LuttieThe Kodak Vision3 250D look
Vision3 250D is Kodak's daylight-balanced cinema negative: clean, neutral colour and huge latitude, the stock behind a great deal of film shot outdoors. Printed for projection, it gives you the classic daylight cinema look. Luttie's Daylight 250 is shaped after it.
Where it comes from
Kodak's Vision3 line was built for the digital intermediate era, when the negative would be scanned and graded rather than printed straight. 250D is the daylight-balanced member at medium speed, prized for keeping detail in bright skies and deep shade in the same frame. Stills photographers know it too, since the same film is sold respooled for 35mm cameras.
How to grade it
In order. Every control below exists in the Luttie editor, free to use in your browser.
Film panel → Daylight 250
Pick Daylight 250 as the negative.
Print → Cinema Print
The print supplies the contrast and dense blacks of a projected film. Switch to Scan for the softer look of 250D shot on a stills camera.
Source
sRGB for photos and Rec.709 video, or your camera's log profile for footage shot flat.
Exposure
Start at 0 and add +0.3 EV if faces sink into the print's density.
Printer lights
Time it like a lab: more red light gives a cooler print, more blue a warmer one, and density moves all three.
Export
Export a .cube (Luttie Pro) for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or CapCut desktop.
When it works
Daylight exteriors that should read as shot on film
Scenes with bright skies and deep shade in one frame
Commercial and narrative work that needs natural, believable colour
A neutral film base to build a stronger look on
When to avoid it
Night and tungsten-lit scenes, which suit Tungsten 500. And if you want obvious colour, Vivid 100 or a strong creative grade will give you more; 250D's strength is restraint.
Frequently asked
250D is balanced for daylight and is a stop slower; 500T is balanced for tungsten light and is faster, for night and interiors. Their curves are close in shape, with 250D a little steeper and cleaner. Use each under the light it was made for, or cross them deliberately for a colour cast.
You can grade with the Daylight 250 look free in Luttie's browser editor and download the graded image. Exporting it as a .cube LUT for other apps is part of Luttie Pro.
A negative on its own is flat and low in contrast; it was designed to be printed or graded. The print stage adds the contrast, dense blacks and colour crossover that most people mean by the film look. Scan skips it for a softer result.
No. Daylight 250 follows the shape of Kodak's published 250D curves, with offsets and colour interactions chosen by eye. It hasn't been measured against real film, and Luttie isn't affiliated with Kodak.
Build it on your own footage
Drop in a photo or pull a frame from a video, grade it in the browser, and export a .cube LUT for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or CapCut.
Related looks
Kodak and Vision3 are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. Luttie isn't affiliated with Kodak; its film stocks are inspired by published data about real films, not copies of them.