


We tried it out briefly and were pleased with it, if not overwhelmed. There’s also Cullen Kelly’s Colloid, his version of what an ideal film stock would be like. We had a chance to play around with the latter a bit and the results looked promising, though it was exceedingly difficult to deal with the contrast and the prominent watermark on the trial version meant we could only work with it for a few seconds for fear of ruining our display. VisionColor and FilmConvert are both currently in the process of developing HDR LUTs Light Illusion offers a wholly impractical solution for the budget-conscious whereas Colourlab.Ai‘s Look Designer LUT portfolio has been available for three years running. Would film emulation LUTs be the answer? While there are countless LUTs on the Internet, precious few are compatible with an HDR workflow. hue curves, the color warper and the color wheels, colors still look video-ish. With the Sony a7s III in particular, however much we play around with the tint and temperature controls, the hue vs. – Cullen KellyĬolor has been an obsession here for as long as we can remember. This concept is largely forgotten today but for a century or more, print stock played a key role in defining the look of a film, providing a consistent baseline of creative contrast and color imagery and helping visually unify the images. The final fundamental to grading photographically is to use a good print stock. Part II: Moving Beyond Traditional Film Print Emulation Part I: The State of HDR Film Emulation LUTs
