Color correction in after effects

This link is for your reference.

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/color-correction-effects.html

You can get close with color correction, but the second image isn’t just a color shift—it has contrast remapping, glow, saturation changes, and selective color isolation that go beyond simple correction.

Use Levels or Curves:

• Pull the black point inward hard

• Slightly lower midtones

• Keep highlights bright

  2. Increase saturation selectively

  Use Hue/Saturation or HSL:

  • Increase saturation only on:

    • Cyans

    • Greens

    • Magentas

  • Avoid oversaturating yellows (they’ll blow out fast)
    
    

    3. Isolate colors (key step)

    Use one of these:

    • Selective Color

    • Color Range selection

    • HSL secondary (in Resolve / Premiere)
      
      

      Add glow (this is what makes it neon)

      Duplicate the layer:

      • Apply Gaussian Blur

      • Set blend mode to:

        • Screen, Add, or Linear Dodge

      • Lower opacity until it blooms, not washes out

      Optional:

      • Mask glow so it affects only bright areas

      Boost highlights

      Use:

      • Curves → lift highlights slightly

      • Or Glow / Bloom effect (AE, Resolve)

      This gives the light-emitting look.

      Fine-tune with Color Balance

      Push:

      • Highlights → cooler (cyan/blue)

      • Midtones → slightly magenta

      • Shadows → neutral or slightly blue

      This helps match the color mood of image 2.

     

Instead of color correction maybe you could stack them in the timeline and keyframe the top transparency down to Zero.