Recently I have been trying to find the best combination of LUT/Colour corrections setting to use for the bulk of my interior/exterior work, or at least a good starting to point from which to tweak materials and lighting. There are so many different LUTs and workflows out there that this can be a bit daunting. Being able to achieve a photographic look (say Fstorm framebuffer output) in VFB would be a great outcome. I know there’sa lot of variables to consider here, but having good LUT colour correction setting at this start of a project would really help.
I have noticed on the Corona forums they have some great threads which try to mimic the look of say Fstorm, highlighting which material settings/ LUT file and Colour correction settings should be used to achieve this. I’m, sure there are other people here which could benefit from such a discussion. So saying this would anyone like to share/discuss the setup they generally use?
Thanks for your replies, yes ive been using Linear workflow for years now, but its the bit on the end that ive trying to get comfortable with. Ive recently been trying to get my head around how color systems work and what options are available and which systems the bigger studios use. I now realize its no more than some preset colour corrections stored in a file essentially and can be reproduced manually with the VFB color options in most cases. The best outcome for me is using the OCIO color setup which works slightly differently to LUTs because of the color input. I think it gives the best combination of color saturation and dynamic range generally, its a shame you cant save this out of the VFB at present to save a bit of time.
Yeah, the bit you are concerned with is oftentimes “in the eye of the beholder”, and a very fickle subject too, at that.
It’s overloaded with hype, for whatever mysterious reason, but strip it of the lingo, and it’s just more color corrections.
On the subject of perceptually pleasant imagery there is precious little around, and even less of the material is in any accordance, particularly in a quantitative way.
For me personally, as long as the CC comes well after the (LWF!) render, then anything goes: like it more pink? make it so.
