FAQ: Premiere Pro Lumetri Color Custom LUT directory and location

[Kevin-Monahan]

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.

[R Neil Haugen]

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.

[Xabi1986]

Thanks Neil.

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

[R Neil Haugen]

Nope. We still don't have folders available for use with LUT storage/organization.

[Kevin-Monahan]

The product team is aware of this issue and is working on a solution. Stay tuned!

Thanks,
Kevin

[Xabi1986]

Hi Kevin

Thanks for your answere. For us is very important solve this issue as soon as posible.

[Baffy19]

Support. Folder structuring is absolutely necessary here, otherwise it's chaos to search for and add the LUT you need. And we all know that it should be comfortable and clear.

[MLu91]

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?

[ashley2758971421nb]

thank you!

[Tuhin S Polley]

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

[R Neil Haugen]

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.

[Mario272924196baf]

Hi Guys,

I cant find my LUT Folder...

Thanks!

Best,

Mario

[MLu91]

Hallo Mario. 

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