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Posted by on Jul 23, 2012 in Lightroom | 10 comments

Lightroom Presets – Adding a Sunflare Effect With a Brush


There’s some pretty cool possibilities for creating presets with the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom. This week I have 3 presets that create a sunflare effect that you can brush on to your photos. It’s a little different from the normal Develop module presets, but I think there’s a lot of possibilities here for some creative brushing in Lightroom.

First, make sure you watch the video below. It shows you how to install the presets since it’s a little different that normal and it also shows you an example of where you’d use them. Then, of course, you can download the presets by clicking on the link right here:
• Download Matt’s Sunflare Presets here.

Video: Installing and using the Adjustment Brush Presets

Enjoy and let me know what you think. Thanks :)

Matt Kloskowski

Matt Kloskowski

Education Director at NAPP / Kelby Training
Matt is a full time Education Director for the NAPP and Kelby Training. He's a best-selling author of various books on Photoshop and Photography co-hosts the live weekly photography talk show "The Grid" and is co-host of "Photoshop User TV". In his spare time he practices as a 1st degree black belt in Taekwondo and enjoys spending time with his family in Tampa, FL.
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  • Teppo H

    Do these not work on lightroom 3?

  • http://mattk.com Matt Kloskowski

    Nope. Just Lightroom 4.

  • http://www.eversonphotography.com Beverly Everson

    Thanks very much, Matt! With the video installation was a breeze!

  • http://www.jangeorge.com George

    THANKS MATT! LOVE THE PRESET!

  • http://www.facebook.com/photogmommy86 Dawn

    I have LR3 and loaded it- works fine =) Thanks!

  • http://www.facebook.com/debbie.woodley Debbie

    These work fine in my LR3.5, thanks Matt!

  • http://500px.com/MJSRTW Matt

    Hey Matt. Love your posts. Having trouble installing these in LR 4.1. Says “Error importing “Sunflare – Strong.lrtemplate”. The preset file was the wrong type of preset.”

    Seems others have it working ok. Any thoughts?

    • http://mattk.com Matt Kloskowski

      That usually happens when you try to install the .zip file rather than unzipping it. Or maybe you’re trying to put them in the wrong place. Did you watch the video on the page and put them in the Local Adjustments folder for the Adjustment Brush?

      • http://500px.com/MJSRTW Matt

        Got it! Thanks Matt!

  • http://www.pbase.com/marshallphoto Bradley Maeshall

    Thank you again Matt!

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