What is the mood you’re trying to capture? For his image of an Elizabethan country house, I wanted and sombre and forbidding look, and this required black and white, some dodging and burning and subtle toning.
LUTs and what they are
LUT is short for Look Up Table. It's a kind of conversion profile that 'remaps' the luminance and colour values in an image on to new values. LUTs are widely used in cinematography to create a certain 'look' and they have now captured the attention of software publishers.
How LUTs work in photo-editing
LUTs are the new big thing in photo editing software, but what are they, how do you use them and why do they matter?
How to use LUTs in Alien Skin Exposure X4.5
The new LUTs feature introduced in Exposure X4.5 supports one of the newest trends in photography. LUTs (lookup tables) started out in cinematography as a way to apply a specific ‘look’ to a movie or scene, but they’re now catching on in stills photography too. They are like a basic conversion profile, or film simulation […]
The ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 LUTs filter and why I love it
LUTs are The Next Big Thing in photo editing. They’ve been used in cinematography and video editing for some time, but now they’re hitting mainstream photo editors too, and they are a really exciting innovation. That’s why it’s such great news that there’s now a LUTs filter in ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5. Update: On1 Photo […]
How to use Luminar LUTs
LUTs, or lookup tables, apply an instant ‘look’ to your photos by remapping the existing colours on to new ones.