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Over the last few years, with the explosion of more affordable color grading applications<\/strong> and video shooters capturing more RAW (flat) images, the term “LUT<\/strong>” is being used quite often. \u00a0But what exactly is a LUT and how\/why would you want to use it in your color grading projects? LUTs are not used to creatively grade a final result, they\u2019re used to make up a\u00a0difference\u00a0between a source and a result. In practical application…\u00a0the LUT will let you view your footage during editing more naturally than the flat, desaturated image originally recorded.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Some LUTs are used for on-set viewing, while others are designed for post production and color grading<\/strong>. Many video pros will use a LUT to determine how their video footage will look when printed to film, while<\/em> it’s still a digital file in their color grading<\/strong> app.<\/p>\n There’s now a ton of third party LUTs you can purchase\/download and apply to your projects and custom generators for creating your own LUTs (like this free generator from Arri<\/a>).<\/p>\n The following video tutorial by Andrew McKee of PixelWizard Post<\/a>\u00a0(below) demonstrates how to use a LUT in DaVinci Resolve<\/strong>. The LUTs for this particular exercise are taken from Juan Melara, a successful colorist we’ve featured previously on the Premiumbeat blog<\/a>. Download the free LUT files HERE<\/a><\/strong> and preview them in action:<\/p>\n
\nLUT stands for “Look Up Table<\/strong>“. \u00a0Simply put, it’s a formula of numbers that can mathematically translate set values in your image into another set of values<\/a>. A recent NoFilmSchool post<\/a>\u00a0defines it nicely:<\/p>\n