23b - Advanced Color with Luts

About this video

This CapCut color lesson recommends using a LUT as an easier starting point that can give a better result than manual correction alone. The creator, whose transcript renders LUT as ‘L,’ describes a LUT as a universal color filter that can be used across programs and loaded on some cameras and monitors. He specifically recommends a manufacturer color transform LUT because the camera maker can scientifically reverse its own gray log footage back to a color space that looks good on screen, while still allowing adjustments before the filter is applied for higher quality. For his Sony log footage, he downloads Sony’s Look Profile 3D LUT package, extracts the zip, and uses only the number one LUT for Resolve / S-Log3 Cine. In CapCut, with an adjustment layer selected, he turns on the LUT section in the Adjustment panel, imports the file from Media > Adjustment, selects it from the Name dropdown, and notes a restart may be needed after import. The LUT provides a good starting point, after which he makes only small pushes to brightness, saturation, temperature, and hue instead of working through blacks, whites, and shadows. He notes the demo footage is heavily compressed and blocky when graded, switching Preview Quality to Quality Priority helps a little, and he removes the LUT for a graphic, using just saturation and contrast there.

Key takeaways

• A manufacturer color transform LUT is presented as the best starting point for log footage because it reverses what that specific camera did to create the gray image.
• Finding the right LUT means identifying the camera’s log profile, for example by checking the camera menus or searching for that camera and profile type.
• In CapCut, a LUT is imported under the adjustment layer’s LUT section and then selected from the Name dropdown; the creator notes CapCut may need restarting after import.
• After applying the LUT, the creator needed only small brightness, saturation, temperature, and hue adjustments rather than a full manual correction.
• Heavily compressed footage will look blocky when color graded; using your own high-quality footage and Quality Priority preview reduces that problem.

Episode details: published January 7, 2026 · 6:02 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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