Color palette implementation

[afre (Alan)]

Raw or log video generally doesn’t look good, just as our raw photo files, until you apply your lut and other processing. Also see:

start color-grading your stuff

Color-grading is a well-known process in the cinema industry. You could describe it as the process of giving a slight and selective color shift to create a specific mood. The most famous it the teal-orange look, because it boosts the color contrast between skin tones and everything else, and is really easy to use when you have people in front of neutral-ish backgrounds (concrete or faded tones). In darktable 2.6, I have upgraded the color balance to do just that, and you will fin…