{"id":2711,"date":"2020-07-30T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motionfactory.io\/inside-motion\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:16:44","slug":"lut-for-color-grading-and-video-editing-in-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/lut-for-color-grading-and-video-editing-in-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Using LUT for Color Grading and Editing + FREE LUT Presets"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row content_width_row=”true” center_column_horizontally=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1573549966672{margin-top: 125px !important;margin-bottom: 95px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”general-blog-text”][vc_custom_heading use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” el_class=”Pixflow-blog-text”]Since video is a visual artwork, the way you use colors is crucial to convey the message you want for your video. So it\u2019s normal to have many tools and possibilities in terms of dealing with colors in this industry. Although there are tools built in some cameras to apply some filters to the footage, most of the color manipulation happens in post-production as you know. That\u2019s why many filmmakers use LUTs to help them go through the process faster and better. So today we want to find out what is LUT and how to deal with it.<\/p>\n

Also, be sure to follow along to the end of the blog where we have provided some FREE LUT Presets pack which you can download for your video making and content creation projects to give them that cinematic look you like. Before diving into the specifics, it\u2019s important to mention that if you\u2019re looking for professional cinematic color grading LUTs,\u00a0<\/a>check out our color presets and enhance your visuals with them.[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width_row=”true” center_column_horizontally=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1573549966672{margin-top: 125px !important;margin-bottom: 95px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”general-blog-text”][vc_custom_heading use_theme_fonts=”yes” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” el_class=”Pixflow-blog-text”]<\/p>\n

LUTs Basics<\/h2>\n

LUT or Lookup Table is a series of color data that change the color value of an image when it\u2019s applied to it. In fact, LUT is a conversion table. Every image has a number of luminance values, what software like Premiere Pro does, is that it analyzes each pixel of the image to find out its luminance value, then changes the luminance value of that pixel based on the data in the conversion table inside the LUT. and it does it for every pixel until the whole image is changed in color.<\/span>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row center_column_horizontally=”true”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][px_single_image_box px_image_box_shadow=”px-low-boxshadow” px_image_caption=”true” px_image_url=”2754″ px_image_caption_text=”LUT Basics in Premiere Pro Lumetri Color Panel”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width_row=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1571227654172{margin-top: 160px !important;margin-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_column width=”5\/12″ out_of_position=”” css=”.vc_custom_1575362067087{padding-right: 103px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading use_theme_fonts=”yes” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” el_class=”Pixflow-blog-text”]<\/p>\n

How to Apply LUTs<\/h2>\n

To some extent, LUTs are the color palette you add to your video to go directly to the color mood you want and then edit it to get exactly what\u2019s suitable for your video. So adding LUTs, in most cases, is just the beginning of the process and you are required to tweak the settings of the LUT like Contrast, Exposure, Saturation and the like. LUTs are generally in two file formats <\/span>.cube<\/span> and <\/span>.3dl<\/span> And these two formats work out on almost every editing software which makes using LUTs simple. In an editing software like Premiere Pro, you can add a LUT by opening the Lumetri Color, under Basic Correction, in the Input LUT drop-down select Browse and then choose your LUT. Then you can edit the look it gives you by changing settings like exposure, contrast, and saturation. As an instance, if your LUT has injected intense colors to your image and it\u2019s not appealing to the eye, you can fix it by either changing the saturation or the contrast if it\u2019s too dark.<\/span>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”7\/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1571225145079{padding-left: 100px !important;}”][px_single_image_box px_image_caption=”true” px_image_url=”2718″ px_image_caption_text=”How to Apply LUTs in Premiere Pro Lumetri Color”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width_row=”true” center_column_horizontally=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1573549966672{margin-top: 125px !important;margin-bottom: 95px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”general-blog-text”][vc_custom_heading use_theme_fonts=”yes” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” el_class=”Pixflow-blog-text”]Most editing software can load LUTs natively, but there may be some here and there that need plugins in order to be able to handle LUTs. Below is the list of software that can support LUTs;\u00a0Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Lightroom Classic, Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Edius, Sony Vegas, PowerDirector, Cyberlink Color Director, Capture One, The Foundry Nuke, Wondershare Filmora, Assimilate Scratch, SpeedGrade, Affinity Photo, On1 Photo RAW, HitFilm, Video LUT, LumaFusion, 3DLUT Mobile[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width_row=”true” center_column_horizontally=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1573549966672{margin-top: 125px !important;margin-bottom: 95px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”general-blog-text”][vc_custom_heading use_theme_fonts=”yes” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” el_class=”Pixflow-blog-text”]<\/p>\n

1D LUTs vs. 3D LUTs<\/h2>\n

In a very simple term, a 1D LUT gives you color alteration possibility far less than the 3D LUT. while 1D LUT changes the value of the color, the 3D one uses a color cube and in order to change the color, it changes the place of it somewhere in the cube. This way, you get RGB channels separately and manipulate each color of RGB more accurately. A 3D LUT also has a measurement of color capacity by having more nodes in the color cube and it\u2019s called \u201cgrid\u201d. So the higher the grid the more color possibility you\u2019ll get in a 3D LUT. you can also tell the difference by their names. 1D LUT is obviously a flat one while a 3D LUT is, well, a 3 Dimensional color space and therefore more accurate and realistic. <\/span>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row center_column_horizontally=”true”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][px_single_image_box px_image_caption=”true” px_image_url=”2741″ px_image_caption_text=”1D LUTs vs. 3D LUTs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width_row=”true” center_column_horizontally=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1573549966672{margin-top: 125px !important;margin-bottom: 95px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”general-blog-text”][vc_custom_heading use_theme_fonts=”yes” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” el_class=”Pixflow-blog-text”]<\/p>\n

LUT Examples<\/h2>\n

As LUTs deal with colors and colors are visual elements of life, a set of examples will help better understanding the concept, so herein you can see different examples of LUTs being applied to change the color values of the image.<\/span>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row overflow_visible=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1571221382771{margin-top: 120px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1571566740840{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][px_image_carousel_box px_image_caption=”true” px_images_url=”2743,2744,2745,2746,2747,2748″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width_row=”true” center_column_horizontally=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1573549966672{margin-top: 125px !important;margin-bottom: 95px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”general-blog-text”][vc_custom_heading use_theme_fonts=”yes” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” el_class=”Pixflow-blog-text”]<\/p>\n

LUT Packs<\/h2>\n

With the progression of LUTs, more companies tend to create various types of them to help filmmakers get the look they want from production to post-production. And adding LUTs in the camera really makes filmmaking easier in terms of seeing the end product. Because when you add a LUT to your camera you can see that the shot will work out for you or not, based on the mood you want to create. So in this case, it\u2019s better to have lots of professional graded LUTs to work with and this is why using Pixflow\u2019s <\/a><\/span><\/span>700<\/span> LUT pack for both production and post is recommended. You can add any of these LUTs to your camera to find the suitable color mode you want and then add it to your editing software to edit your footage and get the exact colors you need. It\u2019s super handy!<\/span>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row center_column_horizontally=”true”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][px_single_image_box px_image_caption=”true” px_image_url=”2749″ px_image_caption_text=”Pixflow LUT Pack”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width_row=”true” center_column_horizontally=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1573549966672{margin-top: 125px !important;margin-bottom: 95px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”general-blog-text”][vc_custom_heading use_theme_fonts=”yes” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:left” el_class=”Pixflow-blog-text”]<\/p>\n

FREE LUT Presets<\/h2>\n

You can FREE download a bunch of our LUTs for from this link<\/a><\/span>. These FREE LUT presets are suited for all of the popular video editing software like Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Davinci Resolve. These LUT presets are chosen to cover a wide range of filmmaking and content creation purposes so that any video maker in any field can take advantage of them.[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LUT or Lookup Table is color data to change the color value of the footage, especially RAW footage. In Premiere Pro, Lumetri Color is used to work with LUTs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-color-grading","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87213,"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions\/87213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixflow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}