Infrared Aerochrome
It's one of the beautiful colours/presets but, it's very one-off in my opinion which is to say, it only works in very specific photos. It works well on landscape with greens and portraits with nature, green must be present for the effect to work. And even then, it doesn't necessarily work as intended because certain patches of green wouldn't blend and it'll look unrealistic.
These colours in general are unrealistic itself, which is a plus if you want to go for a surreal, out of the world even, kind of landscape or photo.
Matte Brown
One of the staples in my opinion. Brown is part of the colour group for earthy tones. It's tricky because you have to be subtle with it. Pushing the browns can make it look unrealistic and seem like soil, especially with portraits. We want to achieve an atmospheric meadow field, rustic countryside while maintaining the skin tone, at least for me. But it's a stylistic choice of course. Earthy colours are versatile as they can be used for portraits, products, weddings, landscapes, nature, vintage related subjects. You can adjust the intensity of brown if it feels too subtle at the hue, saturation and luminance panel in Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw.
When brown meets the blues (or cyan)
Besides my overexposed raw photo, this is one of my favourite colours/preset but likewise with the aerochrome, if it works, it works and if it doesn't, maybe brown might meet the blues someday again.
You might notice that the brown is on the warmer side, maybe even reddish brown. Personally, I love it. Just reduce the saturation or shift the hues if it feels off to you.
Black and White Glow
This works really well on underexposed photos or you can bring the exposure down during editing. I don't know, the glow is just dreamy and adding it with black and white is perfect. And as always, too much of an effect will seem jarring.
Filmy Pinks
I feel that this works better on photos with brightness above the standards. The pinks are subtle, it seems to disappear after editing with it for quite some time. Tip: change your photoshop canvas interface colours to white to readjust your eyes. Certain films have a tint of pink, such as Fujifilm and that is pretty much what I'm trying to go for here.
When brown meets the blues (or cyan) in 1961
And that's an exaggeration. It does not magically turn your photos vintage. It does, however, give the matte brown tones if your photos are underexposed a little, best for studio or indoor photos. The cyan is there to give it a colour contrast.
Filmy blues?
Not my favourite. It looks better in a studio as well, with grey tones because the warm will override the blues here.
Black and White Vintage
Make sure to adjust the exposure accordingly and you are good to go. That's all. This turns everything into a noir film, though it is on the underexposed side and brightening of a photo must be done. Besides that, this is a pretty versatile B&W preset unless it's used wrongly of course. Such as a close up headshot portrait (not for the faint-hearted) or something modern looking. And also, can the term/genre headshot portrait be changed, I'm not a hitman. By definition on google, it means two things almost at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Hope you like the presets. Also, let me know what you think in the comments below or if the link/preset doesn't work, you can email me.
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