How to load a .cube LUT
Where the LUT menu hides in Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut, Capture One, Affinity and OBS.
Every LUT on this site downloads as a standard .cube file. Below is where each application keeps its LUT loader. If you would rather not install anything, the Filmgrid tool applies the same LUTs in your browser and exports at full resolution.
Adobe Lightroom Classic
LUTs load as profiles, not presets. In the Develop module open the Profile Browser (the four-square icon next to the Profile dropdown), click the + and choose Import Profiles, then select the .cube. It appears under Profiles and gets an Amount slider — which is the cleanest way to dial a look back to 40% without touching anything else.
Adobe Photoshop
Use Layer → New Adjustment Layer → Color Lookup, then in the properties panel set 3DLUT File → Load 3D LUT. Keeping it as an adjustment layer means you can lower the layer opacity to reduce the effect and mask it off where you do not want it.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Two places, and the difference matters. In the Lumetri Color panel, Basic Correction → Input LUT is for technical conversions such as log-to-Rec.709. Creative → Look is for stylistic LUTs like these, and it comes with an Intensity slider. Use Creative.
DaVinci Resolve
Copy the .cube into Resolve's LUT folder (Project Settings → Color Management → Open LUT Folder), then click Update Lists. The LUT then appears in the LUTs panel on the Color page — drag it onto a node, or right-click a node and pick it from the 3D LUT menu. Put it on its own node at the end of the chain so you can adjust it independently.
Final Cut Pro
Add the Custom LUT effect to a clip, then in the inspector set LUT to Choose Custom LUT… and pick the file. The Mix slider controls strength.
Capture One
Capture One reads .cube files as ICC-style LUTs through the Base Characteristics tool, or as a layer effect in newer versions. Place the file in the LUTs folder shown in Preferences and restart.
Affinity Photo
Layer → New Adjustment → LUT, then Load LUT. Layer opacity controls strength.
OBS Studio
For streaming, add the Apply LUT filter to a source and point it at the file. Note that OBS applies it live to everything on that source, including your webcam feed.
Three mistakes worth avoiding
- Applying at 100% by default. Most film looks are more convincing between 50% and 80%. Every application above has a strength control; use it.
- Applying before correcting. Set exposure and white balance first. A LUT applied to an image that is two stops dark will not rescue it — it will bake the mistake in.
- Stacking LUTs. Two film looks on top of each other do not average; they compound, and the second one is working on colours the first already moved.