Has anyone managed to get a photo-realism quality in ICLone 7 using LUTs? And if so which ones did you use to get there?

I make my dreams into movies.

LUT’s are colour grading shortcuts. Realistically a LUT won’t be a catchall that gives all scenes a photorealistic look. In live action cinema, colour grading more often than not actually results in images that are more artistic, and less true to everyday experience.

There are LUTs that can give your scene a more cenimatic look but I’d actually recommend you first look into what qualities actually give a scene the ‘cinematic’ feel if that were the case.

If you’re looking for photorealism you need to have your eye more on something like the upcoming Iray renderer for Iclone, and not a LUT (as useful as they are generally).

Although I should mention photorealism isn’t a part time endeavour. Something either looks photorealistic or it just doesn’t. Iclone isn’t really a tool geared towards that, despite recent excitement on these forums.

I use LUTs for artistic/cinematic effect, as I find them very effective for portraying a certain mood or atmosphere. I'm not after photo-realism as such.

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The Dr. & Animagic are right. LUT is for establishing a look & mood for any given scene. Since 'photorealism' is out of reach for 99% of us @this time, 'Movie Realism' is your mission!
This MAY help you in your use of the LUT filters in your quest for 'Movie Realism'.  REMEMBER, a tiny bit of any LUT filter is a LOT - especially if you are combining them. Use them sparingly with the intensity sliders in your 'visual' UI.
Here is a very helpful tool to guide you using your LUT filters to steer your audience's' EMOTION, which IS very real. Good Luck!  ~V~

       Val RogueAnanda

Thanks, Rogue. I remember seeing that color map, but I didn't have the reference.

As the text is a bit small in your post, here is a link to the full version: https://www.dailyinfographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/WJbh7UT.jpg.

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I have posted a related question -- as a video editor and shooter, I commonly shoot with a "LOG" profile, which looks like a flat, washed-out image. But when you put LUTs on the footage in after effects or premiere or davinci, the true range of colors is created. Does iClone have anything like this yet?

@Jarrettowe - That is a REALLY good question - my  FIRST thought is no - Maybe Peter will weigh in on the future of this aspect in iClone?   ~V~

       Val RogueAnanda