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You can automate the processing of photos for Instagram - in order not only to save your time on this process, but also to maintain the style and harmony of the profile. Nina Zaitseva, a blogger and curator of the InstaWomen course, tells how to do this using the Lightroom mobile app and how to use presets.
Editing photos with Lightroom and presets
Lightroom (Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC) is Adobe's graphic editor with many different features.. The program has both desktop and mobile versions - the latter is very often used by bloggers to edit photos and design the grid on Instagram. They especially love the ability to work with presets.
A preset is a file with a set of settings. That is, you can copy the specified parameters from it and apply it to process your photo. The file can contain all the standard settings: white balance, brightness, shadows, exposure, and any others.
Thanks to the preset, you do not have to spend time on processing every time: you will simply use the ready-made settings.
Where to get preset:
- You can create your own file if you understand processing.
- The method is simpler: buy or download for free on the Internet. The photographers themselves distribute the presets. You need to look for presets that suit your processing style.
We will consider the second method.
Where to download presets
For example, you can enter the query "Download presets for Lightroom" in the search bar of the browser (they are suitable for both mobile and desktop versions of the program) and view the sites that have dropped out. Among them there are VKontakte groups dedicated to the corresponding collections. There, presets can be downloaded as a single photo or as an archive of several. The archive needs to be unpacked.
Or you can search Instagram for the hashtag #presetsfree. There you can also find posts simply describing the settings - you will have to copy them manually (not “copy-paste” into Lightroom, but “fill in” each section yourself).
It looks like this:
Often, presets are distributed free of charge by bloggers who are engaged in mobile shooting. There are also entire store accounts where sets cost 100-200 rubles. In this case, the files are sent to you by mail in the form of archives, which also need to be unpacked.
This is how the distribution of presets on Instagram looks like:
Distribution of presets on Instagram
How to use presets
Once you understand how to use presets (and it's very easy!), your photo editing will only take a minute.
Step 1: Download the Lightroom mobile app from the Play Store.
Step 2. Download presets that suit your processing style.
I download presets as photos. They open in the Lightroom app like a regular photo. For example, I liked this preset:
Step 3 In the Lightroom app, select and open the preset file.
Step 4. Now you need to copy the specified parameters from this photo. Click the three dots in the top right corner. There is a tab "Copy settings":
Step 5 Now open your photo you want to edit. Press the three dots again and select "Paste Settings". Preset settings are automatically transferred to your photo.
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You can achieve top class photo effects without doing them manually from scratch for hours and days, or even weeks.
You will find a complete set of photo transformation effects with: bursts of energy and glow, sparks, cracks and explosions, splash and charcoal painting.
If you need a pencil drawing style or gory details, apply the live effect of these Photoshop photo effect actions.
1. Hand Drawn - Photoshop Effect Action
With this Photoshop action, you'll turn your photo into a pencil drawing in no time!
Just brush over the part of the photo where you want to see the effect applied, run the action and you'll be done in a matter of minutes. Details will be drawn inside the shaded area, and a sketch will remain outside, which harmonizes well with the main image.
As a result of execution, each action creates the correct layer structure, easy to read and ready for creative development. Like the other PSD actions by SevenStyles, this one has been tested on hundreds of shots in Photoshop versions from CS3 to CC.
2. Watercolor - Effect Photoshop Action
Apply this watercolor Photoshop action to give your photos an artistic effect. You can quickly transform your shots in this expressive style, and the result will remain suitable for further development.
The created layers with effects can always be creatively adjusted by you. For best results, large frames are suitable, from 1500 pixels by 3,500 pixels. Of course, if you want to see all the richness of the details.
3. Energy - Photoshop Photo Action
The best, with a high rating of demand, action with the effect of an energy release. Commercial quality results. Quick to use, useful for both beginners and experts. This PSD action will save you a lot of time. It includes 50 high resolution pattern brushes from 2500 pixel.
