Creating Presets, LUTs, and Profiles for Video Pros

Course details

Are you looking to save time and unlock new creative options in your color grading workflow? Learn how to build custom presets, LUTs, and profiles in Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and other popular video editing applications. Instructor Rich Harrington walks you through the process of creating presets in Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut, Motion, and Resolve. Then he shows how to create LUTs in Photoshop, Premiere, Resolve, 3D LUT Creator, IWLTBAP LUT Generator, and Lattice. Finally, explore advanced options for creating lens correction profiles in many of the same applications. Once built, your new presets, LUTs, and profiles will become go-to tools you’ll use time and time again—saving you valuable time and enhancing the overall quality of your productions.

Learning objectives
Creating presets in different video editors
The role of LUTs
Creating LUTs in different video editors
Using LUTs in the video editing workflow
Correcting lens issues

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - LUTs, profiles, and presets for video pros
02 - Exercise files

1. Understanding Presets for Video Applications

03 - The role of presets
04 - Creating a Premiere Pro preset
05 - Creating an After Effects preset
06 - Creating a Final Cut Pro X preset
07 - Creating an Apple Motion preset
08 - Creating a DaVinci Resolve preset

2. Understanding lookup tables (LUTs)

09 - What is a LUT
10 - What are the limitations of a LUT
11 - The role of camera profile LUTs
12 - The role of corrective LUTs
13 - The role of creative LUTs

3. Creating LUTs

14 - Creating a LUT with Adobe Photoshop
15 - Creating a LUT or a Look with Adobe Premiere Pro
16 - Creating a LUT from a color reference target in Premiere Pro
17 - Creating a LUT with DaVinci Resolve
18 - Creating a LUT with 3D LUT Creator
19 - Creating a LUT with IWLTBAP LUT Generator
20 - Manipulating LUTs with Lattice

4. Using LUTS

21 - Using LUTs with Premiere Pro
22 - Using LUTs with After Effects
23 - Using LUTs with Final Cut Pro X
24 - Using LUTs with DaVinci Resolve
25 - An overview of using LUTs for photography software

5. Lens Correction and Lens Correction Profiles

26 - Using lens correction profiles in Adobe Photoshop
27 - Correcting lens issues with Premiere Pro
28 - Correcting lens issues with After Effects
29 - Correcting lens issues with Final Cut Pro X
30 - Correcting lens issues with DaVinci Resolve

Conclusion

31 - Next steps

Creating Presets, LUTs, and Profiles for Video Pros

Authors

Richard Harrington