Nowadays the daring question “What will my image look like, when all the processing is done?” can be answered in no time. This can either be the default conversion from ARRI’s logarithmic color space to the viewing color space of a display device or in a creative way via the ARRI Look File.
All ARRI cameras record in Log C wide gamut color space (to learn more about Log C head to our Log C page). The camera image core (CIC) converts the flat, desaturated image into a pristine, color-rich image in the desired target color space.
The simplest way of such conversion is to HD or UHD color space (Rec. 709 or Rec. 2020 respectively). This is a straight, technical conversion, details (in the highlights and blacks) might be clipped/crushed by doing so: