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Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Legend
Apr 1, 2016 7:17 PM UTC
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FAQ: Premiere Pro Lumetri Color Custom LUT directory and location

Lumetri Color Custom LUT directory

 

Common question: Where do I place custom and third party LUTs?
You may have read on the internet that you can add LUTs to the Premiere Pro application folder. DO NOT DO THIS!

 

Though placing LUTs in folders in the app package can work for a single user within Premiere Pro, the workflow falls apart once you update Premiere Pro to a new version, share a project, or even send a sequence to Adobe Media Encoder.

 

Beginning in version 12.1.2, follow these instructions for installing custom LUT files and to have them appear in the Lumetri Color panel. You can also share the project and export in AME with this technique.

 

You can install custom LUT files and have them appear in the Lumetri Color panel. To install custom LUT files, create one or more of the directories listed below and then copy your custom LUT files to that folder.

 

Adobe Documentation: Install Custom LUT files

Custom LUT directories macOS Windows
Available only to the local user /Users/<user_name>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/LUTs/Creative

 

/Users/<user_name>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/LUTs/Technical

 C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\LUTs\Creative

 

C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\LUTs\Technical
Available to all users /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/LUTs/Creative

 

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/LUTs/Technical

 C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\LUTs\Creative

 

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\LUTs\Technical


Premiere Pro scans the folders at launch and loads LUT files from these directories. LUTs in the Creative directories appear in the Creative Looks dropdown, and LUTs in the Technical directories appear in the Input LUT menu.

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    Charles38967273k665
    Inspiring
    Jul 10, 2025 6:00 AM UTC

    I imported about 70 luts. In Creative, everything is available up to SL Bleach HDR. Everything below that, when I click on them, they all just load SL Bleach HDR. I have the latest premiere pro from creative cloud,

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    Jul 10, 2025 6:25 AM UTC

    First, I don't know, from your post, whether you loaded those in the correct user locations, or added them into the folder with the Adobe provided LUTs, which as is stated above is wrong.

     

    Second, they do seem to have a limitation of the number of LUTs it will recognize. 

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    Charles38967273k665
    Inspiring
    Jul 10, 2025 9:25 AM UTC

    Thank you for your reply. Which is the correct location? Too many responses. Since my user name is user, I put them into 

    C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\LUTs\Creative

     

    C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\LUTs\Technical

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    braydon
    braydon
    Inspiring
    Jan 23, 2025 5:36 AM UTC

    Hi @Kevin-Monahan - could you please update these instructions to take into account that the 'Technical' and 'Creative' folders no longer exist by default on a fresh install, and the user must create the folders themself before copying LUTs in? 

    This is a post I refer to regularly, it's invaluable for me - especially with so much incorrect information out there about where to put LUTs. Thank you for providing it to us.

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      Mario272924196baf
      Participant
      Feb 15, 2024 12:24 PM UTC

      Hi Guys,

       

      I cant find my LUT Folder...

      Thanks!

       

      Best,

      Mario

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      MLu91
      Participant
      Mar 20, 2024 10:22 AM UTC

      Hallo Mario. 

       

      Es gibt auch einen Library Folger unter "Benutzer:innen". Versuche es mal da.

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      ashley2758971421nb
      Participating Frequently
      Jan 7, 2024 9:34 AM UTC

      thank you!

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        Tuhin S Polley
        Tuhin S Polley
        Participant
        Mar 26, 2024 8:42 PM UTC

        March 2024 and now the directory is this : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro 2024\Lumetri\LUTs\Creative

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        R Neil Haugen
        R Neil Haugen
        Legend
        Mar 26, 2024 8:49 PM UTC

        Use that at your own peril, of course. It's the wrong place for user added LUTs, but go ahead!

         

        Add any LUTs to that, and you change what LUTs are used on any previous selection if any LUT you add will sort to a 'higher' (earlier) place in alpha-numeric sorting.

         

        Say you apply "AlphablueCheese" to a clip.

         

        Now, you add a LUT called "A 1" to the folder.

         

        Go back to that sequence. A different LUT is now applied, as what you did changed the sort order.

         

        Besides, if you work with Ae or send an export to MediaEncoder, the LUT you applied won't get used either place.

         

        That's why it's important to use the correct locations, as specified, for USER added LUTs.

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        MLu91
        Participant
        Nov 28, 2023 2:28 PM UTC

        When I put them in the "App Folder" and I select a LUT in Lumetri, the drop down menu "sticks" to it. Meaning: when I open the dropdown menu, the LUT is selected. 

