Grade School: Modify LUTs with Pro Colorist Techniques
Live Q&A for learning how to modify how you apply your LUTs so they can better fit your images and give you the look you want. This live is a Q&A deep dive extending from this week's video on LUT modification.: • How to modify LUTs to get the best looking...
00:00 Introduction
3:17 How to modify your LUTs using a Layer Mixer in Resolve
7:02 Here I explain a mistake I made sharing how to use the layer mixer for modifying LUTs in the original modify LUTs video ( • How to modify LUTs to get the best looking... )
10:28 Has Cullen used this Layer Mixer technique to separate the palette and tone of his Core Element LUTs?
12:57 Can you modify your LUTs with upstream DCTL manipulations like a 3x3 matrix?
18:19 Can we use CST to convert display referred LUTs into scene referred?
22:02 How can we know the color space that a particular LUT is expecting?
27:02 Where in the node tree should we place contrast?
30:53 Can we create viewing camera LUTs using CSTs?
36:19 How to handle a client that used a wrong viewing LUT like an Arri Log C to REC709 in a Blackmagic camera but loved the results?
41:24 Is it possible to create LUTs using the color warper and the chroma-luma grid?
43:41 Can you use CSTs to navigate from Blackmagic Log to Log C and then to REC709?
45.07 Is it correct to color manage using ACES AP0 and a Linear tone curve to avoid any clipping?
49:00 What is the difference between the columns in your middle gray cheat sheet? 10 bits, 12 bits…
52:31 How would you approach the split tone when creating a LUT without making it look artificial?
58:09 Final thoughts and conclusions
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