Using Workspace Art Filters in Lightroom
I have noticed in the chats people wanting to use art filters and also edit in Lightroom. Transferring back and forth using Tiffs has some limitation. Evening using Adobe RGB there is some loss of shadow information. Therefore you need to edit shadow, highlights, etc before using Workspace. Workspace first loses highlight and shadow recovery.
What I have done is move some of these Art Filters to Lightroom. I just did the ones I use. This has one great advantage to me. In Olympus Workspace, the Art Filter is at 100%. In Lightroom, you can adjust the opacity of the filter as sometimes 100% is too much. When I say sometimes, I mean almost all the time for the looks I want.
To do this load the original ORF into Photoshop and Workspace. In photoshop do nothing in ACR, just click open. In Workspace, apply the Art Filter only. Make no other adjustments and export it as 16 bit Adobe RGB file. I use Adobe RGB 16 bit because it gives me more editing latitude. I actually convert to ProRGB when working in Lightroom or Photoshop (and other programs I use). You want a photo with a variety of colors and I often go through 5 or 6 photos to get it to come out right. It does not have to look good as some Art Filters do not look good on some photos. You want maximum difference, not looking good. The difference between the original and the filter is all we are concerned with and what we are going to save as a Color Profile.
In Photoshop, load this as a layer to the original ORF. Then File>Export>Color Lookup Tables. I use ProRGB when I can. But the Adobe RGB works also. Save as a CUBE. This save the difference between the background layer and the final image. Which is why we want to make no other adjustments except for the Art Filter. I have gone through the process about converting the CUBE to a Lightroom Color Profile in a post about the film look. I create different categories in the the Lightroom Presets and have all the Olympus art filters in an Art Filters group which I find make it easier to use. But then a have over 100 color profiles I have created.
Now that it is in Lightroom, you can use it on any photo from any camera. To use first select the primary color profile. I usually use Olympus Natural for Olympus photos and Adobe Color for all others. I want my base layer to always be the same so I have a common starting point for all my actions and editing. Then browse the color profiles, and select the Art Filter you want. It is very easy to use and you can see the effect on your filter as you scroll through the color profiles, then click on the one you want. This is also much faster than Workspace. You can then adjust the opacity to control the effect. It can also be adjusted at any time during editing. I personally find this better than workspace. Doing this does effect the whole image. To mask and use this for part of the image, you have to use Photoshop with a couple tiff exports. Which is something that Workspace does not do. This allows you to use 2 Art Filters with one on each part of the photo. Some of you have seen the results of doing this on Rob's livestreams. Now you have the Art Filter, you can process the image in Lightroom any way you want.
This is a one time process to make the Art Filter Color Profile. Still some people may want the filters and be intimidated by LUTs and things. I have no idea how to or if I can export Color Profiles. If there is an interest and someone can tell me how I will be glad to make a color profile for you to use or share mine if it is a filter I have. If anyone is interested in any of my looks, I will be glad to share actions, profiles, or any other info. Although, I want to learn more and would appreciate learning some of the things you do when possible. However that would not be a requirement if anyone is interested.