Most LUT creation tutorials walk through Photoshop's standard brightness, contrast, and curves adjustments — but skip the Gradient Map tool entirely. The creator argues 9 out of 10 of his LUTs are built using Gradient Map, because it lets you remap shadow-to-highlight tones with custom color stops. This single tool is what separates generic 'filter' LUTs from genuinely cinematic ones.
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