Creating Presets, LUTs, and Profiles for Photography

Course details

Are you looking to save time and unlock new creative options in your photo editing workflow? Learn how to build custom presets, LUTs, and profiles in popular photo editing applications such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Camera Raw, Capture One, and Nik. Instructor Rich Harrington shows how to save your favorite adjustments as presets so you can use them again and again. Then he shows how to create lookup tables (LUTs) to make consistent, creative color adjustments. Finally, explore advanced options for creating lens correction profiles for any lens and camera combination, and use DNG camera profiles to calibrate your software. Once built, your new presets, LUTs, and profiles will become go-to tools, saving valuable time and providing a one-click, signature look for your photographs.

Learning objectives
Creating presets for Adobe applications
Creating Luminar and Aurora HDR Looks
The role and limitations of LUTs
Creating LUTs
Using LUTs in the photo editing workflow
Creating and managing Camera Raw profiles
Creating DNG camera profiles
Creating lens correction profiles

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - LUTs, presets, and profiles for photographers
02 - Exercise files

1. Understanding Presets for Adobe Applications

03 - The role of presets
04 - Creating a Lightroom Classic preset
05 - Creating a Lightroom preset
06 - Creating a Photoshop layer style
07 - Creating a Photoshop action
08 - Creating a Camera Raw preset

2. Working with Presets in Other Photo Applications

09 - Creating a Luminar Look
10 - Creating an Aurora HDR Look
11 - Creating an ON1 Photo RAW preset
12 - Creating a Capture One preset
13 - Creating a Nik preset
14 - Creating an Affinity Photo preset

3. Understanding Lookup Tables (LUTs)

15 - What is a LUT
16 - What are the limitations of a LUT
17 - Using LUTs with photo applications

4. Creating LUTs

18 - Creating a LUT with Photoshop
19 - Creating a LUT with 3D LUT Creator
20 - Creating a LUT with IWLTBAP LUT Generator
21 - Creating a LUT with Adobe Premiere Pro
22 - Manipulating LUTs with Lattice

5. Using LUTS

23 - Using LUTs with Photoshop
24 - Using LUTs with Luminar
25 - Using LUTs with Aurora HDR
26 - Using LUTs with ON1
27 - Using LUTs with Affinity Photo

6. Understanding Custom Adobe Profiles

28 - What is a Camera Raw profile
29 - Using Camera Raw profiles in Adobe Camera Raw
30 - Using Camera Raw profiles in Lightroom Classic
31 - Using Camera Raw profiles in Lightroom
32 - Building a custom Camera Raw profile
33 - Refining a custom Camera Raw profile
34 - Organizing Camera Raw profiles

7. Understanding DNG Camera Profiles

35 - What is a DNG Camera Profile (DCP) file
36 - Using a color profile target
37 - Creating a custom profile with the Adobe DNG Profile Editor
38 - Creating a custom profile with ColorChecker Passport software
39 - Using DNG Camera Profiles with Adobe apps
40 - Using DNG Camera Profiles with Skylum apps
41 - Using DNG Camera Profiles with Capture One

8. Using Lens Correction Profiles

42 - What are lens correction profiles
43 - Capturing lens correction data with a target
44 - Creating a custom profile with Adobe Lens Profile Creator
45 - Using custom LCP files with Adobe applications
46 - The Lensfun profile library

Conclusion

47 - Next steps