Lightroom Preset Pack installation

Installing Develop Presets in Lightroom Classic 9 or higher

In the Develop module, under the Presets tab on the left, click on the + icon, and go for Import Preset:

Then locate the zip file and hit Import.

Important: do not import the MM-Brushes zip file like this! (Brushes have to be installed differently)

Repeat this with the first three zip files, until you have MM-1, MM-2 and MM-3 named preset groups:

You're done installing the Develop Presets!

Installing Develop Presets in older Lightrooms

Kindly note that my Preset Pack works together with only Lightroom Classic 7.3 and newer and versions, and with Lightroom CC.

Step 1. Uncompress the zip files

On a Mac, just simply double click on it.

On a PC, right-click on it, and Extract All.

Leave the naming of the extracted folders as is.

Step 2. Go into Lightroom Develop module

The Develop presets can only be accessed from the Develop module.

Step 3. Locate where your current Develop Presets are

On a Mac, they are usually at:

/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/Settings

In Windows, they are usually at:

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings

Important!
As you can see, the Develop Presets Lightroom use are not in the actual Develop Preset folder! The Presets are stored as part of CameraRaw settings.

Step 4. Copy the new Presets next to the existing Presets

Locate the extracted Preset folders, and simply copy those into the Lightroom Preset folder that you've located in the previous step.

Once done, the 3 Preset groups should appear in the Develop module, on the left

Installing Develop Presets for Lightroom CC

Please note the brushes will not work in Lightroom CC

Installing Brushes for Lightroom Classic

Extract the zip file called Brushes by Miklos Mayer.zip.

On a Mac, just simply double click on it.

On a PC, right-click on it, and Extract All.

Leave the naming of the extracted folder as is.

Step 1. Locate where Lightroom stores the Brushes

In Windows, they are:

C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Local Adjustments Presets\

On a Mac, they are:

/Users/[user name]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Local Adjustments Presets

Step 2. Copy the new Brush into that folder

Just open the extracted zip folder, and copy the .lrtemplate files (which are the Brushes) into the folder where the other brushes are.

Done!

Using the Lightroom Preset Pack – examples

https://youtu.be/HBzBtaBVG5U

My Preset pack is organized into 3 groups:

• White Balance Presets
• Level adjustment (Shadow, Highlights) Presets
• Color/toning presets

I organized them by the order of using them.

So let me show you on a few examples...

Night photo of the Chain Bridge

The original photo doesn't have the WB right (too warm), and as I exposed for the highlights, I had to drag the shadows up while maintaining detail in the highlights too.

Night photo of the Hungarian Parliament

A very straightforward shot: again the WB had to be adjusted, followed by extending the dynamic range.

After those, I also applied the Blue Hour curve Preset which gives any night photo a pleasant touch of blue in the blacks.

Milky Way shot

Milky Way and the stars require some special treatment in order to make them pop out from the dark sky.

That's why I created the Milky Way enhance Preset.

This makes the stars pop out, but at the same time, makes the shadows in the foreground very dark.

So that's why I created the Astrolandscape foreground brightener brush, which I applied on the foreground (make sure that the Auto Mask is enabled there)

Blue Hour photo of Buda Castle

In the Blue Hour the White Balance changes quite fast. That's why I have 3 different WB presets for Blue Hour.

Here I liked the look of Blue Hour late Preset - it made the buildings to the same color as seen in real life.

But unfortunately, it made the sky very blue, so that's why I applied the Orange sunset brush on the sky:

Do you have questions, or something is not working? Let me know in the comments!