Improve your shots with our Actions and Presets
As seen in this month’s tutorials, you’ll be able to transform your photos in just a few clicks
This month, we have curated a collection of actions, profiles and a preset to help transform your images. Actions, presets and profiles can make a big impact on your photos in a matter of seconds. Once they have been installed in Lightroom or Photoshop, they are on hand for whenever you need them. You can build up your own library of software extras by collecting the ones we are releasing with our tutorials.
One of the main advantages of using these digital shortcuts is that they save time – rather than having to manually adjust a photo to give it a certain look, actions, presets and profiles will get you there in a few clicks. Use this issue’s collection to give your photos a little bit extra…
How to use your software extras
Once you have downloaded the ‘dcm264-files.zip’ file to your computer, extract it and put the Actions, Profiles and Preset folders where you can easily access them. These folders contain the files, PDFs and installation instructions.
10 WINTER PROFILES Software: Camera Raw and Lightroom
Profiles can be used to add colour treatments to your photos in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom. We have included 10 wonderfully wintery profiles for you: Orange Teal, Winter Beach, Dark & Moody, Soft & Dreamy, Faded Blue, Punchy Cool, Soft Lilac, Matte Cool, Red Fader and Desaturated Purple.
DRONE PRESET Software: Lightroom
Presets are saved settings that can be applied to RAW or JPEG files. When importing DJI drone images into Lightroom Classic, users can now choose from Adobe profiles other than colour or monochome. We’re using this as a start point to build a drone-specific preset to help the quality of your aerial images soar to new heights!
4 B&W ADJUSTMENT ACTIONS Software: Photoshop
This Black & White Adjustment Layers Actions kit can be applied to your images in Photoshop in just a few seconds. The Actions included in this set are: Quick Fix, Colour Brightness, Add a Tint in Seconds, and Increase Clarity. With the help of these, you will be able to almost instantly improve the black and white tones in your photos.