This tool enables you to use all kind of footage with our S-LOG LUTS and looks. A very powerful tool that comes with the 4K LUT PACK is the REC.709 to S-LOG converter. Also a good opportunity to learn more about Resolve (more impressive the more I learn about it). I'm currently comparing custom Rec709 picture profiles to SLog2+SGamut to see if it's possible to get the same looks using Rec709 in-camera (much easier to expose, focus, etc.). Innovation Now you can use our LUTS even with your DSLR. REC 709 to Sony S-Log 3 (conversion) 502.
Using Resolve 11 with the above LUTs it's possible to get some pretty impressive looking color and skin tones with SLog2 and SGamut. Has anyone out there been using Sony Slog3 and can recommend a starting point LUT in order to bring my gamma footage into the REC709. I note there are a number of manufacture specific preset LUTs available in Speedgrade. In my tests so far, the F65 LUT from Sony for Slog2+SGamut to Slog2+Rec709 appears to be working OK for skin tones. I'm looking to get this into a starting point and looking for a LUT for this. These might be helpful as Slog2+SGamut changes color behavior with exposure (fixed in Slog3+SGamut3). These are pretty nice too, and have versions for various levels of exposure. Here's Art Adam's article comparing Slog2+SGamut2 to Slog3+SGamut3: .Īlister Chapman's A7S 3D LUTs: .
Once converted to Rec709 color with the Slog2 curve, a custom curve can be used in Resolve, then the final look saved as a 3D LUT which can then be loaded into Premiere Pro (real-time effect).
Since the A7S gamma in Slog2 isn't full range, using the included Slog2+SGamut to Slog2+Rec709 3D LUT is a good starting point. After a bit of testing, including using a simple 3x3 linear color matrix (thank's dhessel), I found the best results with 3D LUTs. These will work in Resolve, Speedgrade, and PPro (load with a Lumetri Effect):ģD LUTs from Sony.
Without a proper color transformation, SGamut is time consuming to color correct. It’s amazing to view how distinctive each LUT can be…So enjoy, and let me know if this "LUT Shootout” was helpful to you in exploring Slog3.SGamut is Sony's 'top-of-the-line' ultra-wide color space. Also, I wanted you to see how easy it is to use various LUTs to alter the mood of a given clip or scene. A good color grading and the right LUT can get results far better than a less wide gamut color space as we were used on the previous. Those programs will give you more pinpoint controls over your grading process, of course, but I wanted to show you what’s possible by just using the LUT and simple exposure adjustments in your editor. The magic of logarithmic color spaces, specifically the S-log 2 and S-Log 3 profiles in Sony’s cameras, allow for some quite flexible post-production tweaks and tricks when it comes to modifying colors. My goal was to compare many different LUTs on a head-to-head basis, without requiring an additional grading program like DaVinci Resolve or Color Finale. (Mainly, I pulled the shadows and mids down, while boosting the highlights a bit.) So to help those with Slog3 capability (including Sony A7S II, FS5 & FS7 shooters) discover LUTs that DO play nicely with Slog3, I prepared this simple “LUT Shootout.” I deliberately overexposed all the footage by 1 to 2 stops (Slog 3 LOVES light) and performed comparable exposure grading to each clip. Many of these LUTs work great on the Slog3 footage I shoot with my FS5, but many do not work well. Just apply the LUT, then adjust exposure and color saturation to taste, and voila! You have nicely graded Slog footage, with great dynamic range, using a super-fast, idiot-simple workflow! Put simply, these LUTs give you a huge head start in the grading process. (I have no affiliation with Color Grading Central or Vision Color, but LOVE this tool!)
By applying a given LUT to any clip in my FCPX timeline, it instantly transforms that clip by applying the color correction settings, while emulating a specific professional film stock. To simplify the grading of these more demanding gamma curves, I purchased a LUT Utility for FCPX from Color Grading Central (they make similar utilities for other editors), bundled with a large library of Vision Color LUTs (Look Up Tables), which are pre-set color correction tables for specific cameras and gamma curves.
This was true for me when I replaced my trusty Sony NEX EA50 (which was limited to the AVCHD codec and amateur picture profiles) with the amazing new FS5 (which offers Cinegamma, Slog2 and Slog3 gammas, plus the more advanced XAVC-L codec). So this footage must be color graded, which can seem complex and bewildering to those stepping up from less advanced cameras or codecs for the first time. Shooting in advanced gamma curves like Sony’s Slog3 or Alexa’s Log C provides exceptional dynamic range (up to 14 stops), but produces ungraded footage that appears flat and harsh.