Color Grade LOG Footage QUICK & EASY

[@tonyhale124]

Thank you. As someone who is trying to figure everything out all at once, this seems to be a crucial step that I've been missing. Keep up the great work.

[@BrianBrayMedia]

Really enjoying your channel, Jeven. No filler, no B.S., no making coffee, just good useable info. Thank you for recognizing that our time is valuable.

[@bengoldenmusic260]

Bro called out Peter McKinnon lol

[@jonahdx]

Hands down the absolute best color grading tutorial on KZbin. Thank you!

[@scottabergermd]

Jeven- really really great tutorial. You obviously know your stuff way way better than the average smo who is even giving tutorials on KZbin. You explained it better than anyone I’ve heard. Basically - get to 709; then you can color grade to anything you want, but that is the necessary baseline to make the footage the way it should be straight out of the camera. Thank you!

[@Rexyspride]

I needed this so much! I’ve been getting far too ahead of myself and not understanding the basics. No wonder my footage sucks! Thanks for this man

[@kennymccannYT]

Same

[@RustyOnTECH]

This was really helpful. I'm just getting started with pro-level video and this Rec709 step was something I was missing. Thanks!

[@gshah921]

Man I've been looking for THIS explanation for the longest time lol, thank you!!

[@derekmandl]

I found this super informative and de-mystifying. Thanks for that!

[@PrecisionRifleNetwork]

Thank you. Helpful.

[@MrAllen-fy5cx]

You simply put this and got the information across very quickly. Thank you. You the man 💯

[@DutchNomadFamily]

This was so helpful, thanks. Learned something new, Rec709 is the baseline. I found the LUT for Canon EOS R and grading went much better.

[@owenlabate2573]

Where did u find the LUT for the Canon R?

[@tonyris4621]

Man this helped alot, been so confused about if i should shoot log or cine for an upcoming shoot this weekend... i like both, but i wanted a natural look this time. I kinda forgot about this workflow until now. Cheers!!

[@universalindierec]

How did you shoot and how did it come out?

[@tonyris4621]

Universal Indie Records I shot in slog2 and did a very basic curves grade and it worked. Have a look on my channel at the latest clip ‘KNOWMEWELL’ that’s the outcome :)

[@robinwatson4282]

Pristine work. Other examples I've seen elsewhere seem to still lean towards a slightly low contrast look, but I like crisp whites and deep blacks like you have here, yet, retaining a natural look. Great stuff.

[@TECHDRONEMEDIA]

This is really great 👍 rec 709 was the final piece of the puzzle 🧩 that I was missing

[@TimetoTalkwithYevgen]

I can not to thank you. You make minor important details which i couldn't recognise easy and clear for me to understand, thank you

[@elvispresley2542]

You are a King!! Can't wait to get a couple of bucks to buy your online courses. Love your teaching style.

[@JevenDovey]

Thanks! Sign up for my email list and I'll be sending out a discount code for the new course when it goes live!

[@adamspark-hall5970]

This has helped me massively! Thanks so much for this, something wasn't right but footage looks so much better after .

[@glime28]

thanks, Jeven. This was super helpful. Straight to the point as well.

[@Jakodrums]

that's why my color grading sucked... thanks a lot!!

[@universalindierec]

Mine too. This explains it a lot better than other videos.

[@alphazoom]

Very simple, easy and efficient ! Thank you.

[@JevenDovey]

Thanks!!!

[@nikstahley2333]

I was playing around with the luma waveform on premiere pro. Total noob and no idea what it was but now I do!

[@alleluiatyus3994]

Hello, I saw that you added the Rec.709 profile directly to the clip in your timeline -- This made me think of the question below. Do you think it would be easier to add the Rec.709 profile to an adjustment layer instead and copy that adjustment layer across your footage and then add another adjustment layer over that one for your desired LUT (if you even need to add a LUT at that point)?

[@jp_itze]

I thought about it as well. But then I came across a problem in FCPX when editing multiple clips from different cameras in the same shot. Your adjustment layer applies the settings to all clips below it. So if you have a clip from a different camera below it, your layer will affect them both. If you put it above it and add a LUT for this camera it's the same thing around. Maybe therefore you have to create compound clips... Correct me if I am wrong. :)

[@Madddy68]

Thanks an best regards from Switzerland/ Europe

[@theadventurebiker]

Wow - good info about the Rec709 LUT! 👍

[@CarlRing05]

Very helpful video, Thanks for sharing the info with us all.

[@Rosetrain]

Thank you !! Actual help straight forward and usable!

[@JevenDovey]

+Scott awesome! Hope it helps with your videos 😀

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

This was super helpful

[@markfriday]

Does this mean I put the rec709 then color correct then nest it and then put the lut I want? Thanks!

