Learn about configuring clips using Clip Modify, and ensure each clip is accurately identified and color-graded to perfection.
Color management only works correctly when the color space of each clip that’s used in the program is correctly identified. Adobe Premiere Pro should identify the color space metadata available in clips automatically, but if not, it could be because they either lack metadata, have incorrect metadata, or have metadata that Premiere Pro isn't able to read. In such cases, you can manually choose which color space each clip uses.
To ensure each clip is correctly identified once it’s been imported:
To access the source clip settings, do the following:
Turn on Preserve RGB to prevent color management from automatically converting that clip to the working color space in all sequences of that project where it's used.
Use the Input LUT menu to choose or import a LUT with which to convert the color space of that clip to the currently configured working color space.
If the detected color space is incorrect and the source media is a camera raw clip, you should instead use the Color Space dropdown menu in the Source Settings for that clip in the Source tab of the Effect Controls panel to choose the correct color space you want to convert the clip to.
To use an input LUT to convert a clip to a known color space for automatic conversion to the working color space:
To access the Source Clip settings, do one of the following:
Select Clip Modify > Color, or use the Source Clip controls in the Settings tab of the Lumetri Color panel.
Open the Settings tab of the Lumetri Color panel and select the Source Clip disclosure triangle to access the Source Clip controls.
Use the Input LUT menu to choose or import a LUT with which to convert the color space of that clip to a known color space. This can be useful when working with brand-new media formats for which there are no known LUTs to convert to your working color space.
Use the Media Color Space menu to choose the color space the LUT you selected was designed to output with.
Premiere Pro color management converts the output of the LUT conversion using the selected input color space to the working color space.
If you have questions about color management in Premiere Pro, reach out to us in our Premiere Pro community. We would love to help.
