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KRSTF
KRSTF
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May 1, 2019
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Translating LightRoom Presets Into Photoshop

  • May 1, 2019
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Hi there!

I use some LR presets within LR. But here and there I need to do an edit in Photoshop.

I want to do the edit in PS before I apply the Preset, but indeed the result is different when you apply a preset on PSD to when you apply it on raw.

Is there any way to either translate the preset and use it in Photoshop as a new layer or translate a copy of the preset in LR to be used on PSD files with the very same result to fit the batch?

Thank you in advance

Greetings from Prage

Krystof

(ps.: english is not my first language. I am sorry if reading this was in anyway painful)

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Correct answer Sahil.Chawla

Hi Krystof,

As you're looking to use Lightroom presets in Photoshop, please have a look at this article as it might help: https://photoshopcafe.com/use-lightroom-presets-photoshop/

Regards,
Sahil

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 2, 2019

KRSTF  wrote

the result is different when you apply a preset on PSD to when you apply it on raw.

That's an important realization, and this will always be true - unless you use clever workarounds like it seems this article does.

It has nothing to do with Lightroom or ACR or Photoshop as such, but happens because the anatomy of a raw file is very different from the anatomy of an RGB file. Any given numerical adjustment will have different effects, because they work on different data.

Indeed, even RGB files in different color spaces yield different results to the same numerical adjustment.

    KRSTF
    KRSTFAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 3, 2019

    Thanks for the further explanation! When you write it this way, it is crystal clear, why this happens.

    Is it safe to say, that when I go “Filter –> Edit in Camera Raw” then I will get the same handles and tools as in LR? I could then open the same picture in both LR and PS, go tool by tool and just tweak the numbers to get more coveted result...

    That could perhaps work? Or maybe there is a better way to do it?

    Also then in PS you can translate that edit into LUT, right?

    And have same or similar style in all.. ps files, lr files and video files (davinci).

    All the best

    K

    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    Sahil.ChawlaCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    May 1, 2019

    Hi Krystof,

    As you're looking to use Lightroom presets in Photoshop, please have a look at this article as it might help: https://photoshopcafe.com/use-lightroom-presets-photoshop/

    Regards,
    Sahil

      KRSTF
      KRSTFAuthor
      Known Participant
      August 2, 2019

      Thank you, Sahil,

      That article helped and worked for me!

      Thanks for getting me in the right direction!

      All the best and cheers from Prague,

      Kryštof

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