"Fixing" the Technicolor effect on the 60D

[ToTheBack]

I recently directed a corporate video with my DP and he had wanted to test out the Technicolor image trick with the 60D's we used. He assured me that while the video looks flat, shooting it very plain was gonna open up a lot of doors with the color correction later on. He sent me some links about how to work it but I'm still incredibly lost. I've seen a lot of test footage of the before's and after and still don't really see a difference to be honest.

Anyways, he said it's mainly something that has to be done in Apple Color, which I haven't really used before. I downloaded a LUT that would help 'fix' up the color but I can't seem to get it working in Color. I've normally done color correction through Final Cut and for these kinds of projects don't really like to go outside of FCP for it. So how do you either use the LUT in Color or in FCP?

 

[natums]

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What Technicolor allows simply is a wider dynamic range, while dampened by the 8-bit encoding it does open doors in color correction and grading (more so in grading).

If you look at comparison videos the easiest difference to see is in the blacks. Most other profiles will crush the blacks, this means it is gone and unrecoverable. Cinestyle has far more tones and depth in the black range, so you have the ability to keep some of the black detail in grading if you desire. Often times you might grade the footage back to appear more like the standard profile in reality if you aren't looking for a specific style.

I personally have enjoyed using it in combination with Magic Bullet Looks, it has allowed me to do some HEAVY color correction and grading without the normal banding and artifacting I would get when using a Neutral or Standard profile.