Open a photo in Detail view and select Presets.
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Learn how to apply presets in Lightroom.
Lightroom presets are pre-defined settings that apply specific adjustments to your photos. These adjustments can include changes to exposure, contrast, saturation, color grading, and more.
You can now access 8 new Adaptive: Landscape presets in Lightroom Classic.
A set of default presets is listed in the Presets panel of the Develop module. Select the Lightroom Classic Presets folder to display the default presets.
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Expand the presets to apply to your image. Expand the presets to apply to your image. -
Select one of the presets to apply to the image. Hover over the preset, to preview the effects of a preset on your image.
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Adjust the intensity of the applied preset using the Preset Amount slider.
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Select to apply a preset.
- You can filter Presets and Preset groups based on name in the Presets panel.
- When you create or update a preset, you can choose to enable the Amount slider. In the New Develop Preset or Update Develop Preset dialog box, select Support Amount Slider. If this option is deselected, the Amount slider will be greyed out for that preset.
- If you are unable to select the Support Amount Slider option, that indicates the selected settings don't support the Amount slider.
- When you adjust sliders other than those specific to the preset, the preset selection stays the same.
Create a Develop preset
Presets you create are based on the current settings of the selected photo.
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Select the Develop module > Presets panel and then select Add .
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Select Create Presets from the drop-down menu.
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Select Check All to select everything or select Check None to deselect everything, and then select to select each of the settings to include in the preset.
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In the Preset Name dialog box, type a name, specify the group in which the preset should appear, and select Create.
The preset is added to the list in the Presets panel in the specified group.
Import Develop presets
To import Presets in Lightroom Classic, do any of the following:
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Select the Develop module > Presets panel and then select Add .
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Select Import Presets from the drop-down menu.
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In the Import dialog box that appears, select the preset files or a .zip file containing presets.
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Select Import, and all the presets are added to the User Presets group.
You can also bulk import XMP presets and profiles, DCP profiles, and LCP profiles as part of a zip file. However, .lrtemplate presets can't be imported as part of a zip file.
Manage Develop presets
Using the Manage Presets option, you can show or hide various Develop preset groups that are displayed in the Presets panel and other places where the Develop presets list appears.
To show/hide preset groups, follow the steps below:
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Select the Develop module > Presets panel and then select Add .
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Select Manage Presets from the drop-down menu.
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In the Manage Presets dialog, select the preset groups that you want to show. Deselect the preset groups that you want to hide.
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Select Save. The Presets panel now displays only the preset groups you selected using the Manage Presets dialog.
To show all the hidden preset groups, you can right-click (Win) or Control+click (macOS) any preset group in the Presets panel and choose Reset Hidden Presets from the menu.
Create an ISO adaptive preset
Create a preset based on the ISO setting of your images. To create an ISO adaptive preset, you need to select two or more images with different ISO values. If you apply the ISO adaptive preset to an image that has a different ISO value than the one specified in the preset, then the appropriate value of the setting is calculated based on the values defined in the preset.
For example, if you create a preset using two images, one with ISO 400 and Luminance Noise Reduction set to 0 and other with ISO 1600 and Luminance Noise Reduction set to 10, and apply this preset to an image with ISO 800, the Luminance Noise Reduction will be set to 5.
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Identify two or more images with different ISO values based on which you want to create the preset.
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Edit the images in the Develop module, for example, by setting different Luminance Noise Reduction values for various ISO levels.
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Select these images and then select Add .
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Select Create Presets from the drop-down menu.
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In the New Develop Preset dialog box, after selecting the settings to include in the preset, select Create ISO adaptive preset and select Create.
Select the Create ISO adaptive preset checkbox. Select the Create ISO adaptive preset checkbox. The preset is added to the list in the Presets panel in the specified group.
To set an ISO adaptive preset as the default setting for importing raw file format images, view Set raw defaults specific to ISO values.
The Create ISO adaptive preset option will be disabled if:
- You have not selected two or more images.
- The selected images do not have different ISO values.
Update a Develop preset
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Select a user preset and modify settings as needed.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (macOS) a preset in the Presets panel and select Update With Current Settings.
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Specify the settings you want to include in the preset and select Update.
Export a custom preset
You cannot export built-in Lightroom Classic presets or preset groups. You can export only custom presets.
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In the Develop module, select a user or third-party preset in the Presets panel that you want to export.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (macOS) the preset and choose Export.
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Specify the file name and click Save.
- To export all the presets in a group, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (macOS) the preset group and select Export Group.
- If there are custom/third-party presets as well as built-in Lightroom Classic presets in the Favorite group, then only custom or third-party presets are exported on exporting the Favorite group.
Delete a custom preset
You cannot delete built-in Lightroom Classic presets. You can delete only custom presets.
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In the Develop module, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (macOS) a preset in the Presets panel and select Delete.
Do not press the Delete key on your keyboard; this deletes the currently selected photo.
Determine where custom presets are stored
By default, custom (user) presets are stored in the Lightroom Classic folder. For the specific locations on macOS and Windows, view the Preference file and other file locations in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom 6.
- To store user presets in a folder with the catalog, in the Presets panel of the Preferences dialog box, select Store Presets With Catalog.
- To see where a user preset is located, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (macOS) it in the Presets panel of the Develop module and select Show In Explorer (Windows) or Show In Finder (macOS).
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Select the Develop module > Presets panel and then select Add .
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Select Import Presets from the drop-down menu.
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In the Import Preset dialog, navigate to the required folder path and select the presets you want to import.
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Select Import. In the Presets panel, the imported presets are available under the User Presets group.
Show partially compatible presets
On opening a photo in the Detail view in the Develop module, some presets may not appear in the Presets panel due to incompatibility with the selected photo, such as camera profiles that are not applicable to the current photo or presets that only apply to raw files. The incompatible presets are shown as faded and in italic style in the Presets panel in Develop.
To see all presets, even if they are not compatible with the current photo, do the following:
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From the menu bar, select Edit > Preferences (Win) or Lightroom Classic > Preferences (macOS).
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In the Preferences dialog box, select the Presets tab.
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In the Presets tab, under the Visibility section, select/deselect Show Partially Compatible Develop Presets to show/hide partially compatible develop presets.
Duplicate preset handling
If you attempt to create a duplicate preset with the same name under the same group, a Duplicate Preset Name dialog box opens with options to:
- Replace: Select this option to keep only the latest preset with the same name in the group.
- Duplicate: Select this option to keep two presets with the same name listed in the same group.
- Rename: Select this option to append a numeric extension to the name by default or rename it yourself.
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