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Zaja_RH
Inspiring
April 23, 2026
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After applying LUT in material shot in Alexa, colours appear too bright and saturated

  • April 23, 2026
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Hi

 

I’m working with material shot in Alexa and when I apply the LUT the cinematographer gave me, the colours appear totally extreme and I know this shouldn’t be the case. Why is this happening? Thanks

    Correct answer Zaja_RH

    Hi 

    Thanks for your messages.

     

    ​@mattchristensen1 I’ve tried ticking preserve RGB and this did the trick. I thought that what mattered was that the ArriLog C4 was ticked. 

    Thanks for. your help

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    Zaja_RHAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    April 29, 2026

    Hi 

    Thanks for your messages.

     

    ​@mattchristensen1 I’ve tried ticking preserve RGB and this did the trick. I thought that what mattered was that the ArriLog C4 was ticked. 

    Thanks for. your help

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    Adobe Employee
    Sumeet_Kumar_Choubey
    Adobe Employee
    April 24, 2026

    Hi Zaja_RH,

    Welcome to the community! As Matt explained, it could be a color management configuration issue. Please share a detailed screenshot of the options selected under Lumetri Color > Settings tab. It will help us diagnose the issue properly.

     

    Thanks,
    Sumeet

    mattchristensen1
    Community Manager
    mattchristensen1Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 23, 2026

    LUTs are created with an expected input color space and an intended output color space. Anytime you get harsh or bad results with a LUT unexpectedly, it’s usually because one of those color spaces are not matching up.

     

    Your LUT, for example, might be expecting the material to be in the Alexia’s Arri logC color space. Modern versions of Premiere use a color management system that can detect this color space and color manage it into your working space (often Rec. 709). So then if you apply your LUT to a clip that’s already color managed into Rec. 709, you get an effect of sort of “double managing” the clip.

     

    You can opt specific clips out of color management by right clicking on the clip in the Project panel, choosing Modify > Color and then checking “Preserve RGB”. This removes the clip from the input color management, meaning it stays in the Arri logC space and then your LUT should look better on it.

     

    (the above is just an example of what might be the cause of your issue, it could also be something else)

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