1 Software Requirements

In order to apply the ImpulZ LUTs to your footage, at least one of the following programs has to be properly installed on your system:
inal !ut "ro # $
%pple &otion '$
%dobe "hotoshop !S( ) !!
%dobe %fter *ffe+ts !S( ) !!
%dobe "remiere "ro !!
%dobe Speedgrade !S( ) !!
,a-in+i Resol.e ULL)lite
"andora Re.olution)"i/i
0u1e
!ineform irstlight
%ssimilate S!R%T!2
,igital -ision ilm &aster
ilmLight 3aselight
4uantel "ablo
any software that supports 3D LUTs in IRIDAS .cube format
5$ requires installation of third party plugin LUT Utility from !olor 6rading !entral7
8 Installation 6uide
To install the ImpulZ Film mulations please e/tra+t and run the in+luded installers9
!ertain appli+ations require the LUTs to be installed to spe+ifi+ dire+tories so ma1e sure that you sele+t the appli+ation5s7 you want to
install the LUTs for when prompted by the installer9 In +ase you want to remo.e or install files manually here are the LUT dire+tories for
the most popular grading appli+ations:
&%! :S:
inal !ut "ro #: User/Movies/Motion Templates/Effects/CGC/LUTUtility
Resol.e: Library\Application Support\Blackmaic !esin\!a"inci #esolve\LUT
#esolve $in case above fol%er %oesn&t 'ork() Library/Containers/com*blackmaic+%esin*!a"inci#esolve/!ata/Library/Application Support/LUT/
6o"ro Studio: Library/Application Support/Cine,orm/LUTs/

;indows "!:
Resol.e: 2,:<"rogram,ata<3la+1magi+ ,esign<,a-in+i Resol.e<Support<LUT
6o"ro Studio: 2,)\Users\-ublic\Cine,orm\LUTs
For applications that !on"t re#uire the LUTs to be locate! in a specific fol!er $After ffects% &remiere &ro% Spee!'ra!e...( the LUTs will be installe!
to a 'eneric )ImpulZ* fol!er in the Applications fol!er $+A,( or &ro'ram Files $&,(.
The LUTs can then be loa!e! by na-i'atin' to that fol!er from within your applications" nati-e LUT plu'in. .ere are a few/
Application LUT ffect
%dobe "remiere "ro !! Lumetri
%dobe Speedgrade !S()!! = > LUT > Load LUT 59997
%dobe "hotoshop !S()!! Image > %d?ustments > ,olor Loo0up
%dobe %fter *ffe+ts !S()!! *ffe+ts > Utility > Apply ,olor LUT
0u1e -e+torfield
S!R%T!2 !olor S+raffolds
inal !ut "ro # LUT Utility$
$LUT Utility "lugin for inal !UT "ro # is a.ailable from !olor 6rading !entral: http:))www9+olorgrading+entral9+om)lututility
or ol!er .ersions of %dobe "remiere, %fter *ffe+ts and inal !ut you +an use Red 6iant@s &agi+ 3ullet LUT 3uddy to apply LUTs9
Aou +an download LUT 3uddy from: http:))www9redgiant9+om)produ+ts)all)+olorBsuite)
0ote: Simply download the trial .ersion of !olor Suite and install it9 LUT 1u!!y is a free pro!uct that does not require
a serial number for a fully fun+tional installation C ,efinitely +onsider getting the full +olor suite though C it@s an amaDing set of tools9
For instructions on how to apply an! use LUTs with other supporte! software please consult your application reference or manual2
E %bout ImpulZ LUTs
The premise of ImpulZ is to open up the possibility to repli+ate the +olor pro+essing of an entire film wor1flow digitally
with the +on.enien+e and a++ura+y of open format E, LUTs9
%pplying ImpulZ LUTs does not substitute digital +olor +orre+tion nor does it attempt to ta1e the +reati.e li+ense of
+olors and images out of the hands of the +olorist9
These LUTs are no oneB+li+1Bma1eBawesome solutions to +olor grading but will ta1e the digital edge off your footage
and pro.ide an @analog framewor1@ that pro+esses +olors more deeply than what is a+hie.able with user interfa+e
+ontrols9 ;ith the ability to emulate +amera negati.e film separately from +olor positi.e print sto+1s 5Ultimate only7
it is now possible to repli+ate a wor1flow that had pre.iously been reser.ed to high end produ+tions9
F older stru+ture G naming +on.entions
,epending on whi+h .ersion of ImpulZ you ha.e you will be presented with .arious Input "rofile olders and output gamma)+olor spa+e options9
