The adjustment brush is located on the right side of the Lightroom screen immediately above “Basic” adjustments, and to the far right. Presets can be stacked and Sleeklens provides a video tutorial on stacking. I just hover over the preset description to see the preview. A preview of the preset is visible in the Navigator window above the list of presets. Many times I will go through all the presets in a Sleeklens workflow, on the left side of the Lightroom panel, checking out the different effects to get ideas on how I want to process my images. The Sleeklens presets spark my creativity. The All In One presets create a mood like “Blueberry Kisses” or an effect like “Vintage Film”. Sleeklens has also created “All in One” presets, that are a combination of settings bundled together under one description. Once these enhancements are made, it is very easy to make further refinements to the sliders, or to conveniently go back to an image in the future and be able to make changes to previous settings. There is even a “Purple Haze” brush and a “Cinematic Haze” preset. There are several choices for different types of hazes–such as a cool or warm haze. If I want to add a haze over the entire image or just parts of an image, I look for a brush or preset that provides haze. These products are real time-savers as I spend less time deciding upon which combination of sliders to use in Lightroom for the effect I want. Recently I began incorporating Sleeklens presets and brushes into my workflow.

Brushes are used to selectively brush in adjustments through the Lightroom adjustment brush or the gradient tool. Presets actually move the Lightroom sliders, creating enhancements that affect the entire image. Other products provide presets or brushes used within Lightroom. Many of these products are third-party plugins which can be used directly from Lightroom or as stand-alone applications. There are many photo-editing products available for processing images in conjunction with Lightroom.

Lightroom brushes presets