How to Use Color Lookup Tables in Photoshop
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- čas přidán 17. 02. 2016
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Color Lookup Tables are like Lightroom Presets, but way better!
Color Lookup Tables have existed in Photoshop since the inception of CS6 and I just now took the time to understand them. How many times has that happened to you. You get so comfortable with a program or some sort of software that you fail to recognize the power of something new. Color Lookup Tables are nestled in with the rest of your adjustment layers, but if you don't know what they do or how to use them you likely never will.
Earlier this week I was staring the recording for "The Artist's Eye: A Closer Look" when I stumbled upon Color Lookup Tables. Mid recording I accidentally clicked on the Adjustment Layer and didn't see anything happen to my image. So I started dabbling with the loaded Tables and was in shock by how fast I had a new look on my photo. I stopped the production of the course to take a deeper look at them.
I went from selecting the tables that were present in the adjustment layer to the Adobe help site which I frequent often when I stumble upon something new. There I saw that I could create my own Color Lookup Tables from any document that had a background. Click, the light bulb came on and I was off to the races. I have spent the last 3 days fully engulfed in Color Lookup Tables. I even lost sleep thinking about them the other night. Really, when it comes to new things in Photoshop I am like a kid who does not want to go to bed when they get a new toy.
Today's tutorial will answer the following questions:
1. What are Color Lookup Tables?
2. Where can they be used?
3. How do I use them?
4. How can I make your own?
5. How can I Load them?
6. How can I make them readily accessible in Photoshop?
Number 6 is the real winner here. They can be a pain to load in every time you want to use them. The key is to find where they are stored on your computer, not within Photoshop. I'll show you how I found mine during the tutorial. - Jak na to + styl
Of all the years that I've had Photoshop I have never used or even knew about Color lookup ! Thanks Blake you are a top man. :)
You know after almost 18 years in Photoshop I still learn something new every day. Such an incredible program. I'm just here to show you my new finds.
After 25 years of working with photoshop I still love to learn new stuff and this is exactly what I was searching for. Thank you so much!
Awesome! So glad you learned something new.
My new favorite 'trick' in the color grade stage of my edits! It's great; making actions to apply favorite LUT profiles is a great time save and a way to create several 'looks' to compare
Great and very informative tutorial. I have ventured over into the Color Lookup Tables before and used them sparingly because I couldn't find the right "application" to use them on. Your tutorial certainly opens up a new range of understanding, possibility and workflow for me! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!! Kudos...........
Thank you very much for this colour look up review. I especially liked the adjustment layer group tip. It's raining outside and I know what I am doing this weekend! Have a great day, Rick.
"I know what you'll be doing next weekend" - well described. Thanks for sharing this amazing workflow! Cheers, Simon
+simfor haha, that's what I did all weekend :)
Of all the photoshop tutorials I've come to like f64 the best
YESSSS! I love it! Thank you :)
Another part of Photoshop that I had never explored before and now understand. Many thanks for the tutorial.
Amazing and very useful tutorial, thank you very much. I have an inquiry about CLUT files in Optimized Colors preset. How can I use and load it if I have a customized one on my pc???
Thank you for a great tutorial. I will be making my own Luts from now on. I had no idea Photoshop could do that! I just love it when I find new things I can do with PS.
Awesome! It is a pretty cool feature. I have a bunch of them now. I make them all the time. Knowledge is power :)
Great stuff, Blake. Really useful info.
I new on your channel, first 2 video were excellent, thanks for the time and effort. I will even watch the adverts!
This is a even better way of how I've learned to use these:) Glad I've stumbled across this video. Subbed
Very informative video on Color Lookup Tables. I enjoyed it. Even better, I now know where to find them on my iMac. Thanks for a great job.
Very clear and informative. Thank you.
I use LUTs a lot... thank you for the info about creating and saving them.
Thanks great one. How to get already done .icc files to load .
Great video, very informative. Thanks for uploading. Cheers.
Export to Color Look Up Table..... That is too amazing!!!
Just Awesome Tutorial! Brilliant!
Really great video- how much we don't know exists within CC. Brilliant.
+Dave Munn you are correct everyone I'm in PS I learn something new. An amazing program!
