Soft Portrait
Gentle contrast and restrained saturation for people on camera.


Original: Outdoor portrait used to preview the Soft Portrait look. Result rendered from the same 33-point .cube that the download below produces. Photo credit: Unsplash under the Unsplash License.
What this look actually does
- Eases contrast down a little and lifts the blacks a touch so skin transitions look smoother.
- Keeps saturation close to neutral so the look does not fight natural skin tones.
- Contains no face detection and no skin-protection logic. It treats skin exactly like every other pixel.
Best for
Interviews, vlogs and portraits shot in mixed indoor light.
Watch out for
It is not a skin-tone repair. If the camera white balance is wrong, correct that first.
How to use it
- Pair with a proper camera profile for consistent results across a series.
- Around 70% strength keeps it subtle enough for corporate footage.
File details
- Format
- .cube 3D LUT
- Grid
- 33³ (35,937 samples)
- Colour space
- sRGB → sRGB
- Domain
- 0 0 0 – 1 1 1
This is the file produced by pnpm lut:assets at build time from the same engine that runs in your browser.
Try Soft Portrait on your own image
Your image stays in this browser. The preview, the PNG and the .cube all come from the same compiled table.
JPEG, PNG or WebP · max 20 MB
The exported file already contains this strength.
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