Oct 05 2009
Top Free Lightroom Presets
One of the great things about Lightroom 2 is the ability to create presets and share them with the world.
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If you’re not familiar with presets, it’s basically a saved series of photo adjustments that you can then apply to any image. Kind of like actions in Photoshop.
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In this post, I thought I would share with you the many places where you can get a ton of free Lightroom presets to play with. But before I list them all, you’ll need to know how the install them. It’s actually pretty easy.
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1- Put your downloaded presets in a folder somewhere on your computer (a place you’ll remember).
2- In Lightroom, right click on “user presets” in the Presets tab located on top left
3-You’ll be given 2 options: New Folder and Import. Feel free to create a new folder if you want. Once you’ve done that right click again on your folder and choose Import.
4- Select the presets from where you saved them in step 1.
5- You’re done! ![]()
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Top Free Lightroom Presets
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Lightroom Killer Tips has lots of great presets. Don’t forget to click on “previous entries” for more.
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Check out the preset list (top right) on Inside Lightroom.
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Over 140 presets from OnOne software. The 1st set I ever downloaded!
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LightroomPresets.com has a growing list of presets. Some of them are quite nice.
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I found some very interesting presets over at Seim Effects.
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Did you like the picture effects in the movie 300? Then you’ll love this 300 preset!
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Watch CSI Miami? Love the look? Get it HERE!
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PresetHeaven.com has one of my favorite sepia presets called Sepia Chic. Love it! More presets here.
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A nice collection of presets from Nelkas Art.
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The Warming Vignette preset from albertdebruijn.com is a must! Check out the other presets as well.
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More presets from CameraDojo.
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Some nice presets directly from the Adobe Website.
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Some pretty cool presets from Laconic!
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There you have it! Those should keep you busy for a while! Experiment, have fun, and feel free to post photo link of your tests in the comments!
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Thank you for sharing….
I am attempting to install LR presets but when I right-click on the User Presets, I am not getting the choices needed to install the presets. I am right clicking, but not getting anything to show (eg., Folder, Import)
Any help?