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much.
Thanks, I do appreciate it!
Brilliant! Great upload.
Thanks!
You rule, Blake! And thank you for being a Windows artist :) !!!
can i export smart filters to color lookup?
excellent stuff as usual!
+Jay Downey Thanks!
great information thanks
Cool stuff. One thing I found is that the layers don't have to be in a group as long as all the layers are highlighted when you go to export.
Thanks. Very useful video. I didn't know about it. It can be used in Unreal Engine 4 (software for making games).
That's pretty cool! I didn't know that. I've seen them used in Video, but wasn't aware of their use in video games.
Excellent! Thanks!
My pleasure!
wow man, gr8 stuff u got !!! thanks a tonne !!!
Great info! Thanks
Hi Blake,
I'm sorry to say that I ran into some unexpected "problems" following your how-to steps.
I did as you suggested and placed the adjustment-files I wanted to include in a group and then on export as LUT I thought I would just save the group. But no, all other layers were included as well, whether they were active or inactive.
So it seems there are certain restrictions here. In the Adobe-help-files they don't even speak of putting them in an group first. So it seems it's not the group but just the whole file (all layers whether active or not) that gets included on export.
Wouter
Great tutorial.
I have CS6 extended, however I do not have the export as LUT in the export menu.
I have looked through all the other menus but can find no way of exporting as ICC lut file. I am running PS on a windows machine. Is there any other way of saving those adjustment layers as a preset?
Thank's for posting these tutorials, very useful, thank you.
+Colin Cubitt I'm not quite sure yet Colin. I will see if I can load up my version of CS6 and come up with a solution.
I appreciate that Blake.
Please don't feel you have to chase this too hard for me ;-) It is possible that there is no workaround with my version of Photoshop and I need to upgrade.
I suppose I could create the look that I want and save it with a small size ps image that I can easily reload and copy the settings from for new images, but it's not a quick simple method such as your's.
You have a great channel on CZcams and I think the re-branding was a good idea.
All the best,
Colin.
Thank you, +Colin Cubitt ! What a pain. I looked into it and did not see a way to export them in CS 6. It looks like you can only load LUT's from other places but cannot export them.
The alternative, I'd suggest recording the Action of you making the look and use Actions. That would solve the problem, but wouldn't require the use of LUT's. Sorry, that's the best I've got for ya!
Thank you for checking Blake, I guess recording the action as you suggest is the only way with my version
I really must upgrade ;-)
Appreciate your efforts, keep up the good work and best wishes.
Colin.
Many thanks.
This is awesome
Thanks 😁
Very helpful.
What is the icon below the device preview icon?
it was great, man!
Very helpful!
On a PC, you can Right Click on the ICC profile and it will load itself to the correct folder. This maybe useful since some PC computers have certain pathways and folders hidden
+Sandi Coates that's true, I learned recently that double clicking will auto install it too. Kinda like fonts, but it doesn't show you that it is installing.
f64 Academy i just discovered the LUTs and find it addictive. And I learned alot from by your video.
Sandi Coates awesome, thank you for watching 😉
Maybe you can answer this for me. So, I know that each person has their "style". Some are clean and light, others could be dark and moody. Besides someone's personal style, would these color looks ups, or gradings, be used to give a sense of continuity? I see so many great photographers, who shoot all sorts of different photos, edit them to all look the same giving continuity. That's so difficult to do if you're not in the same light/setting for all your photos. I personally like light and airy photos, but even all my light and airy photos differ from one another. Would this help?
Hi I don't have the Colour Look up option ?
I have ( Paths to Illustrator... ) and (Render Video...)
awesome!
Thank You!
Wow!...
After watching this i wonder...
Have you though of making a tutorial about color grading video in Photoshop?...
Is this posible or cost-effective?
Thanks! I color grade all of my videos in PS using Color Look-up tables. VERY effective, especially for a not Premiere guy like me.
hmm when I click "Export" I can only see Paths to Illustrator, Render video and Zoomify options and nothing else. Also whenever I try to load any presets for color lookup it just doesn't find them I can't add them in nor can I create my own cus I can't export anything. help pls ?