         

        BUT, when I put them inside the "Application Support" folder, Premiere Pro behaves strage. It seems to forget, what LUT I selected. The dropdown in Lumetri dies not remember the postion (Neither does the little preview screen below. It allwasy starts with the top lut when I circle throug the luts. This is very annoying. Why is this happening?

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        Xabi1986
        Participating Frequently
        Oct 18, 2023 11:00 AM UTC

        Hi

        We have all LUTs in the follow path: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/LUTs/Creative

        Then we open the Creative Looks dropdown, we could not see all of LUTs. 

        We only see in alphabetical order but in the letter K it stops and it does not show more Luts. Could it be that the dropdown window has a maximum to display? 

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          R Neil Haugen
          R Neil Haugen
          Legend
          Oct 18, 2023 6:23 PM UTC

          Yes, that could very well be it. From what I can gather, it maxes out somewhere around a 100 added LUTs or so. Not sure what the number is, or how it's calculated.

           

          Many of us users have pushed for say the ability to have subfolders ... and have them 'show' ... so you could say, select a subfolder on the dropdown list, and see what's in that subfolder. Which would be awesome for organizational use. And therefore finding specific LUTs as needed.

           

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            Xabi1986
            Participating Frequently
            Oct 19, 2023 7:58 AM UTC

            Thanks Neil.

             

            As of today, is there any solution to solve this problem?

             

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            Daniel Demoustier
            Participant
            Oct 5, 2023 9:29 AM UTC

            So , I followed all the steps, created a new LUT's folder in Common, created a new Creative folder and added the Canon luts in there. Restarted Prmiere Pro, but they are not there ????

             

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              R Neil Haugen
              R Neil Haugen
              Legend
              Oct 5, 2023 4:10 PM UTC

              A screen-grab of your folder tree in the top of the finder/explorer window, showing your LUTs folder with the LUTs in it would help us check things.

               

              And a screen-grab of the Creative tab's drop-down slot, showing what's there of course.

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              Vylaern
              Vylaern
              Inspiring
              Nov 1, 2022 6:11 AM UTC

              Hi,

              I moved ALL LUTs into recomended folder to all users, and I got them doubled. I have checked other folders, and thet are empty? What to do? Please see a photo enclosed.

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              R Neil Haugen
              R Neil Haugen
              Legend
              Nov 1, 2022 3:40 PM UTC

              Do you have those LUTs in only one folder?

               

              Neil

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              Vylaern
              Vylaern
              Inspiring
              Nov 8, 2022 12:31 PM UTC

              Hi Neil,

              I realized I got two: Adobe Premiere Pro 2022 and Adobe Premiere Pro 2023.

               

              Sorted now.

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              bookendphotography
              Participant
              Oct 19, 2022 1:10 AM UTC

              I don't have a LUT folder in the Common folder: 

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              R Neil Haugen
              R Neil Haugen
              Legend
              Oct 19, 2022 1:17 AM UTC

              Have you looked within that 7.0 subfolder? And if you don't have the folders, you need to create them.

               

               

              Although rather than using the Library location, I recommend using the Package files (Program files on PC)/Adobe/Common/LUTs and making sure within that LUTs folder are Technical (Basic tab of Lumetri), Creative (Creative tab of Lumetri), and Input (Input LUTs for the new color management option in Modify/Interpret Footage) folders.

               

              Neil

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              Baffy19
              Legend
              Oct 19, 2022 6:08 AM UTC

              Neil, is it necessary to create a third Input folder for interpreting the material? What will be the difference if we develop the material using the LUT installed in the Technical folder? Will parts of the color image be cropped if using a LUT from the Technical folder?

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              Xabi1986
              Participating Frequently
              Nov 11, 2021 5:33 PM UTC

              Hi,

              We created the following path:

              /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/LUTs/Creative

              The result is that the creative LUT that we input in this folder is OK when the ''color'' window (TIMELINE) but when we are going to export we could not find the LUt.

              For apply the LUT when we are exporting the time line? which is the path?

              Thanks.

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              R Neil Haugen
              R Neil Haugen
              Legend
              Nov 11, 2021 5:56 PM UTC

              If you've applied the LUT on the sequence, you should not need to apply that to the export. It should be applied automatically if in the spot you listed, and used in the Creative tab's dropdown slot in Lumetri.

               

              Neil

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              Xabi1986
              Participating Frequently
              Nov 12, 2021 9:11 AM UTC

              Thanks Neil

              I agree with you but we need apply the final LUT in exportiom step. Is any problem for that?

               

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