Using and adding LUTs

TeeSquar

Newbie Joined: Dec 15, 2018 09:02 Messages: 2 Offline

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Dec 15, 2018 10:30

Okay, so new user here. A couple things.

1) I'm in the exploring the software phase and playing around with a few clips. When I apply a CLUT, it appears correctly in the edit preview and also in the produce screen, but when I go to view the actual video outside the program, the CLUT never gets applied and the video looks like the original. Other fix/enhance items get applied with no issue.

2) I have several LUT .cube files that I have used before in other software. How do I bring them into PD17?

Thanks in advance

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Dec 15, 2018 18:42

A couple of things. Please read the Read Me Before Posting sticky post at the top of the PD17 forum and follow the instructions for running and attaching the DxDiag results along with the exact PD17 version number. Sometimes problems like this are caused by outdated drivers or system configuration problems.

When you say you see the LUT changes on the timeline and "also in the Produce screen," does that mean you have this box checked?

That should be a direct read off of the output stream, and I can't imagine you'd see the CLUT effect there but not in the produced clip. If that's what's actually happening, maybe you could upload the original clip, the LUT you applied, and the produced clip to a cloud sharing service and post the link here for others to test out.

Use Google/Bing to search for CLUT .cube conversion. There are apparently two completely different and incompatible types of .cube LUTs, but I believe you'll be able to convert the incompatible ones to one of the supported PD formats.

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Dec 15, 2018 19:46

Hi TeeSquar -

You asked "How do I bring them into PD?" but you've obviously worked that out or your current issue wouldn't be happening.

If you take a look at this PDR17 screen capture, it shows the LUT application is visible at each stage (including produced file).

As optodata has suggested, uploading an original clip & the LUT you're using would help resolve the issue.

Cheers - Tony
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