Low-Saturation Teal-and-Orange in a Few Steps: ACR/Lightroom Grading Tutorial

Thomas Chu Photo

The low-saturation teal-and-orange tone is harmonious and easy on the eyes — a favorite among Instagram influencers.

I used this grade extensively in a recent series of Chongqing city images from the Thomas x vivo x alexanderwang phone collaboration.

In today's video tutorial, Thomas shares how to create this look in Adobe Camera Raw (Lightroom works similarly) in a few simple steps.

Video Tutorial

▶ Watch the video tutorial on Bilibili

The original was shot on a Sony a7R IV; the editing demo runs on a Dell XPS 15.

Practice files download:

Baidu Cloud link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1QquwHRX-QYCIM2oLzNeBKg Extraction code: xxxb

Or Tencent Weiyun link: https://share.weiyun.com/5K54Fc7

Follow Thomas for more travel and photography tips