This preset is a freebie from one of 14 professional presets that can be purchased from our Propresets.com shop.
If you think this one looks good, you should definitely check out the rest of this master kit. It’s called “Modern Nostalgia” and can be found here with different before & after images.

Preset in action

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It was only a dream

Credit goes to ex-Tyler. Big thanks for this one!

Here’s two great presets that Brant Smith submitted to share with the rest of you. He calls them Faded film look and if you have a peek at the preview images below I think you understand why.  I like the way they creates a vintage feeling. The applied soft and gentle tones makes these two presets great for its purpose. Will probably be in my fav-list of presets :-) Thanks Brant.

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Faded film look - S Curve Color
 

Faded film look - S Curve B&W

Please remember to visit Brant Smiths own web site :-)

1. PH The Weddings (146295 downloads)
   This one have been around for a long time, still it’s the top most downloaded preset/presets we got here.
   Download it from here
2. Intensive Heaven (107051 downloads)
   Funny, but I really didn’t think this one was going to be so popular as it is. I thought it would might be a little to much for most of you, but I was apparently wrong :-)
   Download it from here
3. PH Fashion Shot (97657 downloads)
   I know that when I was making this post, many people was requesting a preset for making photos with a “fashion” look. It’s fun to see it’s still so popular.
   Download it from here
4. PH Dark Light BW (89822 downloads)
   Wow, It’s amazing how a trip to Paris and a quick black & white preset can generate so many downloads :-)
   Download it from here
5. Wedding Look (86107 downloads)
   Well, Weddings are apparently very popular to  shot and to edit in Lightroom since we both have number 1 and 5 in this list containing wedding presets.
   Download it from here

If you read my last post about popular presets that I wrote in March, you’ve probably already noticed that the stats hasn’t changed much. Except for the numbers of downloads :-)

What about the ones people don’t download?

So now when this post is out, I believe  these top 5 downloads will keep their top position for a long time. With this in mind I just came up with the idea of posting the TOP 5 most ignored Lightroom presets too! :-). Let’s start from top again shall we? The most ignored presets are:

1. Cross process Lightroom presets #2 (617 downloads)
   Well, the numbers for this one might be incorrect since the real source is not on our server. We only counted the downloads collected from our mirror link before the author told us to remove the link. :-( Still it’s #1 on the list.
   Download it from here
2. Color pops out – #01 (941 downloads)
   Same goes for this one. Misleading value for the downloads.
   Download it from here
3. Lawrence Diver (2071 downloads)
   This “underwater preset for divers” is pretty new but after this post it will probably step up a bit to compete with the rest :-)
   Download it from here
4. PH Infrared Colors (2580 downloads)
   Haha, this one really sux. I can’t believe it even got over 2000 downloads! :-)
   Download it from here
5. Cross preocess Lightroom preset #1 (4348 downloads)
   Same as with the two first ones in this list. The numbers are misleading since the download source has been changed.
   Download it from here

Note: By the time I post this, I’m pretty sure the download numbers for each preset have grown to a bigger number.

This is a wrap-up of older posts and collections of Adobe Lightroom presets for making your digital camera photos look vintage.

With all mobile phones out there and their camera apps, more and more people are taking photos that look “old-style” and have a vintage look.

You’ve probably seen them on Facebook, Twitter and blog posts everywhere. These camera apps creates a similar photo look like the old cameras does by default.

I’ve tried a bunch of these camera apps on my own iPhone, but the one I use most frequent is the Instagram app which also let me publish my photos instantly to a blog. I think it’s a nice way of making a point-and-shoot diary where all of my iPhone camera photos are saved with a time stamp and with a vintage portraits look. Other people can follow me and comment my photos too. It’s also fun to go back in time and look at these photos from the past, like a photo album with a big mix of all kinds of photos.

Lightroom presets in your mobile phone?

Imagine that Adobe Lightroom would be available for your mobile phone and you where able to use your own presets on all photos you take with it. How cool wouldn’t that be? I’m not talking about a full software solution here, just a basic camera app that makes it easy for you to put a Lightroom preset on your photos on the fly and then send them to a friend or publish them on your blog etc. Hm… I’m getting interesting ideas on the functionality of this one as we speak (Adobe, contact me!) ;-)

Transferring new presets to your phone would be as easy as it is to export them to your desktop today; Right-click on a preset and select “Export to mobile”.

While I keep dreaming of this app you can make some vintage portraits using any of these previously posted Lightroom presets.

Even if this site is all about Lightroom presets I’ve added a little bonus for those of you who also have Adobe Photoshop installed. I’ve included some links to pages with Photoshop actions that simulates the vintage portraits look.

As always, a Lightroom preset look different on different photos so don’t get disappointed if you’re not satisfied with the result. Try the preset on a different image.

