HOW TO Get a cinematic look

1 Boost vibrance

Browse to a shot in Lightroom. In the Edit panel tap to toggle open the Color label to access its tools. Drag the Vibrance slider right to boost the saturation of weaker colours without oversaturating stronger ones.

2 Adjust shadow colour

Tap on the Color Grading button. Tap to choose the Shadows colour wheel. Drag inside the Shadows colour wheel to change the Hue to 335 and the Saturation to 100. This adds a neon pink hue to the image’s darkest areas.

3 Adjust midtone colour

Swipe to choose the Midtones colour wheel (or tap the Midtones icon). Drag inside the wheel to change the Hue of the midtones to a purplish 277. Drag the sampler near the edge of the wheel for a weaker Saturation of 81.

4 Adjust highlight colour

Go to the Highlight colour wheel. Set Saturation to 143. Drag towards the centre of the wheel for a lower Saturation of 48. Drag the Balance slider to 45 to make the changes affect the highlights more than shadows.

5 Darken reds

Tap the ‘X’ next to Color Grading to close that panel. Tap the Color Box button. Tap the red swatch to select it. Drag the Luminance slider left to -65 to dramatically darken any reds in the shot such as the lipstick.

6 Vignette the edges

To make the edges of the frame darken dramatically toggle open the Effects panel. Drag the Vignette slider left to -76. Push the midpoint right to 69. This pushes the darkened areas towards the edge of the frame.

7 Go with the grain

To make the clean digital shot look like it is a frame of analogue film, drag the Grain slider to 82. Pinch to get a closer look at the grain. Set Size to 77 and Roughness to 70 to simulate clumps of film grain.

8 Crop to widescreen

Tap the Crop icon. Tap on Aspect and choose a cinematic widescreen shape (aspect ratio) of 16:9. This crops the top and bottom of the image. Drag to reposition the image to include our subject’s head within the frame.

9 Transfer adjustments

Once you’ve spent time creating your custom grade, you can apply it quickly to other shots. Swipe to another photo. Tap the Apply From Previous Photo icon. Tap All to include the adjustments and the 16:9 crop.