LUTs for Nikon N-Log
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.
Z9, Z8, Z6 III, Z6 II, Z7 II and others recording N-Log.
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 Nikon pack
N-Log / N-Gamut
Nikon's log, in camera or from N-RAW.
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.
15 files in the Nikon pack: every look, every format, every output.
Resolve has no entry called N-Gamut, because Nikon defines it as the Rec.2020 primaries. Set the input to Rec.2020 with Nikon N-Log. We confirmed that is correct by measuring it against Resolve.
Nikon shooters are badly served by LUT sellers. Most packs do not include N-Log at all. Measured against a color chart. We filmed a Calibrite ColorChecker Classic on a Z8 in N-Log, indoors and out, and fitted a correction from the gap between the chart's true colors and what the camera recorded. Average color error drops from 2.99 to 2.36 CIEDE2000 on frames the correction had never seen, and the worst patch from 6.9 to 5.3. Nikon's own conversion starts closer than RED's did, so there was less to win here. The correction sits in scene light, before the look, so every look and every exposure gets it. A Z8 figure covers the Z9, which shares the sensor and processing, and is approximate for a Z6 III.
PursuitLuts for Nikon
$29 one time
15 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.