Here is the collection of presets to get some vintage portraits looks:

1. Vintage Preset kit for Lightroom part 1/3
2. Vintage Preset kit for Lightroom part 2/3
3. Vintage Preset kit for Lightroom part 3/3
4. Fashion Darlings Lightroom presets by Megan
5. Fashionable look with a little Lightroom preset
6. 5 great presets from Dustin
7. 8 Epic Lightroom presets for weddings

For those of you who are interested in trying out the Photoshop actions:

• +80 Photoshop Actions for giving your pictures a vintage look

Here comes another preset made by request, from Ole at our Facebook page. This is the story behind it…
Each camera has one or more profiles that controls the colors etc. when you shoot in JPEG. All this data is embedded into the JPEG file. When you shoot in RAW-mode, In short terms – that data is attached (not merged into the images) and you are able to adjust all settings before you export your photos to JPEG (or any other format) without destroying the quality of your images.

Ole was not satisfied with the output of his RAW-images. They look flat and not as colorful/sharp as the JPEG version from his camera look.

I gave him a few tips on how to use the built in “Camera profiles” that comes with Lightroom. They are developed to mimic the cameras look of your photos as if you were shooting in JPEG-mode, sort of (You can read more about Lightroom camera profiles in another post I’ve made).

Unfortunately the camera profiles didn’t make his RAW photos look like the JPEG ones, so I made a special preset that just makes your photos a little brighter, more colorful and with a little more contrast. A perfect preset to start with when you’ve just imported your photos into Lightroom. (Note: If you’ve set your camera to overexpose +1 step, I suggest you change the exposure adjustment value in this preset to “zero”. Otherwise you’ll probably end up with photos that are way to overexposed).

Preset in action

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PH Start With Me convenient name don’t you think? :-)

Photo: Ole Martin Bjørnli Günther

29400 Downloads

Recently I had a fun photo session with a 7 month young kid. During the session the sky was all covered with foggy clouds. Perfect light conditions for a photographer. All I did in Lightroom was to add some fill light, brightness and sharpen to the images. Finally I also did some adjustments with the adjustment brush to lighten up the eyes a bit. This is the result and the preset that came out of it…

Preset in action
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PH KidAlbin:

25602 Downloads

You’ve probably already heard about what Holga is but if you haven’t, I’ll give you a quick brief.
Holga is the name of a Chinese camera that has a history from 1981. It’s a medium format 120 film toy camera known for its low-fidelity aesthetic. Nowadays you can find apps for your mobile phone that tries to copy the same look. It’s been so popular in the last few years that people even buy old toy cameras like this one, just to get the natural old look on film.

You can read more about Holga at Wikipedia

Dustin Leader sent me 10 presets that simulates the look of a Holga camera. Now you can play with them too!Presets in action
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Holga:

Holga B&W:

Holga in Blue:

Holgamania 1942:

Holgamania 2011:

Holga My Dear:

Holga On The Scene:

Holga Queen:

Holga Queen:

Holga With A Side Of Pancake:

As always… Don’t forget to visit Justins place!

I hope you’re having a great summer wherever you are. I got a preset submitted by mail from Darya recently. It’s a black and white preset called “Historian” that makes your photos look like if they’re taken with an old camera.Try it out!
Thanks Darya!

Preset in action
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Historian:

7248 Downloads

It’s time to deliver again! This time Dustin Leader is the contributor. Dustin has helped us out before with some nice presets. This time he sent us a preset called “Magic Hour Power”.

This is Dustin’s own words about the preset:

“Magic Hour Power is best used with photographs taken during the ‘magic’ or ‘golden’ hour. Apply this to your dull dusk photos for an amazing golden hue that makes sweet lovely-love to your senses. This rocks harder than a Megadeath concert at an all inclusive honey moon for newlywed metalheads!!!!”

Preset in action

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Magic Hour Power:

32635 Downloads

Don’t forget to visit Dustin’s own website before you go to bed tonight :-)

I recently checked the statistics on Presets Heaven and found out that I have delivered more than 2.250.000 (!) downloads since the beginning. Each download includes an average of ~3 presets. That is a lot of downloaded presets! All free too! In this bulk of downloads I’ve picked out the top 5 downloaded ones. As of today these are the most popular Lightroom presets kits.

TOP 5 Most downloaded presets

#1 – 8 Epic Lightroom presets for weddings

Don’t miss this one. It’s a great compliment to your presets library.

Download page

If you want to go Professional, you can also get these
highly recommended 20 PRO wedding presets.

#2 – Intensify your blue heaven

This one makes your dull and gray photos pop like never before.

Download page

#3 – 6 new presets to “wow” your photos

Six great presets to make your photos look a little bit fashionable.

Download page

#4 – A preset that goes dark in black and white

Bursts your holiday photos into a nice hard B&W photo with a tone of beige.

Download page
If you want to go Black & White Professional, you can also get these highly recommended 10 PRO Black & White presets.

#5 – 2 presets for weddings

Two great presets for weddings.

