Tutorial || Preset Love

Don't you love it when you take "the perfect shot"(or so it seems on your camera's LCD screen), only to import it to lightroom and watch the photo "die"?  It's like all of the color is sapped from it INSTANTLY.  Well, that's one of the things that happens with RAW images.  I LOVE shooting in RAW, but there are a few extra steps that are needed in post processing...  My favorite one?  Lightroom Presets!

 I really love the clean crisp photos without all of the filters and extra editing, so I basically just add the color back into the photo through presets.  

Here is an example of how I "edit" ..... Before/After

Presets cut down on my processing time like crazy!  Just think, if it takes 1 minute to "enhance each photo", and I have 30 photos to work on.... whew... that's **at least** a half hour in itself.  With presets, I can have all of the photos done in just a few minutes, and a couple clicks of my mouse.

Here is how you can make your own presets!

First:  Edit your photo to your liking.

When you are finished editing, click on the + sign on the left under the "presets" tab

Next, name your new preset, check all of the boxes (or just the ones that apply to your photo), and click "create"

You will see your new preset on the left!

Here is the before and after again.

Now you will be able to apply your new preset to the rest of your photos from that shoot and finish your editing super quick!


First, select the photo that you just edited, then hold down the "shift" key to select the photos that you want to edit (you will see that the photo you select first will have a brighter background).  Click "sync" on the bottom right to apply the preset to all of the selected photos.

If you just want to edit a few of your photos, then select each photo, and click on your new preset!  That's it, it will be applied immediately.

Do you ever make presets?

Happy Tuesday
~~laura elizabeth