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I have only created one Lightroom preset (Splittone) so far, but I hope to come up with a few more soon. I have put together a list of good Lightroom Presets that I like here. Until then do browse the view the Lightroom Category.
Green n White
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Splittone Lightroom Preset
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UPDATE: 31st July 2008: Lightroom 2.0 was released worldwide on 29th July 2008. Remarkable improvements. Really love the new version. However, Adobe is selling the donwloadable upgrade version of the program by jacking up its pricing for international users. Really unfair to Lightroom users outside USA. The Australian price for the upgrade should be around AU$ 106.00 but Adobe is charging users AU$165.00. More here and here. Make sure you make your voice heard.
If you’re a photographer of any description and use Lightroom this is definitely for you. Adobe has released Lightroom 3 beta. Yes its beta so its not a fully working copy but had a lot of good little touches from the last released version which is Lightroom 2.
Scott Kelby and Matt Klowkowski have put together a Learning Centre for Lightroom 3 beta. A couple of videos that run you through the basic changes and whats new and they are well worth a watch. All up about 20 minutes but a very neat little set of videos. Definitely watch it if you use Lightroom or are planning to get the software and try it. Adobe Lightroom 3 beta can be downloaded from here.
I have been an Adobe Lightroom fan since the early days and having dabbled in it a bit I could tell the power this piece of software had over others in the market — Capture One, iPhoto, iView MediaPro and so on. Still remember buying the first version before I headed to Perth for a holiday last year and then came version 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 all with progressive changes until beta 2 landed on the threshold with some very promising additions. Since using beta 2 of the program I have found it IMPOSSIBLE to go back to Lighroom version 1.x so I literally stuck with it right until yesterday when Lightroom version 2 was released! I was quick to buy the upgrade after a quick look at Matt and Scott’s review and my own experience of working through Lightroom beta 2.
I am finally starting to get my hands dirty, really dirty with Lightroom goodness. I have tried other peoples Lightroom presets but never made my own. I have decided to make a few presets I use often for photography effects i personally like and here is the first in the series… my first ever Lightroom Preset called LightlyToasted_Splittone.
Download the Splittone Lightroom Preset here.
This is a .ZIP file so you will need to unzip and import the Lightroom Preset and its all ready to go.
TIP: After applying the preset re-apply the black to suit the tone of the image, this adds a bit of punch.
LightlyToasted_Splittone creates a splittone effect using light sepia tones to bring out some olde world charm. View the larger and more detailed version of the image by clicking on the thumbnails below. And if you like it, download away. Its free and I won’t come knocking on your door for payment.
The listing below is in no particular order. There is a 180+ Free Presets Collection discussion thread on Flickr and ProPhotoshow freel list you might find handy. Enjoy the preset fever!
| Presets | Description | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fairy Princess Photography | Lightroom Presets from Pixel Fairy Princess Photography. Some very good Coffee tones there. | Commercial |
| Punch the sky | 4 punch graduated filter preset from Beardsworth | Free |
| Spot Light Preset | Joop Snijder has more presets listed here | Free |
| Grainy B&W | Automagisk blog Grainy B&W has amazing potential, I really like the film grain it produces. | Free |
| Basic and 2 Colour Flickr Group |
Mark Elkins Photography | Free & Commercial |
| Matt Kloskowski’s Presets | Lots of good tips to be had on his Lightroom Killer Tips Blog too provided you have the time. | Free |
| Hardrocker | A Lightroom preset for a harder look | Free |
| Giovanni Antico | Giovanni Antico’s B/W presets | Free |
| OnOne Software | 85 gorgeous presets to simplify and speed up your Lightroom based workflow. Designed by the Photoshop Guru Jack Davis. Unfortunately you have to register and tell your whole life history to download these presets. Sucks! But worth the pain. | Free — needs registration |
| Albert de Bruijn’s Free Presets | These are divided into 2 major categories: the creative and normal ones | Free |
| Preset Heaven | Some good presets there & a nice blog by Pierre | Free |
| Splittone & Green n White | Home Baked. My very own  |
Free |
| Rachel Devine | ||
| Lightroom Preset ver 0.1 | The Moment of Light | Free |
| KRK Photography | Free | |
| ProPhotoshow | Seim Black and White Effects and Power Workflow Lightroom Presets | |
| Sharpen like the Rawshooter Default | ||
| Heather Green Presets | A whole collection of Presets including her own | |
| Stellar presets | Dustin Stellar wonderful presets | Commercial |
| TB Preset | Travis Ballard Photography entails: Blurpy, Blurpy Dark, Big Softie BW, Blondie, Toosa, Golden Toosa, Golden Toosa – Vignette, Puntrasty, White Wash, Figment |
Commercial |
| Graduated Filter | Sean McCormack’s Gradualted Filters | Commercial |
| The 300 Look | Mike Lao Photography — The 300 Look presets by Mike Lao. Here are some examples on Flickr. | Free |
If you shoot, catalogue and process photos and wish to jump on Adobe’s Lightroom 2.0 bandwagon and need an invite — all you have to do is leave a comment here for me and I’ll send you one. Do check out the Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Forum here. I have been using Lightroom since its beta stages and Lightroom 2.0 beta over a month now. Obviously no software is perfect and does all you need in one go but Lightroom comes pretty close to what most professional and amateur photographers need and that is from my own everyday experience. Try it!
