KODAK Eastman T100 5247 LUT around???

[Sabovic Adis]

I think two things are going on here:

1) there's a trend for some people (particularly neophytes) who want to believe there's an instant fix or a one-click solution to complicated problems, and that includes fixing pictures. The reality is that it takes lots of time and talent and experience to make pictures look good, and that goes both for the DP creating the images in front of the lens as it does for the colorist who works on the image in post. There are no fast, easy solutions.

2) LUTs are very inexpensive to make, and I seem them selling for anywhere from free to $9.95 to $700 out there on the web. There's a big business of people who buy these things erroneously believing the LUT will make their project look like a $100 million Hollywood movie. But my opinion is that they're selling smoke, maybe smoke and a dream.

I think LUTs are useful as part of the workflow process, I think they're fine if you want to come up with one look that works temporarily to view your material on the set and deal with in the edit, and it's also helpful for VFX people who need to match the look of an ongoing project. Do you need it for the final? Not really. Will it make it look like a 40-year-old negative stock? Not really. Will it make it look different? Yes. Is it better? That's a subjective opinion, but mine is no -- I think there are better ways to get the image you want.

My joke is, all we do is just keep turning the knobs until the picture doesn't suck, then we move on to the next shot. The LUT doesn't do that: it treats every shot the same, and the problem is, every shot is different.

Pardon me, that's my line and no, it's not a joke - that's exactly what I do. The Horrible Truth. :rofl:
Since there's no correct way of putting a square peg in a round hole ( for example, 16+ stops of light into something called 709 or DCI, whatever...), one, simply, has to tweak, twiddle, cut, bend, break...do whatever it takes to make it look not bad, and I think the "joke" fits it perfectly. :biggrin:

My guess too be: it's the neophytes, and the freakin' Digital. As such! It's fast, re-writable, accessible, because of cheap...one thinks one doesn't have to prepare nothing no more, script - wut?, :rofl: rehearsing - naah, just do it...heck, don't need no light with them new A-7s no more... cuz one can all fix it in the post. It's Digital, man! Hi-def! It's got K-s all over the place. And bits. :rofl: