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yash-lucid
Inspiring
April 29, 2026
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Footage colour changes when sending to After Effects

  • April 29, 2026
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I’m editing Sony A7S III footage, shot in S-Log, so I went to Lumetri and set the LUT accordingly:

This works great.

However when I right click to “Replace with After Effects Composition” - the colour is slightly off.

Correct colour from Premiere with above settings
Slightly off colour from After Effects

 

These are the Premiere colour settings:
These are the AE settings
This the interpret footage dialog box in AE
This is the Modify → Color, settings in Premiere

Please advise - first workflow with Sony s-log in awhile.

Correct answer R Neil Haugen

First, I highly recommend doing all color management in the full, unified location … the Lumetri panel’s Settings tab. You’re setting parts here, parts there, but not controlling the whole thing.

 

I tend to recommend not using the input LUT, but the managed system that now uses algorithms and thankfully not LUTs to do transforms. LUTs can be ok, but I trust algos to be more safe homes for pixel transforms. 

 

So have you tried a simpler setup … turn on the auto detect log/raw, and set your working space in Premiere to wide/ACEScct, and see what happens?

 

Yes, the starting image will be slightly different, but then, all transforms, no matter from who or whether LUTs or algorithms, include both technical and aesthetic choices. There are no “perfect” transforms, only useful ones. Some more suited to a current clip than others.

 

But using the built in algos might transfer to Ae better.

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R Neil Haugen
R Neil HaugenCorrect answer
Legend
April 29, 2026

First, I highly recommend doing all color management in the full, unified location … the Lumetri panel’s Settings tab. You’re setting parts here, parts there, but not controlling the whole thing.

 

I tend to recommend not using the input LUT, but the managed system that now uses algorithms and thankfully not LUTs to do transforms. LUTs can be ok, but I trust algos to be more safe homes for pixel transforms. 

 

So have you tried a simpler setup … turn on the auto detect log/raw, and set your working space in Premiere to wide/ACEScct, and see what happens?

 

Yes, the starting image will be slightly different, but then, all transforms, no matter from who or whether LUTs or algorithms, include both technical and aesthetic choices. There are no “perfect” transforms, only useful ones. Some more suited to a current clip than others.

 

But using the built in algos might transfer to Ae better.

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yash-lucid
Inspiring
April 29, 2026

Thanks R Neil, if I undo the LUT so we’re back to normal log, can you please advise how to do what you suggested?

How to: turn on the auto detect log/raw, and set your working space in Premiere to wide/ACEScct

yash-lucid
Inspiring
April 29, 2026

I just found it in File - Project - Color, and it fixed everything, and makes my life easier. Thanks!