Yes, if you haven’t seen this before, it’s probably a bit daunting, but trust me – it’s not all that scary. 3D LUT Creator can also be used to create custom ICC profiles for. Looking at the Coloring panel, you can see there are quite a few tabs located on the right side of the screen with tons of different adjustment options and random buttons. For example, it’s an elegant way to import LUTs into Capture One even though Capture One doesn’t necessarily support this. Now that you’ve thought about the colors in your raw footage, and have started thinking about the colors you’d like to add/pull back for your final color grade, let’s go ahead and hop into the ‘Color’ tab so we can get down to the nitty-gritty. From here, you can navigate to the LUTs folder. If you were sitting on your couch, watching this scene on TV, what would make it feel real? These are the things that make a good colorist – noticing those little details that will change the way a viewer will feel about something. You can find this by right-clicking on an image in Photoshop and selecting Open File Location.
When you’re thinking about your color grade and you’re asking yourself these questions, be sure to think about your final project from the consumer’s (viewer) perspective.
#IMPORT LUT INTO PREMIERE SKIN#
Once you’ve imported your footage, I always recommend watching the raw clip once through (or at least clips of the scenes you’ll be color grading) so you can see what you don’t like about the existing colors – are the skin color tones realistic? could the sky or water be colored differently to create a different emotion?
#IMPORT LUT INTO PREMIERE PRO#
Let’s get started by opening Adobe Premiere Pro and importing some footage. Whatever you or your team decides, you can create, it all just depends on if the colors make the final cut look better and more realistic. Obviously if you are going for a western look and you color grade it for more of a blue tone, then you’re not going to emit the right feeling with the color tones, but it’s all about preference and choice. Besides, with color, there is no right answer.
Now, looking at video footage and seeing how nice something looks can be intimidating, but I promise, once you start playing around with your footage and the colors, you’ll be quite alright. In the Lumetri panel, expand the Input LUT dropdown and select Browse. Importing a LUT in Premiere To apply the LUT to another clip, import it and add it to your sequence. Getting Started with Making Your Own LUTs Choose a folder, name your LUT, and dump it in.