8 Sites for Free Adobe Lightroom Presets

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1. 
   Alain Pilon Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 12:48 am

   I guess it is the perfect time for me to point out that I have a tutorial on my site that shows the required preset to make the crossprocessing effect in Aperture!

   While presets are great I generally think that their ease of use make people over use them. Just look at the amount of HRD pictures in the forums these days. Same with the Dragan effect, Velvia effect, etc…

   As with everything in photography, it has to be used only when it benefit the pictures, not just because we can!

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   Markus Griebling Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 3:19 am

   Hello Christine,

   I just wanted to point out I too run a site that offers free Lightroom presets. We also produce Lightroom training videos with our most popular being “Advanced Graduated Filter” tips.

   I am also a moderator of the Presetting Lightroom group on Flickr and I’ve just put together a compilation list (including before/after photos) of 180+ free presets. Naturally, a number of the sites you’ve listed in your post are included. But’s there’s a whole bunch more … http://tinyurl.com/a3zzwn

   Cheers, Markus

3. 
   Brandon Oelling Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 5:12 am

   Thank you so much for mentioning our site!

   |Brandon Oelling
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   http://www.x-equals.com/blog/

4. 
   Michael Warf Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 5:19 am

   Creating your own set of presets (for metadata, and for camera calibration settings) saved me a ton of time on import. The non destructive nature of lightroom, makes presets all the more valuable – however they should be used as a starting point for your own work, or as Alain points out – they tend to look a little “cookie cutter”.

5. 
   Tanya Plonka Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 8:27 am

   I think the problem with presets is that people overuse them, but then don’t modify them at all (even if they don’t work well with the image). I like to use other people’s presets as a starting point for a look I want to achieve, then modify them like crazy to get something else entirely that’s more my style.

   p.s. That Presets Heaven site was delicious, thank you!

6. 
   Ames Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 9:44 am

   Are there any presets for Photoshop?

   Thank you

7. 
   Marcy Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 10:09 am

   I’m trying to get the Wonderland Presets package, but when I unzip the files it says I need a password to do so. Can’t find anything on the site about this.

8. 
   Pierre Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 8:08 pm

   Many thanks for mentioning Presets Heaven!
   I’m a big fan of “dps” so this post was a very nice surprise to see in my RSS subscription!

   Best regards,
   Pierre | presetsheaven.com

9. 
   Brandon Oelling Says:
   January 20th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

   Yes Ames there are similar ‘presets’ that can be created for Photoshop.

   Our in-house guru Mike Gray shows you how …

   http://x-equals.com/blog/?p=1257

   |Brandon Oelling
   {x=}
   http://www.x-equals.com/blog/

10. 
    JOHNNY Says:
    January 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 am

    Hi, guys… I’m the worst reader you’ll find in this post. I’m a dreamer. I love photography but I don’t have not even a point and shoot camera. I don’t have access to email. I have nothing. But anyway… I’m trying to learn how to take better pictures if I ever get a digital camera in hands.

    Thank you for this site. It’s been really helpfull. For now… I just use the office PC to modify pics taken by others… and this helps me understanding this world better.

11. 
    Daniel Mihai Condurachi - Fotograf Iasi Says:
    January 23rd, 2009 at 6:17 am

    Thank you so much for those presets websites. The presets and Lightroom is such a great invention.

    I would like that it would not destroy that much the quality of the photos. Sometimes a 12MPx photo after applying a preset looks like a 5MPX at full size

12. 
    Brian Says:
    February 8th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    hi–

    great site and great post–thank you!

    have been trying to import presets into lightroom as directed on the various preset sites and after i download them to my computer and attempt to import them into lightroom, they do not show-up in the import window–it is as if they are not there. i have tried various means to fix/find these files to import into lightroom and i cannot.

    any insight here would be highly appreciated.

    thanks!

13. 
    Nellka Says:
    April 7th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    I Have more than 500 free Presets on my Blog….

    ;)

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