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adding LUT's to Lumetri color?

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June 19, 2015
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Hello,

I'd like to add more LUT's to the dropdown menue in PPro cc 2015. Anyone knows the correct folder / path?

Thanks

Martin

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Correct answer Kevin J. Monahan Jr.

Hi Martin,

With 12.1, there is a new feature related to color correction and the Lumetri Color panel for adding LUTs to your editing system much more easily than before.

In the past, users had to add a single LUT at a time for any custom LUTs or packages of multiple LUTs. This became quite cumbersome in a good number of workflows and lead to unexpected behavior when users added LUTs incorrectly via hacking the app package.

This feature allows you to create a location for adding LUTs to Premiere Pro and other Adobe video applications en masse. For this feature to function properly, you will need to create specific folders in your computer before importing LUTs into them. In general, create the folders as follows:

Mac: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/LUTs
- /Creative

/Technical

Win: \Program Files\Adobe\Common\LUTs
- \Creative
- \Technical

Place LUTs in these folders, restart the application, and they will appear as you’d expect in the Lumetri Color panel and elsewhere, like in the Lumetri Color effect in After Effects.

Hope that helps.

Thanks,

Kevin

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timreynaud

Participating Frequently

There is no folder "Luts" in "Common" ... I always have to place the Luts in "Show package content"... ==> "Technical", and it' not the good method ...

Somebody has the solution to not have the error Lumetri message : "A low level exception occured in Lumetri" ?

Thanks.

Tim

R Neil Haugen

Legend

As stated in several places in the documentation and threads here, you go to that location and *create* the Technical and Creative folders.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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timreynaud

Participating Frequently

Ok but I have a problem ... I go on Application support/Adobe/Common and I

create a folder, I name him "Technical", I copy my Luts inside and now

there is no Luts available in PP. Nothing on Lumetri Panel, and if I check

the browser media nothing appear, nothing available ...

Tim Reynaud

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.

Correct answer

Community Manager

Hi Martin,

With 12.1, there is a new feature related to color correction and the Lumetri Color panel for adding LUTs to your editing system much more easily than before.

In the past, users had to add a single LUT at a time for any custom LUTs or packages of multiple LUTs. This became quite cumbersome in a good number of workflows and lead to unexpected behavior when users added LUTs incorrectly via hacking the app package.

This feature allows you to create a location for adding LUTs to Premiere Pro and other Adobe video applications en masse. For this feature to function properly, you will need to create specific folders in your computer before importing LUTs into them. In general, create the folders as follows:

Mac: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/LUTs
- /Creative

/Technical

Win: \Program Files\Adobe\Common\LUTs
- \Creative
- \Technical

Place LUTs in these folders, restart the application, and they will appear as you’d expect in the Lumetri Color panel and elsewhere, like in the Lumetri Color effect in After Effects.

Hope that helps.

Thanks,

Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

R Neil Haugen

Legend

SO welcome too!

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.

Community Manager

Hello Martin,

Unfortunately, this thread has become rather a dumping ground for your original issue.

I'd like to add more LUT's to the dropdown menue in PPro cc 2015. Anyone knows the correct folder / path?

Use the "Browse" function within the Lumetri Color panel to locate and import new LUTs. More info here: Color grading workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro CC

For all on this post, you should not add any items to the application package or you may experience unexpected behavior (much like some on this post are experiencing). Always add custom and third party LUTs, etc. inside Premiere Pro using the Browse function.

The application package is not meant for users to add or remove items to whatsoever, so if you insist on doing so, it will be at your own risk. We cannot troubleshoot Premiere Pro effectively when the application package has been tampered with.

If the Browse function or the UI is not working for you or exposing the files you need to use, please file a bug here.

Kind Regards,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

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Luke Mallinson

Participating Frequently

I have a folder of 50 .cube files that I would like to easily click through. I like the way you can click through the creative looks with a preview thumbnail in the Lumetri Color window and was wondering if it was possible to add my own to this list. Right now I am clicking browse to apply a look, which would be fine if I only had one look to choose from. But not having the power to easily click back and forward to compare looks and having to select browse every time is very time-consuming.

