Welcome to the All-New Luxe Quick Fix AI Toolkit, a powerhouse time saver for new level portrait retouching. Get white teeth, brighter eyes, softened skin, recovered skies, or softened backgrounds and so much more in just a click with our Quick Fix Toolkit!

What types of presets are included in this collection?

About the collection & specific compatibility

How to use Adaptive AI Presets

Lightroom Classic Example Workflow

Lightroom Example Workflow

Photoshop Example Workflow

Lightroom Mobile (Premium App for Android) Example Workflow

How to Adjust AI Presets in LRC, LRCC, & ACR

 

What Types of Presets Are Included in This Collection?

• 13 Scene Background Presets - These apply adjustments to only the background of your image, including sky. 
• 19 Scene Sky Presets - These apply adjustments only to the sky detected in your image. 
• 23 Subject Eyes Presets - These apply adjustments to the eyes of your subject(s). These are broken down into 10 Eyebrow options, 11 Iris Options, and 2 Sclera options. 
• 11 Subject Hair Presets - These apply adjustments only to the hair of the subject(s) detected in your image. 
• 13 Subject Mouth Presets - These apply adjustments only to the subject(s) mouth. This includes 11 lip options, and 2 teeth options. 
• 30 Subject Skin Presets - These apply adjustments only to the subject(s) skin. This is broken down into 15 body skin options, and 15 face skin options. 
• 12 Whole Subject Presets - These apply adjustments to your subject(s) as a whole. 

New to presets? We’ll provide a quick definition of the sorts of presets included in this collection here (learn more about preset types & compatibility in general HERE):

• AI Tool Presets –AI tools presets are one-click tools that work from your presets tab in Lightroom to apply settings changes locally to a very specific attribute as detected by AI in the most up-to-date versions of Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Photoshop ACR. Modern subscription versions of these programs can detect background, sky, subject(s)/people, and isolate very specific parts of each person (Face Skin, Body Skin, Eyebrows, Iris & Pupil, Lips, Teeth, and Hair) for refined & clean selection of these specific parts of your images. With our AI tools we have combined retouching settings that you would typically apply manually with a local adjustment preset or local adjustment sliders with this advanced AI detection for one click retouching that feels like magic!
  
  Mobile Note: While these will work seamlessly on desktop, not all of the subject and background AI masking options are available in the Lightroom Mobile (Premium App), so not all of the presets in this collection will function when synced to a mobile device. 

About This Collection – Quick Fix AI Toolkit 

The Luxe Quick Fix AI collection is a toolkit made up of AI-reliant masking presets for versatile and rapid localizing retouching. This toolkit requires a current subscription to Lightroom or Photoshop to function. Your software must be up-to-date to ensure that these presets will function properly and that all current masking features are present! 

How do you install AI Tool Presets? For desktop, your new effects presets will install just like your traditional/general presets. You can learn how to install your presets HERE (sorted by Software).

Do the AI Tool Presets work on iPhone/iPad? While the presets can be synced to a mobile device from Lightroom (CC) for desktop, they are not yet fully functional in the Lightroom Mobile app on iOS for all iOS devices. This is because Adobe has not yet updated the mobile app to support all of the same subject/background masking options available on desktop. 

Do the AI Tool Presets work on Android? YES! The latest updates now allow full functionality of these presets on Android devices. They can be imported directly into the Premium Lightroom mobile app on Android devices just like any other preset! 

How do I use this type of preset? We’ll walk through using this collection in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom (CC), and Photoshop's Adobe Camera Raw below! 

How to use Our Adaptive Presets

Simply install your presets just like you would your normal presets! The Quick Fix AI toolkit collection is considered a retouching toolkit, but function with just one click from your preset panel with your general presets. These presets apply localized background, sky, or subject-specific corrections that can be applied before or after you edit your image with a global (or full image) preset, or custom toning in Lightroom.

We typically recommend getting your ideal edit right first before applying the Quick Fix AI tools to ensure they correct tones and atmosphere in alignment with your ideal final edit! 

