CineGrain FILM Pipeline - ACES

June 5, 2019

Hi, is anyone working with those Luts?

They are a bit expensive, so before buying them I'd like to know if they "work as advertised".

Cheers

Alex

June 17, 2019

I bought them in the meantime. All that color transform feeding in and feeding out is over now.

Just straight and smooth in Aces. Really pleased.

February 12, 2020

I have been asked what the Cinegrain Pipeline LUTs do to the image.
Well, here you are...
Shot on Alexa LF Prores444 _#_ Resolve ACEScct -> Rec709

Alexa IDT, ungraded:

fuji3510

kodak_gold

kodak2383a

kodak2395

polaroid_70

kodak_gold and kodak_universal_print combined

ealsong · February 13, 2020

it's great examples. thank you for works.

I wonder why cinegrain.com doesn't show some samples.

Currently I'm testing zraw footage from zcam E2 in Davinci Resolve with an ACEScct AP1 colorspace.

Bruno Mansi · February 14, 2020

On 2/13/2020 at 3:06 AM, ealsong said:

I wonder why cinegrain.com doesn't show some samples.

Does seem strange since they do have examples for their other sets.

On 6/17/2019 at 4:28 PM, Alexander Feichter - Schall und Rauch Bewegtbild GmbH said:

I bought them in the meantime.

Hope you got them in the half price sale that they're currently offering!

February 15, 2020

On 2/14/2020 at 9:49 AM, Bruno Mansi said:

Does seem strange since they do have examples for their other sets.

Hope you got them in the half price sale that they're currently offering!

Exactly, that's what I was wondering too, and asked in this forum then.

I paid full price back then. No regrets!
They seem to be subtle at first sight by just adding a little "look". But that's what matters.

Bruno Mansi · February 15, 2020

24 minutes ago, Alexander Feichter - Schall und Rauch Bewegtbild GmbH said:

They seem to be subtle at first sight by just adding a little "look". But that's what matters.

There's a lot of colourists who are perfectly able (and prefer) to do these sorts of look adjustments themselves, especially when the price of this set is quite high. However, if it suits your workflow and earns you money, I've no particular problem with using them, and they can make a good starting point for further adjustment. Be aware that where you put your LUT in the node chain can have consequences on your ability to further refine the image.

Keidrych wasley · February 16, 2020

13 hours ago, Alexander Feichter - Schall und Rauch Bewegtbild GmbH said:

Exactly, that's what I was wondering too, and asked in this forum then.

I paid full price back then. No regrets!
They seem to be subtle at first sight by just adding a little "look". But that's what matters.

I get more pronounced results from Pipeline, which leaves me confused when looking at your examples. Here are some examples of Alexa IDT vs Pipeline 2383. You can see my Pipeline 2383 exhibits more yellow greens, a warmer overall white balance, green in the blues etc. My workflow for these examples is Aces 1.1, Alexa-AcesCCT, Pipeline LUT, AcesCCT-REC709.

Alexa_IDT