[@MichaelShatravka]

you saved me years of life thank you.

[@vishalpatil4780]

very nice video,informative. love from INDIA.

[@ThePsychicSasquatch]

So you are using at least 2 LUTs?

[@DanielBryn]

This is great mate - JUST got the firmware upgrade for my Panasonic S1, and guess what. In 5 days, im going into Chernobyl to film both with drone and the S1. I CANNOT wait to make those videos. Thanks for excellent tips!

[@glenngulia5409]

Super great video. Very helpful, Thanks, man.

[@jomac_ph]

Thanks man! This is awesome

[@RajeshGupta-hs1nx]

Is applying a Rec709 LUT the same thing as color correcting with color charts?

[@driftlessheights6177]

So would you do this for a Mavek Air 2? Do they publish a LUT?

[@okeefest]

Would you use a rec.709 lut if you are shooting 10-bit color? Wouldn’t it be better to use a lut based on a PQ color space?

[@kayteekon]

Hi may you please advise if there is a manufacture custom lut for the Canon M6 mk2?

[@kennymccannYT]

Thanks

[@joshmccabe7187]

Thank you!

[@HarvyDangerFilms]

This is great info Jeven! I have stopped using the GH5 Log because it just doesn't look good. I have been shooting in a modified CineD which, I have been liking but, I am going to try the Panasonic download to go from Log to Rec709 and grade off of that. I will see how that works for me. I didn't know that was available on the Panasonic site. Thx!

[@JevenDovey]

I try not to shoot in LOG unless I need the dynamic range. My favorite settings are using the Natural Profile and doing a grade from there. Let me know what you think about grading using the Panasonic LUT

[@HarvyDangerFilms]

Jeven Dovey will do. I have been considering using natural more again. I used it all of the time when I first got he GH5. What are your settings for the natural profile? I have mine at -5 -5 -5 -5 0. Also, do you adjust your master pedestal level? I have been playing around with it a bit. I have had it to -10. Felt that was too much. Went to -5 But, am thinking of backing off more to -3. Maybe I should just keep it at 0. ?

[@JevenDovey]

I just use Natural at 0. Add a little contrast in Post and it looks great

[@HarvyDangerFilms]

Jeven Dovey thanks Jeven. Are all the parameters of natural at 0 on factory settings? I don’t remember since I changed them so long ago. Thanks!

[@live4action]

Great advice. Thanks for the info

[@JevenDovey]

Thanks!

[@CastFromTheHip]

Thanks, very helpful!

[@Planetaristov]

Great stuff, guys!!!

[@markshirley01]

Thanks Kevin - Does the GH5 correct what your looking at on the screen to help see what your filming in a flat log profile.

[@thelightings]

awesome video

[@YashMenghani]

I can't find a Cine 2 to Rec709 LUT from Sony, can some help?

[@Cjgall11]

But how do you get custom LUT to show up under the effects tab? Seems there was a small jump cut right before you select rec709. The option to select the LUT was not there and then it was. I’m having trouble getting that to show up

[@ezrahinds]

Took me so long to find this. Cmd 5 then under video select colour then on the right you will see Custom lut. Drag that on your footage and the effect tab will appear to the top.

[@thigsproductions]

Great explanation

[@DoubleGauss]

So Rec 709 is equivalent to Lab color profile for still photos (device independent).

[@jefftrowercreative]

awesome info and thanks. I have read and heard many opinions about shooting in log and proper exposure. over vs under. What is your take?

[@JevenDovey]

I tend to shoot with my exposure closer to white. If you underexpose too much you're introducing a ton of unwanted noise into your footage

[@topicruben]

That was awesome man. Thanks 🙏

[@The-Northern]

Lets say I take some cinelike-d off my drone, drop it in. Would you advice using dji lut on it before I do anything else ? I usually drop all my raw flat files from canon, dji, go pro etc and fix them up as I want them to be and then add my specific lut and adjust that. So in short, I've been cutting corner ?

[@JevenDovey]

No just doing it a different way. My method is just one way to approach LOG editing using the LUTs provided by the manufacturer. If your way works then keep doing it!

[@darthgzuz]

good video ... so will you make any such video for Sony A7III or Nikon Z7

[@JevenDovey]

If I end up with one of those cameras then I will.

[@Plyde001]

so basically rec709 is what you want to achieve when color correcting? and basically adding the lut onto the footage is the automatic color correction?

[@JevenDovey]

Gets it to a basic grade. From there you work on making it creative

[@Kratos197]

New to your channel......wow great stuff.... entered that drone giveaway and crossing fingers to win to start with. Great stuff.

