually a dark grey.<\/strong>
\n 2. Whites are yellow\/grey<\/strong>
\n 3. There are no vibrant colors<\/strong>
\n 4. Nothing is incredibly sharp<\/strong>
\n 5. Even though most of the frame is dark there isn\u2019t a lot of detail in the dark part of the image<\/strong><\/p>\nUnsplash Image by Dustin Scarpitti<\/h3>\n
![\"12f0a18c\"](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/12f0a18c-1024x682.jpeg\")
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\n1. There’s a\u00a0vignette\u00a0around the image<\/strong>
\n 2. The whitest parts of the image are yellow\/orange<\/strong>
\n 3. The blacks aren\u2019t all the way black<\/strong>
\n 4. The image is altogether soft<\/strong>
\n 5. The image isn\u2019t very vibrant<\/strong><\/p>\nCommon Themes<\/h2>\n
1. Vignetting<\/h3>\n
![\"Vingetting\"](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Vingetting.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n2. Crushed Blacks<\/h3>\n
![\"Blacks](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blacks-Crushed.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n3. White is Grey<\/h3>\n
![\"White](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/White-grey.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n4. Blacks are Dark Grey<\/h3>\n
![\"Grey\"](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Grey-1024x393.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n5. Blues in the Darks, Yellows in the Lights<\/h3>\n
![\"Blue](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-yellow.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n6. Desaturation<\/h3>\n
![\"Desaturation\"](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Desaturation.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n7. The Image is Soft<\/h3>\n
![\"Soft\"](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Soft-1024x222.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nHipster Grading in Action<\/h2>\n
1. Create a Vignette<\/h3>\n
![\"Hipster](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hipster-Step-1.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n2. Crush the Blacks<\/h3>\n
![\"Hipster](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hipster-Step-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h3>\n3. Adjust the White Point<\/h3>\n
![\"Hipster](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hipster-Step-3.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n4. Adjust the Black Point<\/h3>\n
![\"Hipster](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hipster-Step-4.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n5. Adjust the Blue Curve<\/h3>\n
![\"Hipster](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hipster-Step-5.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n6. Desaturate<\/h3>\n
![\"Hipster](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hipster-Step-6.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n7. Soften<\/h3>\n
![\"Hipster](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hipster-Step-7.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Hipster](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hipster-Example.jpg\")
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\nLuster Grade Presets <\/a>– CineBlur
\nAmazing MBL Color Grading<\/a> – MBL<\/p>\n