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Lightroom film presets.

Add a variety of film styles to photos with just one click. Discover free Lightroom presets that can give your images the feel of classic film stock.

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What are film presets?

Film presets mimic the grain and appearance of a retro film camera, making your picture look like something you’d see in an old family photo album. There’s a huge selection of popular Lightroom film presets that can help you to achieve different classic looks.

You can find the following presets preloaded in Lightroom under the Yours tab:

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Creative › Cool Shadows & Warm Highlights

This preset reduces Contrast and Highlights to replicate the look of a photograph taken on an old Fujifilm camera with cool, light blue hues offset by warm, washed-out tones.

B&W › B&W High Contrast

By dialling up the whites to make them lighter and reducing blacks to make them darker, the Black & White High Contrast filter mimics the monochromatic tones of early Kodak and Agfa film stocks.

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A photo of a parent and their child peacefully resting heads on each other with the Adobe Lightroom "Cool Matte" preset applied to the right half of the photo

Creative › Cool Matte

Achieve a dark and moody colour palette with this preset based on the look of a faded photograph printed on matte paper.

Creative › Vintage Instant

Capture the retro, nostalgic feel of an old Polaroid image with this warm, washed-out preset featuring reduced whites.

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Adobe Lightroom film presets from the pros.

Explore free film emulation presets you can apply during the photo editing process to give your photos an analogue feel.

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Chris Hau Lightroom preset pack.

This Lightroom preset bundle includes a cinematic film preset so you can apply a big screen film effect to your photography.

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Rebecca Plattner pet photography presets.

These selections from pet photographer Rebecca Plattner include a Retro preset to lend a faded look to an image, even if no furry friends are in it.

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How to create your own preset.

A quick guide for how to create and save your own presets that resemble film photography in Lightroom.

  1. Edit it:
    Aith your image open in Lightroom, access the Edit menu.
  2. Tweak it:
    Adjust the Light and Colour sliders and use Effects to add Grain or a Vignette.
  3. Name it:
    From the Preset window, click the three dots at the top right, choose Create Preset and name your creation.
  4. Save it:
    Click Save. Your new preset will now appear in the Presets panel for you to use on other photos.
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