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Colour grading & look development · Core

Look-up table

Also called: LUT, look up table

ELI5

A preset colour conversion or look applied to image values.

Used in conversation

“Can editorial try the look-up table before tomorrow’s review?”

Definition

A mathematical mapping that transforms input colour values into output values.

Here “Look-up table” means: A mathematical mapping that transforms input colour values into output values.

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains how recorded material becomes a finished, approved and technically deliverable work.

Connected terms

  • ASC CDLA LUT maps input values through a fixed transform; CDL stores a small set of adjustable colour parameters for exchange.
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