Adjustments Presets are one click editable filters that non-destructively adjust the appearance of your images to achieve a distinctive look and feel instantly.
To access Adjustments Presets, open the Adjustments panel from the Window menu and make sure you have the Modern view selected.
A powerful feature of Adjustments Presets is that you can preview effects on your images by hovering over before applying, making it easy to explore options quickly.
The Adjustments panel includes over 30 Adjustments Presets, including categories for Portrait, Landscape, Photo Repair, Creative, Black & White, and Cinematic.
To use, select a preset to apply to your image.
You can view and edit the applied preset in the Layers panel.
Multiple preset filters can be applied and stacked on top of each other, providing endless creative options.
You can also create your own Adjustments Presets.
The first step is to create one or more Adjustments layers and then customize them in the Properties panel.
In the Layers panel, select the Adjustments layers you want to use for the preset.
In the Adjustments panel, click the + icon to add a new Adjustments Preset.
Adjustments Presets are perfect for previewing and creating dazzling filter effects to your images in just a few clicks.
Notes: Assets can only be used in this tutorial and are Sample Files per Adobe's Terms of Use. You will need to buy a license to use the assets for other purposes. Some of the assets may be available for license on Adobe Stock.
Steps to Instantly change the appearance of your image using adjustment presets:
Open the Adjustments panel and navigate to Adjustment Presets.
Hover over the preset thumbnails to preview each effect on the image in your canvas.
Select a preset to apply it.
View, Edit, or Delete applied presets in the Layers panel.
Presets are groups of predefined adjustments added as layers above your image.
Instruction by
Aaron Nace
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