copladocus

Ok, I am not asking for anything here, just posing a question, opening a discussion. SOOC hardliners, please skip this post.

I see ads for collections of brushes and presets for both Light Room and Photo Shop, often dramatically "discounted." I am sure they are ok and handy for working on our photos. I use brushes occasionally in my product photos. While I have not made any brushes of my own, I have saved about ten global presets.

My question is this. Would UHH users be interested in sharing their brushes with each other, or am I opening up a big can of worms by merely suggesting this? I would not encourage anyone to share brushes that are somehow copyrighted or owned by a commercial entity, just ones "home made."

So here is the unfortunate problem I foresee in our modern day and age: A hundred UHH users will submit great and useful brushes and one jerk will submit a brush or set with malware attached. As said in the opening, I am not seeking anything here other than opening a discussion of sharing brushes and presets. What say you???

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Does the newest LR allow for changing / importing brushes? Or, is that a PS-only option?

Does PS allow for presets, or is that an LR-only option?

I'm not up on the currents of the current subscription software, but it seems you're mixing options between the two softwares. For LR presets, they're really not worth the money, even the free ones. They don't have any 'intelligence' in a way that customizes / considers the content of the source image. Rather, they just move the many and various LR sliders in the Develop model to preset positions. You can do that yourself.

copladocus

Yes, LR does support brushes. This feature has become more robust in the last year of updates. And, yes one can develop their own as I did with presents. The idea was to save a lot of time in trial and error.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Linda from Maine set up a place where we can post backgrounds. PM her and ask if she is willing to do the same for brushes.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I'm all about presets, but in my case, I trigger things like the lens and camera profile and enable my own noise and sharpening settings. I'm more about automation than predetermined outcomes.

copladocus

I get that. I find that in my product photos, I generally will apply very modest changes to compensate for the lighting. Our production is so fast paced that adjusting lighting and fine-tuning exposure between shots, is just not possible. The occasional use of presets and brushes in post-processing just was cost effective, especially in LR where I can apply a preset to any number of photos with just two or three mouse clicks.