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More on Lookup Tables
Some of the settings will ask you to load a Lookup Table. To my
knowledge there are not many available online, so for now, stick
with the 27 basic settings and numerous other sub-color settings.

Getting Started

you want to apply some
color effects to in Adobe Photoshop. Save
the file under another name before moving
forward with any editing steps. Make sure
the Layers palette is open. If it is not, then
you can find this under the top menu bar:
Window>Layers. Click on the Layers
Effects button at the bottom of the menu. It
is a circle that is half filled and half empty.
From the pop-out menu, select Color
L ookup. There are three propert y
categories listed: 3DLUT, Abstract and
Device Link. Don't be fooled by the 3-D
name; this effect only remaps colors and
doesn't add any 3-D effects. To start, I've
selected the 2Strip look for my sample
image from the 3DLUT property drop-down
menu. You can see the color change when
compared to the original image. Because

OPEN AN IMAGE

these are layer adjustments, the amount of
the effect can be varied through the layers'
Opacity and Fill boxes.
I tried the TealOrangePlusContrast.
3DL from the 3DLUT file properties for a
different effect on the original image. You
can see the color scheme at 100%, then I
adjusted the opacity to 60%. You also can
experiment with setting the layer effect for
the Color Lookup. Try Multiply, Overlay
or Screen and experiment with some of the
others if you are familiar with them.
I also tried doubling the layer effect. I
did this by simply duplicating the layer
adjustment. Find it under the right-hand
drop-down menu of the Layers palette,
then select Duplicate Layer. While this
color scheme is not what I'm looking for,
you can see some of the flexibility that using
Color Lookup offers for editing.

I didn't like the extra layer effect, so to
remove it, I dragged that layer adjustment
to the garbage can at the bottom of the
Layers menu.
Some of the effects can be combined or
dialed in a bit more. You'll notice for the
most part there is not a lot of control over
the color effect. I selected the Kodak 5218Kodak 2395 effect and some additional
options appeared. You typically should
leave these options alone, but feel free to
experiment and see what they can do.
You can get a glimpse of how changing
some of the limited available settings treats
your image. For example, the BGR Table
Order becomes checked instead of RGB,
and if you switch them and check RGB,
a green and pink tint is applied across
everything. When I changed the Data Order
from RGB to BGR, it did the same thing

Here, you can see the 2strip
look from the 3DLUT
menu (left). You can see the
color change when compared
to the original image
(right).

Here, we tried the TealOrangePlusContrast.3DL from
the 3DLUT file properties for a different effect on the
original image. You can see the color scheme at 100%
(left) and the adjusted opacity at 60% (right).
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