Lightroom Presets

What are Lightroom Presets?

Lightroom Presets in Lightroom are pre-developed settings or “slider positions” that can be saved and applied to other images to replicate the exact settings and results used in the original. Using a preset in Lightroom saves a lot of time by allowing photographers or creatives the ability to apply the same preset over and over again with one click. Lightroom also allows you to batch apply a preset to an entire collection of photos all at once. Professionally developed custom lightroom presets provide the best quality available because they are created by photographers with expert level Lightroom experience in creating them and other Adobe filters, such as Photoshop actions. When applying Lightroom presets, each preset can be adjusted after it is applied. Moving the sliders for each lightroom preset setting will change the results. Different combinations of adjustments in each preset will create an entirely different look from the original preset. Presets offer flexibility to achieve the perfect look for each individual photo.

Adobe Lightroom is a photo editing software used by photographers to edit their photography digitally. Lightroom allows photographers to organize and edit their photos quickly and efficiently allowing them to edit more photos in a shorter amount of time. Within Lightroom is a presets panel where users can edit photos with presets.

Adobe Lightroom CC is the new cloud-based version of Adobe Lightroom that allows photographers to sync their mobile and desktop editing environments using the Lightroom Mobile App. Presets loaded in the CC account automatically sync to the mobile app upon installation. In addition, the process of applying the presets is much easier to use in the paid version.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC for mobile is Lightroom’s mobile app that allows photographers to capture, edit and share photos on their mobile device or phone. There is a free version and paid. The paid version of Adobe Lightroom CC allows you to connect all your devices, including mobile and sync seamlessly using the cloud. Users can access and use Lightroom presets they have loaded or created in lightroom from their desktop via their Creative Cloud account. Using presets in the free version is different and requires the DNG file extension for each preset. Each preset settings are then copied and pasted onto a new image. Using a lightroom preset with the paid version allows you to apply each preset directly without the need to copy and paste the settings.

How To Install Lightroom Presets?

There are several different versions of Lightroom that require slightly different installation methods to import or load the presets. Links to the how to install methods are included here with the newest first. Each method basically has you installing (copying and pasting) your Lightroom presets into the Lightroom application folder within the Develop Presets/User Presets folder or importing directly from inside the Lightroom Presets Panel. There are slightly different locations depending on the type of computer you are using, but the method is very similar.

Click Here > Install for Lightroom CC (.xmp)

Click Here > Install for Lightroom Classic (.xmp)

Click Here > Install for Lightroom CC (.lrtemplate)

Click Here > Install for Lightroom Classic (.lrtemplate)

Click Here > Install for Lightroom 4, 5 & 6 (.lrtemplate)

Using Lightroom presets is very easy and takes just a few minutes to learn and become comfortable applying a preset and then customizing the preset using the lightroom sliders, if needed, to each image. Try each preset to see how it changes your image. You can then adjust any of the sliders that you want to adjust the image further. We have created lightroom preset video tutorials for all of our lightroom preset collections and they are included on each product page. Please watch several of the preset tutorials to become comfortable applying the presets to your images.