The Truth About LUTs

I'll discuss what a LUT is, the single biggest drawback and the ultimate benefit of using them in DaVinci.

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[sashazephiria]

"A LUT is a thing that does a thing", definitly keeping this for new clients if they ask haha

[raphaelsmith]

Almost always using hte Kodak 2383 LUT for my main look, never tired of it!

[JimRobinson-colors]

Well, not sure about this one. On the surface it explains a couple of things but kind of came off like an infomercial for your luts. And nothing wrong with that. I think that if you had explained how to build DWG luts that people could save for themselves that it would have been more explanatory to the concepts of LUTs. I consider myself quite advanced and the grabinb of LUTs from your pack and then doing a mix with them, in my opinion, not as obvious as it is to people who use them.

[flochfitness]

The voyager luts that I got from Cullen are hands down the best investment I have made to my work. Period 💪🏻

[brad_in_yyc]

This definitely helps explain a ton! Thank you! Going to keep digging in to colour!

I'm really having a hard time figuring out colour theory. But eventually one day it'll just click.

[NadiaandRob]

Just purchased your Voyager pack. Thank you for being a great source of extremely valuable information. Looking forward to learning more!

[ivandrago]

Davinci's 2383 lut expects output gamma to “Cineon Film Log”. Why “Cineon film log”? That is because the LUT is actually designed for scanned film footage.

[avrahamedery]

This video is really insightful, thank you for sharing.
Would love to hear your thoughts on Dehancer for film emulation & in general.

[andr]

How to know the input color space and the output color space of a specific lut? Is there any metadata?

[SchmidtyFilms]

I’ve been avoiding LUTs for years because I haven’t felt I can trust the sources of LUTs I see floating around the internet. I think for 2024 I wanna get into using them more though to speed up my workflow a bit.

[hamark_videography]

Hi Cullen! Does it matter what timeline color space I am working in, if I for example am using a Sony LUT (slog-rec709)? Or is it just input color space and output color space that matters? What timeline color space do you recommend for a slog LUT?
Thanks for great videos!

[RavikantRai]

Cullen, can you do a series on just the Curves? Hue vs hue, hue vs sat, etc and what they all really mean? I couldn't find on your channel, apologies if you've already done one like that.

[ZetaSTR]

I what an in depth aces series with info about LMTs and how to set different derivables

[johngiatropoulos]

After watching your Resolvecon 2022 talk on color mgmt and this video on LUTS, I have the following question about the correct way to use your Kodak DWG/DWG LUT:
In the Resolvecon talk you mentioned it’s good to establish the look (LUT) early on, but you didn’t talk about best way to do this. In this current LUTS video you show putting the LUT on a node in the timeline section of the node graph so that it will affect all the clips in the timeline. Does this accomplish establishing the look early?
Assuming that my color mgmt is set up in Project Settings as you describe in the Resolvecon 2022 talk, am I establishing the look early by putting your Kodak DWG/DWG LUT on a node in the timeline section of the node graph, followed by tweaks to EXP, RATIO, BAL nodes at the clip level?
Is this the correct workflow? (and yes, if it’s not obvious, I am a beginner !)

[clintclarkson]

Do you ever use your Voyager lut pack combined with your 2383 for a look or should they not be combined?

[equisetuminc]

I bought the Voyager Pro (thank you!) Why do you prefer them serial instead of parallel or layered (Tone F/M and Pallette F/M)?

[IsaacRC]

To my humble computer a lut is faster than any manual grade, i'm inherently inclined for "finished" looks, which after your technical lessons i developed the confidence to do so. Thanks Cullen

[MusaonYT]

If I use a program like IWLTBAP to make my own LUTs, how can I find the information for what their expected input and output colorspace and gamma is?

[andr]

4:45 what are these things that can be done only with Luts? Can anybody further explain, please?

[flochfitness]

Pop quiz: what movie was first to use look up tables (LUTS) in post processing? (Bonus: this same film was also first to use log in capturing the images)