Something Blue Luts: Why Neutral?

Something Blue LUTs
First of all, thank you for purchasing our LUTs!
We decided to release this pack because we kept receiving questions about our grading process.
These LUTs are not “cinematic” or “film like”. These are just looks that we created over time,
that we like and use daily in our movies.
In this pack you’ll find 12 creative LUTs – 9 in color, and 3 in black and white.
This LUTs are specially made for images shot in Neutral with Sony cameras. I’m sure the results
will be similar with any other camera that shoots neutral.
Why Neutral?
Before switching to Sony cameras, we shot with Canon. Like most of you, I tried Cinestyle and a
few other flat presets. Since we shoot mainly weddings, I quickly realized that these flat profiles
are overkill and add time in post. Also, when we first started there was no easy way to grade
and load LUTs inside Adobe Premiere, so I opted to switch to Neutral and then do some grading
with CUDA accelerated plugins – mainly the native plugins inside Premiere, trying to speed-up
the render process. Once LUTs became mainstream I decided to create my own presets to make
the grading process easier.
When we switched to Sony, I had to try S-log2 and the other Picture Profiles. As you know, they
impose certain limitations during shooting (high ISO’s, for instance), and I can’t really “see” and
“feel” what I’m shooting during the day, because it’s so flat! I decided to just disable the Picture
Profiles, and shoot in Neutral. This allows me to shoot ISO 100, and I can get an instant feel as
to what my images are going to look like after I grade them.
This are my personal settings:
PP Off;
Creative Style: Neutral;
Contrast: -3;
Sharpness: 0;
Saturation: 0;
How do I grade with my LUTs?
You can use any app you’d like, but I stick to Lumetri inside Premiere.
For easy access I place my LUTs in the following folders:
Technical LUTs (to convert from Slog to Neutral, or DJI Mavic to Neutral) are placed inside:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017\Lumetri\LUTs\Technical
Creative LUTs are placed inside:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017\Lumetri\LUTs\Creative
This way I can access my LUTs inside Lumetri with ease.
I usually have an adjustment layer with the overall “look” of the film, as I don’t tend to mix
looks inside a movie (except for B&W shots), and then I adjust each individual clip as needed.
Here’s an overview of my process.
Starting with this clip on my timeline
I select it, and on Lumetri I load “SB-03”. I really like this one for sunset shots. Make sure you
load the LUTs inside the “Creative” tab.
The shot is a bit dark, but you can see the color there. This is important because my LUTs are
not “drop and go”, you always have to make adjustments.
So now I go to the “Basic Correction” tab and adjust the exposure. Don’t be shy ;)
Bam. Perfect!
Let’s try with another one.
Now we’ll try SB-08. We load the LUT under the Creative in Lumetri:
The result is not bad at all, but like I said before, we need to make some adjustments (at least
for my liking).
Much better! All I did was:
- Adjusted the exposure;

- Adjusted the white balance;
- Increased the contrast a bit;
And that’s it!
Now let’s try a black and white LUT. I like all three of them, but we’ll use SB-BW-01. We start
with this shot, neutral, straight from the camera
.
Like we did before, we load the LUT under the Creative tab.
Wow. I’m not even going to adjust this one further – it’s just the way I like it.
What’s in the package?

You’ll find 12 creative LUTs in the package – 9 in color, and 3 in black & white. You’ll also find
LUTs to convert the following:
- Sony Slog2 to Sony Neutral;

- Sony Cine4 to Sony Neutral;
- Sony Cine2 to Sony Neutral;
- DJI Mavic Pro D-Cinelike to Sony Neutral;
Here’s a gallery of all the LUTs.

Thank you again for you purchase!
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our Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/vanessaivofilms/
Keep in mind that there’s not a lot of science going on in my LUTs, I’m not mimicking special
kinds of film or looks, it’s just grades that I like and people ask me for them.
Any further questions, drop us a line at hello@vanessaivo.com

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Something Blue LUTs

First of all, thank you for purchasing our LUTs!

This are my personal settings:

For easy access I place my LUTs in the following folders:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017\Lumetri\LUTs\Technical

Creative LUTs are placed inside:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017\Lumetri\LUTs\Creative

This way I can access my LUTs inside Lumetri with ease.

Here’s an overview of my process.

Starting with this clip on my timeline

Let’s try with another one.

Much better! All I did was:

- Adjusted the exposure;

And that’s it!

What’s in the package?

- Sony Slog2 to Sony Neutral;

Here’s a gallery of all the LUTs.

Any further questions, drop us a line at hello@vanessaivo.com

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