| Format | Primary Use | Contents | |--------|-------------|----------| | | 3D Look-Up Table (LUT) for color transforms | 3D grid of RGB color mapping data. Used in video editing (DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, Nuke) and some photo apps (Affinity Photo). | | .xmp | Extensible Metadata Platform | Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) settings, Lightroom Develop presets, or sidecar metadata. For photos, it stores adjustments like exposure, contrast, and color lookup tables (in a different format than .cube). |
For this example, we will use the workflow common to tools. cube to xmp converter