We had initially released this preset on Presetsheaven.com – but as promised we’re releasing it here on our site … as always … for … FREE.
But we’ve added even more to this download!
In partnership with Mike Gray of LifeInDigitalFilm, and riding on the heels of his fantastic piece on migrating your presets to Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), we’ve also included an XMP version of the preset for use in Photoshop.
For instructions on how to leverage an XMP file in Photoshop … Mike’s got your back!
It’s time for the WARM+STORM!
All photos provided courtesy of Angie Garbot – Photos by Garbot Photography
What does warm+storm do?:
- tightens up the contrast
- kicks the exposure
- squeezes the vignettes in real close
- warms up the scene
- opens up the blacks
- adds a special bit of elegance
- if you shoot weddings, you’ll ESPECIALLY love this one
|Brandon Oelling
x=photography+consulting – technology. leadership. commitment.
February 8th, 2009 at 1:05 pm }
I must be doing something wrong with this preset. I loaded into ACR and when I used it on a photo it totally blew it out. Am I missing something?
February 8th, 2009 at 6:45 pm }
Yeah, I loaded the ACR preset and it blew out the photo too.
February 8th, 2009 at 7:33 pm } Twitter: @mwgray
Okay, I just ran it through a few different images in bot Lightroom with Brandon’s original and my ACR conversion. I am getting consistent results between the two. The preset itself amps up the exposure to get this almost “high-key” look. If the exposure on an image runs bright, I see if blowing out my highlights, so I then just bring down the exposure about .25 to .50, just until the highlights come back. You can also bring in some recovery and leave the exposure at +1.50.
Try this, and if you are still having issues with blown highlights, then It would help to see the images at issue. If you could post a “before” and “after” picture at the x-equals flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/xequals/ . Then I can take a look and see what output you are getting. Also, if you have Lightroom try the preset in LR and post it’s output to see what the difference looks like.
Michael