Adding a Kodak 2383 LUT is one of the easiest ways to add color separation to your videos. We just used the LUT at around 25% strength here. https://youtu.be/-RDIfpD_0nQ
Cullen Kelly’s Kodak 2383 LUT
Grade Reveal & Download with Grain Added
This video is the culmination of the many changes we've made since around the time we switched over to P3-D65 - some tiny, some significant - from shooting S-Gamut3.cine rather than S-Gamut3, avoiding yellow in the false color guide of the Ninja V for anything but specular highlights, monitoring with video levels instead of full... Continue Reading →
ImpulZ 2.0 “Not Just Another LUT Library”
It's been several months since we last heard from Jonathan Ochmann, CEO of Color.io, and, eager to hear what new developments are in store for us with with the upcoming Impulz 2.0, we reached out to him. He told us he's been super busy with preparing the launch, adding: "We went through so many iterations... Continue Reading →
Dehancer 5.3 Improved Grain
With update version 5.3, Dehancer introduces significant changes to the Film Grain tool: 1. The dependence of the optical resolution on the resolution of the timeline has been fixed. Now with a timeline size less than 4K the image no longer has a blurry look, and the maximum value of Film Resolution = 100 provides full detail... Continue Reading →
Dehancer OFX 5.2.0 Delivers!
While Dehancer 5.1 failed to deliver on its promise of double the performance over version 5.0, Dehancer 5.2.0 brings it on with a new quality selector, allowing the user to choose between normal-fast/high-slow settings, each of which offers significant improvements in playback speed. On our 16" 32 core M1 Max MacBook Pro (late 2021) with... Continue Reading →
Core Elements Creative LUT Pack
Cullen Kelly has just announced the release of a new LUT pack that is compatible with an HDR workflow. From his website: Create studio-grade cinematic looksTailor to your visionUse for HDR, SDR, and everything in between 9 LUTs, 45 possible looks, endless customization. The Core Elements Creative LUT pack contains four tone LUTs for creative... Continue Reading →
Dehancer 5.1 Doesn’t Deliver
Although Dehancer OFX ver. 5.1.0 promises up to twice the performance with the new Apple Silicon Macs, playback speeds are identical to what we measured prior to the update - around 14 fps with grain enabled. CineD reached out to the developers informing them that several readers were not seeing the promised performance gains and... Continue Reading →
Cullen Kelly Clears Up PFE Confusion
Part I: The State of HDR Film Emulation LUTs Part II: Moving Beyond Traditional Film Print Emulation Part III: CineD Review of Dehancer Pro Part IV: Dehancer Print Film Profiles Part V: Negative and Print Clarified During an episode of Grade School, a weekly YouTube Live session where he answers questions on all things color grading,... Continue Reading →
Cullen Kelly Releases Kodak 2383 PFE LUT for HDR. And It’s Free!
This is absolutely massive! Cullen Kelly has released a FREE Kodak 2383 print film emulation LUT that works in both ACES and in DaVinci Wide Gamut as well as in SDR or HDR. We tried it on some clips and it’s the real deal! Head on over to his website and pick yours up now. https://youtu.be/-RDIfpD_0nQ
Dehancer Pro: Reconciling Color Contrast And Tonal Contrast
Of the countless unique characteristics of traditional film, color contrast must surely rank as among the most distinctive. We're talking here not about the orange/teal blockbuster look, but blue in the shadows and red tones in the mids and highlights. The Prokudin-Gorsky 1906 profile is just one of many in Dehancer Pro that displays this... Continue Reading →
Our Favorite Dehancer 5 Film Profile Yet!
Just a glimpse of a few of the settings we're using to make videos with the Dehancer Pro film emulation plugin. https://youtu.be/hZspd1g--VQ Before/after Konica Impresa 50 film emulation Checking WB with the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Video Color correction using the X-Rite ColorChecker and Hue Vs. Hue curves Global contrast curve. For ETTR clips, pull curve... Continue Reading →
Dehancer Pro Beta Konica Centuria 100 DNP + Kodak 2383
What’s new in Dehancer 5.0.0? DEHANCER PRO * Print profiles with Target White setting* Kodak Vision 2383 Color Print Film profile* Kodak Professional Endura Glossy Color paper profile* Cineon Film Log support* DWG/Rec.709 source input* Source white balance (Temperature and Tint compensation)* Optimizations DEHANCER LITE * Source white balance (Temperature and Tint compensation)* Optimizations What’s... Continue Reading →
Dehancer Pro 5.0.0 Beta Kodak Ektar 100 + Kodak Endura Glossy Paper
What’s new in Dehancer 5.0.0? DEHANCER PRO * Print profiles with Target White setting* Kodak Vision 2383 Color Print Film profile* Kodak Professional Endura Glossy Color paper profile* Cineon Film Log support* DWG/Rec.709 source input* Source white balance (Temperature and Tint compensation)* Optimizations DEHANCER LITE * Source white balance (Temperature and Tint compensation)* Optimizations What’s... Continue Reading →
Dehancer Print Film Profiles
Part I: The State of HDR Film Emulation LUTs Part II: Moving Beyond Traditional Film Print Emulation Part III: CineD Review of Dehancer Pro Part IV: Dehancer Print Film Profiles Part V: Negative and Print Clarified https://youtu.be/4Iq0m5s_0ew What’s new in Dehancer 5.0.0? DEHANCER PRO * Print profiles with Target White setting* Kodak Vision 2383 Color... Continue Reading →
Dehancer OFX 5.0.0 Beta Is Here and It’s Awesome!
Not sure why no one is talking about the new printing options in Dehancer 5.0.0 Beta, but that's all it took to get me to upgrade to Pro from Dehancer Lite. For those who haven't been following along, OFX 5.0.0 Beta includes: * Print profiles with Target White setting* Kodak Vision 2383 Color Print Film... Continue Reading →
Dehancer 5.0.0 Beta 7
Dehancer OFX 5.0.0 for macOS and Windows offers several improvements, chief among them the ability to “print” on the print film Kodak Vision 2383. The update is for the Pro version only. Print profiles with Target White settingKodak Vision 2383 Color Print Film profileKodak Professional Endura Glossy Color paper profileCineon Film Log supportDVR WG/Rec.709 source... Continue Reading →
CineD Review of Dehancer Pro
Part I: The State of HDR Film Emulation LUTs Part II: Moving Beyond Traditional Film Print Emulation Part III: CineD Review of Dehancer Pro Part IV: Dehancer Print Film Profiles Part V: Negative and Print Clarified "It’s ironic that all of the characteristics that make film look like film are really flaws in the technology.... Continue Reading →
Dehancer Lite 4.2.1 Film Emulation Plugin
Dehancer, an OFX plugin suite for film-like color grading and film effects in DaVinci Resolve, is compatible with macOS and Windows and comes in no fewer than eight flavors: a Pro and Lite version, as well as individual plugins for grain, bloom, breath (with gate weave), false colors, halation and a photo edition with a single frame per clip export limitation.... Continue Reading →
Moving Beyond Traditional Film Print Emulation
Part I: The State of HDR Film Emulation LUTs Part II: Moving Beyond Traditional Film Print Emulation Part III: CineD Review of Dehancer Pro Part IV: Dehancer Print Film Profiles Part V: Negative and Print Clarified The following excerpts are taken from Cullen Kelly's Grade School Episode 5 in response to the question, 'How do... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 