Desktop Presets 

Instructions for Lightroom classic: 

Make sure the folder containing your .xmp presets is unzipped and saved in a location where you can easily find it. 

  1. Open Lightroom Classic.  In the upper left hand corner, click on Lightroom and then click on Preferences. 
  2. A new screen will pop up.  Look for the Presets tab.
  3. Click on the white box (towards the middle of the screen) titled Show Lightroom Develop Presets. 
  4. Locate the Settings folder and double click to open it.  Paste the entire unzipped folder containing your .xmp files (the one you unzipped and copied earlier) into this folder.
  5. Restart Lightroom and your presets will appear in your presets panel!

Instructions for Lightroom CC: 

  1. Save your presets folder to your desktop. 
  2. Open Lightroom CC.  Click on the edit button on the right side of the page on the top of the menu. (It looks like three horizontal lines with a circle on each line)
  3. At the bottom, click the tab that says “presets.” This will open the presets tab
  4. Next click  the three dots to the right of the words presets. Select “Import Presets”.
  5. Select the presets folder and click import.
  6. Restart Lightroom and your presets will appear in your presets panel!

Mobile presets: 

*Make sure that you have the lightroom mobile app downloaded on your phone before you begin! 

Instructions for iPhone users:

*I’ve included a video tutorial (see below) for this one, because I know it’s a bit more complicated ;) 

  1. Download the mobile presets to your desktop, unzip the file, then airdrop the DNG files to your phone. (or send them to your phone with your preferred method) 
  2. The presets will appear to be blank on your phone. Don’t worry, they’re not. Select all the presets and click open with Lightroom. Then select Launch Lightroom now. 
  3. The presets will appear in the Lightroom mobile app.
  4. Click on a preset, then click the three dots in the top right corner and click “create preset” 
  5. Name the preset according to its name and click save. 
  6. Repeat the process with all the presets. 
  7. Now your presets will be saved to the app and you’re ready to edit!
 

Instructions for Android users: 

  1. Download the "Files by Google" app, and the Adobe Lightroom Photo editor app to your phone. Then download the mobile presets to your phone. 
  2. Select to open with "my files". In your notifications window, select your download once it has finished downloading. Select to extract or unzip the files. 
  3. Once the file is unzipped, click to open it. You will then see all the DNG files, which are your presets. Select all the DNG files, then click the three dots at the upper right corner and select add to Lightroom.
  4. Click on a preset, then click the three dots in the top right corner and click “create preset” 
  5. Name the preset according to its name and click save. 
  6. Repeat the process with all the presets. 
  7. Now your presets will be saved to the app and you’re ready to edit!