[@Zachbfilms]

Thank you sooo much!!

[@Roman.the.explorer]

great tips!

[@calvinschmitt]

Is there this REC709 lut for iphone camera?

[@AtlantaMDX]

Do you know of a LUT to convert Mavic Air footage to REC709? Looking at DJI's website I didn't see one. Thanks for the great video!

[@JevenDovey]

Not sure on the DJI website but I found this one thats free: groundcontrolcolor.com/products/free-d-log-to-rec-709-lut

[@joefoto]

So you apply the rec709 lut before you do anything? Even before you adjust the highlights and shadows? Thanks for helping.

[@universalindierec]

i'm wondering that as well.

[@sonoferin54]

I dont see the download link for the GH5 on the same page you went to ?

[@REACTORVISUAL]

one question, is v-log used in dark scenarios?, most likely i see sunny or bright moments samples of v-log grading, hardly night shots, is it better to use something else for night or darker shots?

[@cinematicjohn]

I guess, any high contrast scene where you need to fine tune dark and bright areas which is not possible during shooting, log comes handy. In a controlled studio environment, if I have faders to each and every light source and if I could adjust the lighting ratios to my liking, I won't require to shoot log, resort to ETTR and tweak exposure, and saturation in the post. We shall have to consider which method is less expensive and time saving. Please correct me if I am wrong!

[@dadhiyatoka8280]

Jeven...I guess That's Rath yatra in Odisha

[@DanielTuriman]

2020 still watching

[@krishnamahajan1888]

Hey love your videos I am from India please make more videos on vlog editing how to edit Vlog which version of Adobe Premiere Pro do you use please reply

[@JevenDovey]

Sorry but I don’t use premiere. All the concepts that I do in FCPX work in premiere too

[@SergiMedina]

I love the color grading in your portrait shots, and I like the content, but some suggestions: 1. I wouldn't apply a 709-like LUT, as those kind of profiles is what robs the picture its much desired cinematic look (among many many other things) as they make highlights too punchy instead of compressed... In fact, I wouldn't apply any LUT at all. I don't. 2. I wouldn't shoot myself so close to the camera. That close your face gets always distorted regardless of the sensor-lens. Also, some persons could find it uncomfortable or intimidating. Excuse me for being so annoying. ;)

[@D.O.P-ShivaAngrai]

I'm from Odisha

[@dargemboel1369]

mantap slur

[@laurentiudll]

I cannot find a download page for GH5s...

[@FullyHuman]

Anyone know where the LUT for G95 is?

[@iPhoneFilmsbyMaru]

Hi Jeven, can you give me favor? Can you possibly have quick fix for color of one video? This video looks like in log profile.

[@JevenDovey]

I don’t understand. What do you mean?

[@iPhoneFilmsbyMaru]

Jeven Dovey i found video looks like in log profile. Di you think this video can be possible fix into more rpic. Here is the link m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2jdl4RnjLmejdk.

[@papirazzi8014]

Thanks for this! I think a lot of us noobs will benefit from this video.

[@rod.7077]

What if I dont know what camera they use to shot the Log?

[@JevenDovey]

You'll just need to use a general conversion LUT or color grade the footage to a standard look. Here's my guide on how to do it: geni.us/kNsrG

[@khabylameunofficial1364]

Sir superb informative video

[@JevenDovey]

Thank You!!

[@NessaBlack]

Do you know where to find a rec709 lut for canon rebels?

[@christian_clark]

Nessa Black I don’t believe that the rebels shoot in log.

[@joshuamorriss1552]

Anyone find the canon Rec 709 for the EOS R? Cheers

[@paulpark4899]

NICEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

[@JevenDovey]

THANKS!!!!

[@robertk4444]

👍

[@khabylameunofficial1364]

129739 and im 1st to like and 1st to comment sir Give me world tour chance with you😉😉😉😉 lol

[@JevenDovey]

Awesome!

[@JoeMaranophotography]

Don't use the Panasonic Rec 709 Lut as its designed for the varicams V LOG and not the V LOG L. That's part of the reason it sucks for colours particularly making everything look magenta and red.

[@HungryHungryMedia]

can't you just use a color checkboard??

[@TheSdzisuaf]

Color checkboards are for studio camera testing and comparison only. You have to control light temperature and direction or You will end up with nasty results. Been there done that. I had even a crazy DoP who used "Passport board" all through shooting. He end up very disappointed at grading stage.

[@dronereviewman9580]

Supper easy 4 you lol 4 me its hard!!

[@JevenDovey]

Just keep working with it and it will get easier!

[@meteoroz]

Man, don't those contact lenses kill your eyes?

