Just download the LUTs at the bottom of this post and start using them. The best thing is, we’re giving these away completely free. We’ve created a set of 20 white balance correction LUTs that will help you correct just about any white balance color shift and save you a precious time and effort correcting incorrect white balance. Getting this right, can be often tricky and always time consuming.
The amount of color tint in shadows is different, at least visually, form the amount of tint in mid tones and highlights and it requires a different amount of correction. Too often I’ve seen filmmakers struggling with correcting the white balance of their footage.
Well you correct it of course because otherwise it would be impossible to color grade your footage and if you’re using LUTs as a part of your color grading process, you would get unexpected results. Therefore it’s extremely important to set the white balance correctly and balance the footage prior to grading it. But what do you do if the white balance is all wrong? Different white balance starting points result in a completely different color grade. If your camera has the option to shoot raw, your life is only that much easier as you can set the white balance after the shoot, but you still should get it correct in camera as often dailies are created without correcting the white balance and you don’t want your client seeing a footage with incorrect color balance.Īs we discussed before, balancing your shot before color grading it and applying creative LUTs is extremely important. Set it wrong and your image will suffer from strong color tint, making it sometimes hard to fix and wasting a precious time on what should have been correct in first place. Get your white balance correct and you’ll have a nicely color balanced image across the entire range making it easier and faster to color grade.
Setting a correct white balance point for your footage is usually the very first step you should do on every shoot.
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