Example Step 1: Edit with Preset:

Example Step 2: Apply AI Quick Fix Tool Preset: 

We'll go through what to expect in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom (CC), and Photoshop ACR in our example workflows below!: 

 

How to use the Quick Fix AI collection in Lightroom Classic (example workflow):

1. Edit your image, whether manually or with presets. Here we edited this image by Tim Laielli with the "Subtle Crush" preset from our Brixton Film Love Story collection: 
   
   Note: as you hover over your new AI adaptive presets, allow a specific section to finish "detecting" so that the software can compute the masks needed to provide accurate previews of your AI tools. This will appear as a little black box reading "detecting..." over your image. Once a section (background, sky, subject eyes, etc.) has been detected, you can quickly hover to preview your other AI tools for that section before selecting one to apply! If you click on a preset without allowing it to finish "detecting" it will still apply, you may just see a pop-up with a progress bar as the software computes the attributes of your image and creates the new mask! 
   
   
2. Apply AI tools from the top down addressing the background, features, and overall subject as needed for your image:
   Here we applied "Scene Background - Haze Boosted", "Scene Background - Tone Soft & Blurred", "Subject Eyes - Eyebrows Tinted Black", "Subject Eyes - Iris Clarity Boosted", "Subject Eyes - Sclera Brightened", "Subject Hair - Exposure Darkened", and "Subject Skin - Face Soften Skin" 
   
   
3. Adjust or remove applied masks as needed! 
   Your newly applied AI masks can be located under the dotted outline circle icon (Masking Tool) under the histogram on the right-hand side. From here you can expand your masking layers, and click into each labeled mask to adjust settings applied by the preset, add or subtract either parts of each mask or subtract the mask from specific people/subjects, or completely delete your applied mask!: 
   
   Here we just click into to the eye sclera mask and lowered the eye sclera brightness a touch by decreasing the exposure slider applied by the preset:
   
   Pro Tip for Lightroom Classic: Want to soften the effect of a mask? You can adjust your AI preset strength with the amount slider when you click to apply it and skip having to adjust it in your masks panel! 
   
   

How to use the Quick Fix AI Collection in Lightroom CC (example workflow):

1. Edit your image, whether manually or with presets. Here we edited this image by Ellie Burris and edited it with our Honey & Gold presets:
   
   
   Note: as you hover over your new AI adaptive presets, allow a specific section to finish "detecting" so that the software can compute the masks needed to provide accurate previews of your AI tools. In Lightroom (CC) this will show as a little loading bar when you hover over once of your presets:
   
   Once a section (background, sky, subject eyes, etc.) has been detected, you can quickly hover to preview your other AI tools for that section before selecting one to apply! 
   
   
2. Apply AI tools from the top down addressing the background, features, and overall subject as needed for your image:
   
   Here we applied "Scene Background - Tone Soft & Lifted", "Scene Sky - Temp Cooled", "Subject Eyes - Eyebrows Tinted Brown Ash", "Subject Hair - Tinted Silver", and "Subject Mouth - Teeth Brightened". 
   
   
3. Adjust or remove applied masks as needed! 
   Your newly applied AI masks can be located under the dotted outline circle icon (Masking Tool) on the righthand toolbar. From here you can view and expand your masking layers, and click into each labeled mask to adjust settings applied by the preset, add or subtract either parts of each mask or subtract the mask from specific people/subjects, or completely delete your applied mask via "... > Delete"!: 
   
   Here we deleted the "Sky: Temp Cooled" mask. 
   
   Pro Tip for Lightroom CC: You can adjust your AI preset strength with the amount slider when you click to apply it and skip having to adjust it in your masks panel! 
   
   
   
   
   

How to use the Quick Fix AI Collection in Photoshop ACR (example workflow):

1. Edit your image, whether manually or with presets. Here we edited this image by Lucki Malloy with our Golden Hour Presets:
   
   
   Note: as you hover over your new AI adaptive presets, you may experience a slight lag as the software computes the masks needed to provide accurate previews of your AI tools. Sometimes ACR will experience no delay at all, as Photoshop is built for this sort of computing, so you can quickly hover to preview your AI tools on your image live before selecting one to apply! 
   
   
2. Apply AI tools from the top down addressing the background, features, and overall subject as needed for your image:
   
   Here we applied "Scene Background - Temp Cooled", "Subject Eyes - Iris Color Boosted", "Subject Hair - Color Softened", "Subject Mouth - Lips Tone Boosted", "Subject Skin - Face Undertones Softened", and "Subject Whole - Sharpened" 
   
   
3. Adjust or remove applied masks as needed! 
   Your newly applied AI masks can be located under the dotted outline circle icon (Masking Tool) on your right-hand toolbar. From here you can expand your masking layers, and click into each labeled mask to adjust settings applied by the preset, add or subtract either parts of each mask or subtract the mask from specific people/subjects, or completely delete your applied mask!: 
   
   Here we selected the hair mask and adjusted saturation. You can also adjust the strength of your masks via the "Amount Slider"! 
   
