Get out of flat LOG
Chroma Pro includes technical conversion LUTs for supported cameras and profiles, giving you a direct route from flat LOG or RAW footage towards a Rec.709 starting point.
ToneLab Chroma discount code · simple video colour grading
ToneLab Chroma brings camera conversion, creative LUTs and finishing tools into a streamlined colour-grading workflow for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro and After Effects. If you're looking for a ToneLab Chroma discount code, use SIMONSONGHURST to save 20%.
Simon's professional perspective
“For me, a useful colour tool shouldn't make every creative decision. It should remove technical friction and give me a controlled starting point from which I can make those decisions.” Simon Songhurst · Photographer & filmmaker
Colour grading can become complicated very quickly. Shoot in LOG and you're immediately dealing with camera profiles, conversion, colour spaces, exposure, white balance, contrast, skin tones and eventually the creative look of the finished film.
That level of control is incredibly useful when you need it, but not every filmmaker or content creator wants to rebuild a technical colour pipeline every time they open a project.
That's where ToneLab Chroma interests me. Rather than treating the technical conversion and creative grade as completely disconnected processes, Chroma puts them into a relatively straightforward workflow.
Select the appropriate conversion for supported camera footage, establish the technical starting point, choose or refine a creative direction and then continue shaping the image.
I'm currently incorporating Chroma Pro into my own filmmaking workflow, including working with beauty and skincare footage where colour—and particularly skin—is something I pay very close attention to.
Simple video colour grading software
Chroma Pro includes technical conversion LUTs for supported cameras and profiles, giving you a direct route from flat LOG or RAW footage towards a Rec.709 starting point.
Once converted, creative LUTs provide different directions for the final image. The important part is treating the look as a creative choice rather than confusing it with the technical camera conversion.
Chroma brings conversion, creative looks and finishing controls together so you can spend less time rebuilding the same starting process and more time judging the actual image.
ToneLab Chroma Pro features
Chroma Pro currently includes 28 technical Conversion LUTs designed to support LOG or RAW footage from more than 50 cameras.
Creative looks are organised across different palettes and styles, giving you starting directions for commercial, cinematic and stylised grades.
Chroma Pro adds controls including finishing tones, split toning, skin tones, colour punch, vignette, film grain and halation.
ToneLab provides automated installation, after which Chroma appears inside the effects workflow of the supported editing applications.
Easy colour grading for LOG video
If you're already comfortable judging photographs but LOG video feels unnecessarily technical, Chroma provides a more approachable bridge between camera footage and creative colour.
Experienced users may already know how to build a manual colour pipeline. The attraction here is repeatability: achieving a useful starting point without rebuilding every stage from scratch.
YouTube, branded content and social video increasingly use LOG-capable cameras. A repeatable conversion and grading process can help maintain a more coherent look across multiple clips and projects.
ToneLab Chroma workflow
Start with the camera and recording profile that created the footage. Use the appropriate supported conversion rather than choosing a LUT purely because the preview looks attractive.
Conversion does not correct every exposure, white-balance or shot-matching problem. Judge the image and create a controlled foundation before deciding on the final character.
Once the technical image is where you want it, make the creative decisions: contrast, saturation, colour palette, skin, finishing and how strongly the final look should be expressed.
Editing software compatibility
A natural home for Chroma if Resolve is already your editing and colour-grading environment. The plugin can be applied within the Resolve workflow after installation.
Premiere users can access Chroma without moving the project into a completely separate application purely to start developing the colour.
Current Chroma compatibility also includes Adobe After Effects for supported Windows and Apple Silicon Mac systems.
ToneLab currently lists support for Windows and Apple Silicon Macs. Check the current system requirements before purchasing if you're working on older hardware.
My real-world use
“Beauty footage is a useful test because skin doesn't give you much room to hide. Small colour decisions become obvious very quickly.” Simon Songhurst · Beauty & colour workflow
I've spent more than 25 years working professionally across photography and filmmaking, including beauty, skincare, hair, editorial and commercial work.
That background means I'm particularly careful when judging colour on skin. Small changes in hue, saturation, contrast and highlight behaviour that might be relatively inconsequential elsewhere in a frame can become immediately visible on a face.
That's why I'm integrating ToneLab Chroma Pro into some of my beauty and skincare grading work rather than judging it purely from generic test footage.
I already understand what I expect from the source material. That gives me a much more meaningful way to assess whether the conversion and grading workflow is actually helping.
I'm not looking for software to decide what good skin should look like. I'm looking for a controlled technical foundation that lets me make that decision myself.
Watch the complete colour workflow
Is ToneLab Chroma right for you?
Chroma is particularly relevant if you're regularly shooting supported LOG or RAW formats and want a clearer route from flat footage to a usable technical starting point.
If you want a curated collection of creative colour directions that can be previewed and refined within the same workflow, the included looks are a meaningful part of the package.
Conversion and creative LUTs cannot judge every shot for you. Exposure, white balance, continuity, skin and final creative intent still benefit from understanding what you're looking at.
ToneLab Chroma buying details
ToneLab Chroma discount & colour grading questions
Use SIMONSONGHURST when purchasing ToneLab Chroma for the supplied 20% discount. Enter the code during checkout and confirm that the saving has been applied before completing your purchase.
The ToneLab Chroma promotional code SIMONSONGHURST gives you 20% off the eligible purchase.
ToneLab Chroma is a video colour-grading plugin designed to combine technical camera conversion, creative LUTs and finishing tools within a streamlined workflow.
ToneLab has designed Chroma around a relatively straightforward workflow: apply the tool, select the appropriate camera conversion, choose the conversion output and then select or refine a creative look. That can make it particularly interesting to creators who want more control over colour without building every technical stage manually.
It may be particularly useful for people beginning to shoot more seriously in LOG who want a clearer route from flat camera footage to a finished image. It doesn't remove the benefit of learning colour grading, but it can make the starting process easier to understand and repeat.
Chroma Pro currently includes 28 technical Conversion LUTs designed to convert supported LOG or RAW footage from more than 50 cameras towards Rec.709. Check the current ToneLab compatibility list for your exact camera and recording profile.
ToneLab currently states that Chroma Pro includes technical conversions covering more than 50 cameras. Camera models and supported LOG profiles can change as the software is updated, so check ToneLab's current list for your particular camera.
Yes. ToneLab currently lists Chroma as compatible with DaVinci Resolve on supported Windows and Apple Silicon Mac systems.
Yes. ToneLab currently lists Adobe Premiere Pro as a supported host application alongside DaVinci Resolve and After Effects.
Yes. ToneLab's current Chroma Pro compatibility information includes Adobe After Effects on supported Windows and Apple Silicon Mac systems.
ToneLab currently offers both an Annual Subscription and a one-time Lifetime Licence option. Check ToneLab's current pricing page for the latest prices and licence terms.
I wouldn't treat it as a substitute for understanding the image. Chroma can simplify camera conversion, creative LUT selection and parts of the finishing workflow, but exposure, white balance, shot matching, skin and final creative intent still benefit from judgement.
A technical conversion is designed to transform supported camera footage from its LOG or RAW starting point into a more useful output space. A creative LUT is intended to influence the aesthetic character of the image. Keeping those two jobs separate makes the overall colour workflow easier to understand.
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