Digital processing of infrared photos suffers from software limitations that slow down or even prevent a continuous workflow. The main limitations concern the restriction of white balance settings as well as the absence of an RGB channel mixer in derawtizers such as Lightroom or Camera RAW.
To overcome these limits and allow you to process your infrared photos from A to Z with these softwares, I have developed a pack of 12 LUTs optimized for both photo and video.
These infrared LUTs have been optimized to reveal their full potential with Adobe softwares, including Lightroom Classic.
They are based on a specific adjustment of the white balance combined with an optimized correspondence table to guarantee a wider and more subtle range of nuances than with a classic RGB channel mixer.
Advisable IR filters: from 695nm to 1000nm.
Features: this infrared LUT is dedicated to black and white, and offers a rendering that is both rich in shades of gray and well contrasted.
Black and white conversion is also supported, so you just have to apply this LUT to your RAW file and enjoy the result!
#2 - LUT classic white
Advisable IR filters: from 695nm to 720nm.
Features: this infrared LUT allows you to easily achieve bright white vegetation rendering typical of Hoya R72 or Kolari Vision 720nm filters.
The shades of white and blue can then be adjusted independently of each other for a personalized rendering according to your tastes.
#3 - LUT immaculate portrait
Advisable IR filters: from 695nm to 720nm.
Features: this LUT is dedicated to infrared portrait photography, revealing a milky and totally smooth skin and preserving the whiteness of the vegetation.
#4 - LUT colorful portrait
Advisable IR filters: from 550nm to 665nm.
Features: this LUT completes the LUT immaculate portrait by offering a more colorful and alternative rendering to portraits made with less selective infrared filters.
#5 - LUT soft gold
Advisable IR filters: from 550nm to 665nm.
Features: this infrared LUT allows you to easily achieve soft and subtle golden yellow rendering of vegetation. This rendering is more or less marked depending on the filter used.
#6 - LUT deep gold
Advisable IR filters: from 550nm to 665nm.
Features: this infrared LUT allows you to easily achieve a more dense and saturated golden yellow rendering than with the soft gold LUT. This rendering is more or less marked depending on the filter used.
#7 - LUT soft pink
Advisable IR filters: from 550nm to 665nm.
Features: this infrared LUT allows you to easily achieve a soft and subtle pink rendering of vegetation while maintaining blue skies. This rendering is more or less marked depending on the filter used.
#8 - LUT deep pink
Advisable IR filters: from 550nm to 665nm.
Features: this infrared LUT allows you to easily achieve a more dense and saturated pink rendering than with the soft pink LUT. This rendering is more or less marked depending on the filter used.
#9 - LUT soft irchrome
Compatible IR filter: IR Chrome filter from Kolari Vision.
Features: this infrared LUT allows you to correct the orange rendering of the IRChrome filter to bring back a bright red of the vegetation without impacting the other colors of the image.
# 10 - LUT deep irchrome
Compatible IR filter: IR Chrome filter from Kolari Vision.
Features: this infrared LUT offers a more intense and saturated rendering of red compared to the soft irchrome LUT.
# 11 - LUT soft NDVI
Compatible IR filter: Blue NDVI from Kolari Vision.
Features: this infrared LUT allows you to correct the magenta / orange rendering of the Blue NDVI filter to bring back a bright yellow of the vegetation without impacting the other colors of the image.
# 12 - LUT deep NDVI
Compatible IR filter: Blue NDVI from Kolari Vision.
Features: this infrared LUT offers a more intense and saturated rendering of yellow compared to the soft NDVI LUT.
New: discover my MLUTs for your videos and cameras!
MLUTs, or Monitor LUTs, are LUT files optimized for video. They can be loaded directly into compatible cameras and offer infrared rendering directly when video is taken. Each MLUT is optimized for a specific brand of camera, ensuring the best performance depending on the sensor they integrate.
Find my 12 infrared LUTs in MLUT format for your video projects, to use in your full-spectrum cameras, your monitors or your editing software. Seven major camera brands are taken into account:
- ARRI - LogC
- BLACKMAGIC - DaVinci Intermediate
- CANON - C-Log
- DJI - D-Log-M
- NIKON - N-Log
- RED - REDLog
- SONY - S-Log