Correct color with AI, curves and LUTs

What you will do

Start with an unprocessed, full-resolution photograph and make a deliberate color correction in three stages: AI Color Correction, an RGB curve, and a LUT. You will reset the curve once, temporarily disable the LUT, and then export a full-size JPEG so that you can judge the combined result outside Arams.

This workflow was verified on Windows in Arams 1.10.2 with the English interface. The example uses AI Color Correction: Full, a modified Master curve, and Toning-Dark & Warm at 60%. These settings demonstrate the controls and are not a recommendation for every photograph.

Before you start

• Sign in to Arams on Windows and use the English interface.
• Create a practice project and import photographs. The documentation scenario uses the original maxine-dsc_6402.jpg fixture at 4040 × 6064 pixels. Do not resize it.
• Keep the original file unchanged. Work on maxine-dsc_6402.jpg and use a new export subfolder.
• Use only LUTs already available to the authorized account. Do not open a store, buy a LUT, or import a third-party LUT for this walkthrough.
• AI Color Correction and its export must already be available to the signed-in account. If Arams reports that access, a model, the LUT catalog, or a network service is unavailable, stop and resolve that prerequisite without purchasing or changing the account.

The prepared JPEG is an unchanged, full-resolution sRGB conversion of the authorized source photograph. This walkthrough does not verify RAW development, RAW white-balance choices, ICC-profile handling, or another JPEG conversion method.

Steps

Inspect the unprocessed photograph

1. In the photo grid, click maxine-dsc_6402.jpg once. Check that only this photograph is selected.
2. Double-click the photograph to open the larger image view.
3. Wait until the photograph is fully visible, then inspect skin tones, neutral areas, highlights, shadows, and any strong colors. This is the original appearance you will use for comparison.

The original full-resolution JPEG provides the visual reference before applying color settings. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

Apply AI Color Correction

1. Open the right-side Color correction panel.
2. Find AI Color Correction and choose Full.
3. Wait for the displayed photograph to update.
4. Compare the corrected view with the original. Look for changes in exposure, white balance, and color without treating the AI result as automatically final.

In this example, Full lifts the face and makes the background more neutral; curves and the LUT are off for the comparison. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

In the verified example, Full lifts the face and other midtones and shifts the brown-gray background toward a more neutral gray. The cosmetic tube remains visibly white, and texture remains visible in the tube, skin, and shoulder highlights. Judge these areas in your own photograph rather than assuming that Full is always preferable.

AI Color Correction is one stage in this workflow. The curve and LUT controls below are separate adjustments; do not describe them as part of the AI mode.

Refine tone with an RGB curve, then reset it

1. In the same panel, expand RGB Curves.
2. Enable the section and select Master.
3. Add one modest point to the curve while watching the photograph. Avoid extreme changes that clip important highlight or shadow detail.
4. Confirm that the curve is marked as modified and review the adjusted image.

The added point modifies the Master curve; inspect the photograph together with the graph. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

5. Use the reset control for RGB Curves.
6. Confirm that the modified indicator clears and that the curve returns to its neutral state.

Reset returns the Master curve to its neutral state and clears the modified indicator. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

7. For the combined example, add a modest Master-curve point again. The operator evidence records the exact tested gesture; it is an example, not a recommended curve for every photograph.

Choose, adjust, and disable a LUT

1. Expand LUT Library.
2. Choose an available LUT that does not display a purchase badge. The verified example used Toning-Dark & Warm. Note the exact name so that you can identify the adjustment later.
3. Set Intensity to 60% and inspect the photograph. Adjusting intensity changes the LUT contribution; it does not change the AI mode or curve.

The verified Toning-Dark & Warm LUT is applied at 60% intensity. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

4. Clear the LUT Library checkbox to disable the LUT temporarily. Confirm that the LUT effect disappears while the selected LUT and its intensity remain available.

Clearing the checkbox temporarily disables the LUT for a comparison without its effect. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

5. Select the checkbox again. Confirm that the chosen LUT returns at 60%.

Review the combined correction

1. Check that AI Color Correction still shows Full.
2. Check that the Master RGB curve is enabled and marked as modified.
3. Check that the named LUT is enabled at 60%.
4. Compare the combined view with the original at a useful size. Look for balanced color and tone as well as unwanted casts, clipped detail, or an effect that is too strong.

Before export, AI Full, a modified Master curve, and Toning-Dark & Warm at 60% are enabled together. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

The verified run establishes only that these controls were combined and exported successfully. It does not establish their internal processing order.

Export and inspect the result

1. Open Export settings.
2. Choose Hard drive, Selected photos, and Original Files Folder.
3. Enable a new subfolder, leave Resize to fit off, and choose JPEG.
4. Start the export and wait until the export history shows Completed and 100%.

The history confirms one completed local export task; the saved JPEG is inspected separately. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

5. Open the exported JPEG in an image viewer at useful resolution.
6. Confirm that it is a recognizable, uncorrupted 4040 × 6064 photograph and that the combined color result is visible.
7. Confirm that the original fixture file is unchanged.

Check the result

The final review should distinguish four states: the original photograph, AI Color Correction set to Full, the curve adjustment and its neutral reset, and the named LUT at 60% with its disabled comparison. The exported JPEG should decode at 4040 × 6064, while the original source hash remains unchanged.

Judge the photograph itself, not only the completed task indicator. A successful export proves that this tested combination produced a JPEG in the verified environment; it does not prove that the settings suit every image, that the controls run in a particular internal order, or that RAW and color-profile workflows behave the same way.

If it does not work

• AI Color Correction is missing or does not update the image: confirm that you are signed in and record the exact availability or network message. Do not purchase access or change account settings as part of this walkthrough.
• The curve does not change: confirm that RGB Curves and Master are enabled before adding a point. Use the section reset to return to a neutral curve.
• No usable LUT is available: stop and record the LUT catalog state. Do not select a purchase-badged entry or obtain an unlicensed LUT.
• The LUT looks too strong: reduce Intensity, or clear the LUT Library checkbox to compare without the LUT.
• Export does not complete: inspect the export task and preserve the exact error. Do not report success without opening and checking the actual JPEG.

Related tasks

• Import photos
• Inspect a photograph and zoom in
• Set up retouching
• Save JPEG copies