Digital color grading system for Arri cameras — stores color tables and settings directly in-camera or workflow. Fast lookup of look presets on set.
On set, you quickly realize how valuable it is when your look doesn't need to be readjusted with every camera change. This is exactly where Gilmore Color comes in — a color management system that ARRI cameras (especially the Alexa series) use to store and execute color tables and grading settings directly in the camera. You define your look once — be it during pre-visualization or directly on set — and then recall it on any camera without recalibrating.
The practical power lies in consistency across multiple cameras. When shooting with two or three Alexa cameras simultaneously, all devices must deliver the same look. With Gilmore Color, you save your 3D LUT or your custom preset to a USB stick, load it into each camera, and all produce identical raw footage — or at least footage that has undergone the same grading. This saves hours in color timing and significantly reduces error sources in editing. Especially on long shooting days, when your gaffer and you have established a specific bleached-out or cinematic look, this is a godsend.
Technically, you are working with LUT-based workflows here — Look-Up Tables, which are either pre-made by the DI house or created by the set colorist. Gilmore-compatible systems allow these tables to be imported in various formats (3D LUT, Cube format) and applied in real-time. This means your monitor on set already shows you the final (or at least intended) look, not just the raw camera signal. This fundamentally changes your lighting decisions — you see what your battle plan actually looks like before the takes are in the can.
An important point: Gilmore Color does not replace the final grading in the DI — it is a set tool and workflow accelerator. Some productions also use it for the dailies process to deliver faster editing material that is already graded in the desired direction. In the context of the entire digital camera workflow (RAW recording, metadata management, color grading systems like DaVinci Resolve), Gilmore is a pragmatic link between set and post.