Free Lightroom Presets Directory: by Gavin Seim. (Updated Oct 7th 2009)

You’ve found biggest, most updated list of free Adobe Lightroom presets that I know if. It’s true you can have too many, but this is the best jump off point for finding new presets. Taste as many as you like, then tell us your favorites. 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 my article on RAW VS JPEG presets.

Also check My Own Presets. There is a freebies category, as well as my PW2 set which has turned into one of most popular set of commercial preset collections anywhere. The image above was made using them. Use code PPS at checkout to save 15%. Enjoy… Gav

My Favorite Free Lightroom Presets – How To Install Lightroom Presets:

• Seim Effects Free Lightroom Presets:
  My own free presets. Various well refined effects. This is whole category of free presets. 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.
• NEW – 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.
• Mark Elkins Presets:
  Mark has a great set off free presets with a variety of styles.
• Laconic Design Presets:
  Laconic has a bunch of presets, many of which fall into B&W/Vintage looks.
• Nelli’s Art Presets:
  The sites not in English, but there’s lots of presets presets to keep you busy.
• Focus Beauty Presets:
  Mainly vignettes and selective focus/color point presets allowing you to build an effect. Also check out their HDR prep presets.

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More Cool Free Presets: (Many just have a few)

• I Brake For Bokeh Presets: Another nice variety of free Lightroom presets.
• NEW – Heather Green’s Presets. A few classic color presets.
• AM Presets Color Tones: A nice looking freebie pack of color tone lightroom presets. Worth a look.
• 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
• John Esberg Presets: Johns preset category has a few freebies for a variety of effects.
• Life in Digital Fim Presets: Confusing site, but I’ve linked to the presets category and there are a few goodies there.
• Gantico’s Presets: Various presets worth a look, including some infrared.
• Blixphoto Presets: An assortment of color effects
• 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
• 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 only) – How To Install Lightroom 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.