How To Create Brownies Lightroom Preset (Beginner’s guide)

What are Brownies Lightroom Presets? These are predefined settings made by editors to save time in photo editing. With just one click, you can apply these predefined settings to your pictures.

The well-known preset Brownies was made by a Philippine editor named Erno Ybañez. Its distinctive brown style helped it gain popularity. Even those who have no prior knowledge can develop their own Brownies preset with the help of this tutorial guide. To achieve the same Brownies look, simply adhere to the parameters I used in this method.

What is a Brownies Preset?

The Brownies preset is a special kind of preset that adds dramatic contrasts, cool orange, cinematic sense, faded tones, and brown tones to your image. It is frequently employed in photography, particularly for portraits, landscapes, and special effects.

Why Make One? Because you can’t buy most of these presets for free, I urge you to learn how to make your own. It also helps you become an expert Lightroom editor. Gaining the ability to create allows you to become a preset originator, develop your own community, and sell them.

Getting Started: Tools You’ll Need

Editing Software Options: There are many software programs used for creating presets, but I specifically recommend you use the Adobe Lightroom app. You can get this Lightroom app from your app store or Play Store. This is because it is very easy to use and navigate.

Setting Up Your Workspace: This is not really compulsory but I will encourage you to be in a noise-free environment to be able to concentrate. Also have a color grading panel or histogram to assist you in picking the right color choice.

Sample Image: It is important to use a well-lit image with natural lights. As this helps to bring out your edit clearly. Picture varies so use an unedited picture for your editing to be able to get the right edit quickly.

Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Brownies Preset on Lightroom

Step 1: Step 1: Importing Your Image

Open your Lightroom app; on the bottom menu, click on “Device” then select a clear, bright, edit-free picture. Also, you can share or import your photo to your Lightroom app for further editing. Please check my YouTube channel for tutorials on how to import and export pictures to your Lightroom app.

Step 2: Enhancing Exposure and Contrast

• Click on Light on the bottom options, set Exposure at +0.50, Contrast +19, Highlights -36, Shadows +35, Whites -41, and Blacks +26.
• Click on curve , then navigate to the first circle (white) and adjust the settings as shown in the image below.

• Leave the red and green circles as default; then click on the blue circle and adjust the curves as in the image below.

• Click on “Done” to proceed.

Step 3: Applying Skyfall Preset Tones

• Click on Color on the bottom panel, then set Temp +10, Tint +13, Vibrance -8, and Saturation +6.
• Click on Grading then tap on the first circle. Scroll down to where you see “Shadows.” Expand it with the arrow icon if you don’t see the options to adjust Hue and Saturation.
• Adjust Hue to 218, Saturation 21, Luminance +41, Blending 27, Balance +37.
• Leave the rest circles as default and then click on ‘Done‘ to save.
• Click on Color Mix, then tap on red. Set Hue -1, Saturation 0, Luminance 0.
• Tap Orange, set Hue 0, Saturation 0, Luminance 0.
• Tap Yellow, set Hue -61, Saturation +13, Luminance -31.
• Click Green, set Hue -69, Saturation -50, Luminance 0.
• Click Light Blue, set Hue 0, Saturation -58, Luminance 0.
• Tap on Blue, set Hue -37, Saturation -69, Luminance +15.
• Tap Purple, set Hue 0, Saturation -79, Luminance -23.
• Click Pink, set Hue +11, Saturation -32, Luminance +25, then click on “Done” to save.
• Click on Effects, set Texture +13, Clarity +9, Dehaze 0; Grain 0,; Vignette 0.
• Click on Detail, set Sharpening 14, Radius 1.0, Detail 25, Masking 0, Noise reduction 15, Detail 50, Contrast 14, Color noise reduction 20, Detail 15, and Smoothness 76.
• Click on Optics and leave it as default.

Saving and Using the Brownies Preset

• Click on Share (envelope) icon, then click on “Export as…“
• Leave it at DNG and click on the mark icon to save.
• You can further choose to share to social media or the location you want to save it to.
• Also, you can rename and categorize the file you just saved from your file manager for easy future use.

Conclusion

I have stated all the settings needed to create Brownies preset from scratch. Just follow my procedures and exact settings to get the same result as mine. Have in mind that using a different image or image with poor quality will impact the result. Always use a bright and clear picture that is free from filters or other effects.

The video above is from my YouTube channel where I teach how to create presets. I have lots of video tutorials showing step-by-step guides to make your own preset, export preset and share with your friends too. Please subscribe to my channel to encourage me to create more preset tutorials.

Remember to customize the style by making adjustments according to the subject, lighting, and mood. Share the preset with others and save it for later use. Please feel free to leave a comment below if you have any clarification-related queries, suggestions, or contributions.