Color Lookup Tables (LUTs) are one of the most powerful tools Photoshop has to offer when it comes to image lookup!
Everybody knows and loves Lightroom Presets – I also love to use them when things have to be done quickly! But they have one crucial disadvantage: their flexibility! They can only be applied to the image as a whole. Sometimes you are satisfied with the result, sometimes not!
LUTs can be individually adjusted to your picture in Photoshop, whether by masks, blend mode, opacity and much more.
You don’t want to use them in Photoshop, but as lookup for your movie – no problem! You can use them in ANY image and video editing software across all platforms.
Here are the most important ones: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Affinity Photo, DaVinci Resolve, Speedgrade & FCPX with LUT Utility und Lightroom as color profile.
If you are still at the very beginning and don’t have one of these programs yet, get the free version of LUMINAR 3 to meet the world of image editing.
Below you will find information about the installation and a short guide to working with LUTs – have fun!