I tried replicating Camera Calibration in Premiere Pro Lumetri Color

I wanted to color grade some footage I had similarly as a photo I took of the same shot that I had edited. And in that photo I had touched the Camera Calibration sliders and really enjoyed the result.

I looked online and realized that no one had really done anything explaining how to replicate it, just comments like: "Do it in lumetri color you have more freedom there". But the sliders in camera calibration is hard to replicate. But while I was trying to figure out what really happens when touching the sliders I think I found a solution that is close enough to it that I was happy with.

Step by step on how to do it (with pictures below)

• Step oneFind the Hue vs Hue (Or Hue vs Saturation for the Saturation Slider equivalent) Curve under Lumetri Color Effect > Curves > Hue Saturation Curves. Then make a point where each bright intersect with the curve.
• Step twoDecide which Primary Color Slider you want to affect (in the example its red) and make two new points between the red point and the closest one on each side.
• Step threeThat was the setup, now we can shift the hues. First move your primary hue point up or down to shift its hue (in Camera Raw you would only be able to shift it in this case one and a half rows up or down).
• Step fourNow you want to continue to shift the other colors a bit as well. Every secondary color should also be shifted in the same direction as your primary color (cyan, magenta, and yellow). From my experience they shouldn't be moves as much as your primary but maybe around half as much, its up to you to experiment an fine tune it though.

After this you need to add another Lumetri Color effect and do the same for the other hues.

Lastly I left my edits I made for my project as an example (not a good one per se but something to wrap your head around). It includes a shadow tint, which you could probably do in a number of ways. I did not look into how Camera raw selects which luma ranges are selected to shift the shadow mid and highlight tones, but if you want to tint it you can select that range in HSL Secondary under L, and make sure the full range of H & S are selected. For my example though i selected the darkest tones and faded it out slightly, then you can shift the tint under the color wheel.

I tried my best to explain this, I don't know a lot about editing but this scratched an itch I had so I'm satisfied, enjoy 🙂