Posts Tagged ‘Presets’
Looking for new Lightroom presets? Do you have some great presets you developed and want to share? Well, Presetpond is the place to go!
Presetpond is a new online community for photographers enabling them to share preset-files for and Lightroom. There are also presets available for Aperture.
By registering at the site photographers can upload preset-files to the site along with a set of preview images showing the preset in action. These files can then be downloaded and rated/commented on by the public.
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Last week, Matt Kloskowski on his blog Lightroom Killer Tips (which, by the way, is an excellent Lightroom resource. If you haven’t been there yet … What are you waiting for?) posted an article Is it wrong to steal Lightroom presets? discussing the ethics/legality/morality of copying someone else’s presets and applying that to your own work.
With the exception of Matt’s drug company argument (drug companies use patents to protect their drugs. It’s only when the patents expire that others can produce generic copies) I have to agree with him. To equate the process with the final product is not something copyright law contemplates. It’s ludicrous to think that Michaelangelo could sue because you happened to sculpt using marble because he used marble! You could give me all the marble you want and there’s no way you’ll get a David or a Pieta out of me! LOL
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Photoshop Hall of Fame winner Jack Davis has put together over 25 presets for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and has made them available as a free download! Just go on over to the OnOne Software site. You can click here to go directly to the download page.
Unlike many presets, Jack has designed these to be used as an orderly workflow that minimizes the need to move a lot of sliders to reach your goals. Also included on the download page are about 30 minutes of video tutorials. Here Jack walks you through how to use these presets.
This is an excellent set of presets and shows the enormous potential for photographers to share their workflows with the rest of the new and growing Lightroom community. Thanks Jack!!
