Unmesh Dinda 0:00 Now there are a lot of things which Photoshop
can do and Lightroom cannot, especially when it comes to color grading, you can do amazing
things with Photoshop.
Let me show that to you.
So here we have a strong body builder and I wish I had muscles like him, but I'm lazy.
But anyway, so let's go ahead and choose a Curves Adjustment layer.
Click on the Adjustment layer icon and let's use Curves.
So, inside of Lightroom, you do have Curves - the Tone curve, right.
However, let's say we want to take it up and we only want to apply it to the shadows.
You can of course double click on the right hand side of the layer.
This opens up the Layer Style dialog box and then you can simply take it away from the
highlights, just like this.
And you can break the slider apart by holding the Alt or Option, clicking on the slider,
break it apart all the way through, and there you go.
How easy was that?
And also you might want to add some magenta to it.
So, let's go to the Green Channel and reduce the green.
And there's a ton of things which you can do with it.
Let's say you want to add some Gradient Map.
So, single click on the Gradient Map, single click on the bar right here and now these
are the normal gradients, right.
You can click on this gear right there and let's choose Photographic Toning and hit OK.
And you will find a lot of gradients in here with more than two colors.
In Lightroom, you do have Split Toning, but it only allows two colors.
What if you want to add more than two colors?
This is the solution.
You need to go to Photoshop.
However, what if you could create a preset using Photoshop and use that in Lightroom?
Well, that is possible.
And today I'm going to show you a trick on how to do that, how to get the advanced presets
of Photoshop into Lightroom.
So without any further ado, let's get started.
So, here we are, back in the magical world of Photoshop and this is a photo you can download
by using the links in the description if you want to follow along.
Now, I have added a lot of Adjustment layers to color grade it.
Have a look at it.
A ton of them.
Let's see the before and after.
So, this is the before and this is the after.
Once you have created all these adjustments above the background layer, right, you have
color graded all of them and you want to create a preset of this effect created with all these
Adjustment layers to be applied to images in Lightroom collectively, you need to create
a lot first.
So go to File and then Export, there it is, and inside of that, Color Lookup Tables.
Now in here, just make sure Cube is checked.
You can uncheck all of them.
The Quality Medium is fine, 32 over here, and just hit OK.
Let's save it right here.
And let's name it, let's say Purple, Purple Hue.
So Purple Hue.lut - Lookup Table.
Save.
It will do a crazy thing anyway.
Ignore that.
Now, we need to import it first in Camera Raw.
And whatever you do in Camera Raw, it will be in Lightroom.
So you can add Camera Raw in this image or any other image, doesn't really matter.
So, you can just do it in this image.
So, let's turn everything off and make sure just the background is on.
So you can hold the Alt or Option and click on the background and just turn the background
on.
Now whatever I do right now is irrelevant.
You can delete that later.
Now, you can go to Filter and then Camera Raw Filter.
Now, inside of Camera Raw, you need to go to the Presets tab.
So this one is the Presets tab, click on that one, and now let's create a Preset of that
lot.
So, hold the Alt or Option, this is very important, and then you click on the New Preset button.
If you directly click in here, it will take in whatever adjustments you made in Camera
Raw.
We don't want any of that.
So, this is actually a hidden feature.
So, hold the Alt key or the Option key and click on that.
A whole different kind of settings will show up.
Make sure all of the checkboxes is unchecked, except for the last one which is Color Lookup
Table.
Just check that one and choose the Purple Hue or whatever name you had given and then
click on Open.
Now, select the color space in which you will import the image from Lightroom to Photoshop.
I use sRGB.
Sometimes I use Adobe RGB and ProPhoto as well for different reasons, but more often
than not, I use sRGB.
Plus, all of these adjustments were created in an image with sRGB color profile.
So I'm going to choose as RGB.
Leave everything as it is.
32 right here, see, it was 32 and the Color Lookup table, there as well.
Now you can put it in a group.
So I'm going to create a new group, click on this one and click on New Group and let's
name this PiXimperfect Presets.
Right, and just hit OK.
Let's name this again, Purple Hue
or Warm Purple Hue, just crazy name, and hit OK.
Now, when you open up the basic tab right there and click on the profile, you will see
that there is one folder called PiXimperfect Presets and when you open it, you'll find
Purple Hue - Warm Purple Hue.
Select that and instantly you have applied it to your image.
Now this will replicate in Lightroom.
So, let's open Lightroom and let's see whether we can see it there.
So here we are Lightroom with the same image and if I open up the Profiles, I cannot see
the PiXimperfect presets.
Why is that?
Because Lightroom was simultaneously open while I was creating this preset.
So you need to restart Lightroom.
Let's do that.
So, now Lightroom is restarted.
So click on the profile right there.
And then you will find PiXimperfect presets.
Click on the drop down, Warm Purple Hue.
Select that.
And here is the Intensity slider.
So, you can control the intensity of the profile that we just created.
So if you decrease it, it will be none like 0% of that, and this is the normal one.
And you can even go beyond that.
That's a great feature in there.
See, you can even go further than what we created.
So, there you go.
That's how to bring in your advanced Photoshop presets into Lightroom.
And the best part is, once you apply it, you can make adjustments on top of it.
You can use this as a great starting point.
So, let's decrease the highlights, maybe you want to increase the contrast in here.
You can do lots of things in this.
Maybe let's add some warmth to it.
So, it acts as a great.. as an amazing starting point.
You can just go from there and it creates great effects.
Maybe increase the whites.
And there you go.
So, that's how you can create your own advanced presets in Photoshop and bring them in to
Lightroom by using Camera Raw.
Just a quick little recap.
Add as many Adjustment layers as you want.
Now, keep in mind, MAsks are not allowed.
They won't work.
Except for the Masks, you can add as many Adjustment layers as you want, and then create
a lot out of it.
Go to File - Export and Export as Color Lookup Tables.
Once you export them, you can open up a Camera Raw filter.
Doesn't have to be the same image.
Just open it up for the sake of opening it up and then you can go to the Presets tab.
Now, inside of the Presets tab, hold the Alt key or the Option key, click on the New Presets
button.
Uncheck everything.
Just check in Color Lookup Table and bring in that.
Just import the Lookup table that we just created and save it as a preset and it will
show up in Lightroom.
If it doesn't show up, just restart it and it should be fine.
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