Wrong leves of GH5 V-Log L footage and saturation issue

Hi

I have tried Resolve. You can set the correct levels with Resolve and when I import videos I always set the video to full levels and they will display the correct white and black levels. However, only the Studio version can import the GH5 10-bit videos directly but I only have the free version which can't and I have to convert them first, and I prefer to use AE, not only as I don't have to convert the videos to open them, but it gives me more control over the corrections than Resolve does and I can do other things with the videos that I want, which cuts down my workflow time.

As for the over saturation, I think its to do with the GH5 footage as when I try and adjust the footage in Resolve after converting it to ProRes HQ first, I get the exact same issue. The Varicam LUT when applied does add a reddish tinge, and this also makes red colours already in the video a little stronger in colour and easier to over saturate. I think the over saturation may be a compression issue as I have read that some compressed videos can have a saturation issue with reds and make them easier to over saturate compared to shooting in RAW which doesn't have this issue, but my camera doesn't shoot RAW video.

I forgot to mention that I am using a Dell UltraSharp monitor that is calibrated and set to sRGB and my final output will be in sRGB as I am going to eventually upload these to Youtube, but I want to export the videos to high quality versions of the videos in DNxHR first, but to do that I need to fix the wrong levels and saturation issue.

I did try to set the working color space to sRGB in After Effects, which does remove the reddish tinge the LUT adds, but not the saturation or levels issue.

I also have Magix Vegas Pro 14 but I have to convert the footage first as it also won't import the 10-bit videos. It has limited color corrections, no highlight/shadow adjustments or LUTs without a plugin. I does have a saturation adjust plugin which you can set to "reduce over saturated colors" which can work, but only on unedited footage first as my footage that already has been corrected in After Effects won;t correct properly as it does lower the saturation on the over saturated colours but can make them look messed up.

Here is the codec information on one of my recorded videos if that helps (taken from a program called MediaInfo which tells you codec information on a file)

Hello,

Thank you for the update. I should say It is hard to judge which size is affected wrongly (Panasonic or After Effects). Another option I have found is to use Da Vinci Resolve, not After Effects. It accepts the same LUT. It would be worth trying ACES color space. I find out other solutions.

I should have posted the link, but yes that LUT, its the same one that comes built into the camera as a monitor LUT when you use V-Log L and turn on view assist to see the LUT on the GH5 screen.

Hello,

You mention "VariCam 35 3DLUT V-Log to V-709 LUT," Did you download it from the link below?

RESOURCES | VariCam 35 | VariCam | Panasonic