Carajp Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) I've just spent all day (!) creating a set of Affinity LUTs for all the Fujifilm film simulations. I have a shiny new X-S10 but I shoot in RAW so Affinity doesn't give me them. The free version of Capture One reads my camera and has all of them, but I just can't get away well with the interface (when I wanted to use a film simulation, I was doing a basic develop in C1, applying the LUT and exporting to Affinity as a TIFF, which was a bit of a faff). So I used 'Infer LUT', and a lot of patience etc to create LUTs for Affinity. I then checked them out by independently developing RAW files on both C1 and Affinity to end up with a base result where I couldn't tell the difference on my monitor (which is very colur accurate), as sometimes exporting a file from C1 gave me a completely different-looking picture on Affinity. (If you're thinking that this has been a headache, you're dead right!) This was to check the accuracy of my LUTs. First of all, I wanted LUTs so they'd be easier to use on Affinity and secondly, I have hundreds and hundreds of RAW files from my Fuji X-A7 - and C1 does NOT offer me the film simulations on that, so I had no other way of using them if I wanted to. So here's the thing. I obviously can't tell you how it comparies to in camera, but I can say the film simulation end result on Affinity is very nearly identical to the end result on C1 without the need to use C1. The only difference I can see is a slight variation in green which is visible but not great (and generally I preferred the Affinity LUT version). I also have literally no idea if they work equally well on ALL Fuji sensors/cameras because I've only just this second realised I haven't even tested them on the X-A7 raw files. I did have a set of LUTs previously that I know I downloaded from this forum posted by some kind soul. But I found they didn't work well for me (this was my X-A7 days, but I found the same with the X-S10 files); very intense and, even with opacity turned well down, they didn't seem to match JPG film sim shots very well. I'm actually very nervous writing this post. I'm relatively new to Affinity and this is the first post I've made on the forum and I don't know how people are going to respond to a random stranger offering gifts! Oh, and if you're a n00b like me, the film simulations have to be applied with a LUT layer from the Photo Persona. I try and do a fairly neutral develop just to make a reasonably toned and exposed picture and send it over to Photo Persona, add the film sim LUT and then make any further changes I might want. No idea if that's the best way, it's just the one I figured out. Fuji_LUTs_X-S10_-_X-Trans.zip Edited December 13, 2020 by Carajp Correction zhaosruibin, lepr, Jenna Appleseed and 8 others 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carajp Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 Now I'm a little bit older and wiser, I know I need to mention these LUTs were created in the AdobeRGB colour space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Resendiz Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 How did you create a lut from a jpeg? You mentioned using ‘infer lut’ then perhaps applied a bit of extra editing before saving out a final lut? Mind sharing a bit more detail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Resendiz Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I did a bit more research and understand how to use infer lut now. What I’m wondering now is can I select a RAW file as my base image and a Fuji generated JPG as my second and then use the resulting inferred lut on any raw file? This is what I’m attempting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Patrick Resendiz said: I did a bit more research and understand how to use infer lut now. What I’m wondering now is can I select a RAW file as my base image and a Fuji generated JPG as my second and then use the resulting inferred lut on any raw file? This is what I’m attempting. I recommend that you Develop the RAW file first to a TIFF, and use that in creating your LUT. Using a RAW file in any Affinity Photo context other than File > Open or File > New Batch Job may give unsatisfactory results. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carajp Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 I'm glad someone wiser and more knowledgeable than me showed up! I did all that stuff, but I'd have to learn again from scratch now as I've completely forgotten how I did them. I do remember there's an official Affinity video on how to go about inferring LUTs though. But I add my voice to the recommendation that you develop your RAW file first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapit Zulkefli Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 after knowing luts I guess its okay for me to edit each of image individually although Photo not like Lightroom. For batch editing, we might opt for other alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 12/12/2020 at 11:04 PM, Carajp said: I've just spent all day (!) creating a set of Affinity LUTs for all the Fujifilm film simulations. I have a shiny new X-S10 but I shoot in RAW so Affinity doesn't give me them. The free version of Capture One reads my camera and has all of them, but I just can't get away well with the interface (when I wanted to use a film simulation, I was doing a basic develop in C1, applying the LUT and exporting to Affinity as a TIFF, which was a bit of a faff). So I used 'Infer LUT', and a lot of patience etc to create LUTs for Affinity. I then checked them out by independently developing RAW files on both C1 and Affinity to end up with a base result where I couldn't tell the difference on my monitor (which is very colur accurate), as sometimes exporting a file from C1 gave me a completely different-looking picture on Affinity. (If you're thinking that this has been a headache, you're dead right!) This was to check the accuracy of my LUTs. First of all, I wanted LUTs so they'd be easier to use on Affinity and secondly, I have hundreds and hundreds of RAW files from my Fuji X-A7 - and C1 does NOT offer me the film simulations on that, so I had no other way of using them if I wanted to. So here's the thing. I obviously can't tell you how it comparies to in camera, but I can say the film simulation end result on Affinity is very nearly identical to the end result on C1 without the need to use C1. The only difference I can see is a slight variation in green which is visible but not great (and generally I preferred the Affinity LUT version). I also have literally no idea if they work equally well on ALL Fuji sensors/cameras because I've only just this second realised I haven't even tested them on the X-A7 raw files. I did have a set of LUTs previously that I know I downloaded from this forum posted by some kind soul. But I found they didn't work well for me (this was my X-A7 days, but I found the same with the X-S10 files); very intense and, even with opacity turned well down, they didn't seem to match JPG film sim shots very well. I'm actually very nervous writing this post. I'm relatively new to Affinity and this is the first post I've made on the forum and I don't know how people are going to respond to a random stranger offering gifts! Oh, and if you're a n00b like me, the film simulations have to be applied with a LUT layer from the Photo Persona. I try and do a fairly neutral develop just to make a reasonably toned and exposed picture and send it over to Photo Persona, add the film sim LUT and then make any further changes I might want. No idea if that's the best way, it's just the one I figured out. Fuji_LUTs_X-S10_-_X-Trans.zip 208.72 MB · 1,195 downloads It now being 2022, have any new or updated versions come to light. Running Monterey on M1 Mac mini might make some changes needed - I do not know anywhere near enough to guess. The web is awash with 'recipes' built ,'I believe', in camera and I have no inclination to use them. The use of simulations must be a simple thing by now? Quote MacPro (late 2013), 24Gb Ram, D300GPU, Eizo 24",1TB Samsung 850 Archive, 2x2Tb Time Machine,X-t2 plus 50-140mm & 18-55mm. AP, FRV & RawFile Converter (Silkypix). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxegb Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 luts on my mac mini m1 simply do not work, so no, i would not say it is a simple thing now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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