Mobile Presets – Lightroom Presets
Want to Learn more about mobile Presets? We collected the most frequently asked questions about Lightroom Mobile Presets in this blog, and give you the best tips to use Mobile Lightroom presets on your phone.
First things first: What are Lightroom Mobile Presets?
Lightroom mobile presets are ready-to-use filters developed to simplify the process of photo editing on your mobile device. Lightroom “presets” are like photo filters. The difference between Lightroom filters and other filters from Instagram and other apps is that with Lightroom Presets you have more control over them and you can adjust pretty much every detail in your images, such as exposure, shadows, whites, colors, vibrance, sharpness and more. Lightroom Mobile presets can completely change the look of your photos and can give a specific style to your photos with just one click. Editing pictures on your Android or iPhone is very easy and fast with these presets, and the results look amazing.




Why use Lightroom Presets?
If you see the Preset filters above, I hope you already understand why Lightroom Presets are a much better choice than other Filters, like the ones from Instagram. One of our favorite things about Lightroom Presets and Instagram is that you can create a beautiful and cohesive feed in a particular style. Furthermore, when you want to edit wedding pictures or create a photo collage, Lightroom Presets can help you create a perfectly fitting style for every occasion.
What do you need to use Lightroom Mobile Presets?
To use Lightroom Presets on your mobile device you just need to install the free Lightroom App. To make it easy for you:
For Android: Click here to download the app
For iPhone: Click here to download the app
The Lightroom App has some standard presets inside: like Black and White, sharpening and color correcting presets. These are quite good, but if you want to take your pictures really to the next level you must find some editors presets.
Choosing Your Mobile Preset – Buy Lightroom Presets
Many Lightroom presets are offered in “packs” or collections, so you can choose from a selection of filters for each of your photos while still maintaining a cohesive looK. For example: there are lots of Lightroom Presets to choose from in our shop HERE.
We selected some of our bestselling Lightroom Presets in this blog. All Presets are compatible with the Free Lightroom app and Lightroom CC (desktop version) These presets packages comes with mobile presets for iPhone and Android.
Install Mobile Presets For Iphone
Learn how to install your Lightroom Presets on your iPhone. View the quick video and read the instructions below. Good luck!
For IOS users (iphone) :
- Make sure that you update your iphone to the latest version (IOS)
- Install the Lightroom Mobile App on your phone (if you haven’t yet)
- Download the ‘download mobile’ file at your Pixgrade account and open it.
- Tap on ‘preview content’.
- Tap on the listing icon in the right corner.
- Open one of the files.
- Tap on the icon in the left corner to open it in Lightroom
- In the lightroom app: Open the imported picture. (DNG)
- Click on the dots in the right top corner.
- Tap on ‘Create preset’
- Give your preset a name (we recommend to use the file names we gave you)
- Tap on Select > all & Save it.
- Now you can find your preset under the presets tab.
- Please repeat again for every preset file.
Install Mobile Presets For Android
Learn how to install your Lightroom Presets on your Android Devices. View the quick video and read the instructions below. Good luck!
For Android users :
- Grab your phone and install the Lightroom Mobile App (if you haven’t yet).
- Download the ‘download mobile’ file at your pixgrade account and open it.
- zip file and store it.
- Open your Lightroom app, create new album by click +, choose a name and save.
- Add the preset photos from your device into the album and save.
- Open the photo (DNG), press the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Tap on ‘Create preset’
- Give your preset a name (we recommend to use the file names we gave you)
- Tap on Select > all & save it.
- Now you can find your preset under the presets tab.
- Please repeat again for every preset file.
Apply Mobile Presets in your Lightroom app
After importing/installing the Lightroom Mobile Presets in your app you can find the Mobile Presets under the Preset Panel in the Develop Mode. Make sure you choose the User Preset tab, here you can find all the Presets you installed before. After choosing the perfect preset you can apply this one by tapping on the check mark in the left corner.
Slide to the Right to find the Presets tab
Choose User Presets
Editing with Lightroom – Mobile
Once you have applied your Lightroom Mobile Preset to your image, you can use the editing tools in the Develop mode to adjust all the elements in your photo. You can use the scroll bar at the bottom of your screen to find all you editing tools like Exposure, Contrast, and Highlights. Here are a few things you can play around with if you want to get the best results from your preset:



Highlights: This is used to control the light parts of your image, like a white background, or a clear sky and clouds. Slight to right to brighten up these whites or to the left to make them darker.
Shadows: This is Similar to Highlights, this slider controls the darker parts of your images. Slide right to make it brighter or left to darken.
Exposure: This controls the brightness of your photo. If you photo is too bright or over-exposed, move the slider to the left to make it darker. When you slide to the right you make your image brighter.
Contrast: This will help you define the contrast between the light and dark colors in your image. For example: If you want a stronger, more dramatic look to your image, move the slider right.






Highlights: This is used to control the light parts of your image, like a white background, or a clear sky and clouds. Slight to right to brighten up these whites or to the left to make them darker.
Shadows: This is Similar to Highlights, this slider controls the darker parts of your images. Slide right to make it brighter or left to darken.



Exposure: This controls the brightness of your photo. If you photo is too bright or over-exposed, move the slider to the left to make it darker. When you slide to the right you make your image brighter.
Contrast: This will help you define the contrast between the light and dark colors in your image. For example: If you want a stronger, more dramatic look to your image, move the slider right.
Find out our Mobile Presets
All our Lightroom Mobile Presets are compatible with the free Lightroom App for iPhone and Android.
All Preset packages comes with DNG presets for all mobile devices and XMP files for Windows and MAC, so you can use them on all your devices.