Download page

Sharing is caring and I love it. Especially when I get so nice feedback from all of you.
When I’m happy I become creative, so today I felt I just had to make a new preset for you. I started without a clue on what effect it would create. After some photo browsing through my library, I found some photos that really needed to be adjusted. They were to dark from my point of view…
This preset basically brightens up your underexposed images, adds a little yellow tone to the white areas and finally reduces some noise. It only works good on photos that are underexposed allover the image. (note: The preset is made in Lightroom 3)

Preset in action
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PH Repair my dark ones:

Example 2
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Repair my dark ones:

33094 Downloads
Forgot how to install a preset? Read my post on how to do it…

“I thought I’d send in some presets that we use here in the studio all the time. There are three sets.”

1. HDR Effect
There’s four of them, delivering various levels of the same effect. By themselves they won’t look so great. They’re designed to be applied after using another preset, dealing with color and tone is used. Try them out and you’ll see what I mean. In some situations, they will produce a ghosting effect around high contrast edges, so you have to know when to use them, but our clients usually love the results, even though they have no idea why. Specific adjustment to blacks, exposure and saturation/vibrance will usually be necessary.

2. Common Basic Adjustments
These are a simple set of presets that apply varying degrees of only one setting. We use these all the time for quick adjustments to lots of similar images. Rather than selecting a lot of images and making adjustments to the sliders, which can sometimes produce unpredictable results, just a few clicks on these presets speeds things up a lot, in our experience.

3. Style Assortment
This is a set of three stylized presets which we don’t use a whole lot anymore, but have gotten a lot of love in the past. They are basic adjustments to split toning, tone curve and post-crop vignette.

In this post we will only show you the preview of what the Style Assortment presets look like.
Presets in action

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B&W Brown/Red Antique:

Clear Blue/Orange Split Tone Mild Vintage:

Clear Yellow/Purple Split Tone Mild Vintage:

Please make sure you visit William’s website before you go to sleep tonight :-)

2010 was an exiting year with lots of funny events. In the end of the year I had so much things to do that it was almost impossible to keep up with the updates here at Presets Heaven. 2011 is going to be even better so lets start this year by presenting a new presets contribution.Laura from “pretty presets” sent me 4 of her own presets that she would love to share with you. They are Autumn, Pretty Presets Brown, Silver Lining and Soft Color Pop. To best describe them she also attached some before/after images for your convenience. I hope you like them!

Presets in action

Please make sure you pay a visit to Laura and her facebook page

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Who Is Wolf 1

WIW sweet

WIW Soft Warm

WIW retro style

WIW retro soft

WIW retro2 old photo

WIW light promo

WIW kunstlich wedding hell

WIW kunstlich bw

WIW klang retro

WIW herbst licht

WIW golden dust

WIW fresh spring

WIW fable

WIW edel bw

WIW dust

WIW dunker kunstlich

WIW dunker kunstlich heller

WIW dark sw skin

WIW dark kunstlich brighter

WIW cross retro

WIW coldsteel

WIW bw light up

WIW bw golden times

WIW bw focus

WIW bw deluxe

WIW bw deluxe lighter

WIW Basic bw

78210 Downloads

Don’t forget to visit Chris own website. He got some amazing photos to enjoy :-)

Presets in action

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Chiffon:

Velvet:

Diamond:

All photos by Lilac Saloon

As always, please visit Megan and her Lilac Saloon

-”Love the site, great work and very handy for those of us starting out with presets.
I thought I’d share one with you:
This preset fixes dark photos with a red hue.  I created it to touch up some music performance photos where the red stage light was overwhelming.”

Preset in action

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LB-FixDarkRedLight:

Photo: LeeAnn Beer

Please make sure you visit LeeAnns’ website before you go to bed tonight :-)

-”Hi, my name is Adam and i come from Poland. I’ve found Your website about a week ago and it helped me a lot with postprocessing of my pictures so I decided to share some of my presets with you. It’s difficult for me to describe them, I prefer a retro style so i tried to make some presets that will make my pictures a little bit like retro. This “yoshkiRetroGreenLightenUp” preset is great for pics taken without flash when for example a face of a person go shades or is a liitle too dark, You can still set a lower exposure if after using this preset the picture is too bright. I have also sent You sample photos of each preset. Hope You’ll enjoy them. Thanks for this helpfull website You made.”

Presets in action

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yoshkiWarmGold:

yoshkiBronze:

yoshkiRetroGreenLightenUp:

Thank you for the contribution Adam!

For this specific preset collection I have made a special preview image with more than one example/sooc image. It gives you a better grip of how they work on different photos. I hope you like them.

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Most of the presets in this wedding kit are new but some of them can be found at my site from previous posts and you might already have downloaded them before, but I’ll make it easy for you all and put them in a new preset package that I prefer to call “PH The Weddings“.  Enjoy!

Presets in action

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PH Light Dress:

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PH Soft & Dreamy:

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PH Normal skin:

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PH Fantasy Dress:

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PH Edgy Church:

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PH B&W Beach:

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PH Surreal moment:

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Steller Guru GreenGold (Credit goes to Dustin Steller):

Enjoy them all!

186984 Downloads

If your images tend to be too dark or bright. Use a smaller value for each, like +25 and -25 instead.

Preset in action

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PH CleanUp S-Curve: