LUTs for Canon Log 2 and Log 3
The conversion and the look are both inside the file, so there is nothing to set up first and nothing to fix afterwards. Drop it on and the shot is finished.
C80, C70, C400, C500 Mk II, R5 C, R5, R5 Mark II, R6 and others that record Canon Log 2 or Log 3.
What it does to a picture
The same shot, without and with PursuitLuts.
Without PursuitLuts
PursuitLuts: Film
Our files render the same scene the same way on every camera we support, and we measure that rather than claim it. How we check.
What's in the Canon pack
Canon Log 2 / Cinema Gamut
The flattest Canon curve, for full grading control.
Canon Log 3 / Cinema Gamut
Less range, more contrast, quicker to work with.
Each format comes in three versions, each in its own folder. Web is for YouTube, social media, laptops and phones, and it's the one most people want. TV is for broadcast and professional monitors. Cinema is for projectors only, not Mac or iPhone screens.
Five looks, all included
Three scenes through each look. Every camera's files render them the same way.
The same colors through each look
Every color, dark on the left to very bright on the right, with a gray ramp along the bottom. It is the quickest way to see what a look actually does.
30 files in the Canon pack: every look, every format, every output.
Set the input to Canon Cinema Gamut with Canon Log 2 or Canon Log 3, whichever you shot. They are different curves and the wrong one lands visibly off.
Canon needs care: the published formulas carry a 0.9 factor that Resolve does not apply. We measured that against Resolve and match it, which is worth about 0.15 of a stop. The detail is here. New to Canon Log 3? Canon Log 3 and Cinema Gamut in DaVinci Resolve has the exact settings. Measured against a color chart. We filmed a Calibrite ColorChecker Classic on a C70 in daylight and fitted a correction from the gap between the chart's true colors and what the camera recorded. Average color error drops from 2.82 to 1.61 CIEDE2000 on frames the correction had never seen, and the worst patch from 6.3 to 4.7. One correction serves both Log 2 and Log 3, because it sits in scene light after the decode where the two curves land in the same place. A C70 figure is right for a C70 and approximate for an R5 II.
PursuitLuts for Canon
$29 one time
30 files, every look included. Instant download, yours to keep.
Shoot more than one camera? All five is $79.
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Also available: the same color as a DCTL, $79
The same math, run on every pixel instead of stored on a grid, with the look, the output, strength, exposure and warmth as sliders on the node. Exposure runs in scene light before the look, which is where you want it and where a LUT cannot reach. One file covers TV, web and cinema instead of three.
It does not look better. We measured our 65 point files against the math and the gap is below what anyone can see, which is why we ship 65 point files. Buy this for the controls, not for the color. It needs Resolve Studio, it will not load in the free version, and Golden Hour is not in it because that look is a measured grid rather than a formula. The measurements are here.