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  LUTs from Sony?

  Posted by Tom Galli on July 3, 2020 at 3:10 am

  Aloha all!
  I’ve just been asked to edit a short that was shot on a Sony A7Riii using Cine-4. I’m looking for some handy LUTs, and am not having any luck. Does Sony not have a LUT library available? That can’t be! Surely one of you has the url handy?

  Mahalo!
  Tom G

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  Andy Ford replied 5 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Andy Ford

  July 7, 2020 at 9:56 pm

  Here is a start: https://pro.sony/en_ME/technology/professional-video-lut-look-up-table

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  Tom Galli

  July 9, 2020 at 9:51 pm

  Thanks Andy!
  I had actually already found that page. It’s quite a disappointment, don’t you agree? It says things like:

  Sony engineers have developed LUTs designed to facilitate specific functions for filmmakers. These are all available free of charge.

  and

  There are a wide variety of LUTs available from independent filmmakers.

  And how many LUTs are actually available for download?
  Three.

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  Brad Hurley

  July 12, 2020 at 2:57 pm

  My understanding is that Cine4 is fairly close to Rec709, so unlike S-Log you don’t actually need a camera LUT (aka technical LUT) to bring the footage into the Rec709 colorspace. You should be able to do it through a simple lift-gamma-gain adjustment or using an s-curve, if you are grading by hand, or if you prefer using LUTs you could apply any third-party LUT such as a film emulation LUT or a “look” LUT. In other words, I don’t think you need a Sony-specific camera LUT for Cine4; those would be more typically used for transforming log footage to Rec 709.
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  Andy Ford

  July 14, 2020 at 8:54 pm

  Tom, yes it is absolutely a disappointing collection considering it is Sony. I guess they assume many people are creating/saving their own based on their needs. For some shoots, I actually use a color checker when shooting log and then use the color match feature for my color checker in Resolve, then go from there. I have noticed that there is a Cine4 LUT from pixel samy and also cody blue. To be honest, like Brad says, they appear pretty close so it may even be done with some advanced curves.

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