I like the sense of mystery and approaching darkness in the first image, but I also like the warmth and the light shining through the Imagination Pavilion (and a bit of sunburst beneath the monorail!). But presets do pretty much what the name implies: applying multiple slider adjustments all at once, and the preset is usually named something that lets the user know what general effect to expect. In Lightroom, you access presets by going into the Develop module, then looking at the Navigator area at the left. If you’re editing without any kind of automation (presets, Auto tone, etc.), you’ll probably make adjustments one slider at a time. Exposure, temperature, white balance, color adjustments, you name it. In the partial screenshot below, you can see individual adjustments you can make in Lightroom. Become an online photography celebrity, quit my job, move to Orlando, and send all of you photos of my lunch every day.īut first, what are presets, and what do they do? Here’s the short answer: presets are a one-click way to apply multiple adjustments to a photo. Just like the “Auto” setting on my camera dial, I wanted to use one or two clicks of my mouse to turn my photos from ok to great. I won’t show you my “rejects” tagged photos in Lightroom, or my over-processed photos where I got too crazy with Lightroom presets. But you can overuse software, just as you can overdo photography techniques. But after I moved from iPhoto to Lightroom, I started doing some “real” editing.Īnd just like any new camera gear, software is a shiny new (virtual) gadget that can help. The point is, I pretty much only edited photos to remove red-eye. If you go way back, you can read about my experience with data loss, backup and recovery, and moving from iPhoto to Lightroom. Pretty much the same as lenses, speedlights, or light reflectors that are tools in your camera bag. I’ll try to keep this short, but before I get too far into this, let me say this: whatever software, plugins, and add-ons you use – those are tools in your photo post-processing toolkit. Using Lightroom presets to edit Disney vacation photos was a good idea then, and still is. When I got into photography and editing, I was consumed with going the easy route in making my photos look good, especially my vacation photos. Each time a new camera, photo editing software, or photo management system comes out, I take a hard look at it. I love technology, gadgets, and software. If you’re a camera company or camera software developer, I’m your dream customer.
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