HC Storybook Looks

A curated LUT collection by Hanju Chae, designed for Rec.709 color space and built to be non-destructive. From grounded realism to surreal elegance, each LUT shapes tone, emotion, and atmosphere with cinematic precision — without breaking your grade.

Includes 9 creative LUTs:

Alice · B-612 · Gretel · Hansel · Neverland · Red Hood · Sky Castle · Totoro · Wonderland

Explore how each LUT transforms tone and color in the previews below.

Alice

A refined LUT that balances contrast and color separation with restraint. With slightly enhanced reds and compressed cool tones, with increased contrast across the range — from rich shadows to crisp highlights — while maintaining middle gray point, it delivers a clean cinematic polish. Best suited for editorial, interviews, upscale doc-style narratives, or modern minimalism.

• Tone: Balanced contrast with controlled highlights and clean midtones
• Saturation: Muted overall, with subtle tonal emphasis in red channels
• Mood: Refined, intentional, and cinematic — not flashy, but quietly crafted

B-612

A soft, high-chroma look that drifts just beyond realism. With lifted blacks and a gentle roll-off in the highlights, it envelops the frame in creamy warmth and vibrant clarity. Designed to feel like a memory softened by time — vivid, yet slightly surreal.

• Tone: Soft contrast with raised blacks and muted highlight transitions
• Saturation: Rich but controlled, especially in reds and yellows
• Mood: Emotional, dreamy, gently surreal — ideal for portraits, lifestyle, or poetic light

Gretel

Soft and atmospheric, Gretel balances cool desaturation with weighted warm tones. While shadows are lifted and contrast is reduced, red and orange hues retain a subtle depth and density — giving warmth without overwhelming saturation. Ideal for minimal fashion films, subdued narratives, or emotionally distant framing.

• Tone: Neutral black with structured midtone contrast
• Saturation: Low overall, but with denser warm hues in red, orange and yellow
• Mood: Quiet, emotionally restrained, delicately weighted

Hansel

A dramatic LUT with deep contrast and a cinematic split toning treatment — cool shadows meet warm highlights. Desaturated midtones and structured luminance create a grounded, moody atmosphere. Ideal for psychological drama, narrative suspense, and stylized trailers.

• Tone: Strong contrast, deep blacks, cool-to-warm split toning
• Saturation: Subtle and restrained
• Mood: Structured, cinematic, dramatic tension

Neverland

A clean, desaturated LUT with cool shadows and deep black levels. Designed to flatten saturation while maintaining tonal depth, it creates a quiet, modern aesthetic — perfect for minimal, documentary, or editorial work.

• Tone: Firm shadows, deep blacks, subtle midtone compression
• Saturation: Low overall, with a cyan-blue tint in cool regions
• Mood: Clean, quiet, and neutral — ideal for lifestyle, interviews, or restrained cinematic edits

Red Hood

A bold, stylized LUT with enhanced reds and cool blue contrast. Designed to evoke the fantastical tension of color and structure, it deepens crimson tones and lifts cyan-rich details. 

• Tone: Medium-to-strong contrast with emphasized defined cool shadows. Highlights are gently rolled off.
• Saturation: Medium overall, with boosted reds and pushed cyans/blues. Skin tones maintain clarity.
• Mood: Fantastical, bold, and intense. For stylized narratives, music videos, or editorial fantasy work.

Sky Castle

A clean, blue-shifted LUT with cool highlights and airy shadows. Designed for modern fashion, editorial work, and refined visual campaigns, it brings a minimal yet elegant tone that highlights form, fabric, and contrast without distraction.

• Tone: Crisp contrast with soft, cool-leaning shadows
• Saturation: Low-to-medium with emphasis on blues and neutrals
• Mood: Sleek, minimal, and polished — ideal for fashion, architecture, or contemporary storytelling

Totoro

A balanced and earthy LUT that enhances natural light, softens contrast, and supports warm, honest color. Built for sunlight through trees, skin tones in shadow, and the comforting quiet of everyday life. Perfect for outdoor family moments, nature-driven stories, or authentic lifestyle imagery.

• Tone: Balanced contrast with soft highlight roll-off
• Saturation: Moderate and natural, optimized for skin and greenery
• Mood: Warm, grounded, and gentle — ideal for nature, family, and calm narratives

Wonderland

A soft and glowing LUT designed to smooth skin tones and create quiet tonal harmony. While warm saturation is dialed back, subtle green-cyan shifts in the highlights and shadows give the image a clean, cinematic polish. Ideal for beauty work, emotional portraits, and soft editorial storytelling.

• Tone: Soft transitions with lifted detail and smooth highlight roll-off
• Saturation: Muted warmth with green-cyan tint in bright tones
• Mood: Calm, balanced, and luminous