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Post by Sepiana on May 18, 2018 3:26:28 GMT
What are Lookup Tables (LUTs)?
Lookup Tables (LUTs) are presets used by the Color Lookup adjustment layer. When you apply this adjustment layer, Photoshop takes the original colors in your photo and remaps them according to which LUT preset you selected. Photoshop comes with a few built-in LUTs but you can add third-party ones such as the LUTs created by Frank (fotofrank).
www.photoshopelementsandmore.com/thread/4502/creating-color-combinations?page=2
Does Elements have Color Lookup adjustment layers? Can I use LUTs in Elements?
Elements does not have Color Lookup adjustment layers. This feature, which was introduced in PS CS6, is Photoshop-only.
Is there a workaround for Elements users?
Yes, indeed! If you have Elements 13 and above, you can use an add-on -- Elements+ -- created by Andrei Doubrovski.
Color Lookup |
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Post by Andrei Doubrovski on May 18, 2018 3:44:56 GMT
Thank you so much, Sepiana! Much appreciated  |
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Post by Sepiana on May 18, 2018 4:19:24 GMT
Andrei, you are most welcome!
As a side note -- We are the ones who should be thanking you for all the time and effort you have invested on creating and continuously updating this add-on.
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Post by fotofrank on May 18, 2018 4:47:47 GMT
I will say that Elements + does a good job of handling .cube and .3dl files to apply a film style/type to your images. Now I can use them in Elements.
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Post by Sepiana on May 18, 2018 5:04:10 GMT
I will say that Elements + does a good job of handling .cube and .3dl files to apply a film style/type to your images. Frank, I second that! Although I do have PS CC, I, I tried Elements+ (in PSE 2018). It worked perfectly!
As a side note, thanks for creating those LUTs and generously sharing them with our members!
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Post by Sepiana on May 18, 2018 15:56:41 GMT
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Post by Lillias on Jul 4, 2019 18:46:58 GMT
Just in case anyone doesn't know - Here is a link - it's only a short video on how to install LUT's in PSCC which I came across during my searches. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2gG6nFjpD4 |
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Post by fotofrank on Jul 4, 2019 18:53:27 GMT
A Color Look Up Table maps input to output colors. It is very powerful and photoshop allows you to create them once you have adjusted an image with adjustment layers. They can quickly give your images a repeatable unique look. I created a LUT to remove all colors but Blue. Just two layers and absolutely no masking.  |
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Post by hmca on Jul 4, 2019 18:54:57 GMT
I love this one, Frank!
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Post by hmca on Jul 4, 2019 19:04:26 GMT
Thanks for sharing that video, Lillias. He makes the whole process of adding LUTs very simple to follow. |
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Post by fotofrank on Jul 5, 2019 0:11:04 GMT
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Post by hmca on Jul 5, 2019 4:27:08 GMT
Had another try with this one, Frank. Was looking for an image that had a lot of blue. This is very cool!  |
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Post by tonyw on Aug 15, 2019 21:06:13 GMT
I've managed to confuse myself over LUT's. Photoshop has them, Camera Raw has them, Lightroom has them - but are they the same LUT's that work in all of them because the directions I've seen for loading them seem to vary a bit? Help! I've also seen LUT's and 3D LUT's referred to - are they the same thing? I've been used to using Camera Profiles in LR and Camera Raw and some things I've seen suggest LUT's and Profiles are the same thing but others suggest otherwise. And what's the difference between .xmp and .cube files (and LR also has .dcp and .lcp as import profile options). Looking for a simple explanation if there is one!
A confused Tony
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Post by fotofrank on Aug 16, 2019 2:18:36 GMT
A simple explanation - Maybe
Photoshop and elements+ have Color Look adjustment layers that allow you to apply an existing LUT(Look Up Table) file. Photoshop allows you to create a New LUT file from adjustment layers that are applied to an image, include blend modes. You can Export these adjustments to a LUT formatted file - I use ".cube". These cube files are what I have posted a few times. There are multiple file formats that you can select from.
Once you are in Adobe Camera Raw, you can create a new profile, that can be used in both Lightroom and Photoshop, this new profile can contain the ".cube" file as long as you know the secret handshake (hold down the option/alt key when you create the new profile).
The new profile can be used immediately in Photoshop, Lightroom has to be started after it was created for it to appear.
LUTS and camera profiles are not the something and are different file formats. Profiles can only contain a LUT, however they may contain more, remember the secret handshake. Lightroom uses profile not LUTs. If only a ".CUBE" file is put into a profile, depending how you look at, it's the same effect.
LUT created in Photoshop can be used in most programs that allow/accept .CUBE files.
Way past simple at this point.
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Post by tonyw on Aug 16, 2019 13:52:47 GMT
Thanks Frank: I'm doing some more reading and it's starting to come clearer. I started on the Adobe documentation on Advanced Profiles which was probably a mistake but starting to see how LUT's and XMP profiles are related but different. Going to have to use them some more and maybe make some to understand a bit more.
Tony
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