Gavin's own LR Presets are available on SeimEffects.com
Free Lightroom Presets Directory: by Gavin Seim. (Updated Feb 11 2010)
One of Adobe Lightroom’s most powerful features is presets. Allowing you to instantly transform images with just a click. You’ve found the biggest, most updated list of free Adobe Lightroom presets anywhere. Taste as many as you like, then share your favorites in the comments. Note that presets don’t work RAW & JPEG files the same. Most sites don’t say which theirs are made for, so play around. For more about this see this article on RAW VS JPEG presets.
Also check out my own presets on Seim Effects. There’s an entire freebies category, as well as my complete collections with lots of variety (including the effect used above) I’m honored that they’ve become very popular. Use code PPS at checkout to save 15%. OK, on with the free list. Enjoy… Gav
My Favorite Free LR Presets – (How To Install LR Presets)
- Seim Effects Free Lightroom Presets:
Various well refined free presets. This is whole category of freebies. Some also have both JPEG & RAW versions. - Lightroom Killer Tips Presets:
Aside from a great LR video cast, Matt Kloskowski from Photoshop TV posts presets on the site for free. - Lightroom Library Presets:
Lots of presets in a really nice site with previews. - Lightroom Presets on the Adobe Exchange
The Exchange has always been a great place to get ad on’s for Adobe products. Keep an eye on it. - LightrooomPresets.com:
A good place to pick up some variety for you free LR preset collection and get some cool effects rolling. - Karin Knowland:
Here’s a nice batch of over a dozen presets that will give you a nice variety of effects. - Sean McCormack’s IR Presets:
Sean has an article here on the Lightroom News Blog talking about Infrared in LR, and he lets you download some of his IR results. - Jack Davis’s WOW Lightroom Preset Collection:
This is a download from our friends over at OneOne Software, and yep it’s free. It’s a large preset collection that is organized in a tidy list. You can drag you mouse over the list and see the variation as they subtly change (low contrast to high contrast for example. Very well put together with lots of effects. - Preset Heaven:
This is a blog where you’ll find a variety of presets. Nice place to get some sweet goodies. - Camera Dojo Presets:
They have a nice free offering of presets covering a broad range of effects. Well worth a look. - Laconic Design Presets:
Laconic has a bunch of presets, many of which fall into B&W/Vintage looks. - Focus Beauty Presets:
Various vignettes and focus & color point presets allowing you to build effects. Also check out the HDR presets. - AM Presets Color Tones:
A cool looking freebie pack of color tone effects. Not a lot in here, but nice tones.
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More Cool Free Presets: (Many just have a few)
- NEW – Mithrandir’s Lightroom Presets: A list of a bunch of Mithrandir’s presets. Sweet.
- I Brake For Bokeh Presets: Another nice variety of free Lightroom presets.
- Heather Green’s Presets. A few classic color presets.
- Dryor Eyal Presets: A few presets posted ion his blog. Not many details.
- Street Life. A few intense Black and White Presets.
- Presets by Kelsey Smith: A few B&W presets is all she seems to have these days, but here they a
- Gantico’s Presets: Various presets worth a look, including some infrared.
- Stellar Times Free Presets: A few classy looking tones.
- 640 Pixels free presets:
- Katherine’s Pink preset: Just one pink tone here.
- Scenic World Presets: A couple presets with intense highlights.
- Chrome and New York presets from Vert:
- Really Japans Presets: A collection of various mini preset sets.
- Wonderland: A few samples from their Lightroom Presets collection:
- Simonetta Rossi’s Free Presets: A few sky brighteners you might enjoy.
- Rockstar B&W & Soda Pop presets: from Christopher Bartelski.
- Rebecca Meyers Preset: Just one Faded Wash preset that I can find, but a preset is a preset.
- Phaunt B&W Presets: Three B&W presets here.
- Camiel Schoonens Presets: A few vintage analog color tones.
- Joop Snijder Presets: A variety of general use effects (scroll down the page).
- Mike Lao’s “300″ presets: A bit of a legend. Two effects based on the movie 300.
- A Girl In Love Presets: A nice little set of ten vintage tone effects.
- Mark Elkins Presets: There’s freebies, but you have to give you email to get them.
- Digi Freaks 600 Presets: You can have too many, but if you sift thru and sort them, you may get a few good nuggets.
- Markus Dollinger Presets: Not in English, but you;ll find a presets download link at the bottom.
- Xequals Photography Presets: Once you get past a slightly awkward site, you’ll find a fair variety of free presets.
- Inside Lightroom Presets: One of the early Lightroom sites. Lots of presets here.
Free Lightroom Brush Presets (LR2+) – How To Install Brush Presets
- Matt’s Light/Dark Brush Presets: A simple set of brushes for burning and dodging
- Seim’s Free Brush Presets: A brush set for Skin Softening, Burning, Dodging, more.
- Matt’s Enhancer Brushes: Another nice assortment of brushes from Matt Kloskowski.
Free Lightroom Print Presets/Templates:
- Gavin’s Print Layout Presets:
A group of print presets to make quick page layouts. Great for press printed books and albums.
