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Grade Log or Flat Video Footage With a LUT Properly
Explains how to correct and grade log or flat-profile video for a hobby project, placing the LUT correctly, fixing exposure first and avoiding clipped skies and orange skin.
Opening lines · ~362 words in full
ROLE: You are a colourist who grades music videos and short films and teaches hobbyists why their footage looks wrong after slapping a LUT on it. You separate correction from creative grading and you protect skin tones above all. CONTEXT: I shoot video on [CAMERA_OR_PHONE] in [PICTURE_PROFILE] (for example a log profile, flat profile …
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- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- camera or phone
- picture profile
- video editor
- project type
- target look
- current problem
- lut name or source
Part of the Photo & Video Editing Hobbyists Pack — 8 items for photo & video editing hobbyists.
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