The new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a professional photographers software. It provides one easy application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs all in the one workspace. Watch the 10 min Flash video.
I’ve only just waded through a few bits and pieces of the wealth of features the new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has to offer. My trial copy is still good for another fortnight and at this rate I’d surely consider buying Lightroom. I have put together a list of Lightroom resources and will be adding more in time.
Ah you guessed it. I am currently reading Scott Kelby’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 book. This is one amazing book and if you are anywhere halfway keen on good photography and or workflow like I am the technical inputs with save you precious time and headaches galore. Besides, after using Lightroom 1.x for over a year this book went out to say to me I was barely scratching the surface of Lightroom. Its written with practicality in mind and even if you have never used Lightroom version 2 or Lightroom 1.x you will be easily work your way through step by step in no time.
Here is an assortment of various things I enjoying dipping my fingers into. These are not in an particular order of liking, just an outpour of things that ran down my head. Enjoy the randomness!
Its far from complete but its good to see I have started to put my photos together… Adobe Lightroom does make the job half as simple with cataloguing and sifting good from bad ones but still putting up a gallery from thousands of photos is a mammoth task. I am glad the process has started and look forward to posting more as time goes by. Hope you enjoy seeing some of the things I enjoy doing most. Enjoy!
Green n White Lightroom Preset creates an effect just like it says. It leaves your greens intact and takes out the remaining colours especially Yellow, Blue & Red. Click on the images below to see a before and after. All yours to download and try it out. This is ideal for using on photos that have good amount of greens on them and should you need to suppress the other colours Green n White is all you need.
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Photography is a passion of mine. My leisure is often consumed in photography, or in digital photo-processing of some form. I enjoy this process very much. I use Canon gear though am getting a hankering for Nikon stuff lately. You might like to look through the Photography Category to see some of my photos.
| Cameras Bodies | Camera Lenses |
|---|---|
| Canon EOS 40D — current |
EF 50mm F1.4 USM EF 17-40mm F4L USM EF 24-70mm F2.8L USM EF 85 F1.8 USM EF 70-200 F2.8L IS USM |
| Other Hardware | Software |
| Cokin Filters HOYA HD Circular Polariser Canon Speedlite 550EX E-TTL Kenko Extension Tubes Manfrotto Tripod Canon Remote Switch RS-809N Sandisk CompactFlash® Cards Multimedia Storage Viewer P2000 Expodisc Spyder 3 Pro |
Adobe Lightroom Adobe Photoshop CS4 Topaz Photomatix |
Here is a list of PhotoShop Actions, Bordering techniques, Texture and Tutorial links that I thought would be handy to have in one place if you are a PhotoShop fan like me. Some are free and some relatively cheap while others that are expensive. But in their own unique way they are all good supplement that I like to use with Photoshop. You guessed it, I love playing with Photoshop.
If you’re a Adobe Lightroom user do check these additional links out.
Adobe Lightroom Preset Collection
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom resources
HDR or High Dynamic Range photos are slowly coming of age. A quick look at Flickr will land you with thousands of stunning HDR images.
But not all look realistic or even worth a second look. The reason is basically two folds. Some people like the goofy edgy overdone HDRs and are happy to continue doing so while other (myself included) like a dynamic range that simulate the feel for real life scenario with a touch of the photographers magic.
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