Media Encoder Exporting Braw Footage with LUT Applied

[CitizenSam]

Hi,

I am exporting a project as a ProRes 4444 for a color grade. Some of the footage is Braw. I have disabled all Braw LUTS on the master clip settings, but when I export out of Media Encoder, the LUT is still applied, with much move vivid colors that won't work for the colorist.

I tried exporting directly out of Premiere and it exports correctly, with no LUT, so the issue seems to be exclusive to Media Encoder.

Adobe Premiere 14.5.0

Media Encoder 14.5

iMac 5k 2019 w/w Radeon Pro Vega 48 (8gb)

(not sure what other system specs you need)

[R Neil Haugen]

I'm used to the BRAW panel extensions from BlackMagic and Autokroma, I dumped the BM one long time ago and paid for the Autokroma plugin for vastly improved operations. Neither one involves the use of LUTs, however.

So I'm a bit puzzled by your comment that you disabled LUTs in the Master clip settings. I think I would need more information as to your workflow to be able to offer any help. How exactly are you working with the files in Premiere?

Neil

[Wedelski]

I'm using the Blackmagic Raw Plugin, 1.8.2. Attached a screengrab with the Master Clip settings in Premiere. The "Apply LUT" is unchecked, but when the video is exported in Media Encoder, it has the look as if the LUT were applied...

[CitizenSam]

Thatpost was from me (original poster). Was logged in on my coworkers account.

[R Neil Haugen]

"Apply LUT" is for when there's a LUT that comes with the media from the camera. So it doesn't seem to be the case here, so there's no LUT for MediaEncoder to be using. Premiere doesn't ship with any applicable LUTs designed for BRAW media. It's why we need to get plugins.

Do you have the BM plugin installed also in MediaEncoder? I know with the Autokroma plugin, you need to install the plugin for both apps.

Neil

[CitizenSam]

Strangely, I restarted and this issue looks fixed.

In between, I experienced the issue where that entire settings box is greyed out, or is active but changes have no effect.

It appears a lot of people are currently having these issues and are solving it with that Autokroma plugin you've mentioned.

[R Neil Haugen]

I used the BM plugin for a while, and had constant issues. Tried the Autokroma one, it worked, and I had more options. Then the Autokroma folk added more functionality. And they've been very responsive to posts on BRAW here without concern for whether the user is using their plugin or the BM one. In fact, they give far better help on using the BM plugin than BM does.

It's a very good functionality for a relatively low cost.

Neil