Introduction

mcjLUT is a script + a Daz Studio plugin for PC and for MACs

mcjLUT lets you re-map the colors of an image/photo according to one of the hundreds of free LUTs( Lookup Tables ) which can be found on the web.

History

May 28th 2022 mcjLUT2022 with resizable canvasses and minor bug fixes

July 28th 2021 major update, see at the bottom for details

July 21st 2021 fixed an issue with mcjLUTB : your specific output filename was ignored and automatic filenames were used instead

July 21st 2021 added mcjCubeLUTNormalizer script to fix problematic .cube LUTs

June 18th 2019 2:04AM - Release

July 9th 2019 - mcjLUT small bug fixed when an image over-write was attempted, and progress bar for sequence renders

July 9th 2019 - mcjLUTB - released

Installation

The zip package for the script is found at the bottom of this page

mcjLUTB2022.zip or the older mcjLUT_the script.zip and mcjLUTB_the script.zip

unzip it in your daz content folder, typically

C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\

or

C:\Program Files (x86)\DAZ\Studio\content\

once installed, it will appear in your content library, under Studio / Scripts / mcasual

or

C:\Users\Public\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library\

once installed, it will appear in your content library, under My DAZ 3D Library / Scripts / mcasual

You must also download the appropriate mcjLUT plugin (dll )

mcjLUT32bit.dll or mcjLUT64bit.dll and place it in the appropriate Daz Studio Plugin folder

on my PC That's

32 bit goes in C:\Program Files (x86)\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins

and

64 bit goes in C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\plugins

For MACs the plugin file is named MCJLUT.DYLIB

I packaged it in a zip file named MCJLUT.DYLIB.ZIP to increase the chances that google and your MAC allows you to download it.

on my macbook i placed it in /Applications/DAZ 3D/DAZStudio4 64-bit/plugins

USE

The mcjLUT script uses a plugin as the workhorse see the installation instructions above and make sure you placed the plugin file in the appropriate daz studio plugin folder

In the left pane, select a rendered image you wish to improve

In the center pane, use the [Select LUT (.cube)] button and select one of the .cube files you got on the web

ex: https://www.rocketstock.com/free-after-effects-templates/35-free-luts-for-color-grading-videos/

If your image is part of a sequence of images, the image count will be displayed in the lower left corner

iOIn the right pane, use the [browse...] button to specify the base name of the output image file

ex: c:/finalpics/filtered.jpg

use the [] button to process just this one image

use the [] button to process the whole sequence of images

mcjLUTB what's different

1 - Instant preview !

with mcjLUTB you select the folder where your LUTs (.cube) files are stored

and the script lets you select a specific LUT file from a drop-down list

and check this out ! the left display image instantly lets you prevew the result of applying this LUT to your input image

2 - Auto-naming of the output image(s)

with mcjLUTB if you check-mark the "Output filename + input + _out" then the output image(s) filename(s) will be like the input filename(s) but with a _out suffix.

License

by mCasual/Jacques

You can use this script freely for personal or commercial use.

You may not sell, resell, sub-license or rent this models in any way.

you may credit this script to mCasual/Jacques

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,

INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE

FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,

ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

New July21st 2021 mcjCubeLUTNormalizer

This script takes a .cube LUT file

and brings all data values in the [0..1] range

why? mcjLUT only works for .cube files in the [0..1] range

but some .cube files contain negative values and values greater than 1

NEW July 28th 2021

the mcjLUT plugin now has the blend/mixer function

and automatically normalizes the bizarre LUT/.cube tables

Don't forget you have to put it in the Daz Studio plugin folder

mcjLUT32bit Plugin For Windows.zip

mcjLUT64bit Plugin For Windows.zip

mcjLUT64bit.dylib Plugin For MACs.zip

The 3 scripts ( get all 3 ) now have a blender/mixer slider

( as long as you replaced the old plugin with the new one )

Some non-lethal bugs were fixed and well that's about it

mcjLut_The Daz Script.zip

mcjLutB_The Daz Script.zip

mcjLUTBWIDESCREEN.dsa

by Blend/Mix i mean if you set the blend slider at 20% the output image will be 20% of the re-colorized image mixed with 80% of the original image

mcjLUT2022's revamped UI with Canvas Resizing