color mangement and grading

[Todd Kopriva]

> So if you were to use a LUT for colour correction/grading, in theory this would be like using an adjustment layer with curves on it in AE? it’s basically the same thing going on, except LUTs are a universal system that can be used in more than one program, yes?

That’s a pretty good way of thinking about it.

One of the main reasons that we added LUT support in After Effects CS5 was so that people could use the same things in After Effects that they were using in other programs.

BTW, here’s a video tutorial that I just recorded on color management.

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[Steve Shaw]

This may help – SpaceMan ICC – it converts 3DLUT into ICC profiles.

It’s been used by some rather large post houses on recent film projects, including ‘Potter’.

See: https://www.lightillusion.com/spaceman.htm if interested.

And happy to answer any questions.

[Phil Huizen]

Okay I’ve been looking all over to get an answer to this question: if I apply LUT to footage which would completely crush the blacks and midtones and after that i would lift the shadows in After Effect, would I get the detail back or not?

I can’t find another way of explaining my question.. Thanks ALOT!!!!