Sometimes, the preset or editing technique we’re trying to use will look great in one image but pretty terrible in another (see the side-by-side images above).
Learn more about our “dodge & burn in Lightroom via the Dark Mode editing technique” at SLR Loung e. A typical edit (left) and a dark mode edit (right) for a scene that does not work well for the dark mode editing technique. Presets remove the hassle of having to go in and make the same adjustments over and over again to get the look your after when editing your images. For this edit, we used Visual Flow > Crush > Backlight, bumped our exposure up one stop, and warmed the image using the color temperature sliders.
The images above show what one click of a preset (and two simple adjustments) can do to enhance your images. Edited with Visual Flow > Crush Pack > Backlight