Please help

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Once upon a time, that seemed a good way to go. I used subfolders under the "built-in" folders, and it was slick.

However ... there have been some changes in the way the Lumetri panel relates to items in the program folder locations, and mixing in our own is not only officially frowned upon, but can cause issues where it mis-chooses a LUT to use.

So ... it's necessary to put them in a folder that can be found quickly in navigation to it. Sigh.

And ... file a feature request for a better LUT application process.

Neil

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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ABrikosas

Participating Frequently

After messing a lot, I have figured out a solution which involves no converting or other software use, just the notepad.

Create a simple dummy .look file (from Lumetri/Looks folder) by just copying any .look file and deleting all of the correction parameters inside the .look file using Notepad. (Open it as an administrator to save to same file in Program Files directory).

Once you got the dummy file, then import the LUT you want to Lumetri/LUTs/Creative. Copy the LUT name (with the .cube extension).

Then make a copy of you dummy .look file (to save one more for future use), open with notepad and change the <LUT> parameter at the end of the text to the LUT name you have copied.

Once that is done. Rename your new .look dummy file to a preferred name you want to show up on the Creative tab.

Done.

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Interesting ....following your steps, I got two files showing up in the Creative tab drop-down.

The first is the LUT itself, which shows in the preview window without a name at the bottom.

The second is clearly the Look file referencing the LUT, and it shows up with all parameters of the LUT applied plus the name of the LUT across the bottom of the preview window.

I think there's a step I'm not getting?

copy a look file
delete the section between "parameters" with all the adjustments
replace the name in the bottom section between quotation marks with the name of the LUT
rename the dummy Look file to the same as the LUT
put both in the Creative tab folder

This seemed to be your steps.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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ABrikosas

Participating Frequently

The way this works is that, the creative tab uses two files to make the final look, the first one is the .look file from Lumetri/looks, the second, a LUT file from Lumetri/LUTs folder. The 1st file modifies the final output, but also contain a link to the LUT .cube (or any ending) file. Both them combined gives the final look.

However, we could use the custom LUT file if we just made and used a .look file, which only links to the wanted LUT file, while not modifying the final color correction.
I added about 20 LUT myself so far. I'll add more once I need, because this process takes some time and it is kinda unconvienient to use.

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Anonymous

Anyone know how to group luts within folders in the "creative" pull down menu in Lumetri? For example, when you add a Deluts package in the creative folder: \Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015\Lumetri\LUTs\Creative\Deluts", the luts are mixed together alphabetically with all the other luts on the system rather than grouping them in a "Deluts" folder. When you have many different libraries for luts, this makes it quite difficult to navigate through them all. It would help if P Pro CC would keep the way the luts are organized within the file system.

Thanks!

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Yes, as I've noted before and above ... this would be a great assist to working within Lumetri panel. But ... it ain't how it's setup now.

So ... a feature/bug report filing, please ... this is really the one way to get such requests to and tabulated for the team managers and upper managers, who determine engineering budgets & tasks. They never respond, but it does get to all concerned ...

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

The one thing you can do at the moment is rename your custom LUTs using a prefix, essentially, so that it groups them by that at least.

Say ... all your Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks you give an MBL prefix, and those from Ground Control have a GC prefix ... that sort of thing. Or put a letter in front of the prefix, so that they come up in the order you want them to, and will all come up before the built-in ones.

A semi-clunky workaround for sure, but a few minutes doing this manually saves a TON of time when working.

And do file that feature request ... this is so needed.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

demi14

Known Participant

Having this same problem with missing LUMETRI LOOKS (Sixties 2 and Bleach Bypass 1) in the 2015.3 update. Is this still the recommended way to get them back? It is the only thing holding up a longterm project - since it was entirely unexpected to lose looks in an update.

dummergold

Inspiring

I reply here too demi14 because it helped you, so it might help others with same, as in getting look or lut to show in dropdown menu

I see in Premiere Pro 2015.3> Workspace> Color> Lumetri Color> Creative> Look

- that it drops down list from

- Windows(C)> Program Files> Adobe> Adobe Premiere Pro 2015.3> Lumetri> LUTs> Creative

so, I paste the SpeedGrade LOOK there, inside PP> LUTs> Creative

and now it is in PP> Lumetri Color> Creative> Look - drop down menu

NOTE: As of CC 2017 (12.1): Please do not add looks inside the app package any more. There is a new folder you can make. See the release notes for details or scroll down in this thread.