The number of input)output .ariations in+luded in the "ro G Ultimate .ersion results in a large number of LUTs that may be a bit o.erwhelming at first9
2ere@s an o.er.iew of the basi+ folder stru+ture and naming +on.entions:
F91 List of Input "rofiles 5"refi/es7
L:6H B 6eneri+ L:6 profile9 Use if your +amera en+odes images logarithmi+ally 5flat7 and isn@t listed below9
Re+IJKH 6eneri+ Re+IJK profile9 Use if your footage loo1s li1e regular .ideo 5nonBlog7 and your +amera isn@t listed below9
3&,ilmH B 3&,ilm !olor Spa+e and 6amma used by the 3&!! 89'1, 3&"!!, 3&"! F1 R%;, 3ole/ ,1( G &L R%; ,06s9
3&,F1H B 3&,ilm !olor Spa+e and 6amma used by the F1 "rodu+tion !amera when shooting "roRes 5or R%; use 3&,ilm or +on.ersion79
%le/aH B %rri %le/a G %rri %mira L:6B! gamma for both "roRes and R%;
!1JJB!logH B !anon L:6 5!inema lo+1ed mode7 on the !anon !1JJ
!1JJB;,RH B ;ide ,ynami+ Range profile on the !anon !1JJ
!EJJB!logH B !anon L:6 5!inema lo+1ed mode7 on the !anon !EJJ
!EJJB;,RH B ;ide ,ynami+ Range profile on the !anon !EJJ
!'JJB!logH B !anon L:6 5!inema lo+1ed mode7 on the !anon !'JJ C In +amera and R%;
!'JJB;,RH B ;ide ,ynami+ Range profile on the !anon !'JJ
!anonB"RLSTH B !anon *:S ,SLR with "rolost lat settings for *:S 0eutral &atri/
!anonB-!H B !anon *:S ,SLR with -ision!olor pi+ture style 5default settings7
!anonB-TH B !anon *:S ,SLR with -isionTe+h pi+ture style 5default settings7
!anonB-LH B &agi+ Lantern R%; footage debayered in %!R with -isionL:6 +amera profile
0i1onBL1JH C 0i1on ,SLR with Similaar laat 1J pi+ture profile 5default settings7
0i1onBL11H B 0i1on ,SLR with Similaar laat 11 pi+ture profile 5default settings7
0i1onB0TRLH B 0i1on ,SLR with 0eutral matri/9 Settings: !ontrast: B 3rightness: J Saturation: B 2ue: J
0i1onBST,H B 0i1on ,SLR with Standard matri/9 Settings: !ontrast: B 3rightness: J Saturation: B 2ue: J
62FB!L,H B "anasoni+ 62F with !ineLi1e , profile9 Settings: !ontrast: B' Saturation: B' 2ighlight)Shadow: Less +ontrast "edestal: J
6o"roH B 6o"ro 2ero E in "rotune lat mode
RedLogilmH B Red!olorE +olor spa+e and RedLogilm gamma9
SL:6H B Sony Sgamut +olor spa+e and SL:6 gamma
SL:68H B Sony Sgamut +olor spa+e and SL:6B8 gamma
SL:6EH B Sony Sgamut E +olor spa+e and SL:6BE gamma
SIJJB!0FH C Sony SIJJ with !ineBgamma F
SIJJBSL:68H B Sony SIJJ with SL:6B8 gamma response
F98 !on.ersion LUTs 5Ultimate only7
%le/a Re+IJK to L:6 ! B ;e suggest grading L:6B! en+oded material but if you@re stu+1 with Re+IJK prepend this LUT before using the *mulations
3&"! F1 R%;B6%&&% to "roResB6%&&% C or 3&"! F1 R%; 519L7 material we suggest using the 3&,ilmH input pat+hes9 %lternati.ely you +an
use this LUT to +on.ert the gamma response of the FM R%; footage to that of the "roRes footage before using the 3&,F1H emulations9 :ptional9
Red6ammaE to RedLogilm B ;e suggest grading in RedLogilm but if you@re stu+1 with Red6ammaE use this LUT for +on.ersion before applying the
RedLogilmH input pat+hes of the film emulations9
F9E :utput profiles 5Suffi/es7
' "reparing +ompressed footage
If you@re wor1ing with highly +ompressed LBbit footage or your images +ontain noise and other +olor artifa+ts due to poor signal to noise ratio
it is suggested to prepare the material before applying the emulations in order to pre.ent the a++entuation of undesired artifa+ts and get the
highest quality results9 6reat +are has been ta1en in +reating stable transform LUTs but the high resolution +ubes +an pi+1 up on .ery desaturated
+olors: If those +olors are present in the digital sensor noise of your +amera you@ll ha.e to ta1e some e/tra steps to a+hie.e ma/imum quality results9
%lways !enoise the chroma channels of your .ideos in a higher bit depth than the sour+e material9 &ost 0L*s wor1 in E8bit float nati.ely so you
probably won@t ha.e to manually ad?ust this9 This pro+ess blends pi/el .alues together and substantially re!uces ima'e artifacts that would otherwise
be a++entuated by manual +olor grading and applying +olor remapping presets e.en if your footage appears to be noiseBfree9
