

This makes the selecting and editing process much more streamlined and efficient. And while the main advantage is to offload all the repetitive work for you, a notable and welcome benefit is that once imported, all the images will have your preferred treatment, even before touching a single slider. Or, if you want to harness their true power, have Lightroom automatically apply to all files during the Import process.

When you select a preset in the Develop module, this recipe of adjustments will be applied to a single file.

They are simply a saved set of instructions, a recipe of sorts. I’ve taken advantage of Develop Presets when importing and processing my Leica DNG files since switching to Adobe Lightroom in 2009.
