Can Photoshop save a color transformation and apply it to another image?
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I’m trying to recreate a full set of color changes from one image onto another similar image in Photoshop. I’m not asking about saving an individual adjustment-layer preset. What I remember is more like saving a color mapping or color transformation—the overall old-to-new color change—so it can be applied to another file.
In my case, I used a destructive filter and saved the edited file, and I still have the original version. Is there a Photoshop feature for saving that overall color transformation as a reusable file, or am I remembering a feature from another tool?
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Yes, what you're describing is the creation of color lookup tables in more recent versions of Photoshop (CC 2014). It allows you to create a map of original to new values and then apply that to other images as you desire.
Look under: File -> Export -> Color Lookup Tables
Fill in the information and done. You will need adjustment layers for this to work.
Quick note: to use them, add a new color lookup adjustment layer to your target image. You'll get a dialog you can use to import the lookup table.
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Yes—what you’re describing is a Color Lookup Table (LUT) in Photoshop. In newer Photoshop versions, you can export a LUT via File > Export > Color Lookup Tables, then apply it to another image using a Color Lookup adjustment layer.
A LUT is meant to capture color transformations so they can be reused on similar images. However, the workflow referenced in the community answer relies on adjustment layers. So if your edit was done destructively, Photoshop may not be able to directly reconstruct and export that exact transformation unless you rebuild it with adjustment layers.
To use a saved LUT on another image, add a Color Lookup adjustment layer to the target image and load/import the LUT there.
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