Most web and graphic designers use Photoshop on a daily basis as one of the main tools of the trade. Photoshop is incredibly powerful for designing and for photo editing, but Adobe also has Lightroom, which can be used for processing/editing photos and for organization of photo files.
As a designer you probably work with a lot of images, including those provided by clients, purchased stock photos, free stock photos, and possibly even your own photos. Because designers work with so many photos, and because many designers are also photography enthusiasts, Lightroom has become increasingly popular even outside of the circles of just professional photographers.
Also helping to boost Lightroom’s popularity is its inclusion in Adobe’s Creative Cloud. If you have a Creative Cloud subscription for software like Photoshop and Illustrator, you also have access to Lightroom.
The early versions of Lightroom included basic functionality for editing photos, but the Library Module for organizing photos was equally important. Since photographers, even hobbyists, can easily build up an archive of thousands of photos, keeping them organized is essential. But over the years with each new version Lightroom’s Develop Module has become increasingly powerful, and Lightroom users find themselves opening Photoshop less and less.
One of the best ways to take advantage of Lightroom’s capabilities, especially if you are just getting started with the program, is to make use of develop presets, which can be used to instantly apply specific settings to your photos. They serve a very similar purpose as Photoshop actions that would be used in Photoshop to apply a certain type of effect to a photo.
Presets can help to speed up your editing workflow, allow you to get amazing effects that you might not be able to duplicate on your own, and they can also serve as an excellent educational resource if you want to learn how to create different types of effects. There are many presets available for purchase, but there are also some that you can download for free.
Finding the best free presets can be a little challenging because you need to weed through a lot of lower quality options as well, so this collection was compiled to showcase some of the best free presets that you can download.
The free Lightroom presets have been organized into the following categories: Film, HDR, Photo Effects, Black & White and Vintage.
Film Lightroom Presets
These presets will give your digital photos a film-like appearance. These effects are often somewhat subtle, but can help to create truly beautiful photos.
Film-Inspired Lightroom Preset
Film Lightroom Preset
Favorite Film Lightroom Preset
Bold Film Lightroom Preset
Vintage Film Lightroom Preset
Grainy Matte Lightroom Preset
Matte Color Cream Wash Lightroom Preset
HDR Lightroom Presets
Lightroom is great for allowing you to increase the dynamic range of a photo. The most recent version (Lightroom CC) includes a new HDR merge feature, but in order to do that you will need multiple exposures of the same scene. If you are just working with a single photo you can get an HDR appearance with these presets.
HDR Lightroom Preset
Cinematic HDR Lightroom Preset
HDR Lightroom Preset
Realistic HDR Lightroom Preset
Vibrant Colors HDR Lightroom Preset
Strong HDR Lightroom Preset
Autumn Color Boost HDR Lightroom Preset
Black & White HDR Lightroom Preset
Sharp HDR Lightroom Preset
Color Effects Lightroom Presets
There are all kinds of options for working with color in Lightroom. With some dull photos you may want to make the colors pop, and in other cases you may want to use a faded effect instead. You can also do things like bring a blue sky to life or enhance autumn colors in a nature photo.
Color Pop Lightroom Preset
Vibrant Landscape Lightroom Preset
Autumn Landscape Lightroom Preset
Bold Color Lightroom Preset
Color Love Lightroom Preset
Sharp Pop Lightroom Preset
Light Leak Lightroom Preset
Cinema Lightroom Preset
Hazy Warmth Lightroom Preset
Warm Outdoor Portraits Lightroom Preset
Soft Pastel Lightroom Preset
Soft & Light Lightroom Preset
Soft Studio Lightroom Preset
Elegant Fade Lightroom Preset
August Sunset Lightroom Preset
Faded Lightroom Preset
Orange Fade Lightroom Preset
Grace Lightroom Preset
Beach Life Lightroom Preset
Summer Breeze Lightroom Presets
Summer Love Lightroom Preset
Black & White Lightroom Presets
It’s easy to convert a color photo to black & white in Lightroom, but simple black & white conversions often look dull and uninteresting. To get the most from your black & whites you’ll need to make some other tweaks as well, and these presets will take care of the work for you.
Sharp Black & White Lightroom Preset
Black & White Lightroom Preset
High Contrast Black & White Lightroom Preset
B&W Berkeley
Vintage Lightroom Presets
Want a vintage effect for your photo? That can be done very easily with this selection of awesome vintage and retro presets.
Instant Hipster Lightroom Presets
Pinhole Photography Lightroom Presets
Vintage Lightroom Preset
Lavender Lomo Lightroom Preset
Blondies and Brunettes Lightroom Presets
Warm Retro
Fashion Vintage Lightroom Presets
Vintage Garden
Orange and Green Vintage Clarity Lightroom Preset
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