{"id":14751,"date":"2015-03-04T11:55:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=14751"},"modified":"2015-03-04T11:55:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T16:55:51","slug":"photoshops-color-lookup-makes-complex-color-effects-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/14751\/photoshops-color-lookup-makes-complex-color-effects-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop\u2019s Color Lookup Makes Complex Color Effects Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOriginally designed for color grading film and video, Photoshop\u2019s Color Lookup feature offers novel ways to adjust color that will quickly reveal new possibilities in your images. Capable of performing extremely complex calculations extraordinarily efficiently, color lookup tables (LUTs) work by looking up a source color in a table and using the replacement color specified in the grid to transform it for the final destination.
\nLike Match Color and Gradient Map adjustments (See my last two articles for Digital Photo Pro.) the color effects Color Lookup generates are so complex they are not easy to previsualize. Like anything new, this takes practice. And these are new! Experiment and you\u2019ll find many rich possibilities. Unlike Match Color, Color Lookup is loaded with presets that will allow you to quickly explore many different effects, ones that are far more sophisticated than Gradient Map presets. In this way, using them can be as easy as using many smartphone app effects.
\nYou can also generate your own Color Lookup presets. To do this create a color effect you like with any with any combination of adjustments layers, Opacity and Fill, Blend If sliders, blend modes. (Layer masking and transparency will not be included, because alpha channel information in alpha channels is not included in the recipe.) Then go to File: Export: Color Lookup Table, name the file, and click OK. (I recommend the titles you give your presets include the color space you created them in.) These files are stored in Photoshop\u2019s Presets folder or if they\u2019re saved as ICC profiles in your operating systems Profiles folder. You can now use your custom preset at any time on almost any file by making a Color Lookup adjustment layer and choosing your preset. You can share your custom Color Lookups with others by giving them these exported files. Color LUTs created in Photoshop can even be used in other programs such as After Effects, Premiere, SpeedGrade and other applications that use color LUTs.
\nUsing Photoshop\u2019s Color Lookup you can choose to create color effects as subtle or dramatic as you like. This game-changing color adjustment tool may seem exotic at first because it offers a new way of thinking about and seeing in color. Once you become more familiar with this mindset you\u2019ll truly begin to see with new eyes. Isn\u2019t that what it\u2019s all about?
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