If you are using CS6 you will not have access to saving your own
Thanks again!
thank you
Welcome!
Hi Blake,
I tried to order one of your LUT via the link... but when I click on a product, I get this as a message: This product combination does not exist.
How can I order it?
best regards
bro abstract flter are not showin in my colour look up what i do
how can we edit color lockup and see from which combinations of adjustment they made? thank you
Unfortunately you cannot. They are essentially flattened adj layers and cannot show you what was done to make them.
@@f64Academy Thank mate xD
after I export it and save it just as you say, I pull it up and it loads with all kinds of distorted colors! I swear I am following your instructions step by step. What could be going wrong?
Are there any masks in the layers? Masks do not translate into LUT's and will produce wild results.
Hii! I loved your tutorial but have none installes by default >(
The original of your photo is absolutely stunning! You should have used a different image that wasn't so impressive in the first place.
Can't win them all I guess....
does cs6 has the colour lookup table....because i cannot see it in mine
I don't believe so
Fery GuuuuuD, I Like That.
can you tell which software did you use make HDR image?
usually photomatix
+f64 Academy tks q so much for your reply
im tryna create my LUT and after clicking file and export i cannot find color lookup as part of the options there. please helpppppp
Are you using PsCC? If not you cannot save a LUT in CS6
@@f64Academy YEAH I HAVE A PC AND PSCS6
you forgot to mention you need to have a background layer at the bottom of you layer stack
Tutorial starts at 2:15
Woof!
My 3DLUT menu unclickable .. why ?
hi blake can u please send me Turquoise-Sepia, Sienna-Blue, Pastel 8 Hues, Green-Red, icc files
Please Bro send in drive link please
A few questions arise.
1. Can gradient maps be saved in a LUT? In other words, will the LUT know what colors are used in that gradient map?
2. Can hand painted layers be saved in a LUT with their corresponding blending mode? Or are LUTs limited to adjustment layers only?
3. Are masks of adjustment layers saved in a LUT?
4. Can LUTs be put in subfolders of the LUT directory, and that subfolder become collapsible in the list of LUTs?
5. Can sharpening layers created with Filter/Other/highpass be saved in a LUT?
6. Can a LUT, after fine tuning it to an image (lowering opacity, changing or adding hue setting, or adding a new adjustment layer etc.) be re-saved using a different name?
I know that's a lot of questions, but I seem to be spending more time learning than doing. Please save me some time. I think these LUTs are the last on my list to learn (I hope).
You the man, +Blake! Most all of your videos are clear, to the point, and intelligent. I really appreciate all that you've done for the PS community and I think I speak for others when I say this. You're a good man, Charlie Brown! PS would be much more difficult without what you've contributed. Thanks for every video you've provided!
1. Yes
2. I wouldn't recommend painted layers or masks. Just ADJ Layers
3. I wouldn't recommend masks with LUT's, that can get tricky.
4. Not to my knowledge
5. Probably not a good idea. They are pixel-based layers, pixel layers dont play nice with LUTS
6. Yes
Glad I can help. Just know there are three different types of layers:
1. Vector based: Shapes and Text
2. Pixel Based: Images and Masks
3. Adjustment Layers: Curves, etc
LUT's play nicest with Adjustment Layers as they know no bounds and are versatile. Pixel and Vector based layers are restricted to what they were used on.
Hello blake,one question,where can I find the picture that you used in the video?It is beautiful and since i have a professional photo printer I wanted to print to myself that picture to put in the living room but i cannot find it anywhere,can you help me?thank you and keep up the good work man :)
No! That is called illegal, my friend. However, if you want to purchase a print you can email me and I'd be glad to send you an invoice!
Thank you from the land of Santa Claus :)
Aarrrggghhh!!! HDR Tonemapped images in 2019. I thought we had seen the last of these ugly things.
Yeah this video was not produced in 2019! It is much older.
So in reality you are making Photoshop Presets like in Lightroom, and not Actions.
Not necessarily. I only say that because the effects of a preset are visible with slider adjustments even after they are made. With a lut those effects are baked in. Also LUTs can be used to make profiles for ACR and LR. So they are different, but have similarities.