The easiest way of applying a PFE LUT is via a node. On a PC, place them in C:\ ProgramData \ Blackmagic Design \ DaVinci Resolve \ Support \ LUT Applying A LUT On a Mac, the LUTs need to be placed in Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support > Blackmagic Design > Davinci Resolve > LUT If you want to do this manually, you can copy the LUTs directly to the folders below: They should now be available for use in Resolve. Once this is done, click on refresh LUTs. Navigate to the LUTs section and click Open LUT Folder.
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To install the LUTs in Resolve, bring up the Project Settings and select the Color Management tab. In the package you get the following print film emulations: Once you learn the signature of a PFE, you will notice them used everywhere. This also seems to reflect the percentages I see in a lot of the larger colour grading houses that have come from a from a film background. I use them for maybe 70% of my TV commercial work and maybe 90% of my narrative work. The use of PFE LUTs purely as a creative choice is now probably more popular than ever. It has shifted from being a necessity in the post production process, to being a creative choice. This has seen the role of the PFE LUT change. With the advent of digital projection, film as an exhibition format is largely extinct.
Print Film Emulation As a Creative Choice If the LUT was accurate and had done its job, the resulting film print should be close to identical to the preview you had been viewing on your monitor. Prior to going to print you would remove the LUT and then print your project onto the print film stock. This LUT was traditionally applied at the monitoring level so that your grading would sit below it in the image display pipeline.
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To achieve this accurately your monitoring setup also needs to be profiled so that the generated LUT takes into account your monitoring pipeline plus all the lab variables and all the qualities of the final print stock. It accurately emulates the density and colour response of the film, to give you an accurate preview on your monitor, prior to going to print. Print film emulationĪ print film emulation (PFE) LUT previews how your image will look like when printed onto a target film stock. Another common use is to preview how your image will look when displayed on different format or device. They can also be used to apply a correction to a device, for example a monitor calibration LUT generated from profiled data. They can be used for creative effects, such as the thousands of creative preset LUTs on the market. They can be technical, for example converting a log image into video gamma or for converting from one colour space into another. In simple terms, a look up table (LUT) translates one set of values into another set of values.