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Generating a LUT with Photoshop

Generating a LUT with Photoshop

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Generating a LUT with Photoshop

- Earlier, we took a brief look at lookup tables. I want to show you how robust Photoshop is, so you can take an image and generate lookup tables. This allows you to easily fix problems within a clip, or come up with entirely new options very easily. In this case, we've got a few lookup tables ready to be built. The cool trick is that several adjustment layers can create a look. LUTs or lookup tables are very popular for both photo and video, they allow you to encapsulate a particular style very easily. Now for this to work, you need to have a background layer. It doesn't need a color chart like this, but this can be helpful. Use your adjustments to add any of the adjustments here. Any of these will work just fine. Let's pull that in a little bit and I'll add a curve. Now what I can do with that curve is easily tweak things. Let's use the on image tool here and do a little lift into the shadows, but I'll bring down…

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