Color Management Part 15: Logarithmic video files
Logarithmic video files, or log files, are something you’ll encounter sooner or later. Every camera manufacturer has developed their...
Color Management Part 8: Colorspaces
A colorspace is the basis for color management. By itself, the concept of a colorspace isn’t too difficult to...
Color Management Part 7: Introducing Gamma
For many After Effects users, gamma is something you adjust in the levels and exposure plugins, but it goes...
Fujifilm’s free color space converter
Fujifilm makes high-end LUT boxes allowing both color space conversion and look creation. The flagship IS-100, a.k.a. CCBOXX, is...
Gamma vs. Log: tonal-scale rendering
In my V-Log L Revisited article, I went on at some length about neutral rendering across the tonal scale...
LUTCalc: Trials, errors, and a full-range LC709A LUT
After much experimentation, and a bit of failed hacking, I’ve come up with a good full-range Cine-EI LUT for...
Hacking Alexa’s Rec 709 LUT into a Sony FS7/F5/F55
A new, free app gives us the power to mix and match LUTs—even between cameras! This is what happened...
DIY DCP
You used to hear a whir, the sound of sprockets pulling film from a 15 pound reel at a...
The Sensation of White: Why I Set Zebras for 90% White Instead of White Clip
The days of setting exposure with zebras set at white clip are most likely over. Here’s a new technique...
