Free Adobe Lightroom Presets

I'm sure you've seen influencers on Instagram with amazing photos and wondered how they get them to pop like that. The short answer is they are using Lightroom!

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What is Lightroom?

Lightroom (LR) is an application designed by Adobe for photographers and designers. It gives users the ability to fine-tune images via altering settings like contrast, brightness, exposure, and color levels. They also make it convenient for users by giving them the ability to make presets from these settings to retain consistency in collections. These presets have been called themes in other applications as using these presets would set a mood or theme across a gallery of images.

Why use presets?

The great thing about presets is that they evoke certain emotions or moods depending on the color pallet and contrasting colors. Using a preset gives your followers an impression of your online persona and shows a certain level of professionalism by having consistency across multiple images. They help you create an online identity and personality which can help you stand out from the rest.

How much does it cost?

Adobe Lightroom is kind of pricey for a standard user which is why they have given a free mobile version available on the app store. The free mobile app gives you a lot of options that can transform your images into professional-looking photographic pieces. There are of course way more options in the full desktop version but probably not necessary if you're a noob to Lightroom.

Give it a try, it's free!

Oh, almost forgot... here are a few free presets to try on your photos.

Free presets

How do you install LR mobile presets?

To save the preset your going to firstly download the free DNG files from the link above.

The DNG file is basically a picture saved along with the preset settings. Once you open the DNG file into LR you can save the preset that's applied to the picture. Feel free to name it whatever you like.

Check out our blog: How to import DNG files into Lightroom as a preset.