Kevin Whipps
March 31, 2021 · 4 min read
Step 1: Get a preset
Now obviously there are a lot of places where you can get a preset, but you’re already here, so why not check out some of the cool ones here at Creative Market? It’s easy to find: Go to Add Ons > Plug-ins, and you’ll find a ton of options for all sorts of products. If you want to go one step further, type Lightroom in the search field, or just follow this handy link. That’ll take you there, easy. For the purposes of this article, I picked up the Editorial Collection for Lightroom by The Preset Factory Ltd. At $14 it was right in my wheelhouse, and I like the aesthetic that the kit offers. Plus, it works with Adobe CC, which is what we’re working with for this article.Step 2: Installation
The obvious first part here is to open up Lightroom. Second, navigate to the menu bar and go to Edit > Preferences. On a Mac, it’s under Lightroom > Preferences.


Step 3: Use the presets
I went to New England back in March of 2017, and although it was to attend a funeral, I took some time on the way back to check out a brick. See, my wife bought me an engraved brick in 2012 that was then set down permanently at Fenway Park, the home of my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox. I hadn’t been back to Boston since 2008, so this would be the first time I’d see the brick in person. After talking to a bunch of people in the organization, I worked it out that if I went there for a tour, I could pull a tour guide aside and they could take me to see my brick. I took a bunch of pictures, but I never went through them with any kind of fancy filter until today. Here’s how it all went down.

Buttoning it all up
Lightroom is underrated to some people. I know I leaned heavily on Photoshop over Lightroom for my photo processing for years, but once you play around with it a bit more, you’ll realize that Lightroom has a lot to offer. It’s not the perfect program, and there’s definitely a learning curve. But fortunately, working with presets is one of the easier things you’ll do. Now get out there and start making some photos better!Products Seen In This Post:

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Kevin Whipps
Hi! My name is Kevin Whipps, and I'm a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. When I'm not working taking pictures of old cars and trucks, I'm either writing articles for Creative Market or hawking stickers at Whipps Sticker Co.
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