Color.io - An alternative to Dehancer
Dehancer vs Color.io
With so many LUTs and plugins for film emulation on the market it can be hard to know which tool is the best fit for your needs. What is the best method for achieving a true film look and why are so many photographers and filmmakers making the switch from Dehancer to Color.io? Let's find out!
A new approach to film emulation
Color.io - a standalone alternative to Dehancer
Color.io is an ACES powered film emulator that allows cinematographers, photographers and colorists to create cinema-grade LUTs and DCTLs for hundreds of applications and workflows. Color.io runs directly in the browser, making it a truly platform independent alternative to Dehancer Pro.
How Traditional Film Emulation Works
Traditional film emulation LUTs and plugins like Dehancer Pro are made is by taking simple measurements of a large number of colors from both digital (top row) and film sources (bottom row) and then computing static mapping tables, or 3D LUTs, that translate one color response to the other.
Tools like Dehancer Pro offer a number of these mapping tables to emulate some Kodak and Fuji film stocks. However, with a limited number of film stocks to choose from, it can be challenging to achieve a truly unique look that fits your specific creative vision. That's not a flaw of Dehancer in any way, it's just a consequence of the static nature of these types of film emulations. And this is where Color.io comes in.
Parametric film color emulation
The new standard in film color.
Color.io is not software that emulates film stocks by statically mapping digital colors to their film representation like Dehancer or FilmConvert. Color.io uses mathematical models to simulate the way film responds to light. It enables emulation of film stocks via the physically accurate synthesis of film-like colors and remodelling of the images pixel structure to fundamentally reshape its character.
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