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kriskirk2015
kriskirk2015
Participant
February 12, 2020
Question

Videos not exporting with LUT

  • February 12, 2020
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Hello, 

Is there anyone that can help with this issue.

Whenever I add a lut to an image, either under basic correction or creative, when I export the video doesn't have the LUT adjustments on it.  

I've tried Luts that come as standard, or ones I've purchased. 

I've tried different computers and different versions of Premiere pro.

I've tried putting the LUT on as an adjustment layer or right on the video layer

I've also tried exporting as a quick time instead of a MP4... 

 

Nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance

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R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
February 13, 2020

Kris,

 

As you will read in the link Ann quoted, QuickTime player (an Apple product) has troubles. In fact, the Mac OS has a huge load of trouble. The Retina monitors are nearly all "Display-P3", and of course controlled by the ColorSync utility of the Mac OS, the Mac-only slightly bizarre compilation of partial color standards into one unique and way-out color 'standard'.

 

It's a major pain in the tush for colorists. Colorists work to a STANDARD ... for the vast majority of media, the professional delivery is sRGB primaries under the Rec.709 profile (using both camera and dispaly transform functions), gamma 2.4 (occasionally 2.2) ... and 100 nits brightness.

 

Why? If everything produced professionally is produced to that standard, then ... first, anyone wanting to get "correct" viewing knows what to set their gear to, and 2) on all gear no matter whether calibrated or not, all material produced under strict standards will look the same (relatively) as all other pro produced material.

 

A lot of colorists work on Macs ... but there is no Mac monitor that is a fully competent "Grade 1" pro reference monitor. So pro colorists get Grade 1 reference monitors and use their Mac monitors for the UI of the applications.

 

How do they handle the client's viewing on poorly controlled and bad color systems? With a ton of information. There's even one particular iPad that has notably better representation of Rec.709 than most other portable devices, and a colorist I know of has (as he puts it) "a stack of them to loan to clients during jobs as the only thing they are to view the project on outside his suite for comparison purposes".

 

In general, it's a major and continuing problem.

 

But if you don't produce to that near-universal production standard, then ... anything you do may look better on one system ... but will look worse and will look off-kilter on all other systems out there, compared to other professional media.

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    February 12, 2020

    And how are you determining how the file looks after export? Are you re-importing as part of the export process (there's a checkbox for that) which is the best way to check output quality?

     

    If you're viewing in say Quicktime player after exporting, no ... it will never look nearly the same as in Premiere. So ... as has been asked, what is your OS, your monitor setup, and how you view the file after exporting?

     

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
      kriskirk2015
      kriskirk2015Author
      Participant
      February 13, 2020

      Hi Neil, 

      To be fair no I'm not re-importing as part of the export process.  I'll try that. I was viewing it on QuickTime as that's what my clients will be viewing it on. 

      I often end up taking the file into photoshop, adding lots of curves and saturation and then exporting it like that, which works, but is often cumbersome and clunky.

      Forgot to add above that my monitor is an Eizo color calibrated monitor. (I'm a photographer by trade and very specific about color)

      The other thing worth mentioning is that I have the same problem on my laptop as I do on my desktop.

      Thank you (and everyone else) for your help

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 13, 2020

      If you are viewing them in QT might want to read this doc:

      FAQ: Why does my footage look darker in Premiere

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 12, 2020

        Did you install the lut in the proper folder?

        FAQ: Premiere Pro Lumetri Color Custom LUT directory.

        kriskirk2015
        kriskirk2015Author
        Participant
        February 13, 2020

        This includes LUTs that are pre installed. So they should be in the proper folder.

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 13, 2020

        You did mention: or ones I've purchased...

        V
        Adobe Employee
        Vinay D.
        Adobe Employee
        February 12, 2020

        Hi kriskirk2015,

         

        We require more information regarding the OS, Prmeiere Pro version, system information including Graphics card or GPU information to provide some suggestions or to identify the issue.

        //Vinay

        kriskirk2015
        kriskirk2015Author
        Participant
        February 13, 2020

        Working in Catalina, with premiere pro 2020. It's a brand new Mac Pro 2020 so everything is fresh and powerful

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