Live-grading

Livegrade enables the user to interactively color grade the look of a live camera signal and thus give the filmmakers on the film set a preview of the final look.

This is realized on the technical side through numerous hardware integrations, such as LUT boxes, video I/O devices, SDI routers, and grading panels.

Central to the creative process of live color grading are looks and associated reference images, which can be used efficiently with numerous tools in Livegrade.

Main screen of Livegrade

Your learning guide#

In this learning guide, we want to show you which articles can help you build and operate a Livegrade setup.

1. Build a Livegrade Setup#

First of all, you will need to think about your hardware. The article “Build a Livegrade Setup” explains what your setup could look like by outlining two exemplary setups in detail.

Central to building your setup is the concept of Livegrade’s “Slots”, which we explain in “Working with slots and outputs”.

To check if the equipment you are using is supported by Livegrade, check out our “All Device Integrations” list.

Tip: To keep it simple for your first setup: Just use a webcam (or two) to simulate a camera signal.

2. Set up an interactive look pipeline#

Once your hardware setup is ready, it’s time to set up your look pipeline, where you configure your slot settings and build your look pipeline with color grading nodes, using the node list for configuration.

As soon as your look pipeline is set up, you can adjust the look it interactively using the various color controls.

If you are on a multi-cam setup, take a look at the possibility to link nodes between several slots.

3. Collect shots and looks#

Now, you can start collecting shots to build up your shot library in order to be able to restore your look at a later date.

The customizable toolbar provides you with the most important actions, such as “Apply Look” and “Update Shots” via a button.

4. Use references#

The various single and multi-view modes of the new viewer make Livegrade a powerful reference tool. In “Use shots as reference“, we explain how you can use shots as a reference, and in “Using single and multi-view modes“, we go into detail on how to use the viewer.