4. Legendary - Creative Photoshop Action
Control the amount of glow in your frame with this masterful PSD photo action. You can apply amazing lighting effects in Photoshop that, when combined with your subject, add drama to the eyes of the viewer. In addition, you can change the light palette according to the source photo. There are ten color options for this.
5. Smoke - PSD Photo Effect Action
Haze will add mystery to your manipulations with the image. This action in a matter of minutes is able to turn a flat source into a picture magically floating inside Photoshop with a frightening smoke effect. Turn your photos into mystical visions.
6. Firestorm - Effect Photoshop Action
Set your images on fire with this Photoshop action with a powerful and detailed firestorm effect. Use it to tell a story about how a dancer flashed a shot on stage or a rose of love ignited in a forest fire.
You can change the deflection of the flame in four directions. Every time you use it, you will get a fresh, unique result. The more brush strokes you make in different directions (left, right, down, up), the more flames will form until your picture is taken by hellfire.
7. Fracture - Photoshop Photo Action
Energy is unpredictable, it bends the trajectory of its movement according to the movements of our body, while other forces balance it, shaping the space around us. There is a feeling that this very moment is captured by the Fracture photo effect action.
Take it to quickly create a completely convincing design of your photos! Just brush over the image, run the action and get a Photoshop file of named layers with color labels, ready to be customized as you wish.
8. PolyEx - Photoshop Photo Effect Action
This Photoshop photo effect will give the original frame a trendy style of triangles and polygon mesh, quickly turning it into an energetic set of shapes. Easily apply polygon style to your photos. A worthy addition of a little creativity will give distinctive features to your creativity.
9. Charcoal Effect - Photoshop Photo Action
Charcoal drawing is a creative technique and one of the main tools of the early art schools, which allows you to quickly capture the image. This is how famous artists did the first sketches of their outstanding works.
In this technique, history and tradition are merged. You can convey the feel of an artist's quick sketch in your digital work with this action. It includes five unique charcoal drawing styles and high resolution brushes to download, making it easy for you to get creative with your photo designs!
10. Explosion - Photo Effect PSD Action
Give your shots the power and devastating power of an explosion effect. In a few clicks, let the drive energy into your work. After marking with a brush where the explosion will occur on the Photoshop canvas, make sure that the viewer gets the whole effect.
11. Tekniq - Creative Photoshop Action
If you're looking for a shortcut to create an irresistible blend of pencil lines and painterly brushstrokes, this is the perfect addition to your digital toolbox. The unique PSD action effect technique makes it easy to create digital abstract art from your photos.
12. Shatter2 - Photoshop Action Photo Effect
Breaking a frame into creative shards will add a unique cinematic effect to your work. Explode your design into many triangular pieces of debris. This destructive PSD photo effect action is fast, easy to manage, cuts down on a lot of Photoshop work, and delivers inspiring results!
13. Newspaper Art - Stylish Photoshop Action
Newspaper Art PSD action transforms a photo into a stylish composition of words, prints and scraps of newspaper. It looks like a mixture of media and screen printing. If you're looking for unique work that doesn't look like Photoshop, grab this action for yourself.
14. 3D Dispersion - Photoshop Photo Effect Action
Add the effect of flying 3-d debris to your works. Simple, amazing and fast result in Photoshop! Make brush strokes in those places on the photo where you want to apply the scattering effect, run the action and follow the direction of the action.
Everything will look like someone is moving at a speed that breaks apart, flying after.
15. Architectum - Artistic PS Photo Action
This is a beautiful action with simple settings, it will turn your photo into a classic painting with color rendering of the main details and pencil lines of an architectural sketch in the rest.
In addition, PSD action offers a choice of ten colors, graphic elements and convenient layer-by-layer editing. This action is easy to run and then refine the result!
16. Sparkler - Photoshop Action Photo Effect
Turn your shot into an irresistible night shot with a glowing trail of colorful sparklers. Add a line of burning text (or a glowing wonder) to your poster, flyer, or next digital work.
