I Spent $1000 on Lightroom Presets So You Don’t Have To

[@GuiLemont]

Ruskman's film everything bundle is what you need in your life. Huge collection of last and current century film emulations with lifetime access to new packs that are released. Haven't bought another pack since fall and don't intend to for a while.

[@trueatfalse]

I like how Luke's Aqua preset removed distracting people from photos. That alone is already worth the money for the preset pack 💜

[@shoottochange]

Haha yeah it’s pretty handy hey 😜

[@rudyversus]

5:03 PREACH!!!!!

[@slayerhood2860]

can i ask to share some of this with me ? i'm trying to be in the field and i really wanna test those presets to

[@NotAnotherYoutubePhotographer]

I’ve never been one to go in for presets, much rather just go at my images from scratch myself… but I do want to start building up my own library of self made presets… any tips for that?

[@Priyaraj_0369]

I have a big qus about preset selling business what if i sell my preset to 1 customer and he start selling to others than i probably lose my customers what is the solution because lightroom can be use in any device so there is no security about this business that you sell product and only the particular one can get access of your product please explain and give solution

[@shoottochange]

@@Priyaraj_0369 yeah I agree, and there isn’t really a good solution to this. It’s a similar problem to people pirating your stuff (if you sold paid courses for example). You could technically put some metadata in your preset xmp files like copyright for example by opening your xmp file in a text editor and editing the copyright line. But someone savy enough could just delete that as it’s just a text file. At the end of the day you just have to decide if you want to sell your presets and take that risk or not. Getting some sales is better than zero I guess. I just control what I can control, and operate honestly myself, people are going to do what they’re gonna do regardless.

[@donjulioanejo]

I randomly found Jared Polin's v1 presets, and they're actually pretty great. I used them to base a few of my own presets with minor tweaks for my style and camera. I don't recommend most other presets I tried, but I do recommend these. IMO the biggest issue with presets isn't whether they're good or bad. It's that they probably won't work for you as you develop your own style. For example, I generally do a "clean edit" where I don't change the tone or colours of an image, I only want it more popped or subdued. So all these dark & moody, sepia, etc simply don't work for me 95% of the time.

[@shoottochange]

Good stuff, yeah I bought Jared Polin’s FroPack 4. Not my favourite, but just not my style I guess 🤷‍♂️ and yeah I agree, I think presets are a good place to start as a beginner until you can start to develop your own style yourself

[@highlyunprofessionalreviews]

Good video, man. Thanks for doing this. You're saving people a lot of money. You might want to change the title of this video to something a little more enticing so you get more views. You deserve more.

[@shoottochange]

Appreciate the feedback, and glad you found it useful !

[@TroupeGoal]

who even buys presets or even wishes to add to the ones already in Lightroom? Life's too short and there seem to be an unlimited number number of free ones on there. How long do you want to spend going through all these presets, let alone spending any money on them

[@citiestoash]

I swear by the PM V4s. I use them 90% of the time. Mixed with my own and some of Brimhall’s. I’m happy with them. The 40 bucks might be a turn off to some. But I love them

[@The_Scottish_Adventurer]

My favourite ever preset is MellowHorizon by singer/photographer/videographer Ryan Harris. I use it for a vast majority of my photos. Shout out to Ted Forbes film emulation presets for when I want a filmic look.

[@Fernandosampaio_]

Honestly i just have the VSCO Portra 400 preset pack and i know how to modify it to match the look i want, so i don't expect a preset to work, i make it work.

[@LeonaSim]

I bought a bundle 19$ and that’s it for me.. I just recieve the ideas and I learned a lot and I need to test what I’ve learned

[@manthospolitis756]

you need to test out the northboarders and 7th era presets

[@BROBUUST]

If you like blue, yes..

[@manthospolitis756]

@@BROBUUST exactly

[@gerardneedham]

Nice video mate! I should send a pack over DM if you interested One thing I wish you did mention about editing your own photo from scratch, it’s a much better way to find a preset you like and then continue to tweek it and save the different versions overtime and then you’ll develop your own editing style with your own preset

[@thiagocavalcanti5064]

How can I do the text.. but inverted. The background glassy and the text clear??

[@shoottochange]

Sorry I’m not sure what you’re asking

[@florianarnold1644]

I don't know if you have watched all the tutorials that come with the Shortstache presets but to me it looks like you missed the point of these. The Shortstache presets are not a "preset" as the name suggests. He says you don't apply them and the modulars and be done. There is a lot more to configure in the process and he teaches that in those tutorials. His aim is that these Basesets help you to build your own presets that you can save. I work with them for years and build my own style around them. One of the best post production investments of my career.

[@saikujalloh3721]

Why just create your on presets

[@raselsportfolio]

Thanks and I will try to download these for free 😂😂

[@alphalimaindia9638]

I got lightroom cracked and thousands of presets for free :x

[@qwestpond1687]

I don't understand why people use someone else's preset. Each photo is different, so how can an already-made edit be applied and make the image look good? I'm seriously confused. I use different edit (exposure, saturation, etc) to each photo of my own. It's like pouring ketchup to every single meal. like why...

[@shoottochange]

I get what you’re saying. But there’s a difference between a photo looking good and a photo being yours. You can definitely find a preset for pretty much any image that would look “good”, but would it be in your style ? Probably not. And you won’t really learn how to edit or make your own style by doing this. That being said, I still sometimes use certain presets as “bases” for specific types of photos I know those presets will work well on. Then I edit them from there. It’s all about finding your own workflow and style that works well for you 🤷‍♂️

[@qwestpond1687]

@@shoottochange Thanks. Yeah, also my photography business is a part time, so I can spend more time per image. I understand the edit gets tedious for a very busy photographer. appreciate your insights. 👍