CLUT - Color Look Up Table

Nitai

Newbie Joined: Feb 12, 2014 00:33 Messages: 39 Offline

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Mar 24, 2014 17:51

Hello Forum!

I was reading the manual for Color Director and saw an option for CLUT - color look up table - that can be applied to video clips on the timeline to make them cohesive in color scheme.

It says I have to choose the option and then select which CLUT I want to use. Well, when I choose browse, it takes me to my own computer. I thought it would be some existing presets, but apparently not. How do I proceed with this? Where do I find these CLUTs?

Please advise, thank you so much.

With respect,

Nitai

PIX

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

Mar 24, 2014 20:52

Hello Nitai,

I'm not too familiar with the use of CLUTs (also called LUTs or Colour Maps) in ColorDirector, but I'll share what I understand of it. You're right, in a sense. They are like presets that can be applied to photos/videos. They're useful for changing the "look" of your video & matching videos from different cameras.

LUTs come in a variety of formats, but only some are compatible with CDR - 3dl, .mga, .m3d, .cube and .csp

Unless you can make your own (I can't), you'd need to download/purchase them. They're not easy to find! Here are some free ones you can download - http://juanmelara.com.au/print-film-emulation-luts-for-download/ The files are in .cube format, so they're compatible with CDR. They may be of little use to you, but at least that will allow you to progress to the next step.

PIX


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Nitai

Newbie Joined: Feb 12, 2014 00:33 Messages: 39 Offline

Mar 24, 2014 22:09

Thank you, PIX, for the helpful information. Okay, at least I know I'm not missing something now. It would be really helpful if the program included something like that. Or, if there was some kind of plug in in PowerDirector/Color Director that allowed you to choose the colour palate from an existing video and have it be applied to other clips. Alas! Until I look more deeply into downloading these, what it takes and what it means, I'll just do the colour adjustment myself. Thanks again, most helpful!