Blackmagic Gen 5 to Rec.709 LUT — Free Film Conversion for BMPCC

A free LUT that converts Blackmagic Film Gen 5 to Rec.709: the flat, grey Film image from a Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, 6K or 6K Pro turned into a normal picture you can grade on top of. No look, no sign-up, free for personal and commercial work.

It decodes Blackmagic's published Film Gen 5 curve and Blackmagic Wide Gamut, then adds a soft shoulder so bright highlights roll off instead of clipping. It's 65-point, the largest size DaVinci Resolve exports, because a log conversion is the steepest curve a LUT carries and that's where a 33-point grid shows banding first.

How it compares with Blackmagic's

Resolve ships Blackmagic's own Gen 5 Film to Video LUT. Colour lands within a few degrees of it. This one is brighter through the midtones: faces and interiors come out looking exposed rather than dense. If you prefer Blackmagic's weight, pull the gain down a touch after it.

Which footage it's for

• ProRes recorded in Film on a Pocket 4K, 6K or 6K Pro running firmware 7.3 or later (Gen 5).
• BRAW decoded in Resolve as Gen 5 Film.
• Other Gen 5 cameras shooting Film, such as the URSA Mini Pro G2 and 12K.

Not for Gen 4 footage (Pocket 4K before firmware 7.3), clips decoded as Gen 6 or into DaVinci Wide Gamut, or anything recorded in Video or Extended Video, which is already Rec.709.

How to use it

1. Download the .cube file (about 7 MB).
2. Apply it first, in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro, then grade on top.
3. Set white balance and exposure before it, or in BRAW's decode settings.

Want the look as well?

The BMPCC 4K LUT pack has this conversion plus five looks and five film stocks, each converting and grading in one file, all 65-point.