   We then Adjusted the Eye Color Mask to pull temp slightly cooler in addition to the saturation boost applied by the preset! 

How to use the Quick Fix Collection in Lightroom Mobile (Premium App for Android)

If you are new to editing on mobile, or new to using AI or Adaptive Effects in Lightroom mobile, we recommend reading over the info provided at the top of this article that breaks down the collection tools and compatibility, in detail! (For Quick Fix, you will typically have an existing edit or preset workflow you already enjoy. So here we show the image already edited with Luxe Golden Hour before applying the Quick Fix AI tools!)

1. Apply a Quick Fix AI Preset & Click Check (Because the mobile app needs to compute each mask, you won't see a live preview of the applied Effects presets):
   
2. Update/Compute Applied AI Masks Under "Masking" (As noted, you won't see a live preview, because the mobile app still needs to compute the masks you've applied). So click the "Masking" icon on your bottom toolbar to view and compute the masks applied by your Effects Presets!
   
   Select a Mask with the ! error, it will reveal a buried square with that same error icon, click on that square to prompt a "needs to be recomputed"/"Update" popup:
   
   
3. Repeat for each Quick Fix Preset you apply:
   
   
   

How to adjust AI presets in Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Photoshop ACR for desktop

When you are finished editing your photos, you can adjust masks by heading over to your masking tool. With multi-layers masking, you can find the layer you want to adjust by clicking through the layers to preview each one (with red overlays to indicate where changes have been applied). Once you have selected the one you’d like to edit, you can click on the little “-“ button below that layer (or “Subtract” if the layers are expanded to include text). The best subtract option for erasing little bits that may not belong in your mask would be the “brush” option, which offers the most freehand control. You can also use AI or other types of masking to subtract from the effects layer selected. 

How to Edit Your Masks

We go through where to find and edit your applied masks in each example workflow about for Lightroom Classic, Lightroom (CC), and Photoshop ACR Above! Here we'll go over how to find the masking tool, how to locate your add/subtract options, and how to remove select people from your mask (as the quick fix presets will apply the selected subject masks to all subjects in your image)! 

Finding the Masking Tool 
Once applied, you will find your masks under the dotted line circle icon (Masking Tool) on your software's develop toolbar:

This should look similar in all 3 programs, with only slight UI changes:


If your masks are not showing the full title of each layer or allowing you to click in and adjust (add/subtract) things easily, or toggle your layers off/on, you can expand by clicking either the >> << icon or the little arrow icon on the top right of your Masks panel:

 

How to find Add/Subtract Options to Adjust your Mask
Adding or subtracting from your mask is exactly what it sounds like, but with many different options for how you can select the parts your will add or subtract! 

With your Masks Panel expanded, simply click into the mask you would like to adjust, and click on "Add" or "Subtract" (+ or - if you Masks panel isn't expanded). You will then get several options to subtract from your mask. We recommend sticking to "People" - when you need to remove other subjects from your mask, and "Brush" when you need to remove an object from your subject mask, or when you need to refine the edges of a mask. 


How to Remove Select Subjects 

When you apply one of your Quick Fix AI Adaptive Presets for subjects, you may find that it applies to all of the people in your image. You can quickly remove people by heading over to your Masking Panel, selecting the applied mask layer, selecting subtract, and selecting "Select People": 


The system will then detect people and give you options for selection Select one of the people you would like to remove: 

After you select a person, you can then click "Add People" to add each additional person you would like to remove from your selection:


The "Add People" will let you select from all available People. Once you have checked off the subjects you will be subtracting from your selection, click "Continue": 


You will then see the People you Selected, and the selection options. Make sure "Entire Person" is checked and then click "Create Mask" to successfully subtract those subjects from your mask!:

 

Run into any issues, or have any questions before purchase?

Reach out to our dedicated support team at support@theluxelens.com for 1:1 support, recommendations, and tips! 

Featured workflow images by Tim Laielli, Ellie Burris, Lucki Malloy, and Bri Friesen. Top Image by Beth Phillipidis.