Summary
CINEFILM is a pack of more than 20 cinematic colour presets in .CUBE format, made for professional colour grading and inspired by the looks used in music videos. It produces warm skin tones, moody shadows and rich Hollywood-style contrast on LOG, RAW and Rec709 footage, in both SDR and HDR workflows. It is a creative look pack, so it sits after your log conversion, and it currently costs $30.00, reduced from $48.00.
What Is CINEFILM?
CINEFILM is a set of more than 20 cinematic colour presets delivered as .CUBE files. A LUT is a lookup table: a fixed map that takes every colour value going in and returns a new one coming out. If that idea is new to you, read our explainer on what a LUT actually is first.
The looks in CINEFILM are drawn from music-video colour work — the kind of grading that leans on warm skin, deep shadows and strong contrast rather than a flat, neutral broadcast image. In practice that means three consistent characteristics:
- Warm skin tones — faces stay healthy and slightly golden instead of drifting magenta or grey.
- Moody shadows — the low end is shaped and tinted rather than simply crushed to black.
- Rich Hollywood-style contrast — a firm S-curve that gives the image weight without flattening the midtones.
CINEFILM — Cinematic Film LUT Pack is an instant digital download, priced at $30.00 down from $48.00.
What Is Inside the Pack
| Detail | Specification |
|---|---|
| Contents | More than 20 cinematic colour presets |
| File format | .CUBE |
| Footage types | LOG, RAW and Rec709 |
| Dynamic range | SDR and HDR workflows |
| Cameras | Compatible with multiple camera types |
| Software | Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Photoshop |
| Licence | Personal and commercial use, pre-cleared for YouTube |
| Delivery | Instant digital download |
| Price | $30.00, reduced from $48.00 |
Because .CUBE is an open, text-based format, the same files move between applications without conversion. One download covers your whole toolset.
Creative Look LUT, Not a Conversion LUT
This is the single most important thing to understand about CINEFILM, and it is where most people go wrong.
There are two jobs a LUT can do. A conversion (or transform) LUT translates footage from one colour space to another — log to Rec709, for example. A creative look LUT applies a stylistic grade to an image that is already sitting in a normal viewing space. CINEFILM is the second kind.
So CINEFILM goes after your log-to-Rec709 conversion and after your basic correction, never before either. The looks are calculated to receive a normalised image. Feed a flat log signal straight into them and the contrast curve lands in the wrong place: shadows block up, highlights clip early, and skin goes strange in a way no slider recovers.
The correct order in any application:
- Log or RAW conversion — the colour-space transform, colour-management setting, or a conversion LUT such as Apple Log LUTs — ProRes Log to Rec709 Conversion. Skip this step if you shot Rec709.
- Basic correction — exposure and white balance first, then contrast and saturation, until the shot looks neutral and matches its neighbours.
- CINEFILM — the creative look, applied to a clean, balanced image.
- Trim and finish — small adjustments on top of the look, then grain, halation, vignette and sharpening.
Get shots matching each other in step two and the look in step three lands consistently across the whole edit. Our step-by-step colour grading guide covers that correction stage in detail.
How to Apply CINEFILM in Each Application
Every host loads .CUBE files, but each one calls the control something different. This table is the short version; the linked guides walk through each workflow properly.
| Application | Where the LUT loads | Intensity control |
|---|---|---|
| Premiere Pro | Lumetri Color > Creative > Look | Creative Intensity slider |
| DaVinci Resolve | Color page, right-click a node > LUTs, or the LUTs panel | Key tab > Key Output Gain, or a mixer node |
| Final Cut Pro | Custom LUT effect > Choose Custom LUT | Mix slider |
| After Effects | Effect > Utility > Apply Color LUT, or Lumetri Color | Adjustment layer opacity |
| Photoshop | Adjustment Layer > Color Lookup > Load 3D LUT | Layer opacity |
| CapCut | Adjustment > LUT > import .cube | Intensity slider |
Whichever host you use, apply the look on an adjustment layer or a shared node wherever the application allows it. That way you can swap the look for the whole sequence in one move instead of editing forty clips.
Dial the Intensity Back
A LUT at 100% is a starting point, not a verdict. Most professional grades run a creative look somewhere between 40% and 80%, with correction underneath doing the real work.
- Start at full strength — judge the direction of the look, not the amount.
- Pull it back until it stops shouting — the moment skin looks convincing and shadows still hold detail is usually the right number.
- Match the number across a scene — the same look at wildly different strengths on adjacent shots reads as an error.
- Check the scopes, not just your eyes — a waveform will show you clipping the monitor hides. If scopes are unfamiliar, start with our guide to reading waveforms, vectorscopes and parades.
Who CINEFILM Is For
- Music video and performance work — the looks come from that world, so they suit stylised, high-contrast material.
- Commercials and brand films — warm skin and controlled shadows read as premium on product and talent.
- YouTube creators — the licence is pre-cleared for YouTube, so monetised uploads are covered.
- Short-form social — CapCut support means the same look travels to vertical edits.
- Photographers — the .CUBE files load in Photoshop through Color Lookup, so stills can match your video.
For a wider view of the category and how film-look packs differ from one another, see our roundup of the best cinematic film LUTs for the movie look.
Licensing
CINEFILM covers personal and commercial use, and it is pre-cleared for YouTube — you can use it on monetised channels and client work without a separate clearance. Broadcast use requires an extended licence, so if the finished piece is going to television or a broadcast platform, arrange that before delivery.
Conclusion
CINEFILM is a creative look pack: more than 20 .CUBE presets that give you warm skin, moody shadows and Hollywood-style contrast on LOG, RAW or Rec709 footage, in SDR or HDR. Convert first, correct second, apply the look third, and pull the intensity back until it feels like a grade rather than a filter. CINEFILM — Cinematic Film LUT Pack is $30.00, reduced from $48.00, as an instant digital download.
FAQ
Q: What is CINEFILM?
A: A pack of more than 20 cinematic colour presets in .CUBE format, inspired by music videos, designed for professional colour grading with warm skin tones, moody shadows and rich Hollywood-style contrast.
Q: What does CINEFILM cost?
A: $30.00, reduced from $48.00, delivered as an instant digital download.
Q: Which software does it work with?
A: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut and Photoshop. The .CUBE format is read natively by all of them.
Q: Do I apply CINEFILM before or after my log conversion?
A: After. CINEFILM is a creative look LUT, so it goes on top of a log-to-Rec709 conversion and on top of your exposure and white balance correction.
Q: Does it work with RAW and HDR?
A: Yes. The pack supports LOG, RAW and Rec709 footage and both SDR and HDR workflows, and is compatible with multiple camera types.
Q: Can I use it on client work and YouTube?
A: Yes. The licence covers personal and commercial use and is pre-cleared for YouTube. Broadcast use requires an extended licence.