STEP BY STEP CREATE A USEFUL RANGE OF PRESETS

Program Adobe Lightroom Classic CC with pre-selected adjustments to make editing a breeze

01 MAKE YOUR ADJUSTMENTS

Open an image in Lightroom and navigate to the Develop module. The Basic panel will include sliders that will adjust aspects including your Temperature, Tint, Exposure, Contrast and Saturation. Set your sliders according to your preference.

02 EXPERIMENT WITH TONE CURVE

The Tone Curve panel is a more sophisticated way to adjust the exposure of your image. You can either use the panel itself, or the sliders in the Region section underneath. Dragging the Shadows slider to the right to gives it a more muted look.

03 PLAY WITH COLOUR

Navigate to the HSL/ Color panel to adjust the colours in your image. Pick a colour and then use the Hue to shift colour, Saturation to adjust the intensity of the colours and the Luminance slider to tweak how bright or dark that colour is.

04 HAVE FUN WITH SPLIT TONING

Split toning allows you to allocate one colour to the highlights in your shot and another to the shadows, which creates a very pleasing result. Use the Split Toning panel to apply one and use complimentary colours that work well together.

05 CREATE YOUR PRESET

When happy with the edit, go to the Presets drop-down menu on the left of the screen. Click the ‘+’ sign and select ‘Create Preset’. You can then name the preset and decide which adjustments you want to include (uncheck any boxes you want to leave out).

06 MAKE THE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS

Presets aren’t a one-size-fits-all solution. You’ll occasionally need to make some tweaks. Luckily, this can be easily done by clicking on the preset and going through the individual panels and create brand-new looks by adjusting your original preset.