![]() These LUTs separately can be applied to monitor outputs, the camera’s viewfinder, recorded proxy files, or even the camera’s master recording. Here is an example of an exterior with the “NICEST709” LUT, which I happen to prefer the most from the pack.ģD LUTs can be loaded into VariCam cinema cameras such as the Varicam LT. While, Artistic Look LUTs create stylistic visuals like soft blue dusk, golden magic hour, or harsh desert sun by combining the technical conversion with creative changes to gamma, contrast, saturation, bias, and other aspects. These conversion LUTs provide a neutral matching of the signal to the monitor, so they can be considered technical LUTs. The good news for EVA1 owners is that the LUTs included in the Varicam LUT Library can also be applied to EVA1 footage since the camera can record in a matching V-Log/V-Gamut format.Ī Conversion LUT translates the flat V-Log material to a more restricted, yet contrasty, dynamic range and shifts the colour space to match the monitor, bringing both parameters to a technical standard for viewing such as Rec. Straight out of the camera, ungraded V-Log or any Log images for that matter tend to look washed-out, desaturated and grey that is because cameras have to use a logarithmic contrast curve in order to store the wide range of exposure in the recorded image. This is where the conversion LUTs in this library will come in handy. That’s all great and all, but if you don’t grade it properly LOG images can be particularly tricky and provide you with a rather muddy and mushy tones. It is important that these LUT formats not be confused, or an incorrect image may be displayed. In Panasonic’s claims, you get 14 stops DR when shooting native in V-Log/V-Gamut with the VariCam lineup of cinema cameras as well as in a very wide colour spectrum, “both parameters often exceeding that of 35mm film.” E-L.cube for LUT boxes and other on-set monitoring equipment.VLT format is used for in-camera monitoring The library includes 3 separate LUT format variants, each offering the same appearance but used for different purposes: ![]() ![]() In short, the VariCam LUT Library includes 35 3D LUTs, providing both in display conversion LUTs as well as artistic look LUTs. Most of you are familiar with the ARRI Looks Library, which does cost a few euros, as everything carrying the ARRI badge, but the Panasonic LUT library despite featuring only 35 looks is actually free, so that’s nothing to sneeze at. ![]() Panasonic recently “pulled an ARRI” and released a LUT library with 35 looks for their Varicam and Panasonic EVA1 cameras. There are tons of LUTs out there, both free and paid, numerous LUT creation options and freely available grading software such as DaVinci Resolve, which gives you access to professional industry tools to make your footage shine.Īnd while colour grading is no easy task for lots of people, present company included, and certainly a lot more complicated than applying a couple of LUTs and calling it a day – a good starting point can get you halfway home in most situations, while giving you a solid foundation on which to build your “look”. LUTs are all the rage these days and for most users it is the quickest way to grade LOG footage or at least get a decent starting/reference point.
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