Lightroom Presets - What are your favorite?

[Sonny]

I love presets! With an idea in mind before pressing the shutter, I have a goal what my final image will look like with certain presets in my collection.

Of course the end results of presets heavily depend on your shooting style. So not all of us will agree that one presets looks the same for a variety of images from different photographers.

With that being said, what are your favorite presets?

These are a few of mine:
Sugar & Spice Sepia
PH Hardrocker
PH CleanUp S-Curve
Matt's Sin City
Matt's Nostalgic Effect
Civil War 2

[Sonny]

Am I the only one that uses presets? Geez

[SpeedRacerSlots]

not the only one. I just hadnt had time to check out the post yet because of other junk going on.
The S-curve one I have used before and its slick.
HardRocker i havent seen but like the samples and downloaded it.

Will have to search the system at the house to see what else is in there.

[tresorph]

Yep I have the Sugar and Spice, me likey.

I got some Kubota ones and don't get much mileage from them which I was pretty bummed about since their Actions are some of the best. I don't want to go into Photoshop unless it's an absolute necessity, so I've made my own presets for white balance/correction and pop.

For senior/portraiture - Nichole Van has presets too. Not too terribly $$.

[carrbowl]

wow...learn something new everyday...I definitely don't know half of what is out there on the market..

[OTRphoto]

Funny - I have searched for lightroom presets and had never come across that site.. Thanks. Now I have many new toys to play with :)

[billbunton]

Originally Posted by Sonny

Am I the only one that uses presets? Geez

If you were the only one you wouldn't be able to find them for sale :-). On the other hand, the only presets I use are the ones I've created...

[d2creative]

These are cool, thanks for posting.

Typically i just do my own thing but I'll try playing with these.

[Hogleg 44]

OK...Check these out. I found them shortly after upgrading to LR2.
http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=33

[Sonny]

Besides the ones I listed above and a handful more, I've been pretty disappointed with the majority of the "free" presets. Even some of the purchased preset have failed to impress me.

Michaelle - I so wanna buy her presets, but I'm also weary of being let down again.

[carrbowl]

oh..do share the freebies please...

[Sonny]

You ask and I deliver...sorta.
http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/200...ate-free-list/

[tresorph]

I know what you mean Sonny. A lot of these only "work" on their before and afters because of their shooting style, and it's not necessarily yours. So then, when you push play with your images - you get a little disappointed.

Just like with actions, it's not that hard to make your own preset. Start with one that you almost like and make adjustments in develop mode from there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNWRncKBlFQ

[Hogleg 44]

Originally Posted by tresorph

Just like with actions, it's not that hard to make your own preset. Start with one that you almost like and make adjustments in develop mode from there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNWRncKBlFQ

That's what I have done, and those are the ones I use. I have even combined the results of several presets to create one to use.

[abril1127]

I got the free WOW preset pack, I'm pretty sure they are the ones Paul posted the link to. They are all I need. Covers everything I want to do! I especially love the black and whites/one color tricks.
http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=33
Gotta love Free!

abril1127 added 2 Minutes and 41 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

...But I would love a good sharpening preset! Does anyone have any good sharpening tricks? I noticed the other day if you sharpen it into speckled ugliness, you can clean it up with the noise reducer and it looks pretty good....not sure how it prints though.