Practical Photography - UK (2020-02)

108 PRACTICALPHOTOGRAPHY

1

LoadyourfreePresetsforLightroom

WithLightroomopen,go toFile>ImportDevelopProfiles

andPresets.Navigateto thePresetsfileon yourdiscor

download,andclickOpento importthem.In thePresetsmodule,

navigateto thePP Collectionfolder,expandit by clickingthe

ar rowon theleftandclickto selectyourchosenPreset.Youcan

th enmaketweaksto thePresetsusingthevariousDevelop

modulesfoundalongtheright-handsideuntilyou’rehappy

wi ththefinishedlook.

2

LoadyourActions

fo r PhotoshopCC

In Photoshop, open

th e Actions panel with Window>

Actions. Click the menu in thetop

ri ght and choose Load Actionsto

se lect the folder. Once loaded,

cl ick the arrow to the left to

expand and choose the Action

of your choice. It will load up

as a group in the Layers panel

(Window>Layers), which youcan

cl ick to expand and adjust the

ef fects to suit. Start by lowering

the global Opacity of the group

to lessen the effect. If this isnot

en ough, click on the arrow tothe

le ft of a group to open it andthen

cl ick to select the individuallayersto lowertheOpacityor change

the values of the edit.

KirkSchwarz walksyou through

in stallingyourfree wintrypresets

tocreateatmosphericshots in

Photoshop,LightroomandAffinity Photo.

Winterise a landscape

with free presets

T

HEGOLDENHUES

ofautumnarebut

a di stantmemory,

havingbeenreplacedwiththe

di rectionalsunandcooltones

ofwinter.Thischangingof the

se asonbringswithit oneof the

mostatmospherictimesforany

photographer.Thesunremains

lo win thesky,andlendsitselfto

day-longdramaticlighting,while

the mistralliesfromeverycrook,

brookandstreamforultra-moody

re sults.Eventhebarrentreesand

bl uetonesareamongthemost

evocativeof all theseasons.

Ofcourse,whilenaturelayson

a cornucopiaof opportunities,

it ’s in theeditwhereyoucan

re allymaketheseasonshine,

and thesepresetsaredesignedto

dojustthat.So headto yourfree

gi ftsfolder,andfollowalongas

weshowyouhowto getstarted.

THEEDIT

Right Our winter presets will help

yo u to get the most from this

magical season.

WHAT

YOUNEED

nPhotoshopCC,

LightroomCCor Affinity

nAnimagewith

a seasonalwintry

appeal