Featured in: Dehancer Pro

Since Dehancer is a resource-demanding tool that also requires a dedicated installation, in some cases it is more convenient to export a grading look as a LUT file for further DIT on-stage or realtime dailies grading.

Dehancer LUT incorporates the color and contrast attributes within the plugin and doesn’t include any other nodes, adjustments nor CST.

It’s technically impossible since the plugin doesn’t even know what’s going on outside. The simplest approach is to use only the correction tools available in the plugin. In this case, the LUT generated with Dehancer contains all color-contrast characteristics of the look.

Otherwise, you have to structurally divide your grading into several parts that can be technically exported as a LUT one by one. Then generate the LUT within Dehancer and temporarily replace the plugin instance with this LUT.

This approach technically allows exporting the complete look, including Dehancer and other corrections as a single LUT using your host’s native LUT export tools.

LUT Size

LUT Generator allows to export a color-contrast solution achieved in Dehancer as a LUT with two quality options: Small (17x17x17) and Normal (33x33x33). In most cases the small LUT is enough for DIT on-stage preview tasks. Also, it reduces the processing load. If you encounter visible artefacts, try the Normal setting as a possible workaround.

Disable Input Transform

This option excludes the effect of Input settings from a generated LUT, thus allowing for using this LUT universally, with any source and color science.

💡 Notice that: an exported LUT doesn’t include the effects based on geometric transformation or local corrections (including Film Grain, Halation, Bloom, Vignette, Film Breath and Gate Weave) and therefore cannot be used as a grading preset. Furthermore, the quality of a simple LUT may not be sufficient for demanding delivery.