This may be a Premiere Pro question. As I write this, I'm discovering some more details and I'm getting even more confused.
I shot a bunch of videos with the Custom Picture set to C7. C7 I set up to record in Cinema Gamut with CLOG2. I registered the look file from the file named CinemaGamut-CanonLog2-to-BT709_WideDR_33_FF. Color Matrix is Neutral. I didn't change it or any other settings in the C7 Picture settings. I'm 99.99% sure I used C7.
Each of the video files has a CPF file. I still have them but I didn't feed them to Premiere Pro (I'm not even sure if that is possible.) I put the video files (mp4) into Premiere Pro. I've seen log footage before but not CLOG2. I'm clearly a newbie so take what I say with a grain of salt. But it appears to me that the footage Premiere Pro renders (without adding a LUT) is not in log format. When I view the same file in QuickTime Player, it looks a little washed out like other log files I've seen. The Premiere Pro render is definitely darker and more vibrant. I have added Lumetri but it is currently disabled.
Last... when I add the C.Gamma/CLOG2 to REC 709 LUT via the Lumetri plugin the result is awful -- very dark and super saturated.
I assumed the look file was simply for display purposes during the recording but what is actually saved in the file is in CLOG2 format. Is that correct?
I realize this is not a Adobe forum but any tips on how to use this footage in Premiere Pro would be appreciated. I've seen a video where it is best to correct the exposure in Lumetri and then add an adjustment layer on top with the LUT because the exposure must be correct before going through the LUT. But any which way I try things, when I add the LUT, the result is horrible looking.
