Color grade

How to AI color grade the footage you shoot

Sample still before the match. A prepared low-contrast sRGB image, not footage from a specific camera.Your still
The same sample still with an Eddie LUT applied.Matched

A real Eddie LUT on a sample still. The camera sections below show the flat log beside the restored picture.

Eddie converts Sony S-Log3, Canon Log 3, Panasonic V-Log, DJI D-Log and Apple Log to Rec.709 on an MP4 render and in the player, before a grade. Each row is that manufacturer's published curve and color space. The image-to-LUT matcher compares two sRGB stills, so export the still after this conversion and apply the .cube at that same stage. Pick the camera profile and the editor. Each guide is the same four steps, with that editor's LUT install.

Flat logRec.709
The same sample still, shown flat and then with contrast restored. A color wash marks this curve. It is not footage from the camera.

Sony

Sony S-Log3

S-Log3/S-Gamut3.Cine

FX3, FX6, FX9, FX30, A7S III, A7 IV, ZV-E1, and other bodies set to S-Log3 / S-Gamut3.Cine.

Flat logRec.709
The same sample still, shown flat and then with contrast restored. A color wash marks this curve. It is not footage from the camera.

Canon

Canon Log 3

Canon Log 3/Cinema Gamut

EOS C70, EOS C300 Mark III, EOS C500 Mark II, EOS R5 C, and other Cinema EOS bodies set to Canon Log 3 / Cinema Gamut.

Flat logRec.709
The same sample still, shown flat and then with contrast restored. A color wash marks this curve. It is not footage from the camera.

Panasonic

Panasonic V-Log

V-Log/V-Gamut

S1H, S5 II, GH6, GH7, and other bodies set to V-Log / V-Gamut. V-Log L uses this same published V-Log formula.

Flat logRec.709
The same sample still, shown flat and then with contrast restored. A color wash marks this curve. It is not footage from the camera.

DJI

DJI D-Log

D-Log/D-Gamut

A file whose metadata names D-Log. Picture-only DJI footage stays unconverted, because D-Log and D-Log M cannot be told apart from the image.

Flat logRec.709
The same sample still, shown flat and then with contrast restored. A color wash marks this curve. It is not footage from the camera.

Apple

Apple Log

Apple Log/Rec.2020

iPhone 15 Pro and later models recording Apple Log.

Convert these in the editor first

These published curves stay on the manufacturer's input transform. Export an sRGB still from that stage, then match it.

Questions

Which camera log curves does Eddie convert?
Sony S-Log3 / S-Gamut3.Cine, Canon Log 3 / Cinema Gamut, Panasonic V-Log / V-Gamut, DJI D-Log / D-Gamut and Apple Log / Rec.2020. Eddie converts each pair to Rec.709 on an MP4 render and in the player, before a grade.
Does the image-to-LUT tool decode log footage?
The matcher compares two sRGB stills. It does not decode camera log. Export the still after the input conversion, then apply the .cube at that same stage.
Which editors import the .cube?
Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro. Apply the file after the manufacturer's input transform.
What about other log curves?
Sony S-Log2, Sony S-Log3 / S-Gamut3, Canon Canon Log and Canon Log 2, Canon Canon Log 3 in Rec.709 or BT.2020, DJI D-Log M, Fujifilm F-Log and F-Log2, Nikon N-Log, ARRI LogC and RED Log3G10 stay in the editor. Convert with the manufacturer's transform, export an sRGB still, then match.