Practical Photography - UK (2020-04)

106 PRACTICALPHOTOGRAPHY

1

LoadyourfreePresetsforLightroom

Openyourcopyof Lightroomandgo toFile>Import

DevelopProfilesandPresets.Fi ndthePresetsfolder

onyourdiscor downloadandclickto selectthem.Clickopen

toimportthem.In thePresetsmodule,expandtherelevantPP

Collectionby clickingthearrowto theleftandthenclickon your

ch osenPreset.YoucantweaktheindividualPresetsonceapplied

byadjustingthevariousDevelopmodulesfoundon theright-hand

si deof theLightroominterface.

2

LoadyourActions

fo r PhotoshopCC

In Photoshop, open

th e Actions panel with Window>

Actions. Choose Load Actions

fr om the menu and find the

relevant Actions folder. Nowit’s

loaded, expand the Actionswith

th e left arrow, highlight your

ch osen Action and press thePlay

ic on at the bottom of the palette.

It l oads as a group in the Layers

palette (Window>Layers), which

yo u can expand and adjust to

su it your shot. Always start by

lo wering the group Opacity to

ch eck the effect. If it’s enough,

cl ick on the arrow to the leftof the

gr oup to open it. You can nowaltertheindividuallayersby either

changing the Opacity or thevaluesforeacheffect.

KirkSchwarz gets youstartedwith

yo urfreepresetsto adda seasonal

sp arkto portraitsin Lightroom,

PhotoshopandAffinityPhoto.

Perfect your portraits

wi thour free presets

T

HERE’SA LOT

toconsiderwhen

you’retakingpeople

pi ctures– themodel,thestyling,

the setting,thelighting...Thelist

goeson,andoncethisworkis

done,theeditis thenextstagein

the process.To helpmakethisas

si mpleas possible,we’vecreated

a set of bespokepresets,designed

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the editwithminimumeffort.

These30 uniquepresetswill

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al l youhaveto do is saveyour

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fo lderon thediscor download.

Thengatheryourbestportraits

and followourstepsto create

st unningseasonalresults.

THEEDIT

Right This raft of seasonal portrait

pr esets will easily allow you to add

unique styles to your images.

WHAT

YOUNEED

nPhotoshopCC,

LightroomCCor Affinity

nAnimagethat’s

lackingin cool

se asonaltones