![]() "I’ve never used any Lightroom presets before but Alyn’s presets really do make the editing workflow easy and straightforward, imparting his expertise into the process. I can’t wait for clear dark skies to use them again after. It’s a great idea and makes a massive difference to my work stream. I let the presets do the hard work and tweaked the final image only slightly to my liking. I installed the pack with ease following Alyn’s instructions and tried them straight away on shots I’d taken a few weeks prior. "As a Lightroom preset newbie I was sceptical as I always thought they would not be tailored to specific scenes and settings. "Just been using the presets - first impressions are great! The darken sky adjustment works brilliantly, I think that'll be my go-to setting." adding some temperature and tint to the milky-way-pop-up, to adapt them to my personal style.” In between I tweaked some of the presets a little bit, e. Even if you were and you have all the time on your hands to learn new things, I still doubt that any one normal human could use all of the great plug-ins available for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom. Imagine that you were as rich as Bill Gates and retired. As I started doing milky way pictures at the age of 58 (really late!) just a few months ago, your workflow along with the presets helped me a lot in learning quickly how to develop them perfectly. Ron Martinsen’s December 2015 Best of the Best Ranking of the top Photography Plug-ins. “Just want to say a big "thank you" for your Lightroom presets. This graduated filter helps darken the sky but doesn't reduce the Milky Way, allowing it to pop and stand out against the darkened backdrop of space. Once you have set the global tonality and colour grade of the image it's time to use my local adjustment tools to sculpt the final image. It's not just about pressing the button but how you apply the adjustments too. Included with the presets are tutorial videos which go into much better detail to help you get the most out of these presets. ![]() Darken the sky, make the Milky Way pop, and add a glow to the brightest stars with just some of the tools provided. The colours of the image will help create the mood you are going for and separating these adjustments from the tonality presets gives you freedom to create a winning combo.įinally, add the finishing touches and sculpt the image artistically using my local adjustment presets. Next up is a colour grade of the entire image. Also built into these presets are my settings for RAW sharpening, fine-tuned specifically for clean astro images. Noise is one of the biggest challenges in astrophotography and removing it goes a long way in creating an aesthetically pleasing image. Now it's time to get rid of the noise and sharpen. These presets adjust the overall contrast in the image as well as things like clarity and shadow detail. First start by adjusting the global tonality of the image.
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