{"id":5402,"date":"2019-10-06T17:43:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T17:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesica.in\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2019-10-06T17:43:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T17:43:16","slug":"lut-cinematic-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/lut-cinematic-look\/","title":{"rendered":"LUT : Cinematic Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LUT is a modern term in Digital world of film making used by Cinematographers, Colorists, as a process of digital film making the image shot on a digital cinema camera is a set of raw data which is later converted to video for editing and finally for playing in different platforms( Theatre, youtube, computer)<\/p>\n<p>The Raw data recorded in a camera which looks like a flat image nearly colorless or with less color information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5407\" src=\"http:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Free-LUTs-BA-1-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Free-LUTs-BA-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Free-LUTs-BA-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Free-LUTs-BA-1-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Free-LUTs-BA-1.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During post process that is Digital Color correction required color is brought accordingly.\u00a0A LUT, or \u2018Look Up Table,\u2019 holds a set of numbers which are looked up by the software to change the color,contrast and brightness of the Image.<\/p>\n<p>Colour LUTs just take in colour values and output the corresponding colours. Some LUTs change saturation, some increase contrast and some can change the input colours completely.<\/p>\n<p>They are a mathematically precise way of taking specific RGB values from an image and changing them to new RGB values by changing the hue, saturation and brightness of the original footage<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5408\" src=\"http:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-Example-3-Leighton-Milne-Video-LUTs-FilterGrade-Digital-Marketplace-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-Example-3-Leighton-Milne-Video-LUTs-FilterGrade-Digital-Marketplace-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-Example-3-Leighton-Milne-Video-LUTs-FilterGrade-Digital-Marketplace-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-Example-3-Leighton-Milne-Video-LUTs-FilterGrade-Digital-Marketplace-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-Example-3-Leighton-Milne-Video-LUTs-FilterGrade-Digital-Marketplace.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>creating a specific look and saving colour grades is also a form LUTs which can be used or applied to other projects.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"col-xs-12 sidebar sidebar-inline sidebar-double sidebar-primary-inline\">\n<div class=\"row\">\u00a0They can also make log or flat footage come to life by adding contrast and style or converting it back into a Rec.709 colour space.<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">Cinematographers load a LUT into a monitor or display to calibrate it to get an idea of what the finished look of the final image would be.<\/div>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5409\" src=\"http:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/preview-148603-ljKIfAPi31-high_0004-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/preview-148603-ljKIfAPi31-high_0004-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/preview-148603-ljKIfAPi31-high_0004-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/preview-148603-ljKIfAPi31-high_0004-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/preview-148603-ljKIfAPi31-high_0004.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div>\u00a0Today most of the film makers who are interested to have a organic look like Motion Picture Film&#8230;so now special film look is achieved by LUTs created by many companies for sale.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During post process or color grading LUT s are applied directly to the raw image for a specific look then contrast is adjusted and matching to other shots are done by colorists, but best way is to base grade the footage adjusting whites and blacks then a specific LUT s can be applied by colorists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There are thousands of different specific color LUTs, like bleach bypass technique look in film can be easily created by applying specific LUTs&#8230;.but most important thing is the specific color should not affect the blacks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There are some LUTs available of replicating look of Kodak motion picture film stock.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/www.filmconvert.com\/<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/www.looklabs.net\/<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>CJ Rajkumar<\/div>\n<div>Author\/Cinematographer<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/lut-cinematic-look\/\" data-numposts=\"10\" data-colorscheme=\"light\" data-order-by=\"social\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUT is a modern term in Digital world of film making used by Cinematographers, Colorists, as a process of digital film making the image shot on a digital cinema camera is a set of raw data which is later converted to video for editing and finally for playing in different platforms( Theatre, youtube, computer) The 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