Has Apple released updated LUTs for 16th generation iPHones (16 Pro and Promax specifically)? I can only find the 15 Pro LUT, hidden away in some weird corner of apple developer website (and not searchable by the apple developer website search!). Why is it so hard for Apple to provide the LUT which is BUILT INTO Final Cut pro (but also hidden there, so I cannot extract it from standard LUT folders)???
Apple did release the Apple Log conversion LUT at the time of iPhone 15 Pro and you can find it among downloads on Apple Developer website (just don't search via built in search, you'll find nothing, use Google) but that LUT yields horrible skintone colors with iPhone 16 Pro/Pro max footage and is no longer usable. There is a built-in LUT inside the Final Cut Pro which is automatically applied to iphone LOG footage, and its good, but no way to extract it and use with custom LUT effect thus not possible to apply color wheel corrections BEFORE the LUT in Final Cut Pro. Below is Chat GPT's take on the problem:
The downloadable Apple Log to Rec.709 LUT (v1) from the Apple Developer site was created for the iPhone 15 Pro, and while it works technically, it doesn’t always look right on iPhone 16 Pro footage, especially with Apple Log — users have reported:
The LUT used inside Final Cut Pro 10.7+ is new, more accurate, and definitely different — but Apple has not yet published it as a .cube file.
😫 The Problem:
Apple doesn’t expose the built-in LUT as a file — and it’s not accessible via any known Finder path, not even by digging into the app bundle or temporary render caches. It appears that FCP:
So unfortunately: Final Cut Pro will not let you export or reveal the built-in LUT the same way you could in other NLEs or camera apps.
Apple did release the Apple Log conversion LUT at the time of iPhone 15 Pro and you can find it among downloads on Apple Developer website (just don't search via built in search, you'll find nothing, use Google) but that LUT yields horrible skintone colors with iPhone 16 Pro/Pro max footage and is no longer usable. There is a built-in LUT inside the Final Cut Pro which is automatically applied to iphone LOG footage, and its good, but no way to extract it and use with custom LUT effect thus not possible to apply color wheel corrections BEFORE the LUT in Final Cut Pro. Below is Chat GPT's take on the problem:
The downloadable Apple Log to Rec.709 LUT (v1) from the Apple Developer site was created for the iPhone 15 Pro, and while it works technically, it doesn’t always look right on iPhone 16 Pro footage, especially with Apple Log — users have reported:
The LUT used inside Final Cut Pro 10.7+ is new, more accurate, and definitely different — but Apple has not yet published it as a .cube file.
😫 The Problem:
Apple doesn’t expose the built-in LUT as a file — and it’s not accessible via any known Finder path, not even by digging into the app bundle or temporary render caches. It appears that FCP:
So unfortunately: Final Cut Pro will not let you export or reveal the built-in LUT the same way you could in other NLEs or camera apps.
Eric Lenz has a free FCP LUT package called Cam2Rec that was recently updated and might be helpful. He's a FCP and DVR colorist with a good YouTube channel on using FCP for color grading.
As far as I know, I don't think Apple released LUTs for use in third party software. Could be wrong.
But there are the terrific LUTs from ProLost, which are free:
https://proloststore.com/products/applelog
MtD
Tom Wolsky wrote:
Probably not, but it is against the terms of use for the forum, similar to hacking the application to extract LUTs is against the application’s license agreement.
how is copying files from folders of an application that you OWN is in any way hacking?
Probably not, but it is against the terms of use for the forum, similar to hacking the application to extract LUTs is against the application’s license agreement.
forget the policy, it was an aside, where are the LUTs? The old ones that are downloadable from apple developer website (and are marked as iphone 15) produce horrible results with iphone 16 pro max footage, with oversaturated reds making all human skin look like they've been stricken with some skin condition.
Lawrence Finch wrote:
No one in this user-to-user forum can comment on any Apple policy.
You mean like if you do speak, they'll brick your iphone off remotely and sell all your data to the Chinese? =))
Alex Shum (Author)
While a license to Use an application that you pay to get..
..does not or should not imply you 'Bought' an application.
Rights differ across the line; some forget what those mean.
So unlawful or indiscriminate use of software, perhaps break
an original intention; where rules go bye-bye, out the window.
Just saying, for those who have read the Rules; then turned
back to exit an installer, rather than get caught up by them.
Apple owns the application. You never own any software you purchase; you only license it. The license does not allow you to make any change in the application. Copying out content from inside the application to use outside it goes way beyond violating the license. That really might get your phone bricked.
No one in this user-to-user forum can comment on any Apple policy.
I fear Meg is correct. Thanks for the link, Meg! Just downloaded those LUTs, a few are going to make my life a tad bit easier.
Prolost LUTs have all ACES or rec.709-A tags in their names which means some weird BlackMagic nonsense, are you sure they are good in good old Final Cut Pro?
Deleted - missed your last post
MtD
updated links for Apple LOG to rec.709 conversion LUTs?