This Photoshop action allows you to change the color, brightness of the glow, and the reflection area. Just draw the place where the trail of sparklers will shine. Save the result on a transparent layer and paste it into your composition.
17. Renegade - Glowing Effect Photoshop Action
With this Renegade Photoshop Action you will make a professional image transformation. A beautiful effect arises from the imposition of broken lines of the radiance of energy discharges on top of each other.
Instantly turn your photo into a work of art. Many different tuning techniques and a lot of advice on their use gives Seven Styles in this lesson hour long Photo Effect tutorial. Discover the flexibility of working with this action.
18. Grunge 2 - Grity Style Photo Effect Action
Add a dark Grunge 2 theme to your work with a bold layering effect of rough lines and painterly blobs. The download set along with the PSD action includes 19 colorful background textures and 12 presets. Once the action is complete, you can make any adjustments you like. Give your shots the right level of grunge style!
19. Epic - Creative Effect Photoshop Action
With dramatically colored light and just the right amount of smoke interspersed with glowing particles, Epic Photoshop Action will take your original photo from pleasing to legendary.
Put this cinematic effect in your Photoshop toolbox and use quick adjustments to smoke, background, glowing particles, and light direction. In a few clicks, the level of creation of your compositions will soar to new heights.
20. Caricature - Fun Photo Effect Photoshop Action
A truly funny effect is obtained with Photoshop action, which will help you to make expressive caricatures out of pictures. Includes four drawing styles.
You can control each one by looking at which part of the face the exaggeration effect is applied to - eyes, eyebrows, lips, nose or ears. Get fast, professional, amazing results with this set of PSD actions.
21. Acrylic 2 - Artistic Photoshop Photo Action
Use the Acrylic 2 action art effect to turn your shots into acrylic paintings. A large selection of settings will help you to give the necessary expressiveness to brush strokes and brightness to colors of paints. Paint great portraits by quickly turning your photos into works of art with a stylish Photoshop effect.
22. Shatter - Realistic Photoshop Action Effect
Do you want to crush metal, dismember bodies, or smash objects in your shots to smithereens? If you need a realistic effect that, under your control, will split the image in the photo into small crumbs, there is no better choice than this stylish Photoshop action.
A professional result will be achieved in a few clicks with the Shatter PSD action. You assign the areas of application of the effect with brush strokes, after which the action is launched.
23. Paint Splatter - Photoshop Photo Effects
Turn your photo into a modern piece of art with just a few clicks. This Photoshop action automatically applies the right amount of paint splatter and creates the graphics. It is easy to use, fully editable, does not destroy the base. It consists of properly organized layers, has text instructions and a video review.
24. Magic Dust - Creative Photoshop Photo Action
Quickly add magic powder to your design, photomontage or photo art. Make brush strokes in places where the witchy glow effect is applied and run the action.
A magical glow PSD effect will appear where you want it. There are a fair number of tricks to give your work a mystical touch: from black magic to the innocent flair of a fabulous haze.
25. Vintage - Classic Style Photoshop Action
Create a picture in vintage style from a photo! This Photoshop action will give the images in your image a shabby look. It is built from textures based on scanned watercolors and charcoal drawings. Therefore, the effects of the old photo look organic and quite authentic.
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The world of photography is endless possibilities! To date, a huge number of opportunities for a computer user have appeared, which can be easily implemented. The main thing is to choose a really convenient and high-quality photo editor with which you can add various effects, edit photos, .
Perhaps the central place in this list can rightfully be given to the well-known product Photoshop. However, experienced users often prefer its closest brother, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. This is a very handy application, one of the important advantages of which is the ability to create presets. And what are the presets for Photoshop Lightroom and how to add them, I will tell you further.
