So far when shooting VLog I've just been using the 709 LUT from panny to monitor. I know I can create my own and I plan to experiment, but does anyone have any premade LUTs they like to use in-camera? Just something gentle that gives a punch to contrast and color, ideally nothing as harsh as 709.
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VaricamLT: Luts for LT
- Thread starter Straw Man
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I use the FilmConvert LUTs (they have several different) which I have imported via Davinci Resolve. You can apply the LUT to an image and then set how much of the LUT characteristics you want to have on the image (or any other changes), and then export the LUT to the LT-format.
Alex Derrick
Active member
Hey Milan,
Aren't the FilmConvert lut 3d? Im curious how you exported them to LT-format.
I'd like to give this a go. Some of the film profiles are pretty nice.
Aren't the FilmConvert lut 3d? Im curious how you exported them to LT-format.
I'd like to give this a go. Some of the film profiles are pretty nice.
I don't remember exactly how I did it but I think that I placed a clip in Resolve, applied a film profile via FC plug in, exported it as a 3d LUT (.cube), then cleared the node, applied the .cube LUT (directly through Resolve) and exported it as an LT LUT. Does that make any sense?
I don't know if it technically changes the image from the original film profile, but I can see a difference between them (the different LUTs created this way) and I think they work well (that is, create a more pleasing image for the client and make it easier for me to imagine how the final image will look). They look good on the proxy files too. In the latest project that I've just finished, the client wanted to select which takes we were going to use, so it was great to be able to send them the proxy files with the LUT burnt in.
I don't know if it technically changes the image from the original film profile, but I can see a difference between them (the different LUTs created this way) and I think they work well (that is, create a more pleasing image for the client and make it easier for me to imagine how the final image will look). They look good on the proxy files too. In the latest project that I've just finished, the client wanted to select which takes we were going to use, so it was great to be able to send them the proxy files with the LUT burnt in.
BerkeCreative
Member
So far my main workflow has been to modify the V.709 LUT that panasonic has provided. I find it to be a good starting point for a lot of things. My main use so far has been to create a "Low Light LUT" this basically takes the base LUT down by about a 1.5 stops. This gives the director something nice to look at when I'm shooting scenes that are supposed to end up being pretty dark while still giving me a lot of information on my "negative". The flexibility has been great. I tried to be really slick and use the ROP app to create a CDL on set. That didn't go great. The ROP app is pretty clunky for any kind of grading. You really need a DIT with real software to do live color grading. Live and learn.