[Ryan Jackson]

There’s a great episode of the podcast with Joachim Zell from Company 3 where they discuss LUTs. All it is a file that tells the grading software to change one set of values to another. Hue, Saturation, and Contrast usually being the main ones targeted. Most manufacturers will release a LUT on their website for their cameras to correct the Log image to an image that looks “correct” on the monitor you are viewing on. For example Arri Log-C to Rec.709 LUT converts the values of Log-C to values that look correct on a Rec.709 monitor.

On set LUTs are used to correct the image so that anyone viewing the feed on a monitor will see a corrected version of what is being captured by the camera.

In a grade, they can be used for either a basic correction or for a specific look. It all depends on the DP and colorist’s way of working.

They are just a tool.

[Ryan Jackson]

Hi Roger, I too, was wondering this as I was reading through the ASC article about Empire of Light and there is this picture where you are what seems to be framing up a shot but with a Cooke S7 32mm on the camera.

Was this for another purpose if you didn’t actually shoot with the Cooke?

Thanks!

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