,epending on the noise le.els of your footage you may also want to subtly denoise the luma +hannel9 inding the right balan+e between eliminating
+ompression artifa+ts and noise while retaining image te/ture is 1ey9
%d.an+ed ,enoise plugins li1e 0eat -ideo gi.e you the ability to re3sharpen any details that may ha.e been smoothed out during this pro+ess by
+al+ulating the edge +ontrast enhan+ements 5sharpness7 by analyDing the footage prior to the denoise pro+ess for .ery natural sharpening results9
This offers a si'nificant #uality enhancement o.er reBsharpening in a seperate pass9
%dd a .isually unobtrusi.e amount of 'rain ba+1 to your footage to a.oid +olor and luma banding that often o++urs with denoised footage9 Aou +an use
+omputer simulated grain or better yet the film grain that is in+luded with ImpulZ9
*liminating digital artifa+ts before emulating the +olor response of film has the added benefit of allowing subtle rete/turing of images
with the in+luded film grain in up to FM resolution and in+reasing the per+ei.ed sharpness of your footage9
.ptional) If you ha.e to swit+h between different appli+ations for these .arious stages of footage preparation and film emulation ma1e sure that
you always render to losslessly compresse! .ideo formats at the highest quality)dis1Bspa+eBrequirement ratio you +an afford9 %s a rule of thumb
you should a-oi! re3ren!erin' when possible9 If you ha.e the option to use dynami+ lin1s between your appli+ations go for itN
( ;or1flow tips G tri+1s
*spe+ially with the Ultimate .ersion of ImpulZ the potential appli+ations and +olor wor1flows are unlimited9 2ere are some of the most +ommon
film wor1flows and how they +an be repli+ated with the help of ImpulZ LUTs:
0ote that all of the abo.e steps apply to both li.e a+tion and +omputer generated imagery9 :ur LUTs ha.e been +reated spe+ifi+ally for
the growing number of filmma1ers who distribute independent +ontent .ia the web and are therefore optimiDed for Re+IJK 898 monitor .iewing9
;hile one +ould s+ale the smaller Re+IJK gamut to ,!I "E or #AZ a++urately our LUTs are no substitute for custom film profilin' ser-ices.
I */amples
2ere are some shots from .arious +ameras that ha.e been graded using the wor1flows outlined abo.e:
!anon ', &ar1 III R%; debayered in %!R with our -isionL:6 profile9 Moda1 -isionE 'J, '8JEH! with additional +ontrast and saturation ad?ustments9
"anasoni+ 62F with !ineLi1e , profile9 Moda1 -isionE 'JJT '81K50*67H!I0 emulation, se+ondary e/posure ad?ustments G printed to u?i positi.e9
L ilm 6rain
The in+luded film grain +omes in .arious resolutions based on your .ersion of ImpulZ9 The subtle +oloring of indi.idual +rystals 5N7 has been preser.ed9
The grain has random dust elements, s+rat+hes and minimal e/posure fli+1ering whi+h ha.e been deliberately left un+orre+ted9 These artifa+ts are -ery subtle
5almost subliminal7 and greatly add to the analog realism when the grain is layered on top of mo.ing images9
Spe+s:
Moda1 '81K C Re+orded at 1(JJ %S% C Undere/posed by 8 Stops C "ushed 8 Stops in de.elopment C S+anned at nati.e F1 resolution w) InfraB&as1
To apply the film grain to your footage simply +hange the blending mode of the grain +lips in your dedi+ated 0L* or +ompositing program to
4-erlay and ad?ust the opa+ity of the tra+1 or layer to taste9
FJO is often a good starting point9
To e/tend the length of the grain +lips you +an either loop them or if this is not supported by your appli+ation dupli+ate them by hand9
K This is the end9
&y only friend9
Than1 you for using ImpulZN ;e truly belie.e that this +olle+tion will ele.ate your +olor grading9
!redits: !olor S+ien+e G !on+eption: Ponathan &9 :+hmann Q ,IT: Pohn 2ensley Q ilms de.eloped at !ineLab, &umbai Q Spe+ial Than1s: Ste.en 6riffith G ,en.er Riddle
Sold e/+lusi.ely through www9.isionB+olor9+om and www9+olorgrading+entral9+om