What are presets and where are they stored
Surely those users who regularly work with graphic editors are faced with the fact that they have to perform the same action, typical for any type of processing. Of course, over time, it gets boring to do this, and it’s a pity for time. It is for such situations that there are presets or, which allows you not to do the same thing over and over again. The essence of the preset is that the user, performing sequential actions, can save the result of this work. Well, next time he will simply apply the finished result, thus saving his time and nerves.
It can be difficult for an inexperienced user to find ready-made presets, but what is there, and experienced ones do not always cope! By default, presets in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom are stored in system folders, however, if you wish, you can customize the path to your liking. To do this, go to the Edit section, open the Preferences section there and select the Presets tab. Next, you need to check the box next to the item "Store presets from the catalog." Done, now all your presets will be stored together with the directory, in the settings folder.
How to add presets
Adding a preset is very easy! To do this, you need to copy the file, and if necessary, unzip it first, and paste it into the appropriate subfolder in the Lightroom settings folder. After that, you just need to restart the graphic editor, and the presets you created will automatically appear in its settings. 
As you can see, there is absolutely nothing complicated in presets, at least in the basics. I advise you to get acquainted with this function in more detail, because it will definitely come in handy for you when processing images, and obviously more than a dozen times!
Everyone wants to process photos in vintage or retro styles, for example, but not everyone succeeds because of a lack of knowledge. It also takes a lot of processing time for more experienced users. Today I will show you how to quickly make a beautiful preset for your photo in Photoshop.
For those who don't know what is a preset in photoshop- this is a set of actions performed on a photo, which includes vignetting, exposure, color correction, etc. Presets are mostly used in lightroom. You can download ready-made sets of presets, or make / record your own according to the lessons. There are no presets for Photoshop as such, they are in the built-in Photoshop Camera RAW module. Actually there they can be both created and downloaded ready-made.
However, there are many video presets, after applying which a certain set of actions will be automatically applied to your photo.
Why are presets needed?
Their main goal is to process a large number of photos with one click. Here imagine the most common case "Wedding". After such a holiday, you have accumulated a large number of photos. And you need to do them all, for example, in retro style. The first thought that arises: "Well, what the hell, I won't process it manually so much." Yes, and do not! After all, a ready-made preset will do everything for you.
Okay, something I sold out, our lesson is not about ready-made presets. Perhaps you have already seen the information below on the Internet, but I will try to explain it again as simply and in detail as possible.
To create the lesson, I used the photo "Girl in the river" (license).
Step one
Go to photoshop, open the photo on which you will make a preset or use mine.
Then in the layers panel create a new adjustment layer " gradient map"
You should automatically open the "Properties" window as shown in the screenshot below
If there is no such window, then open it by going to the Window -> Properties tab
All properties are open, let's start applying the preset.
step two
Photoshop has standard toning gradients, with the help of which we will make a preset. In order to open them, click on the triangle to the right of the gradient to open the gradient palette
You will open the gradient panel, in it you need to click on the gear and select photographic tinting from the list that opens.
After that, you will see the "Replace current gradients with those contained in Photographic Toning" window, click OK
For better gradient navigation, you can turn on the display with names, this is done like this
Well, that's it! Now select the desired photographic gradient by simply clicking on it and it will automatically overlay the photo. Here are some examples of presets:
Preset "Platinum"
Antique Sepia Preset
Preset "Gold 2"
Preset "Blue 2"
Preset "Copper 2"
and many other equally beautiful presets can be made from a standard set of photographic gradients. If the resulting preset effect seems too hard/bright to you, reduce the opacity of the gradient map, or experiment with blending modes, which will also allow you to achieve no less interesting effects.
Finally
If you have finished reading the lesson, then you are great, because now you have one more useful information in your head when working with Photoshop, and if you also completed this lesson, then +10/1000000 has been added to your skill and now you calmly own this skill. As mentioned above, this is one of the easiest methods to make a preset. A more sophisticated method is to create with Curves, which is often used by photographers.
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