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Just the same as any log to display/look LUT. Any additional adjustments you make to the look should be done on the log image prior to / “under” the LUT

Gotta call Christopher Nolan. He'll make it happen.

Thanks for the heads up haha, doing that now!

It's not possible on other editors. Only Resolve supports powergrades. Other editors would need a software plugin, and the guy is a color grader, not a software engineer.

@@MSMImage there are 2 versions on the website. One has LUTs only for people who don’t use DaVinci.

There are LUT versions for use in other software

@@TomBolles could you link me to those? Would love to purchase.

@MSMImage they are available here: www.tombolles.net/cineprint35/p/luts

So that saturation response is how film actually sees high saturation blue: www.tombolles.net/blue-fuji-emulation-gamma-shift The main issue is the way in which RU-vid's gamma shift affects the shadows When you go down the rabbit hole of gamma 2.4 vs gamma 2.2, viewing content in dim vs bright environments, and how our human vision & perception of contrast changes, it gets quite complicated. Ultimately it comes down to choosing what viewing environment you want to optimize for because you can't optimize for everything. I personally choose to deliver Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 to RU-vid and let the gamma shift adapt my content for better viewing in bright environments & against white webpages. Some colorists preach the same, while some prefer adding gamma compensation to prioritize dark viewing environments. You simply can't optimize for all viewing environments. It's also other variables stacked on top of each other. I chose to shoot with high saturation blue lighting at an already cool white balance, and if you watch the adjustments I made while grading, I ended up making creative choices for skintones & general shadow response that pushed the blues even further as a side effect. So it is certainly at the extreme edge & stress testing the look. If that's something you would want to scale back to taste prior to the emulation, you could certainly do so. As far as 4:03, maybe some of what you're seeing is compression artifacts since RU-vid doesn't like grain. There are higher quality stills of that shot on the CinePrint35 page. If you scroll down you can see a comparison to Rec.709.

I was going to make this exact comment. I think you made an excellent job here but the two examples that was pointed out is a little bit concerning.. its like the blues have a bit too little luminescence to them? Is this specific part of the emulation easily adjustable if i get the power grade? If it is, in what specific node could i make this change? Thank you!

Im not arguing its something wrong with the powergrade, im just wondering if there were any sollutions to the gamma shift.. is it just a matter of exporting it to 2.2 in the output or have it transition somewhere in the node tree?

@@tjena the blues are meant to be dark in the intro sequence, just that they are highly saturated with a lack of tonal detail, so it looks like it is out of gamut kinda feeling. He said it was a creative choice . I suppose you can find DCTLs sold online that allows for clean shifts of hue colour with compression controls and achieve a smoother tonal gradation? I think you will have to compress/shift the hue prior to the Powegrade of the CinePrint35. As for the other image I asked about, I’ve seen the image on his website, yes RU-vid does make it worse, but I suppose the noise from the braw from pocket 6k pro with the added grain amplifies the issue in the blotchy look to the cool shadows, but some of the colour variances are already present in the original footage without the powergrade. His powergrade might also be quite precise with the shift in colours, so I suppose this kind of skin tone issues has to be fixed in the grading process where you clean up the skin tones with a bit of hue compression. Just sharing my view, maybe Tom will have a better explanation.

​@@TomBollesWhat portion of this blue appearance in the sample you linked is a result of the post processing (IE the 2383 viewing LUT)? I'm curious how the original scan looked.

I got an email with a discount code and a nice thank you message for having the CinePrint16. Check your spam folder, it might be there.

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