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.

Community Manager

Hi dummergold,

From what I've been told, you shouldn't reinstall these as they were designed for SpeedGrade not Lumetri, which have different compatibilities. Only reinstall those you need for project compatibility or do so at your own risk. More info: Re: adding LUT's to Lumetri color?

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

MadChinguun

Participant

How to add Lumetri to Adobe After Effects ?

dummergold

Inspiring

amarbaysgalanc95388599 wrote:
How to add Lumetri to Adobe After Effects ?

in After Effects, I select media in the Timeline> up to top menu> select Effect> drop down menu> Utility> slide over to pop out list> choose Lumetri Color

(I suppose you could achieve from After Effects - Effect and Presets> Utility> Lumetri Color)

then in After Effects - Effect Controls> arrow down fx Lumetri Color> arrow down Creative> and beside Look ' None' - I arrow down > pop-up menu and go the route of [custom]> pop-up 'Select a Look or LUT' and guide to my Look

J Baloney

Participant

I have been beating my head with this same issue! Here's how I got it to work for Premiere CC 2015 on MAC...

Mac HD -> Applications -> Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 -> Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015.app (right click to "show package contents") -> Contents -> Lumetri -> LUTS -> Technical Folder (creative folder didn't work) -> Copy and paste your .cube file into Technical folder (don't drag and drop, MAC doesn't like drag and drop).

I restarted Premiere, went into Lumetri Color window...in the Basic Correction heading I chose the Input LUT dropdown menu and BOOM, it was there.

NOTE: As of CC 2017 (12.1): Please do not add looks inside the app package any more. There is a new folder you can make. See the release notes for details or scroll down in this thread.

rickg1949

Known Participant

Be careful if you add LUTs to the /technical folder under Premiere. I added the Sony LUTs for my FS7. Opened a previously edited project and all the color work was shifted to a LUT four LUTs above the one that had been placed on each clip in the original edit. The 4 Sony LUTs were at the top of the dropdown list so the choice for each color corrected clip moved up the list. This was the same on any old project. So I moved the LUTs to another location and all returned to as it had been.

Bug??

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Beth A Edwards

Participant

Hi Rick 1949,

I am running into the same problem - as we add new LUTs the system does not seem to be referring to the name of the LUT, but the placement order - thus changing the color correction (LUT designation) on previous projects. This is definitely causing issues. You mentioned you removed the LUTs you had added and everything returned to normal. Within Lumetri, are you browsing for your LUTs? If so, do you happen to know if you move between systems, will the LUT link remain? For example, we have a project on an external drive that moves between editing systems (the systems are in different cities), if we put the LUT on the portable drive, will it automatically link? I'm going to test this myself, but you are the first person I have run across that is having the same problem, and thought I would check.

If we did want to keep the LUTs in the Technical folder, could we rename the new LUTs so that the would appear at the end of the list? For example, I have a LUT named "AC_A7S_709.cube". Would it work if I changed the name to something like, "Z1_AC_A7S_709.cube"? That way we could add LUTs and in essence keep the order.

Also, if you are willing to share, where did you get your Sony LUTs? I have found a few, but nothing directly from Sony.

Thanks Rick! I really appreciate any guidance you can give!!

Beth

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JTE312

Participant

I added a default LUT on my Macbook pro running latest El Capitan by going to system/applications/adobe premiere pro cc 2015/adobe premiere pro cc 2015.app (right click, select show package contents)/lumetri/Luts/Technical

If you have premiere open, close it then reopen. I shows up in the drop down list now.

NOTE: As of CC 2017 (12.1): Please do not add looks inside the app package any more. There is a new folder you can make. See the release notes for details or scroll down in this thread.

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Joey Foreman

Participant

This works perfectly. Thanks.

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