# LUTs

- `bailey-mylook-2026-07.cube` — Bailey's (videographer) master color grade for all Alex/Imperium footage. 33-point 3D LUT exported from DaVinci Resolve, received 2026-07-02 (was MYLOOK.cube in root). Canonical grade for the personal-site and Imperium visual world.

## Apply to an image with ffmpeg

```bash
ffmpeg -i in.jpg -vf "lut3d='downloads/luts/bailey-mylook-2026-07.cube'" -q:v 2 out.jpg
```

⚠ **Input must be LOG footage.** Verified 2026-07-03: applying this LUT to a normal (Rec709) JPEG crushes shadows and shifts red. It is built for Bailey's log camera footage, not for stills or already-graded images. Use only in the video grading pipeline (Resolve, or ffmpeg on log sources). Never apply to delivered JPEGs, the sizzle-reel stills, or the dehancer-graded Old Instagram set.

## Log SCREENSHOTS (stills) pipeline — verified 2026-07-13

Underexposed log screenshots need a measured exposure lift BEFORE the LUT or the result goes dark/murky. Working recipe (vision-QA'd against Bailey's graded footage; full spec + 70 graded examples in `assets/imperium/alex-archie-photos/INDEX.md`):

```
exposure=log2(target/mean_luma) clamped [0, 0.85]   # target 90 warm / 95 cool scenes
→ lut3d=bailey-mylook-2026-07.cube
→ eq=saturation=0.94 (warm, R-B≥8) or 1.06 (cool)
EV>0.4 also needs deband before + noise=alls=3 grain after (kills 8-bit banding)
```
