Save up to 50% on every LUT pack · Instant download Shop now →
Get the LUTs

How to use LUTs in your editor

A LUT (look-up table) remaps the colours of your footage to a finished look. Here is how to load the Drone LUTs .cube files and Lightroom presets in the most popular apps. It takes about five minutes.

Adobe Premiere Pro

  1. Open the Color workspace and select your clip.
  2. In the Lumetri Color panel, open Creative and choose Look → Browse….
  3. Pick a .cube file from the download. Use the Intensity slider to dial it in.
  4. Tip: copy the files into Premiere's LUTs folder so they appear in the Look menu every time.

DaVinci Resolve

  1. Go to Project Settings → Color Management → Lookup Tables and click Open LUT Folder.
  2. Copy the .cube files into that folder, then click Update Lists.
  3. On the Color page, right-click a node and choose LUTs, then pick a look.
  4. For log footage, convert to Rec.709 on the first node and add the look on a node after it.

Final Cut Pro

  1. Open the Effects browser and drag Custom LUT onto your clip.
  2. In the Video inspector, open the LUT menu and choose Choose Custom LUT….
  3. Select a .cube file, or a folder to load the whole look at once.

After Effects

  1. Select your layer and apply Effect → Utility → Apply Color LUT.
  2. Choose a .cube file. Or use Lumetri Color → Creative → Look, as in Premiere.

Lightroom Classic & Lightroom

  1. In Lightroom Classic, open Develop, click + on the Presets panel and choose Import Presets.
  2. Select the .xmp files (or .lrtemplate for older versions).
  3. In Lightroom (desktop), go to File → Import Profiles & Presets. Presets sync to Lightroom mobile when you are signed in to the same Adobe account.
  4. On a phone without Lightroom desktop: open a .dng file in Lightroom mobile, tap ⋯ → Create Preset, and repeat for each look you want.

Tips for the best result

  • Correct exposure and white balance first, then apply the look.
  • For log footage (e.g. DJI D-Log), convert to Rec.709 before the creative LUT.
  • Lower the intensity or opacity if a look is too strong for a shot.
  • Use the same look across a sequence so the shots match.

Get the Cinematic Drone LUTs