The Arri Look, without an Arri camera?
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The aesthetics of ARRI cameras have become a benchmark in the world of cinema. But not every project has the budget to shoot with this type of equipment.
Fortunately, Arri's Color Library, available for free for Arri log files, can be used with a simple trick... on log videos from any manufacturer (Canon, Sony, Panasonic, even iPhone).
Why use an Arri LUT?
Because they offer a more natural rendering than most equivalent solutions offered by other brands. If you only have a short time for color grading, a good LUT can already give a convincing result. And if you have time to refine, you'll start from a much more solid base for your grade.
Here’s how to easily integrate them into DaVinci Resolve:
1. Go to the arri.com website
Learn & Help → Camera & Workflow → Technical Downloads, download the Look Library for LogC4 file (.zip, 182 MB)
2. Unzip it, then copy the content (cmd + c)
3. Open your DaVinci Resolve project,
go to the Color tab, then in the LUTs panel:
right-click on the folder icon on the left, choose Reveal in Finder
5. Paste the files into that folder (cmd + v)
6. In Resolve, right-click again on the same folder
Refresh to make the new LUTs appear
7. Create 3 new nodes in the Node Graph (option + s)
8. From the Effects panel, apply the Color Space Transform
(CST) effect to the first and third nodes
9. Settings for the first CST:
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Input Color Space: depending on your camera (e.g. Canon Cinema Gamut)
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Input Gamma: depending on your log (e.g. Canon Log2)
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Output Color Space: ARRI Wide Gamut 4
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Output Gamma: ARRI LogC4
10. Settings for the third CST:
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Input Color Space: ARRI Wide Gamut 4
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Input Gamma: ARRI LogC4
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Output Color Space: your final format (e.g. Rec.709)
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Output Gamma: Gamma 2.4
11. And finally: select the middle node and apply,
by double-clicking, the ARRI LUT of your choice from the LUTs panel.
Canon C70 / Cooke Mini S4i
XF-AVC 4K DCI / Canon Log2
Arri 6310 Pastel LUT
Canon C70 / Cooke Mini S4i
XF-AVC 4K DCI / Canon Log2
Canon CMT log2 -> 709 LUT
