<p>In Lightworks, there's the selective color correction tool.
By moving the sliders like this you can select the shadows (luma slider) and desaturate them:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/yRyJt.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/yRyJt.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>By  clicking "Reveal" you can see which parts of the image are going to be changed.
With much thanks to the guys at the Lightworks forum.
Source: <a href="http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&amp;func=view&amp;catid=7&amp;id=104681&amp;Itemid=81#104813" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lightworks forum: Desaturate shadows</a></p>

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MetNL
<p>Neither Lightworks nor Blender really offer any coloring functionality advanced enough to do that natively. However, Davinci Resolve is a free program which has very advanced color grading functionality which will allow you to easily desaturate shadows. It also isn't that complicated of a program. It can be difficult to understand all the ins and outs, but basic functions are very intuitive.</p>

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As stated in my question, resolve is not an option for me because I'm on a linux system and the free version is only for Mac and Windows
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<p>I'm using Lightworks as my main video editor (I use Blender occasionally), and use it to color grade too. I want to desaturate my shadows using either Lightworks or Blender, but I can't find that tool. Is it there, and if it's not, is it on something else I can use on my Linux system (not Resolve, needs very specific hardware i can't afford)? LUTs that do this are an option too!</p>

<p>Thnx ahead :)</p>

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Desaturate shadows in Lightworks
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# Desaturate shadows in Lightworks

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-11)

I'm using Lightworks as my main video editor (I use Blender occasionally), and use it to color grade too. I want to desaturate my shadows using either Lightworks or Blender, but I can't find that tool. Is it there, and if it's not, is it on something else I can use on my Linux system (not Resolve, needs very specific hardware i can't afford)? LUTs that do this are an option too!

Thnx ahead :)

**Tags:** color-correction, color-grading, lightworks


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2015-12-17. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

In Lightworks, there's the selective color correction tool.
By moving the sliders like this you can select the shadows (luma slider) and desaturate them:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/yRyJt.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/yRyJt.png)

By clicking "Reveal" you can see which parts of the image are going to be changed.
With much thanks to the guys at the Lightworks forum.
Source: [Lightworks forum: Desaturate shadows](http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=7&id=104681&Itemid=81#104813)


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-12-16. Score: 0

Neither Lightworks nor Blender really offer any coloring functionality advanced enough to do that natively. However, Davinci Resolve is a free program which has very advanced color grading functionality which will allow you to easily desaturate shadows. It also isn't that complicated of a program. It can be difficult to understand all the ins and outs, but basic functions are very intuitive.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: As stated in my question, resolve is not an option for me because I'm on a linux system and the free version is only for Mac and Windows  

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