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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[@sashazephiria3869]

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

[@raphaelsmith3532]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@avrahamedery]

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

[@ivandrago3536]

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.

[@NadiaandRob]

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

[@flochfitness]

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

[@mrtinacrispoti]

Oh, thank you !

[@ZetaSTR]

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

[@oscarabello84]

Thank you

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

Thank u so much sir♥

[@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!

[@johngiatropoulos3848]

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 !)

[@andr101]

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

[@RavikantRai21490]

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.

[@twigmuzik5550]

I always use luts

[@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.

[@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)?

[@clintclarkson1325]

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

[@liubj2427]

how to use your Voyager Essentials PowerGrades with my sony camera

[@andr101]

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

[@liubj2427]

how to use your Voyager lut?

[@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)

[@ToomuchTushar]

amelie??

[@flochfitness]

@@ToomuchTushar nope!

[@kashifniaz]

Maybe, O brother?

[@thatcherfreeman]

Mario movie?

[@Visethelegend]

@@kashifniaz’m gonna go with this one too. Deakins for the win

[@patlecat]

You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! :D

[@manolomaru]

✨👌😎🙂😎👍✨

[@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

[@JensHauser]

Is there any easy way to preview different LUTs so you know which one is the best pick?

[@CullenKelly]

Hey Jens! I'd recommend grabbing stills of different looks you've set up and audition them against each other!

[@JensHauser]

@@CullenKelly Thank you and it will take time because I just have too many LUTs. I need to delete and just keep the best ones.

[@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?