How to Make a LUT In Photoshop

Making Custom LUTS in Photoshop

If you want to make a LUT in Photoshop, it’s actually quite simple. I’ll give it to you in a nutshell here and then break it down, step by step.

Create some adjustment layers on your image

Choose Files>Export>Color Look Up Tables

Choose 3DLut, or Cube

Name it and save it.

Watch the video to see all the steps and an explanation of what’s going on.

I also have a whole bunch of LUTS and goodies to give you right here.

Diana Ralph says:
March 10, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Thanks for these great tutorials !
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Kevin Drummond-Hay says:
March 11, 2021 at 4:16 am
Will the LUTS work in earlier versions of PS.
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Joseph Caruana says:
March 11, 2021 at 7:18 am
That is the brilliance of your tuts because every time one listens to one will learn something new and thus make him/her more PS proficient.Thanks buddy. there
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R Aber says:
March 13, 2021 at 4:21 pm
It really helps to both see the demo of how you create, save, load and use LUTs, Colin, as well as have the printed step x step to accompany that. Thx! I am going to experiment more with LUTs now.
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Kathy Burton says:
March 25, 2021 at 9:12 am
Thank You – I learn so much from your tutorials!
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Colin Smith says:
April 8, 2021 at 5:55 pm
Yes, they will work in earlier versions of PS
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Chumby says:
May 6, 2021 at 6:49 pm
This should be called “How to save your LUT” because it doesn’t teach you how to create the adjustment layers. I have 20 years experience in PS and never used such layers. Incomplete tutorial. EDIT: This comment applies to the written version.
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- Colin Smith says:
  May 11, 2021 at 7:49 pm
  Thats why I suggest watching the video as well, I sometimes don’t have the time to write out each and every step.
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Rabbii says:
December 21, 2021 at 2:14 am
I have some qustions about this LUT process……..
Can I add and export PNG image as .3dl or .Cube file????
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