Install A Lightroom Desktop Preset
Install A Lightroom Desktop Preset
Install A Lightroom Desktop Preset
Preset
Installing a preset is pretty simple. There are a few ways to accomplish
this task and we’ll provide two options here.
Option 1
1. Download the preset file. (It will likely be compressed and
you’ll want to unzip it and put the file somewhere easy to
find.)
2. Open Lightroom and make sure you are in the “Develop” tab.
Presets will populate on the left side of the screen.
3. Right- or command-click anywhere in the presets module and
select “Import.” (The preset will go into the folder where you
click.)
4. Navigate to your downloaded preset and click “Import.”
5. The preset is ready to use.
Option 2
1. Download the preset file. (It will likely be compressed and
you’ll want to unzip it.)
2. Drag and drop the file into the correct Lightroom Presets
folder. Navigate to the folder from the main Lightroom folder
to Lightroom Settings to Develop Presets and then drop in
User Presets.
3. Open Lightroom or restart it if the program was running. A
restart is required after the preset file is dropped in the
settings folder.
4. In Lightroom, make sure you are in the “Develop” tab.
Presets will populate on the left side of the screen.
5. Navigate to the folder where you put your preset file. The
preset is ready to use.
You can apply a preset to a specific image, by opening that image and
clicking the preset. There’s really nothing more to it, than opening the
image, clicking the preset and then saving. In Lightroom, you can save
changes back to the original file metadata or create a new folder or
single image using the export function.
You can also apply a preset to a complete image import, by apply the
preset on import. In the Library tab, these settings are located in the
Quick Develop module on the right side of the screen. All of your saved
presets are listed in the dropdown (or you can apply other manual
changes) and import an entire group of images at once with the changes
already applied to each image.