I’ve been using Adobe Camera Raw more and more recently for my initial editing.
Working with the original RAW file keeps the image quality as high as possible before taking the image into Photoshop for final editing.
I’m also aware that a lot of people use Adobe Lightroom for their initial editing.
Here are two of the presets I have created for some Autumn shots taken in October. The presets are named after the London parks in which the shoot took place. You can always rename the presets to something that s more meaningful to you.
The first is the “Finsbury Park” preset. This gives warm tones with a slight vignette to the image. See the picture of Alice with the vintage camera to the left.
When using the presets it is worth noting that the final result will depend largely on your original image. You are encouraged to play around with the settings to get the result you like.
You should also be aware that lens correction is enabled – you might want to switch this off if your lens is not listed.
The second preset is called “London Fields”. This provides a cooler range of tones. Again this preset will work best wit correctly exposed images with some highlight detail.
You can download the Adobe Camera Raw presets or the Adobe Lightroom Presets to match your workflow.
To install the ACR presets open the zip file and drag the files to Application Support>Adobe>CameraRaw>Settings.
To install the Lightroom presets open an image in the “Develop” window in Lightroom, right click on the “User Settings” tab to the left and go to “Import”. You will have to search for the location you saved the presets and then you can import them.
As you would expect, my photographs are not the same as yours so the results will be different. Experimentation with the settings is the key here.
