Cinematic LUT Pack — 8 Teal and Orange LUTs

Teal and orange is the colour grade behind most blockbuster posters and action trailers: cool, teal shadows and backgrounds set against warm, orange skin. It works because the two sit opposite each other on the colour wheel, so faces separate from everything behind them. It goes wrong when the push is so strong that skin turns orange too.

Eight looks, from barely there to full blockbuster. Each one moves greens, cyans and blues towards teal and yellows towards orange, while keeping a band around skin tones out of the shift, so faces stay faces.

What's inside

• Blockbuster: the classic. Teal shadows, warm highlights, solid contrast.
• Subtle Teal: the same idea at under half strength, for interviews, vlogs and anything that shouldn't look graded.
• Desert Heat: warm-led, with teal only in the deep shadows. Sun, sand and golden light.
• Ocean Teal: cool-led, for water, sky and coastlines, with skin pulled warm against it.
• Action: the strongest here. Hard contrast, deep blacks, saturated teal.
• Golden Teal: golden-hour warmth with teal held in the shadows.
• Night Teal: for night exteriors, where practical lights glow orange against teal darkness.
• Faded Teal: lifted, matte blacks and softer colour, for a more indie, filmic take.

Which one should you use?

Start with Subtle Teal on anything with people talking to camera, and Blockbuster on anything with movement. If the shot is mostly warm (sunset, desert, interiors), Desert Heat; if it's mostly cool (sea, sky, overcast), Ocean Teal. Night footage goes to Night Teal.

Shot in log?

Convert to Rec.709 first, then apply one of these on top. The camera LUT packs do the conversion for Sony, Canon, Nikon, DJI and Apple.

How to use them

1. Download the pack: every look is a separate .cube file.
2. Load one in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or CapCut desktop, or try it on a still in the Luttie editor.
3. Teal and orange is easy to overdo. If skin starts to look orange, lower the LUT's intensity before anything else.

Each file is yours to keep, for personal and client work. The pack is also included with Luttie Lifetime.