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lelandschmidt
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June 15, 2017
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Importing LUTs into Lightroom

  • June 15, 2017
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How does one import color LUTs into Lightroom? When in Premiere I can import the LUTs (.cube) to use on videos and want to do the same but in light room for photos. How does one do this? Do i have to convert the LUT preset into a different type of file? Thanks

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    Correct answer erikb36753266

    I know this thread is a little old, but I found a tutorial on YouTube that gives a roundabout way to get .cube LUTS into Lightroom via the Camera RAW module in Photoshop. Worked great for me.

      How To Install Your Own LUTs in Adobe Lightroom 7.3 - Lightroom Classic CC Tutorial - YouTube

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    erikb36753266
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    October 3, 2018

    I know this thread is a little old, but I found a tutorial on YouTube that gives a roundabout way to get .cube LUTS into Lightroom via the Camera RAW module in Photoshop. Worked great for me.

      How To Install Your Own LUTs in Adobe Lightroom 7.3 - Lightroom Classic CC Tutorial - YouTube

    Sean McCormack
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    Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
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    October 3, 2018

    Hi Erikb,

    Yes indeed, the only way with the new system is to add them via Camera Raw. The same for making your own Profiles from Presets.

    Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
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    XavierDominique
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    January 31, 2018

    Lightroom has a lut feature called LCC or file extension icm. For more examples go to lutify. I believe they are the first to create a lut for lightroom beside adobe themselves.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    January 31, 2018

    I recently released Apply LUT, a plugin that applies 3D LUTs to photos in Lightroom, which works quite a bit different from Lutify.  Apply LUT acts like any other external editor, creating a 16-bit TIFF for the result of applying the LUT. Whereas Lutify uses Develop Soft Proofing and virtual copies. Apply LUT uses the widely used .cube format, whereas Lutify uses the less popular ICC profile format. Both require you to import the LUT into LR before using it.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    June 15, 2017

    Many people have asked for this feature -- please add your me-too vote and details of why you want it to this feature request in the official Adobe feedback forum: Lightroom: Ability to use 3D LUTs | Photoshop Family Customer Community . The more details of why you want it, the more likely you'll influence Adobe.

      john beardsworth
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      john beardsworthCommunity Expert
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      June 15, 2017

      Lightroom doesn't use LUTs. It has its presets.

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      lelandschmidtAuthor
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      June 15, 2017

      That doesn't exactly answer my question. How would one create a .cube file format into a preset that Lightroom can use?

      john beardsworth
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      john beardsworthCommunity Expert
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      June 15, 2017

      I doubt that is possible. Lightroom has its own system of applying styles or consistent looks - presets. I suppose you could apply a LUT to some video in PP, render out before and after JPEGs, then import both into Lr and manually adjust the first so it matches the LUT version, then save your work as a preset which can be applied to many images. But that's a lot of manual work. Just because LUTs are used in PP, it doesn't make them relevant in Lr.

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