One channel, one look: the grade that makes your long-form uploads feel cinematic is the same grade that makes your Shorts recognizable in the feed. All 12 .cube LUTs in the free pack work in both timelines — Premiere Pro, Resolve, Final Cut, or CapCut.
Or grab three right now — no email: Classic Teal & Orange · Moody Dark · Vintage Chrome
YouTube rewards resolution: upload 4K (2160×3840 vertical for Shorts) when your source allows, even if viewers watch at 1080p — higher-resolution uploads get better codec treatment, which means your grade’s gradients survive cleaner.
For standard uploads, H.264 at high bitrate (or HEVC for 4K) at your shooting frame rate is all you need. YouTube’s compression is the gentlest of the platforms, but vertical video still gets re-encoded — clean sources win.
Keep long-form and Shorts in the same color pipeline: same LUT, same SDR Rec.709 delivery. The fastest way to make a channel feel inconsistent is an HDR main video next to an SDR Short wearing the same thumbnail style.
VEL_Classic_Teal_Orange or VEL_Film_Print_01 — the long-form looks, carried into vertical.
VEL_Skin_Tone_Shaper — clean, natural, reads as effort without shouting.
YT_Moody_Dark — for dramatic openings that stop the scroll.
From this free pack: VEL_Classic_Teal_Orange and VEL_Film_Print_01 for cinematic videos and B-roll, VEL_Skin_Tone_Shaper for talking-head content, and YT_Moody_Dark for intros, hooks, and night footage. The same .cube files work for long-form uploads and Shorts. All 12 are free.
Ideally yes — a consistent grade across long-form and Shorts builds visual recognition in the feed, which helps convert Shorts viewers into channel subscribers. Use the same .cube file in both timelines.
Yes — all 12 LUTs are free for commercial use including monetized YouTube content, with no attribution required.
Yes — import any .cube file from the pack into CapCut mobile (Adjust → LUT), grade, export 1080×1920, and upload to YouTube.
Professional .cube files. Free, no credit card.