Moody and rich: deep shadows and fuller, warmer colour
The room goes dark and the faces stay readable: lower exposure, deeper shadows, a strong vignette, greens pulled toward olive, blues and yellows turned down, warm brown shadows and rolled-off whites, with skin held where it is.
True to cameraMoody & rich
Drag to compare. Left of the line is True to camera, the plainest look; right of it is Moody & rich at full strength, rendered from the same file.
| What it does | A darker scene, olive greens, quiet blues, warm brown shadows, soft whites |
|---|---|
| Good for | Evening portraits and styled shoots in dark rooms |
When we'd reach for it
Evening portraits in old buildings, wood-panelled rooms and moody styled shoots.
When we wouldn't
Bright daylight scenes and pastel decor, where a dark grade fights the room.
The recipe
These are the settings stored in the look, drawn rather than listed. They sit on top of your camera's own colour and the exposure and white balance CullTone sets for each photo, so the same look lands a little differently on every frame.
Every look has a strength from 0 to 1.5. At 0 you get the plain camera-matched edit, at 1 the look as drawn here, and above 1 more of everything it does. More on reading curves in tone curves for photographers.
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Try Moody & rich on your own photos
Start a trial, create a project and pick this look. The studio shows it on your frames, at any strength, before anything renders.