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pmr413
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June 6, 2020
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How can I batch create enhanced profiles from LUTs?

  • June 6, 2020
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Does anyone have a tool or suggestion for how to batch create enhanced profiles (.xmp files) from .cube files?  I've got a couple hundred .cube files that I'd like to convert into enhanced profiles for use in Lightroom/ACR.  It would take me days to bring all of these into ACR one at a time, and create the profiles manually.

 

I don't think this is possible to do with a Photoshop action.  Is there an app or a script available somewhere to do this?  Is there an SDK I should look at if I want to write my own script?

 

 

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jazz-y
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July 21, 2020

If something cannot be done using actions and scripts, then it can be automated using external utilities for recording the keyboard and mouse.
In the example below, I tried to make 20 profiles:

bez_soltani
bez_soltani
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July 21, 2020

That looks so complicated! 

I'm using a MAC and it's honeslty shocking to me that ACR doesn't have a batch import option. 

 

I also can't even import xmp presets into ACR. I can do it in Lightroom. 

 

I'm just confused. I am open to suggestions. 

 

Why can't I just drop them in a folder? I dont understand 

bez_soltani
bez_soltani
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July 21, 2020

Because when embedding a LUT in XMP, the CUBE content is additionally encoded by the camera raw plugin


I just wish there was a faster way. I have all these old VSCO Luts that I want to install

 

currently I have to create a new profile in ACR and embedd the cube file there. 

 

Then I can install that profile in Lighroom by referencing the xmp file that ACR created in some hidden folder 

Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 6, 2020

Do any of these links help?

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/exporting-color-lookup-tables-as-xmp-file/td-p/10171300?page=1

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw/is-it-possible-to-install-a-cube-lut-file-in-camera-raw/td-p/10394472?page=1

 

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    pmr413Author
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    June 23, 2020

    Hi!  Thanks for the response.  Unfortunately, they don't help me answer the crux of the question: importing the .cube files en masse.  I did read the SDK prior to posting the original question, so I follow the process for taking one .cube file, and getting the  resulting .xmp file.  I'm looking for a method to batch this process.

    bez_soltani
    bez_soltani
    Known Participant
    July 21, 2020

    this is currently impossible. Im trying to do the same thing

     

    But I guess I have to do them 1 by 1. 

     

    What color space are you using when importing the cube files? does it select the color space of the cube file automatically?

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