Who doesn’t love free Adobe Lightroom presets? With just one click, you can borrow and tap into the style of other photographers. Presets can transform your images and add styles in a second.
As Lightroom’s popularity has increased, so has the quality of presets to modify and enhance images. Because Lightroom is a “non-destructive” image editor, we can easily try out all types of presets and not change the original image file. This makes it easier than ever to experiment with applying effects to your photos.
We’ve tested one hundred the web’s best free Adobe Lightroom presets. Plus, you’ll see examples of premium preset packs that help your images look their best. The presets that you’ll see in this post focus on Adobe Lightroom Classic, although some may include presets for other versions of Lightroom if the author included them.
Let’s dive in!
How to Install and Apply Presets in Lightroom Classic
Lightroom presets can unlock potential in your editing workflow, but where to start?
5 Top Premium Preset Packs from Envato Elements
With an Elements subscription, you unlock everything in the Elements library, including the web’s best Lightroom presets. Try Envato Elements for unlimited downloads on Lightroom presets.
Let’s look at just five of the most popular Lightroom preset packs on Envato Elements. Each of these downloads includes multiple Lightroom presets
ARTA – Vintage Film Lightroom Presets
Nostalgia doesn’t have to wait for tomorrow when you apply each of these styles. You’ll get Lightroom presets that add grain, tinting, and tone curves that emulate classic film styles.
Monochromatic Vol. 2 – 20 Lightroom Presets
Who says that black and white presets are all built alike? This package proves that there’s no shortage of no color styles. With 20 Lightroom presets inside one download, you’ll restyle your images in ways you might not have imagined.
Bright & Airy Lightroom Presets
It might be hard to describe “bright and airy” when it comes to images, but we all instantly know what it means. Think lifted highlights, high contrast, and warm tones. This preset pack captures that perfectly for landscape and cheery portrait imagery.
Retro Film: Lightroom Presets
Take your images back in time with the help of this ten pack of filmic presets. Most of these presets adjust the tone curve and color tinting to accurately mimic classic analog styles.
ARTA – Sepia Presets
The sepia style harkens back to yesteryear with soft brown tinting across the tonal range. Sepia comes in a few forms, and the four presets in this pack each apply sepia in a unique way.
100 Free Adobe Lightroom Presets
Without further adieu, it’s time to share the web’s best free Lightroom presets. We’ve hand selected them and tested them on sample images.
Note: most of these presets were applied to images with minor corrections. Most presets add creative adjustments to already-corrected images. For more about corrections, check out this tutorial to kickstart your learning.
1. Blood Brothers
2. Contrast Noir
3. Brighten
4. Shadowze
5. Christmas Tree #2
6. Old Film Autumn
7. Analog Look
8. Sincerely Yours
9. Spring White
10. Blood Sugar
11. Sweet Wedding
12. Banff
13. Haze
14. High Tide
15. When in Rome
16. Seeped in Sepia
17. Gibraltar
18. Sunnylove
19. Retro Style
20. Wedding Look
21. Pretty in Pink
22. Vogue
23. Bold Film
24. Sucker Punch
25. Creative Nights
26. Cinematic HDR
27. Haze Effect
28. Autumn Forest
29. City Vintage
30. Lightroom Surf Photography
31. Real Estate
32. Cowberry
33. Mountains & Valleys
34. Beach Day
35. Take a Vow
36. Hipster
37. 35mm Film
38. HDR Strong
39. Cine Pack
40. Dark Forest Tales
41. Sweet Tea
42. Legacy Pro 800
43. HDR Grand Hotel
44. Sweet Baby
45. Preset 350
46. High Contrast Black & White
47. Perfect Portra
48. Ursa Major
49. Portrait Photography
50. Neopan 400
51. Sun Flare
52. Enter Sandman
53. Neptune
54. One Click Wonder
55. Shadow Detail Cool
56. Autumn Landscape
57. Cosmic Dancer
58. Driftwood Preset
59. Summertime
60. Rich Film
61. Faded Greens
62. City Nights
63. Luc Besson
64. Preset 248
65. Spring Flowering
66. Orange Fade
67. Slumberland
68. B&W
69. Tribal
70. Dynamic Landscape Edits
71. Santorini
72. Booster
73. Vintage Vixen
74. Wedding
75. Cinderelle
76. Light and Airy Contrast
77. Spring Pastel Portraits
78. Cinema
79. Delicate Pink Fade
80. Voodoo Lounge
81. Green Hills
82. Kodak Portra
83. Food Photography
84. Skyfall
85. Wonderland Pro
86. Cold Sun
87. Sport
88. Autumn Color Boost HDR
89. Moody + Creamy
90. Moody
91. Wedding Day
92. Scenic Color
93. Sharp Color Pop
94. Spearmint
95. The Bouquet
96. Dark and Moody Landscapes
97. Quiet Street
98. A Faded Sunset
99. Aged B&W Print
100. Vintage Vibe
How to Install Lightroom Presets
Now that you’ve downloaded your Lightroom presets, you might be wondering, “how do I use them?” First, you need to install the presets so that you can use them with your Lightroom catalog. It’s easy to add and organize presets.
Learn how to install your new Adobe Lightroom Classic presets with the help of this tutorial:
Keep Learning Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom Classic has every feature you can imagine to organize, style, and share your images. There are tools for every part of the digital workflow, and with our tutorials you can master each step.
Learn more about Adobe Lightroom Classic with these tutorials:
