• Juicy preset. Installing Custom Presets in Adobe Lightroom

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    Five Great Photoshop Actions

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    Five Great Lightroom Presets

    Give your work a touch of Hollywood with these Lightroom presets. This kit includes 15 different cinematic views that can transform your work in one click.

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    In our digital age, having taken a photo, you are only halfway there. You still need to edit it. Fortunately, using Adobe Lightroom when combined with truly high quality presets, you can instantly get amazing results rather than being frustrated by trying to retouch it.

    But first, what are presets?Lightroom?

    Lightroom Presets are a collection of photo editing settings built into Lightroom. These settings allow you to edit your photos in one click, much more efficiently than taking all the steps individually.

    Here are 7 reasons why you'd be stupid not to use Lightroom presets:

    Saving time

    Using Lightroom presets, with just one click you can instantly make your photo 85-90% edited, and sometimes one click is all it takes to complete the edit! Rather than editing a photo from start to finish, it's better to spend time editing fine tuning editing process.

    Easy to use

    Learning any new software can be intimidating and takes time to master. It's really important to take steps to really learn the program, but at the same time, using presets will allow you to get started with Lightroom right away and edit photos easier than ever before.

    Diversity

    Does the photo look better in black and white or maybe sepia? Or maybe they would be more suitable bright colors or vintage style? Usage Lightroom presets will give you a lot of creative opportunities that will allow you to effectively use different ways processing and see which style is most suitable for a particular photo or even an entire photo shoot. Tip – when you hover over another preset, Lightroom will show you preview how the photo will look with this preset (in the Navigator block, at the top of the panel on the left, in the Develop module, see the screenshot above).

    Consistency

    When editing an entire photo shoot, using the same presets will give your images a more uniform and consistent look, as opposed to editing each photo individually, which can cause different settings, and subsequently the fragmentation of a series of photographs.

    Fully customizable

    Do you have a preset you like, but always find yourself tweaking the color and contrast a little? Or perhaps your personal style has changed slightly over time? No problem at all. Any designed preset you use in Lightroom is fully customizable and can be done with just a few clicks.

    Lightroom againstPhotoshop

    Lightroom has built-in Presets, Photoshop has Operations. Both programs have their place in the editing workflow professional photographer. However, Lightroom is the main one software for both professionals and amateurs. Not only is it easier to learn and use than Photoshop, but in Lightroom all your changes will remain non-destructive. This means that the original, unedited photos will always be stored in Lightroom, so you can experiment as much as you like without affecting the original characteristics of the photo.

    Presets + batch processing = winning combination

    Example package presetsdPS 101 Lightroom

    One of the biggest benefits of using Lightroom is the ability to edit many photos very quickly by batch editing, or syncing, applying the settings of one photo to many others. If you combine high-quality presets with batch editing in Lightroom, you can significantly reduce the editing time of an entire photoset.

    Now you have a better idea of ​​how you can use Lightroom presets to dramatically reduce the time you spend processing photos while still getting best result and improve your creativity. Spend your free time searching for new presets.

    An example of using the “Summer Sun” preset from the preset packdPS 101 Lightroom

    This latest collection of presets includes seven different themes, so you can easily find and use the preset that best suits your photo without wasting any extra time. You will find presets designed for portraits, amazing presets for black and white photographs and sepia, for landscape, street photography, vintage presets and much more.

    It doesn't matter if you're a professional or an amateur, you'll love these presets and the results you get from using them.

    Example of a preset packagedPS 101 Lightroom

    Studio photo processing

    I would like to show you one of the options for processing studio photography in Lightroom. The processing is very simple - contrast, shadows, minus orange. But it looks, in my opinion, quite interesting!

    The photo still awaits final retouching in Photoshop, so don’t pay attention to the dirty wall and other little things. Download the preset and use it for your pleasure!

    Pencil drawing

    I have long wanted to make a preset for Lightroom that would allow me to simulate drawing with a pencil. There is a huge amount of material on the Internet on how to perform processing in the style of a pencil drawing in Photoshop. But I didn’t find a single article about how to process a photo in Lightroom in the style of a pencil drawing!

    Photo processing in the open air

    In order to receive beautiful photo Models in the plein air need to choose the right light. IN in this case The shooting took place in the forest and the model was not located in direct sun, but in the shade of trees and illuminated by diffused light. Which, overall, gave a good result.

    Film beauty

    Working with color, curves, increasing contrast and adding a grainy effect - this made it possible to achieve such photo processing. This Lightroom preset will help you process your photos in the same way!

    Brown retro

    There are photographs to which you can apply many different treatments. This is exactly the case, and therefore it was decided to do the now popular brown tinting. As you can see, it turned out very well! Using a curve and a slider Shadows lightened the shadows and also muted the color using Saturation. You can see all other settings yourself in the preset.

    Portrait of a Veteran

    To create such a dramatic portrait of a veteran, the contrast had to be increased as much as possible. This was done by working with curves - the steepest part of the curve is located in the highlight zone.

    Tilt Shift effect

    Let's return to photographs with small models of real objects. This is due to an optical illusion. This depth of field will never be achieved when shooting from a distance with a regular wide-angle lens! That's why it seems to us that the shooting was done at close range, and all the objects are miniatures!

    "Golden Skin"

    This preset is the first step for processing a portrait photo. The resulting image remains to be seen great job in Photoshop. But basic things - skinton, contrast And color correction It’s much more convenient and faster to do in Lightroom.

    Film imitation

    To simulate photographs taken with a film camera, you need to carry out individual processing for each photograph. There is no universal recipe!

    Red light effect

    I often see black and white photographs with this flare effect. In Lightroom version 5, this is done very simply - using the Radial Filter tool. You can choose absolutely any color. IN in this example The contrast of the selected area has also been increased to enhance the effect. You can increase, decrease and move this highlight at your discretion.

    Dramatic sky

    To create this effect, when taking a photograph, expose to the sky so that it does not fall out. It doesn't matter if the rest of the photo is darker than you'd like - it'll be fairly easy to brighten it up in post-processing. Apply this preset to the resulting frame and you'll see a dramatic landscape like this.

    Juicy tinting option

    I present to your attention another preset for toning pictures. After applying the preset, the photo becomes more contrasty and warmer. These colors are achieved by applying curves. To get the final result, I reduced the exposure by half a tone, and you can adjust it to your liking.

    Retro imitation polaroid

    Make your photos look like an old Polaroid! Very interesting effect, which is implemented by channel-by-channel work with curves (Curves) and color. In this preset, the black point is greatly raised, which is why the photo looks covered in a slight haze.

    Add black stripes to the top and bottom of the frame

    With this preset you can quickly add black stripes to the top and bottom of the frame. Many people use this effect. It gives the picture a “cinematic quality” and a special charm. This effect is also called: porridge (accent on the last syllable) or curtains.

    Wedding photography processing

    Preset that will do wedding photo warmer and more cheerful. The bias is towards yellow shades in the highlights and purple shades in the shadows (just a little). A small dark vignette is superimposed, which is practically unnoticeable, but still adds a peculiar atmosphere to the frame. I raised the exposure by half a stop, when you use this wedding preset, adjust it your way.

    water world

    To take pictures of the inhabitants of the deep sea, it is not necessary to go underwater with scuba gear. Below is a shot of a typical small home aquarium. Since the camera did not set the correct white balance in the preset, it was corrected and the extraneous yellow tint was removed. It seems to me that with this processing the photo turned out to be quite atmospheric.

    Processing snowflakes

    A very simple preset that removes third-party shades and makes a photo with snow attractive, rich and contrasting. Enjoy it for your health.

    Tinting the winter landscape

    I suggest downloading a preset for Lightroom that will transform your winter landscape and give it more color and expressiveness. The preset implements toning in beautiful blue-green shades and increasing contrast. I recommend it to all fans of winter landscape photography.

    Low contrast portrait

    A very popular effect at the moment! It somewhat resembles an old photo and evokes romantic associations. In the preset, the original colors of the photo are practically not affected, only the contrast is lowered and the highlights/shadows are adjusted.

    Soft colors

    After applying this preset, your photo will have soft colors and low contrast. For portraits and studio portraits, this effect is perfect. You can also process wedding photos with this preset.

    Retro style processing

    This retro preset for Lightroom will make your photo look like an old one. The yellowish faded colors create an interesting atmosphere in the photo. I think this effect will appeal to many people.

    Converting a concert photograph to black and white

    Sometimes, when shooting in a club or at a concert, due to the lighting and bright spotlights, light flashes and the photo turns out to be, at first glance, ruined. The best option will convert such a photo to black and white. In this matter, this preset will help you to do black and white photo from concert (and not only) photography.

    Preset for processing photos from a rock concert

    This preset is used to process photos from rock concerts. It seems to me that these colors are just right for such an event. Download and use!

    Vanilla photo processing

    And today we will paint the cat in purple vanilla shades :) I think the cat will not be offended, but rather will be pleasantly surprised at how much more beautiful the photo has become after using this preset. I recommend to all lovers of cats and vanilla flowers to download this preset immediately!

    Preset for processing images with flowers

    To ensure that processing flowers in Lightroom does not take much time, so that your photographs of flowers turn out bright and beautiful, you can use this preset. The saturation is increased very carefully so that the colors are within the color space. The tone leans more towards warm shades.

    If you are at least a little interested in photography, then you have probably used a variety of filters at least once in your life. Some simply take the photo in black and white, others stylize it as antique, and others change the shades. All these seemingly simple operations have a significant impact on the mood conveyed by the photo. Of course, there are simply a huge number of these filters, but why not create your own?

    And Adobe Lightroom has this option. It’s just worth making a reservation here - in this case we are talking about the so-called “Presets” or, more simply put, presets. They allow you to quickly apply the same correction parameters (brightness, temperature, contrast, etc.) to several photos at once in order to achieve the same style of processing.

    Of course, the editor also has its own rather large set of presets, but you can add new ones without any problems. And here there are two possible options.

    1. Importing someone else's preset
    2. Create your own preset

    We'll look at both of these options. So, let's go!

    Before you can load presets into Lightroom, you need to download them somewhere in the “.lrtemplate” format. This can be done on a huge number of sites and there is no point in recommending anything specific here, so let’s move on to the process itself.

    1. First, you need to go to the “Corrections” (“Develop”) tab

    2. Open sidebar, section “Preset Options” and right-click anywhere. You should select “Import”

    3. Select in the desired folder file with the extension “.lrtemplate” and click “Import”

    Creating your own preset

    1. Before you can add your own preset to the list, you need to configure it. This is done simply - process a sample photo to your taste, using the adjustment sliders.

    2. Click on top panel“Corrections”, then “New Preset”

    3. Give the preset a name, assign a folder, and select the settings to be saved. If everything is ready, click "Create"

    Adding a preset to the program folder

    There is another way to install presets in Lightroom - adding required file directly to the program folder. To do this, you need to open the folder “C:\Users\...Your username...\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Develop Presets” in Explorer and simply copy the .lrtemplate file into it.

    Result

    If you did everything correctly, the new preset will appear in the Preset Options section in the User Presets folder. You can apply it right away by simply clicking once on the name.

    Conclusion

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    You can automate the processing of photos for Instagram - not only to save your time on this process, but also to maintain the style and harmony of your profile. He talks about how to do this using the Lightroom mobile app and how to use presets. blogger and InstaWomen course curator Nina Zaitseva.

    Processing photos using Lightroom and presets

    Lightroom ( Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC) is graphic editor Adobe with many different features. The program has both desktop and mobile version- the latter is very often used by bloggers to edit photos and design a grid on Instagram. They especially love the ability to work with presets.

    A preset is a file with a set of settings. That is, you can copy from it given parameters and use it to process your photo. Everything can be in the file standard settings: white balance, brightness, shadows, exposure and any others.

    Thanks to the preset, you won't have to waste time on processing every time: you'll just use ready-made settings.

    Where to get the preset:

    • You can create your own file if you understand processing.
    • The easier way is to buy or download for free on the Internet. The distribution of presets is carried out by photographers themselves. You need to look for presets that suit your processing style.

    We will look at the second method.

    Where to download presets

    For example, you can enter search bar browser request “Download presets for Lightroom” (they are suitable for both mobile and desktop versions of the program) and view the dropped sites. Among them there are VKontakte groups dedicated to relevant collections. There, presets can be downloaded as one photo or as an archive of several. The archive needs to be unpacked.

    Or you can search on Instagram using the hashtag #presetsforfree. There you can also find posts simply describing the settings - you will have to copy them manually (not “copy-paste” into Lightroom, but “fill out” each section yourself).

    It looks like this:

    Often, sets of presets are given out for free by bloggers who engage in mobile photography. There are also entire store accounts where sets cost 100–200 rubles. In this case, the files are sent to you by email in the form of archives, which also need to be unpacked.

    This is what distribution of presets on Instagram looks like:


    Distribution of presets on Instagram

    How to use presets

    Once you understand how to use presets (and it's very simple!), editing your photos will take just a minute.

    Step 1. Download to Play Store mobile application Lightroom.

    Step 2. Download presets that suit your processing style.

    I download presets in the form of photos. They open in the Lightroom application as regular photography. For example, I liked this preset:


    Step 3: In the Lightroom app, select and open the preset file.

    Step 4. Now you need to copy the specified parameters from this photo. Click the three dots on the right top corner. There is a tab “Copy settings”:


    Step 5: Now open your photo that you want to process. Click the three dots again and select "Paste Settings". The preset settings are automatically transferred to your photo.