I tend to avoid making adjustments to the Hue sliders because doing so will change the shade of the color, taking you too far from the look of the preset. In the sample below all I needed to do was use the white balance dropper to get me closer to the look I wanted from my preset. Still see a green tint throughout an image? I move the tint slider toward the right to add magenta to balance out the green. If the overall image appears too cool, I adjust the temperature sliders to the right. If not, I make slight adjustments to the temperature or tint sliders as needed. Most of the time, the dropper is all that is needed. This allows you to set the new neutral in the image and the rest of the colors will adjust appropriately. To do that, I use the white balance eye dropper located in the Basic panel. Sometimes I’m in a hurry and it’s not perfect so I still need to adjust the white balance in Lightroom. I use Kelvin when I’m shooting and do my best to get the white balance correct in-camera. If your whites are white then the rest of your colors will be the same colors seen in the preset sample images.
#Mastin labs mobile presets skin#
Many presets have a ton of color adjustments made to them and to ensure that the skin tones are still looking great after you apply your preset you have to make sure your white balance is spot on. In the sample below, I needed to increase exposure +0.7, which is more than usual, but it made a huge difference. If your exposure is correct and your image still looks a bit off, sometimes even a little bump in exposure (0.1 to 0.3) or a slight decrease (-0.1 to -0.3) is all it takes for an image to look great with your chosen preset. However, you can adjust it in Lightroom if needed.
It’s best to get the correct exposure in camera when shooting.
Starting off with the correct exposure can make a big difference in how your preset will affect your image. Here are five simple ways to tweak your presets to make it work for you! 1. Why? Your use of light, your camera settings and the type of camera you’re using will all make a difference in how the preset will affect your image. At the time, I didn’t have any income from photography and I certainly wasn’t going to get any income with images looking the way they did with those presets.Īfter a while, I realized that it takes some tweaking to get most presets to work for your images. I was devastated.Īfter all, I was just starting out in photography and it took me forever to save up the money to buy them. I remember the first time I discovered what presets were and I was so excited until I edited that first image. Our images look nothing like the sample photos we drooled over before making our purchase. Unfortunately, we tend to come across the same problem with almost every preset – one click of a preset just doesn’t get the job done. Many of us have all spent a lot of money over the years purchasing presets from our favorite photographers so that we can achieve the same look as them in our own images. Lightroom presets are a great way to speed up your workflow and to get the look you want to achieve without spending a lot of time making adjustments. I’m going to walk you through five simple ways to tweak your presets to make them work for your images and give you the look you’ve been trying to achieve. So you bought those gorgeous presets that you’ve been eyeing all year long and now you can’t seem to figure out why your images still don’t look right.
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