LUTs for Film Making: What, Why, When and How The Roaming DP: Cinematography, Filmmaking and More

The bad news (don't worry - see good new below): LUTs aren't a magic bullet for cinematographers. If you're a cinematographer and doing your own color grading, don't fall for the promise of a LUT making your footage look amazing. LUTs will only get you so far. There's a ton more to consider - lighting, wardrobe, locations, etc. And all these things go into your picture. LUTs are good for changing your footage in certain ways, and each LUT does it's own thing, but they won't take a bad shot an...