Digital Cinematography, 2nd Edition

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so the program using the LUT will deduce the

correct corresponding output values by inter-

polating between the correspondences used for

input values that are “neighbors” to an input

value for which no explicit correspondence exists.

LUTs can be used to transport on-set color

correction adjustments to post production for

color grading. By employing an on-set color

transform or “LUT box,” it is possible to gen-

erate viewing LUTS for use on set that can be

carried into post production as a preliminary or

even nal grade of the material. The only caveat

with using LUTs in this way is that there are ...