Hey guys my name is Denver Riddle and I'm
a colorist I want to share with you how
you can get that big budget look with my
free cinematic luts that you can
download in the description.  So if you're
struggling with coming up with looks or
getting that film look that sets you
apart then these are for you.  Now unlike
a lot of the other LUTs that are out
there that may leave much to be desired
or are just simple color washes or color
tints these LUTs are actually based on
Hollywood films looks that you're
gonna be getting and are based on such films
as Drive, Mad Max: Fury Road and Moonrise
Kingdom.
Plus you'll be getting other LUTs based
on complex looks, a few film print
emulations and a collection of Log to
Rec709 LUTs for converting your flat
looking Log footage from your camera
into something more pleasing.  Alright
let's jump into this so after
downloading the zip you'll want to
double click on it to reveal the LUTs.
Inside you'll find that they're
categorized into three folders for film
looks emulating 35mm film, Log
to Rec709 LUTs for several
different cameras and look LUTs for
applying creative and other distinct
looks from popular films.  Now I'm going
to show you how to get these into and
start using them in Adobe Premiere,
DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X and
Cinema Grade on the Mac.  You can skip
directly to your application by clicking
on the time stamp for your software in
the description.  Let's start with
Premiere simply go to Library
Applications Support Adobe then Common
folder here you should find a folder
named LUTs if it's not there just
create it and inside add two folders
named Creative and Technical.
Now you just want to copy and paste
entire folders here.  Now let's open
Premiere in the Basic Correction panel
you'll find the log to rec 709 LUTs in
the Input LUT drop down menu.  If you've
recorded in log just simply find the LUT
for your camera and that'll give you a
good starting point.  Now I want to
emphasize something here if you use LUTs
to address log I only suggest using them
if you're in a hurry because color
correcting the image manually and adding
your own contrast is going to give you
the best results.  Okay now once you've
gotten your footage to a good base
starting point you can then add a
creative look so if you go to the
Creative panel you'll find a drop down
menu of the different LUTs.  I'm going to
apply the Drive LUT because I love its
sweet awesomeness!  Now here's the thing
if a LUT is too strong that's actually
not a bad thing because we can dial it
back to taste with the intensity slider.
What we're effectively doing here is
changing the LUTs opacity.  Now if you
don't like choosing LUTs from a
drop-down list or find the built-in
preview limiting because it doesn't show
changes we made in the base correction
panel with Cinema Grade for Premiere
running on the Mac you can actually
organize and preview all your LUTs as
thumbnails so this makes finding the
right look for your project faster and
easier.  Okay now for DaVinci Resolve open
the Project Settings window and select
Color Management.  Here you'll find the
open LUTs folder button so go ahead and
click on it to take you to a folder. 
We'll find all of the DaVinci LUTs here
we'll paste our three LUT folders.  Back
in DaVinci we then just need to click
Update List and don't worry if this
takes a while it's just refreshing the
LUT directories in DaVinci.  Okay so now in
the 3d LUT section in the nodes
drop-down menu we'll find the three
folders.  Again if you've recorded in log
just simply find the LUT specific for
your camera and that should give you a
good starting point.  If we need to make
additional changes we can do that with
the color controls.  I personally prefer
to color correct log footage manually to
give me the best results but if you're
in a time crunch the log to Rec709
LUTs can come in handy.  Okay so now that we've
established a good base correction in
the first node let's add another node where
we can begin working on a look.  Now
what's really cool about DaVinci is that
we can preview luts as thumbnails so we
can actually see what they do before
applying them.  To do that we'll open the
LUTs window and hover our cursor over
the LUTs to see a preview.  I'll choose
the Mad Max LUT and double-click to
apply it.  It's too strong here so a
clever trick is to go to the Key panel
and dial back the look to taste with the
Key Output Gain control and that's it!  We
can refine look further if we need to
with the color tools.  And finally in
Final Cut Pro X to import the LUTs so
we can begin using them we'll apply a
Custom LUT effect under Video Effects and in the
inspector we'll open the LUT drop-down
menu and click the Choose Custom LUT
option. From here we can either import a
single LUT or a folders of LUTs.  In this
case I'll import the log to Rec709
folder and choose a LUT specific to my
camera there that gives us a good
starting point.  From here we can add the
Color Wheels effect and position it
above the Custom LUT Effect. We can now
make additional exposure and color
balance changes until we have a good
base correction.  Now we're to the
exciting part of exploring different
looks so why not apply a Hollywood film
look like Moonrise Kingdom?  To do that we
need to add another Custom LUT Effect
and we'll leave it at the bottom of the
stack.
We'll then import the Looks folder
and choose the Moonrise Kingdom LUT. Now
if it's too strong that's perfectly okay,
we'll just dial back the look to taste
with the mix control and Bon Appetit!
Now if you don't like choosing LUTs from
a list which is kind of like banging your
head against a desk. With Cinema Grade
you can get real-time previews of all
your favorite LUTs making it faster and
easier to choose the right look for your
project.  Okay so how this works is you go
to the Cinema Grade menu LUTs then
Reveal in Finder here we'll paste all of
our look LUTs.  Then back in Cinema
Grade in the Look Selection panel under
LUTs will find a preview of all of our
LUTs.  We'll choose the look that we want
then click accept and then just dial it
back and voila!
With Cinema Grade it's a fast and easy
way to organize and preview LUTs plus it
has really cool on-screen grading
controls.  So you can get these LUTs learn
more about Cinema Grade or sign up for
our free online color grading workshop
then click the links below in the
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Alright over and out enjoy the free LUTs!
