How to Create Frozen Preset on Lightroom Mobile (Step-by-Step Guide)

Frozen preset is a set of photo-editing settings that can transform images into winter scenes with cool, frosty tones. Presets are groups of pre-defined settings that can apply adjustments to photos. This includes changes to exposure, contrast, saturation, and color grading. It was originated by Jeff Phillip a photoshop experts.

Lightroom Presets are primarily used to save time. They can help you learn how to use photo editing software like Lightroom, but you should still learn the software to master your own editing skills.

This article will help you achieve the same result regardless of your level of editing skill. Adhere to the steps and configurations I described in this guide.

Understanding Frozen Preset

What are Frozen Preset?

Frozen preset has winter scenes with cool, frosty tones. It beautifies your picture and give it that neutral, frosty, vintage, rustic and cool tone. It can be used in design like backgrounds, overlays, or photo editing.

Tools You Need (Mobile Apps)

Recommended Mobile Apps for Preset Creation is the Adobe Lightroom App.

• Download and Install the app from Playstore or App store.

Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Frozen Preset

Step 1: Choose A Clear Image

• Open the Lightroom app.
• Click on Device on the bottom menu
• Select an image (e.g., an existing photo or a blank canvas) to start with.

Note: Always use images that will match the Frozen texture effect. Pictures with poor lighting is not considered good for this edit.

Step 2: Adjusting Basic Settings (Exposure, Contrast, and Saturation)

• Click on Light on the bottom menu, then set Exposure at +0.25, Contrast -15, Highlights -64, Shadows +41, Whites -23, and Blacks -17.
• Click on curve , then navigate to the first circle (white) and adjust the settings as the image below.

• Leave the red, green and blue circle as default; then click on “Done” to proceed.

Step 3: Applying Frozen Preset Tones

• Click on Color on the bottom panel, then set Temp +53, Tint -28, Vibrance +15, and Saturation -1.
• 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 239, Saturation 41, Luminance 0, Blending 65, Balance +17.
• Click on the third circle under color grading; scroll down and set Hue 225, Saturation 63, Luminance 0, Blending 65, and Balance +16.
• Leave the other circles and click on ‘Done‘ to save.
• Click on Color mix, then tap on red. Set Hue -26, Saturation -25, Luminance 0.
• Tap Orange, set Hue 0, Saturation +30, Luminance +58.
• Tap Yellow, set Hue -58, Saturation -89, Luminance +74.
• Click Green, set Hue -31, Saturation -87, Luminance +68.
• Click Light Blue, set Hue +86, Saturation +48, Luminance +74.
• Tap on Blue, set Hue -38, Saturation +78, Luminance -13.
• Tap Purple, set Hue 0, Saturation -93, Luminance 0.
• Click Pink, set Hue 0, Saturation -99, Luminance 0, then click on “Done” to save.
• Click on Effects, set Texture 0, Clarity +9, Dehaze 0, Grain 0, Vignette 0.
• Click on Detail, set Sharpening 21, Radius 1.0, Detail 25, Masking 0, Noise reduction 9, Detail 50, Contrast 6, Color noise reduction 9, Detail 50, and Smoothness 50.
• Click on Optics and leave it as default.

Saving and Using the Bonita Preset

• Click on Share (envelop) 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.

Tips for Beginners

Please be advised that it is important to test your preset on a different pictures. This is because the quality or lighting of some photographs may prevent the preset you just created from compressing them. Therefore, you need to adjust the preset (e.g., changing exposure or saturation) for more uniformity across multiple photos.

You can also choose to save your settings in a special user preset list, which lets you test different presets on photos fast. In my next piece, I’ll explain how to make and organize a number of custom presets to a Lightroom user preset list.

Conclusion

I have covered all the settings needed to create this preset from scratch. Just follow my procedures and exact settings to arrive as same result as I got. Have in mind 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 effect.

The video above is from my YouTube channel where I teach how to create presets. I have lots of videos tutorials showing step by step guide to make your own preset, export preset and share with your friends too. Please subscribe to my channel to encourage me to create more presets 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 in the comment section below if you have any clarification-related to this preset creation.