Post-production grading don't example

Summary

A post-production page that demonstrates bad grading with a single portrait sliced into four vertical color bands, the whole image crossed out by red diagonals to flag cold, gray, and washed treatments.

Visual description

White page with the standard thin header. The left column holds the title "Post-Production" over two short paragraphs of body copy. The right two-thirds is a large cream rounded-rectangle container holding one wide photograph of a person resting their head on their hand. The image is divided into four vertical bands, each pushed to a different grade (natural, a heavy violet cast, a washed band, a warm band), and several red diagonal lines run across the full frame marking it as a misuse. A single caption sits below: "Do not use low saturation, cold, or washed grading."

Key takeaway

Using one image carved into side-by-side grading bands to make an abstract color-correction rule concrete, then disqualifying the whole thing with red diagonals so the page reads as a warning at a glance. The cream rounded container keeps a sober rule visually warm.

Reuse notes

Good reference for guideline pages explaining color correction, grading, or filter rules. The banded-single-image device communicates "consistency across treatments" faster than four separate thumbnails. Pair with an approved-grading page to complete the do/don't set.