Hardrocker – A Lightroom preset for a harder look
I was playing around in Lightroom and suddenly came up with a sweet preset I just had to share with you guys. I call it PH Hardrocker because it makes your photos grainy and hard looking. You should definitely try it out! Check out the before/after images and you’ll see what I mean…
Preset in action
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PH Hardrocker:
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PH Hardrocker:
Hi and welcome to my heaven! If you are a Lightroom lover like myself you probably going to adore this place. It's the paradise for all people who are looking for Lightroom presets. Make sure you subscribe to my posts to be first with the latest contributions. I wish you a very pleasant stay. Regards, Pierre
October 14th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
VERY nice Preset, thanks very much for your blog!
October 14th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I’m glad to hear you like it! Thank you!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:04 am
Another instant fave Thanks
October 20th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Luv this one too.
Thank you!
October 25th, 2008 at 8:58 am
KEWL. Very very cool. :D Thanks so much!
October 31st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
This is great, thanks.
January 26th, 2009 at 11:47 am
so nice!! thank you for sharing!
February 17th, 2009 at 6:08 am
awesome… ;-)
May 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Love the preset, but I notice in Lightroom 2 when sliding the clarity down it has a soft glow effect to it. How would I remove the soft glow?
May 18th, 2009 at 4:37 am
Hi David and thanks for your comment!
When sliding clarity down below “0″, the glow effect will always appear. It’s meant to be that way in LR. I suggest you try to decrease the contrast instead to achieve the effect you’re trying to get. You can also decrease a little on the clarity (not below 0 though) and play with both “Brightness” and “Contrast”.
//Pierre
September 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Thanks for sharing your presets. Used this one on a whole set of DragonCon images from parade in downtown Atlanta. Got great feedback from viewers so I tweeted your link so they could download it too!
DragonCon image gallery with Hardrocker preset: http://bit.ly/t365D5
Twitter link: http://twitter.com/tasradawson
March 1st, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Thank you so much for lighting my life [via Lightroom], I’ve been trying for how long with photoshop and couldn’t get the look i saw in one pic, I heard about this site via a friend and i’m so so so so so thankful for some one like you that is willing to show and tell. :) :) :)
May 24th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Very nice preset and thanks for your blog.