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- Page 1 Professional Technical Guide — N-Log 3D LUT —...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents LUTs: A Primer ..............3 • Using LUTs with N‑Log ..............4 Using the N‑Log 3D LUT ............. 6 • Installing DaVinci Resolve 15 ............6 • Downloading the N‑Log 3D LUT ..........6 • Applying the N‑Log 3D LUT ............7 About This Guide This guide is for users of N‑Log. -
Page 3: Luts: A Primer
LUTs: A Primer A “LUT”, or “lookup table”, is an array of preselected values used in movie color-correction to map colors from the original input footage to the desired colors in the final output. Color correction is performed by looking up input colors and assigning them new RGB values based on the data in the table. -
Page 4: Using Luts With N-Log
Download Center. https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/492/Z_7.html https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/493/Z_6.html Designed specifically for the purpose, Nikon’s N-Log 3D LUT greatly makes color grading N-Log footage a snap. Al- though the N-Log gamma curve captures a wide range of tones, the raw footage will seem to lack contrast and must be color graded for display on Rec. - Page 5 In addition to DaVinci Resolve, the following applications can be used with the N‑Log 3D LUT: • Adobe: Premiere Pro • Apple: Final Cut Pro X Note that Nikon neither endorses this software nor guaran‑ tees its operation. Contact the publishers for information on using these appli‑ cations.
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Page 6: Using The N-Log 3D Lut
(link current as of July 2019). https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ Downloading the N-Log 3D LUT The N-Log 3D LUT is available from the Nikon Download Center. Visit the site for your camera and download the LUT file from the “Software” tab: https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/492/Z_7.html... -
Page 7: Applying The N-Log 3D Lut
Applying the N-Log 3D LUT This information is current as of July 2019. Launch DaVinci Resolve 15 and start a new project. In the Project Manager, click New Project and name the new project as desired. Click the “Project Settings” ( ) icon. - Page 8 Open the LUT folder. Select Color Management in the project settings win- dow and click Open LUT Folder. The DaVinci Resolve 15 LUT folder will open. The fold- er path is: • Windows: C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\LUT • macOS: Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/LUT...
- Page 9 Create a sub-folder under the LUT folder, name it as desired, and copy the N-Log 3D LUT to the new sub-folder (named “Nikon” in this example). Click Update Lists and then click Save. DaVinci Resolve will load the new LUT.
- Page 10 Load N‑Log footage. Drag N-Log footage from the operating system file navigation window into DaVinci Resolve 15. If the frame rates of the footage and project do not match, a message will be displayed. Click Change to update the project frame rate to match the footage.
- Page 11 Using the N‑Log 3D LUT Match the data level to the output range. Check that the Data Levels option in DaVinci Resolve 15 matches the option selected for HDMI > Advanced > Output range in the camera setup menu when the footage was recorded. Right-click the thumbnail for the footage in the Me- dia Pool, select Clip Attributes, and check the option selected for Data Levels.
- Page 12 Using the N‑Log 3D LUT Create a timeline. Select New Timeline in the File menu, then deselect the Empty Timeline check box and click Create to cre- ate a new timeline using the selected footage.
- Page 13 Using the N‑Log 3D LUT Open the “Color” page. Click the “Color” button ( ) at the bottom of the win- dow to open the “Color” page.
- Page 14 Step 4 and double-click the N-Log 3D LUT to apply it to the current node. For information on adjusting the LUT once it has been applied, see online help or the Definitive Guide to DaVinci Resolve 15. © 2019 Nikon Corporation...
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