Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Seven:
Now click on a different photo in the
Filmstrip, then hover your cursor over
your new preset (I'm hovering over my
Desaturate with Contrast Snap preset),
and if you look up at the Navigator panel,
you'll see a preview of the preset (as seen
here, where you're seeing what your cur-
rent color photo would look like if you
applied the custom preset we just made).
Seeing these instant live previews is a huge
time saver, because you'll know in a split
second whether your photo will look good
with the preset applied or not, before you
actually apply it.
Step Eight:
You can even put these presets (the built-in
ones that come with Lightroom, and the
ones you create yourself) to use from right
within the Import window. For example, if
you knew you wanted to apply the Desat-
urate with Contrast Snap preset to a group
of photos you were about to import, inside
the Import window, over in the Apply
During Import panel, you'd choose this
preset from the Develop Settings pop-up
menu (as shown here), and that preset
would automatically be applied to each
photo as it's imported. There's one more
place you can apply these Develop presets,
and that's in the Saved Preset pop-up
menu, at the top of the Quick Develop
panel, in the Library module (more about
the Quick Develop panel on the next page).
TIP: Importing Presets
There are lots of places online where you
can download free Develop module pre-
sets (like my buddy, Matt Kloskowski's
LightroomKillerTips.com). Once you've
downloaded some, to get them into
Lightroom, go to the Presets panel, then
Right-click on the User Presets header, and
choose Import from the pop-up menu.
Locate the preset you downloaded and
click the Import button, and that preset
will now appear under your User Presets list.
 
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