[@aghahanta108]

Hare Krishna!

[@thevirtualtaco]

Wow. Lots of BAD information here. Rec.709 isn't a look or a "base" to start your grade. It's a standardized color space for HDTV. By applying the manufacturer's Rec.709 LUT to your log footage, you are conforming the log footage to this HDTV gamma and color set. No real colorist would ever first apply a Rec.709 LUT to their log footage, then start grading. They'd just start with the log footage, correct it , then start their grade. You need to take a break from creating "educational" videos and learn about the topics you are discussing. Wrong info seems to pop up a lot in just the few videos of yours that I have watched.

[@vsajewel]

Hey Jeven, I was wondering why you followed me on Twitter and then unfollowed me. Since I never heard of you I'm assuming that you initiated the exchange. I'm relatively new to Twitter and I'm trying to figure out why this occurs frequently. It’s seems with people like you who have lots of followers (≈︎125K) and very few that you follow (≈︎35). Is it a status thing? Do you look for people with channels to follow, then when they follow you, unfollow them so you look more important? I'm pretty sure it’s a business decision of some kind, So, I'd really like to know...please don't think I'm just acting trolly. I'm really puzzled about why so many people do that? Does it make them look weak if they follow the people that follow them? I realize I'm grasping at straws for logical explanations here. But has been bugging me for a while and as luck would have it you came up in Tweepsma as having followed me...then a few days later unfollowing me. I was lucky in this instance because there's a vehicle which I can actually use to ask you why. Seriously though...no probs with the unfollow...frankly, I could care less. The only reason I even pay attention to those numbers is because my WordPress website includes Twitter followers as website followers...that's a number I do pay attention too. Frankly you're not my demographic for my website followers. And since this happens frequently...it seems to me to be with a certain class of twitterers who like that very skewed follower ratio. I'm hoping you'll get that I'm not trying to be catty, but that I really want to learn and understand the answer. Feel free to delete this comment since it’s not very flattering to you. But if you could let me know somehow I'd REALLY appreciate it! Awesome video btw. If my channel's videos were more professional I'd probably subscribe. But it’s primarily for support media that I use to illustrate complex subject matter that I write about. Therefore, it’s not the kind of channel that people would typically subscribe to.

[@Warumduscher]

I doubt that you'll get a honest answer here by the Jeven. So I take over: This "follow-to-get-a-refollow" technique is a common way to increase somebody's social media audience. It's one of the more darker, unfriendlier ways of growth hacking. He follows you and you think he's is interested in your feed. Bun then you see his strange follower ratio and realize that he only used a social media bot to follow und automatically unfollow thousands of accounts in a batch. Unfortunately it's like the PopUps on a webpage. They are really annoying, but they do the job. You annoy thousands of people but gain as many new followers. More than with conventional ways to promote your account. Why do these accounts follow so few other people? Because a higher follower/following ratio makes the filterin algorithm on the platforms tend to rate you as followworthy and they suggest your feed to more people. If you have a gazillion followers like Justin Bieber you have can follow thousand of people and still have a very uneven ratio. But if you have fewer followers you can optimize your ratio by keeping the number of people low that you actively follow. But don't think that they don't follow other people at all. They just use other accounts than their main accounts for that. Unfortunately it's a thing you tend to have to do if you want to rely on social media platforms as KZbin or Instagram as your main income. The main currency is "audience" and if you want to be considered as an A-Blogger/Vlogger in order get the premium promotion deals, you have to do the same what your competitors in the online business are doing - even if you dislike the methods for being deceitful and manipulative at the bottomline. The only upside in this case is that Jeven is one of the better content creators in the business. So refollowing him is a better thing than subscribing to other channels with crappy clickbait content or advertisement for an evil Bitcoin pyramid selling scheme.

[@adnan-khan]

00:00 - 00:03 - If you're gonna shoot in 4K ensure your light source is sorted otherwise your skin gonna look hella ugly......

[@cainKuri]

What do you mean by "sorted"?

[@UnstopFooL]

Your edgy S-curves make me mad,you should do it smooth like "S",not like "Z",what the hell ))

[@Schmavie]

Very helpful! Thanks!

[@tindaltarran]

thanks

[@JevenDovey]

You're welcome!

[@lorenzopellegrino_]

👍

[@FamilyofTech]

Can somebody post a link for sony Alpha cameras to rec 709? I cant find what he is talking about.

[@JevenDovey]

What LOG format are you shooting. I included a link to S-Log profiles in the description

[@carnivalconceptsinfo1503]

Here it is: groundcontrolcolor.com/products/free-sony-s-log-2-to-rec-709-lut It worked for me.