I don't really understand what this LUT is or what it does or how to apply it...
But what I will say is that this is the best looking footage I have seen. It all feels there and the colors look right. Barring errors that need a replacement due to technological limitations badly lit composites.
Hat's off.... But how does it work on Battlefield Hoth? i.e. Purple / pink blown out cockpits and alike?
That is really the ultimate test for it as it is a color correcting nightmare whilst trying to eliminate the Blue tint and boosted brightness other elements suffer greatly especially the Lasers / Flak Bursts explosions and so on (Hand painted).
In my mind that is the real test for this luts, but I like it Luts... I mean lots.
Edit: looks far too bright though... Compensate for the brightness and the contrast boosting less bright bit more contrast and I think it will be just a bit better taking off some of the garishness it's a small touch mind. Color looks grand though. BTW I am looking at Luke with Red Light sabre picture.
Example
Perhaps overdone with brightness contrast? might need a dip in yellow hue? But this looks dark in the right way now I think.
This one has some yellow removed... Perhaps too much but I think it's somwhere around here that it strikes the right medium. Gimp Settings
Brightness - 14
Contrast +2
Color Balance
Shadow +3 blue (-3 Yellow)
Midtones + 3 / 2 Blue (-3/2 Yellow)
Highlights +1 Red (optional) +3 Blue (-3 Yellow)
But I can see a real potential in this process you are doing and I have to say I am quite excited by it it seems like it could be the way forward perhaps but let's see it work on those pink blown out cockpit flashes and then we will be sure. This may mean you Blue filter is too strong giving up too much yellow?
The +3 Blue highlight is important giving the ice a natural look assuming you applied the same LUT to this shot. Needless to say I am very excited about how the image intensity now appears. This shot uses exactly the same settings applied in gimp as the extremely dark indoor shot.
I also listened to a podcast regarding Luts and I now have a much better understanding of what it is all about. If you can can emulate the cameras that filmed the film initially as your standard Lut and then it would be great but the problem really is the footage is not Raw. But it might be worth creating a number of Luts depending on environment, lighting and dodgy color tints for various shots and using a bit of artistic license perhaps too.
This seemed still too garish to me though so I reduced the brightness and contrast by another -14 and +3 and fiddled with the red and magenta more dull day and natural look the green goggles gives a lot away.
