But on multi-city campaigns, I tether in Capture One 23 from a Phase One XF IQ4 150 and apply brand-specific Styles so the client sees their color language live. Who has a reliable approach for Styles/LUTs that stay truthful under mixed HMI + LED practicals — bonus if you’ve tested with Profoto B10X and an X-Rite ColorChecker — without compromising the brand’s visual narrative?
But mixed HMI + LED with a B10X in the mix drives me nuts too; what’s been solid is building a dual-illuminant ICC with Lumariver (https://lumariver.com) for the IQ4 150, setting it as Base Characteristics in C1 23, and saving the brand Style without WB/Tone Curve so it doesn’t override the scene… On set I pop the X-Rite ColorChecker, WB to the gray, then use Capture One’s Normalize to pin a reference swatch so the ‘color language’ stays put across cities. Small caveat: Normalize can clip if highlights are hot, so back exposure off a third; if profiling isn’t an option, gel LEDs toward 5600K to meet the B10X.
Quick example: I shoot a ColorChecker at the start of each setup and use Capture One 23’s Normalize tool to anchor a ‘brand-specific’ swatch (usually their blue), then save that as the session style so the IQ4 150 tether looks consistent… With a B10X in the mix I WB off the neutral patch lit by the dominant source; , if the LEDs are extra spiky I swap to a per-location ICC from a Passport shot. Small caveat: a touch of Uniformity in Skin Tone on the brand hue helps, but too much flattens it — have you tried that?
, mixed HMI + LED practicals push my brand colors around too; what’s worked is locking WB per setup (Kelvin + Tint off a neutral under the key only), then making a Style that targets just the brand hue with Advanced Color Editor on a filled layer, masked to a tight range anchored to an X‑Rite ColorChecker swatch mapped to the client’s Pantone. @natalia_83c’s Normalize step is handy, but I’ve seen LEDs drift mid-tether, so the hue-limited layer keeps the “brand-specific Styles” consistent without flattening the rest of the palette.