# @phlearn on YouTube

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- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=VRiszHrA2T4
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-29T13:01:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PHLEARN (@phlearn) — https://gondola.cc/phlearn

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▶ Download the sample image, PSD and PDF guide for this tutorial (free with a PHLEARN account): https://phlearn.com/tutorial/how-to-color-grade-in-photoshop-using-camera-raw/

Learn how to perfectly color grade your images in a few easy steps! In this tutorial, we're diving into the "hidden" power of the Camera Raw Filter right inside Photoshop. We'll show you how to use professional color wheels to dial in your shadows, midtones, and highlights non-destructively.

Adobe Camera Raw's Color Grading tab, built right into Photoshop, works just like Lightroom's, letting you push separate hue, saturation, and luminance into your shadows, midtones, and highlights with either the heads-up wheels or simple sliders. Since it's all applied through a Smart Filter, you can reopen, re-tweak, or change the blend mode and opacity of the whole effect at any time.

CHAPTERS
0:00 A Hidden Color Grading Tool in Photoshop
1:15 Converting to a Smart Object for Camera Raw
1:56 Color Grading Your Shadows
5:14 Color Grading Midtones and Highlights
6:15 Resetting and Comparing Your Results
7:21 Re-Editing with Smart Filters
7:50 Adjusting Opacity and Blend Mode

THE STEPS
1. Convert your background layer to a Smart Object, then open Filter, then Camera Raw Filter
2. Open the Color Grading tab and click the before/after toggle to compare as you work
3. Select Shadows, bring up saturation to see the color, dial in your hue, then bring saturation back down for subtlety
4. Repeat the same saturation, hue, and luminance process for Midtones and Highlights
5. Use Blending and Balance to control how far each color spreads across the tonal range
6. Click OK, then double-click Camera Raw Filter in your layers panel any time to reopen and adjust your settings
7. Double-click the Smart Filter's blending icon to change the opacity or blend mode of the whole color grade

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