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Using Artlist’s LUTs

Artlist LUTs are professional color grading tools that quickly transform the look of videos with ready-made color presets. Designed by expert colorists and built in the industry-standard Rec. 709 color space, Artlist LUTs help create a consistent style, match footage from different cameras, and add a cinematic finish to your projects with minimal effort. With Artlist, you can quickly apply LUTs in your editing software to speed up your workflow and give your footage a polished, professional look while maintaining a consistent aesthetic style across your projects. This article explains how you can easily browse, preview, filter, and download LUTs directly from the catalog.

What are LUTs?

Artlist’s LUTs (Look-Up Tables) are color grading files that help to quickly transform the look and feel of video footage. A LUT acts like a preset for a video’s colors, tones, and contrast, giving content a polished, cinematic look in just a few clicks, with no advanced color correction skills required.

Artlist offers a curated collection of high-quality LUTs designed by professional colorists for a wide range of moods, genres, and camera profiles.

LUTs save time in post-production by providing ready-made color grades that instantly enhance footage. They help with:

  • Creating a consistent style: Apply the same look across multiple shots or entire projects
  • Matching different cameras: Balance colors between clips shot with different cameras
  • Adding cinematic depth: Give your videos a professional, film-like finish

How to find LUTs in the catalog

  1. In the sidebar of the homepage, click Creative Assets.
  2. Click LUT’s.
  3. Select a sample clip at the top of the screen that best resembles your own footage to see how each LUT will transform it.
  4. Browse the catalog.
  5. Move the preview slider left and right to preview the impact of a particular LUT on the sample footage clip.
  6. Click a LUT thumbnail for a larger preview in a pop-up window.

How to filter LUTS

Artlist’s LUT filters help you quickly find the perfect look for your footage by letting you narrow down options based on Style, Tone, Saturation, Temperature, and Contrast, making it easy to match your video’s mood, genre, and visual vibe in just a few clicks.

To filter by Style and Tone, click the dropdown menus and select a category in each:

  • The Style parameter groups LUTs by their overall visual aesthetic or cinematic theme. This lets you choose a look that aligns with the genre, vibe, or storytelling style such as ‘Cinematic’, ‘Pop’, ‘Retro’, and ‘Modern.’
  • The Tone parameter focuses on the emotional feel and color temperature the LUT brings to your footage. It helps refine your style choice by dialing in the mood you want your visuals to communicate. Choose from moods such as ‘Dramatic’, ‘Bold’, ‘Hopeful’, and ‘Bleak’.

Click Filters on the right to adjust by Contrast, Saturation, and Temperature.

  • The Saturation filter sorts LUTs by how intense or muted their colors are. Choose between ‘Low’, ‘Medium’, or ‘High’.
  • The Temperature filter controls the overall warmth or coolness the LUT will apply to your footage’s color palette. Choose between ‘Cool’, ‘Neutral’, and ‘Warm’.
  • The Contrast filter lets you find LUTs based on how much they boost the difference between light and dark areas in your footage. Choose between ‘Low’, ‘Medium’, and ‘High’.

How to download, save and add LUTs to an artboard

Select any LUT:

  • Click download.
  • Click the star icon to save a track to Favorites.
  • Click Add to Artboard to select or create a new Artboard.

Understanding Color Space for LUTs

All LUTs in our catalog are designed in the Rec. 709 color space, which is the standard color profile for high-definition video production. This color space is widely compatible across video editing software and is ideal for most broadcast and web-based projects, as it reproduces colors accurately for HD displays. Using Rec. 709 ensures your projects maintain consistent, professional color quality across various platforms.

How to implement LUTs in an edit

  1. Open your editing software and import the footage or images you want to apply the LUT to.
  2. Create an Adjustment or Color Correction layer to apply the LUT without affecting the original footage.
  3. Load the LUT. Find the Apply LUT or Custom LUT option in your color grading or effects panel.
    1. In Premiere Pro: Go to the Lumetri Color panel and load the LUT under Basic Correction or Creative.
    2. In DaVinci Resolve: Right-click a Node in the Color workspace and choose 3D LUT.
    3. In Final Cut Pro: Drag Custom LUT from the Effects browser and choose your LUT.
  4. Adjust intensity, exposure, or contrast to refine the look.
  5. Apply to multiple clips.
  6. Copy the adjustment layer or apply the LUT at the project level for consistency across clips.
  7. Export your footage. The LUT will be applied during rendering.

Commonly asked questions

Which subscription plans include LUTs?

LUTs are included in subscriptions to any Max, Max Teams, or Footage & Templates plan, or as part of a Business plan.

Is there a monthly plan that includes LUTs?

We currently do not have a monthly plan that includes LUTs.

Can individual LUTs be purchased?

Individual LUTs are not sold separately. They are included with an annual subscription to a Max, Max Teams, Footage & Templates, or Business plan.

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