How to Install Lightroom Presets (Includes Lightroom Mobile)

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This short tutorial is meant to guide you through all the steps to learn how to install Lightroom presets and start editing your photos faster than ever.

Lightroom presets are helpful to speed up your photo editing workflow.

Have you downloaded your FREE Lightroom Presets Pack from Pixinfocus? If not you can do so by entering your email below or learn more about it here.

Before we start, installing Lightroom Presets is very easy but if you’re not familiar with basic Lightroom commands here’s a guide on how to edit in Lightroom that will guide you through the basics.

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How to Add Presets to Lightroom

Open Adobe Lightroom Classic CC
Open the Develop module
Go to “Presets” on the left sidebar
Click “+” (see image)
Click “Import Preset(s)“
Find the presets in your computer’s folder

And you’re done your presets are now available in Lightroom Classic CC.

Install Lightroom Presets on a Mac (old Lightroom Versions)

This is How to Import Lightroom presets for Lightroom 4, 5, 6 and Lightroom CC on a Mac

Open Adobe Lightroom
Go to “Preferences” in the top Lightroom menu
In the Preferences window go to the “Presets” tab
Click on “Show Lightroom Develop Presets“

Show Lightroom Develop Presets window on Mac

The Lightroom Settings folder will open
Now Copy and Paste the Lightroom presets from your download folder into the Lightroom Settings folder

Close the folder and your Presets will be available on the left sidebar in the Develop panel. You might need to restart Lightroom.

Install Lightroom Presets on Windows (old Lightroom Versions)

This is How to Import Lightroom presets for Lightroom 4, 5, 6 and Lightroom CC on PC Windows

Open Adobe Lightroom
Go to “Preferences” in the Edit menu
In the Preferences window go to the “Presets” tab
Click on “Show Lightroom Develop Presets”
The Lightroom Settings folder will open
Now Copy and Paste the Lightroom presets from your download folder into the Lightroom Settings folder

Close the folder and your Presets will be available on the left sidebar in the Develop panel. You might need to restart Lightroom.

How to Install Lightroom Presets on Lightroom Mobile

These steps are valid to install Lightroom .xmp files and older .lrtemplate files.

To install Lightroom presets on the mobile app you’ll need Lightroom Desktop (not Lightroom Classic) on your computer and make sure that Lightroom Mobile and Lightroom Desktop on your computer are synced with your Adobe Creative Cloud.

Download Lightroom Mobile on iOS or Android
Open Lightroom Desktop on your computer (Mac or Win)
Click on the Cloud Icon (top-right) and make sure the syncing is active and Syncing is complete

Now open Lightroom mobile app
Open an image you’d like to edit
Tap “Presets” from the bottom settings (scroll right to see it)

You’ll see a new window with all the default presets
By default, the color presets should be open, close it by tapping on the name or arrow and you should see all the other default presets.

To import your presets:

From the presets window
Tap on the three dots (top-right)
Tap on Manage Presets
Select your installed Lightroom Presets and activate/deactivate the ones you don’t need