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LUTs and what they are

LUT is short for Look Up Table. It's a kind of conversion profile that 'remaps' the luminance and colour values in an image on to new values. LUTs are widely used in cinematography to create a certain 'look' and they have now captured the attention of software publishers.

Porthleven power lines in Lightroom: one LUT, three graduated filters

September 30, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Porthleven power lines in Lightroom: one LUT, three graduated filters. How a series of tools and effects can be used in combination towards an overall ‘look’.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Graduated filters, Lightroom, LUTs, Vignette

One subject, six different LUTS: choosing a ‘look’ for your images

August 26, 2020 by Rod Lawton

I’m a big fan of LUTs (lookup tables). They are used in cinematography to give movies a specific ‘look’ but they’ve now crossed over into stills photography, where they are used for everything from vintage effects to film simulations.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, General Tagged With: Lutify.me, LUTs

Dawlish Beach in black and white, with Exposure X5 adjustment layers

May 16, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Exposure X5

This project turns a regular color RAW file into a strong black and white image in Exposure X5. It uses a number of different tools so it’s a good chance to see how these work and how they can be used together. It’s also a good example the kind of image which works well in […]

Filed Under: Exposure X, Featured, Tutorials Tagged With: Adjustment layer, Black and white, Borders and frames, Curves, Exposure X, LUTs, Overlays, Radial mask, Split toning

Lightroom CC Profiles explained

April 14, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Lightroom CC offers a range of Presets and you can create or save your own. But Presets use a combination of editing tools and effects, while there is another, more basic adjustment you can make to the look of your photos with Profiles. Profiles have been around in Lightroom for some time, but it’s only […]

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, Tutorials Tagged With: Lightroom CC, LUTs, Profiles

An Icelandic church edited in Exposure X

March 31, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Exposure X

This shot of an Icelandic church looked nice enough in color but I thought it had a bit more potential as a black and white image – though there were a few issues I wanted to sort out first. For this project I used Exposure X. The same tools exist in other programs, but I […]

Filed Under: Exposure X, Featured, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Exposure X, Linear gradient, LUTs, Masks, Perspective correction, Vignette

Montacute House in moody monochrome with split toning

August 2, 2019 by Rod Lawton

What is the mood you’re trying to capture? For his image of an Elizabethan country house, I wanted and sombre and forbidding look, and this required black and white, some dodging and burning and subtle toning.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Capture One, Dodging and burning, LUTs, Split toning

How LUTs work in photo-editing

April 29, 2019 by Rod Lawton

How LUTs work

LUTs are the new big thing in photo editing software, but what are they, how do you use them and why do they matter?

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, General Tagged With: LUTs

How to use LUTs in Alien Skin Exposure X4.5

April 28, 2019 by Rod Lawton

The new LUTs feature introduced in Exposure X4.5 supports one of the newest trends in photography. LUTs (lookup tables) started out in cinematography as a way to apply a specific ‘look’ to a movie or scene, but they’re now catching on in stills photography too. They are like a basic conversion profile, or film simulation […]

Filed Under: Exposure X, Tutorials Tagged With: Alien Skin Exposure X, LUTs

The ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 LUTs filter and why I love it

June 20, 2018 by Rod Lawton

ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 LUTs filter

LUTs are The Next Big Thing in photo editing. They’ve been used in cinematography and video editing for some time, but now they’re hitting mainstream photo editors too, and they are a really exciting innovation. That’s why it’s such great news that there’s now a LUTs filter in ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5. Update: On1 Photo […]

Filed Under: ON1 Photo RAW, Tutorials Tagged With: LUTs, ON1 Photo RAW

How to use Luminar LUTs

March 14, 2018 by Rod Lawton

How to use Luminar LUTs

LUTs, or lookup tables, apply an instant ‘look’ to your photos by remapping the existing colours on to new ones.

Filed Under: Luminar, Tutorials Tagged With: Luminar, LUTs

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