How to Layer Lightroom Presets

How to Layer Lightroom Presets - Video Tutorial

All of our Pretty Presets for Lightroom workflow sets are designed to work by layering.  This means that each preset has been created to only affect one or two small changes.  This makes them perfect for layering, because you can stack small changes together to create a custom edit for your image.

This also means that while each photo and lighting situation will require a different combination of presets, the overall look of your photos can remain consistent.

How to Layer or Stack your Lightroom Presets

Layering your presets together may seem confusing, but it is as easy as clicking a few presets.  In this case you will be clicking several presets in succession.  This will layer them together to create the perfect custom Lightroom recipe for your image.

Check out the edits below to see the combination of presets that I layered together to create each beautiful Lightroom edit.

Editing with the Clean Edit Portrait Workflow Collection

For this beautiful edit, I used a SOOC (straight out of the camera) file and applied the following presets from the Clean Edit Portrait Workflow:

• Pretty Portrait Toolkit: WB Auto (adjusts white balance)
• Pretty Portrait Toolkit: Ex. +1.00 (brightens exposure)
• Base 3 | Pastel Color  (base preset with lovely color and slightly muted greens)
• Curve 5 | Soft Matte (adds a soft matte effect using the Tone Curve)
• Split Tone | Silver-Lilac (adds color using the Split Tone panel)
• Pretty Portrait Toolkit: Soft Center Light Neutral (adds lovely soft light to the center of the image)
• Noise Reduction +50 (reduces any noise in the image)

Editing with the Luminous Collection

The Luminous Collection is slightly different from the other workflow collections.  This collection is meant to help you add beautiful light in various styles to your images.  This touch of light should be added to your image AFTER you have finished editing your image.

The above image was first edited using presets from the Clean Edit Portrait Workflow.  Then we opened the Luminous Collection and added the Flare Horizontal | Angelic Top preset for the finishing touch!

Layering presets together with these collections is super easy and allows you to really customize your edit to your image and create a beautiful style all your own!

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