Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Your color grading questions answered by a pro colorist.
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Grab my Voyager LUT Pack. 17 LUTs to provide beautiful looks for any type of project so you can grade faster, take every image further, and attract better and better jobs.
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Get my free Kodak 2383 film print LUT for DWG and ACES here:
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Check out my ebook, The Colorist's 10 Commandments:
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0:00 Introduction
1:51 Exposure chart DCTL
11:12 Best Luminance mapping on an input transform
19:22 Offset vs HDR Global vs Linear Gain for exposure
25:58 Why is D65 the white point of displays when cameras have a D56 White point?
30:08 What do you do when there's banding in the camera negative?
38:07 What's the difference between DaVinci and Luminance Mapping tone mapping?
43:50 How do we create a LUT for DaVinci Wide Gamut?
47:21 Do you ever make an exposure adjustment before the IDT?
51:01 Best practices for proper client monitoring when doing remote sessions
52:58 Should we review the footage before agreeing the price?
55:40 How to read a color cube and how to interpret that information?
Your color grading questions answered by a pro colorist.
---
Grab my Voyager LUT Pack. 17 LUTs to provide beautiful looks for any type of project so you can grade faster, take every image further, and attract better and better jobs.
http://procolor.ist/voyager-lut-pack
Get my free Kodak 2383 film print LUT for DWG and ACES here:
http://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my ebook, The Colorist's 10 Commandments:
http://procolor.ist/ebook
0:00 Introduction
1:51 Exposure chart DCTL
11:12 Best Luminance mapping on an input transform
19:22 Offset vs HDR Global vs Linear Gain for exposure
25:58 Why is D65 the white point of displays when cameras have a D56 White point?
30:08 What do you do when there's banding in the camera negative?
38:07 What's the difference between DaVinci and Luminance Mapping tone mapping?
43:50 How do we create a LUT for DaVinci Wide Gamut?
47:21 Do you ever make an exposure adjustment before the IDT?
51:01 Best practices for proper client monitoring when doing remote sessions
52:58 Should we review the footage before agreeing the price?
55:40 How to read a color cube and how to interpret that information?
