Find the Right LUT for Your Camera

Select your camera to get a recommended LUT workflow and grading approach based on its colour science and log profile.

Camera brand

Why does your camera need a specific LUT?

Every camera manufactures a different colour science. Sony's S-Log, Canon's C-Log, Nikon's N-Log, and DJI's D-Log are all logarithmic gamma curves — they record a wider dynamic range than standard footage by "flattening" the image. This is great for grading, but the image looks desaturated and flat until you apply the correct transform to recover normal contrast and colour.

A "technical LUT" performs this transform: it converts from log (or linear) back to a display colour space like Rec.709 (the standard for HD displays). You apply this first, then grade creatively on top.

The two-step grading workflow

Professional colorists almost always work in two steps: technical correction first, creative grade second. The technical step gets neutrals neutral and skin tones accurate. The creative step adds the look — warmth, contrast, colour split. Skipping the technical step and applying a creative LUT to log footage results in blown highlights, crushed shadows, or off-skin tones.

What about RAW stills?

RAW still files from Sony ARW, Canon CR2/CR3, and Nikon NEF don't need a technical log LUT because the RAW decoder handles the colour space conversion when it renders the image. In Luttie, when you open a RAW file the image is decoded to sRGB — you can grade directly without a log transform step.