Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🎨 A color table 🧱 A sealing paste
lut

lut

9.9
A table used to change colors in photos or video by replacing input values with output ones
  • noun
  • /lʌt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : LUT
  • Simply by selecting a different LUT, you can change the feeling of the scene.

Examples

  • The DIT is there to set LUTs, manage the color, and keep it consistent through to post, along with being the last line of defense in viewing footage.

    Blog text (21)

  • The LUTs are mathematically derived from a characteristic curve for the printer, normalized exposure values for each feature, and a programmable boldness value.

    Academic text (1997)

  • I'm going to bring in the the setup I have here with the LUT and the curves and the color.

  • My thinking is for some reason custom Luts support was just too much to add an upgrade.

  • There are two LUTs, one for all the features classified as vertical and one for horizontal.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Nice, nice presets, nice Luts on it, I reckon.

  • So the original set LUT uses these variables LUTV, COM zero and LUTWW.

  • I light by eye, not by LUTs or waveforms; I don't believe in them, never have.

    Blog text (21)

  • Students learn about image enhancement through the LUT (luminosity), image measurements, and image sequencing and comparison.

    Academic text (2007)

  • By applying the correct LUT, the colors in the video became more vibrant and true to life.

Compounds

Dasht-e Lut
9.9

A very hot desert in eastern Iran with unusual salt and sand formations

Lut Desert
8.1

A large desert in eastern Iran that has very hot weather and salt flats

Surface Forms

lut singular
luts plural

Morphology

lut = lookup + table (semi-transparent) = L + U + T

The term is an acronym of 'lookup table' (a compound whose meaning is clear), but as a technical initialism it is specialized and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Lut is a short form of lookup table, where you 'look up' one value to find another in a simple table. That is why a lut in video or photo work is a ready list that quickly maps input colors to new output colors.