How to Install Mobile and Desktop Presets

Do you want to edit your photos, but maybe don’t FULLY know how or where to start?

Presets! Presets are a way of putting professional-level edits on your photos within seconds or a way of learning exactly how certain photographers edit their photos. In this Blog, I will run down the ins and outs of how to download presets so you can feel LIKE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND BUY SOME!

Creating photos that capture all the details and colors you were surrounded by at that moment is important. Check out multiple different pages and purchase the presets you want your photos to look like


GLOSSARY

HOW TO INSTALL DESKTOP PRESETS

  • HOW TO DOWNLOAD PRESETS TO DESKTOP USING ADOBE LIGHTROOM CLASSIC

HOW TO INSTALL MOBILE PRESETS

  • HOW TO INSTALL MOBILE PRESETS USING ADOBE LIGHTROOM ON YOUR COMPUTER

  • HOW TO DOWNLOAD MOBILE PRESETS WITH GOOGLE DRIVE OR AIRDROP

PRESET RECOMMENDATIONS

  • PRESET COLLECTIONS FROM FELLOW CREATORS TO CHECK OUT


HOW TO INSTALL DESKTOP PRESETS

HOW TO DOWNLOAD PRESETS TO YOUR DESKTOP USING ADOBE LIGHTROOM CLASSIC

THERE ARE A FEW EASY STEPS YOU NEED TO COMPLETE BEFORE YOU CAN USE PRESETS ON YOUR DESKTOP LIGHTROOM CLASSIC APP

STEP ONE

DOWNLOAD ALL FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER AND ENSURE EVERY FILE IS UNZIPPED

STEP TWO

OPEN LIGHTROOM CLASSIC AND CLICK ON ANY PHOTO YOU WOULD LIKE TO EDIT

STEP THREE

ENSURE YOU ARE ON THE "DEVELOP" TAB OF LIGHTROOM CLASSIC,, THIS IS THE TAB YOU MUST BE ON IN ORDER TO IMPORT PRESETS

STEP FOUR

ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN CLICK "FILE" AND SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU SEE "IMPORT DEVELOP PROFILES AND PRESETS"

STEP FIVE

YOU WILL GET PROMPTED TO FIND THE FILES ON YOUR COMPUTER TO DOWNLOAD. SELECT ALL ITEMS THEN PRESS "IMPORT"

NOTE

YOU WILL NEED TO ENSURE YOU UNZIP ALL FILES BEFORE UPLOADING THEM TO YOUR PROGRAMS. THE FILES WILL HAVE AN ERROR MESSAGE IF DONE BEFORE THE FILE IS UNZIPPED

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MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON ADOBE LIGHTROOM CLASSIC AND NOT ADOBE LIGHTROOM


HOW TO DOWNLOAD PRESETS TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE

USING ADOBE LIGHTROOM ON YOUR COMPUTER

THERE ARE A FEW EASY STEPS YOU NEED TO COMPLETE BEFORE YOU CAN USE PRESETS ON YOUR MOBILE LIGHTROOM APP

STEP ONE

DOWNLOAD ALL FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER AND ENSURE EVERY FILE IS UNZIPPED

STEP TWO

OPEN ADOBE LIGHTROOM ON YOUR DESKTOP AND CLICK ON ANY PHOTO YOU WOULD LIKE TO EDIT

STEP THREE

ENSURE YOU ARE ON THE EDITING PAGE ON THE ADOBE LIGHTROOM APP

STEP FOUR

ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN CLICK "FILE" AND SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU SEE "IMPORT DEVELOP PROFILES AND PRESETS"

STEP FIVE

YOU WILL GET PROMPTED TO FIND THE FILES ON YOUR COMPUTER TO DOWNLOAD, GO TO THE "DESKTOP PRESETS" FOLDER AND SELECT ALL IN GROUP AND DOWNLOAD

NOTE

YOU WILL NEED TO ENSURE YOU UNZIP ALL FILES BEFORE UPLOADING THEM TO YOUR PROGRAMS. THE FILES WILL HAVE AN ERROR MESSAGE IF DONE BEFORE THE FILE IS UNZIPPED.


HOW TO DOWNLOAD PRESETS TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE

USING AIRDROP OR GOOGLE DRIVE

STEP ONE

DOWNLOAD ALL FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER AND ENSURE EVERY FILE IS UNZIPPED

STEP TWO

AIRDROP: HIGHLIGHT ALL THE "MOBILE PRESETS" RIGHT CLICK,  SHARE AND AIRDROP THE FILES TO YOUR CELLPHONE

GOOGLE DRIVE: SIMPLY GO INTO THE FOLDER CONTAINING YOUR PRESETS AND ON EACH PHOTO JUST HOLD THE SCREEN DOWN AND PRESS "SAVE TO PHOTOS"

STEP THREE

ONCE THE FILES ARE ON YOUR CELLPHONE THEY WILL APPEAR WITH  THEIR PRESET NAME, YOU NEED TO SELECT THE PHOTOS AND OPEN THEM WITH YOUR MOBILE LIGHTROOM APP

STEP FOUR

THE THREE DOTS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN ON  LIGHTROOM SHOULD HAVE A DROP-DOWN MENU THAT SAYS "CREATE PRESET"

STEP FIVE

IN THIS MENU IS WHERE YOU CAN PUT THE PRESET NAME

NOTE

TO ACCESS YOUR PRESETS EACH TIME AFTER DOWNLOAD SIMPLY SLIDE OVER ON THE BOTTOM MENU BAR OF YOUR LIGHTROOM MOBILE SCREEN AND CLICK PRESETS. HERE IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND ALL YOUR NEW PRESETS


RECOMENDATIONS

PRESET COLLECTIONS FROM FELLOW CREATORS TO CHECK OUT

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I HAVE TRIED OUT A FEW DIFFERENT PRESETS WHILE I WAS LEARNING HOW TO EDIT. I ALSO WATCHED A FEW VERY TALENTED CREATORS EDIT AND LEARNED SO MUCH BECAUSE OF IT.

I WANTED TO ENSURE I SHARED THEIR HANDLES WITH YOU SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT STYLES AND PRESETS.

LEARNING YOUR OWN STYLE IS IMPORTANT, SO OPTIONS ARE ALWAYS A BONUS WHEN YOUR SHOPPING AROUND!

  1. @KIERRA_SUMMER (COULDN’T RESIST)

  2. @EMMETT_SPARLING

  3. @FRAUKI

  4. @RYANRESATKA

  5. @LIFEWITHELLIOTT

  6. @EYEOFSHE

TYPICALLY IF YOU GO TO THEIR INSTAGRAM, IN THEIR BIOS WILL BE A LINK TO THEIR SITES WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE AND SEE THEIR PRESETS


AND THAT IS ALL! YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL YOUR PRESETS DOWNLOADED AND READY TO BE USED ON ANY OF YOUR CURRENT OR FUTURE PHOTOS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DROP A COMMENT BELOW AND I WILL MAKE SURE TO ANSWER YOU