preset

Post Processing: Adjusting Lightroom Presets and Processing a Mom’s Emotions

Thumbnail image for Post Processing: Adjusting Lightroom Presets and Processing a Mom’s Emotions February 16, 2011

How many of you use presets in Lightroom? Like Photoshop actions, Lightroom presets are shortcuts to getting the look you want, especially if you don’t know exactly how to get that look on your own.  And presets, just like actions, can be fine-tuned after you apply them to an image.  There is no way that [...]

1 comment Read more

Free Lightroom Presets

Thumbnail image for Free Lightroom Presets May 18, 2010

Free Lightroom Presets, anyone?  Here are two great sources. Jodi at MCP Actions recently ran this post featuring Laura from Pretty Presets.  You can download 3 free Lightroom presets not available anywhere else, including this one: In addition to Spice, you can also download Sweet Honey and Sugar. And, if you use Elements instead of [...]

3 comments Read more

Lightroom Free Urban Look and Roundish Vignette Presets

June 28, 2009

Big Mozy Sale – Last Chance! First off, don’t forget to subscribe to Mozy this month so that you can save 15%.  Use discount code JUNE15.  Less than $90 will buy you two years of unlimited backup and complete security.  All the files, photos, videos and music that you have on your computer will be [...]

3 comments Read more

Rounded Vignette Tutorial for Lightroom and Photoshop

June 20, 2009

One of Digital Photography for Mom’s wonderful readers asked how I created the vignette in this photograph:   This photo was edited using Lightroom only.  It didn’t take Photoshop to create that edgy look, believe it or not! Here are the Lightroom settings for the vignette: Post-crop vignette Amount -100 Midpoint 19 Roundness 0 Feather [...]

4 comments Read more