What are Presets, Actions, and Overlays?
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Presets
What are they?
Presets are essentially a configuration of settings, designed to quickly achieve the look of hours of editing, making global changes with a single click. On average, our presets change 30-50 settings.
Compatible Software?
Adobe Lightroom (CC; Cloud-based 1.0 and later)
Adobe Lightroom Classic 5.0 and later
Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw (ACR; Photoshop CS6 and later)
Lightroom mobile
Lightroom mobile for iPad
Learn More?
What's the difference between general, layer, tool, and brush presets?
Tips for using Lightroom presets
Why use Lightroom Presets?
Video: Luxe Let it Snow! Presets
Where to buy?
Shop our full collection of presets HERE.
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Actions
What are they?
Actions are prerecorded sets of multiple software commands, that play one after the other, to make specific changes to an image. Actions can be stacked, so that one is run after the other, in order to create more dynamic edits. Actions are typically complex and because of this, the use of actions saves a user large amounts of time from having to make each change individually in order to achieve a desired outcome. Our actions are compatible with Photoshop CS6 and later (including CC and 2020), and Elements versions 15 and later.
Compatible Software?
Photoshop CS6 and later
Elements 15 and later
Learn More?
How to use Luxe Actions in Photoshop
How to Modify the Effect of a Photoshop Action
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Video: Luxe Creative Workflow
Video: Luxe Firewood & Frost
Where to buy?
Shop our full collection of actions HERE.
Overlays
What are they?
Overlays consist of an image (.jpeg or .png) that sits on top of your original image as a layer, in order to enhance your image. The layers are often blended by the user to create a realistic composition. Overlays are multi-purpose and can come in many forms from seasonal (rain and rainbows, snow, fog, skies, and leaves), to everyday magic (glitter, light leaks, bokeh, confetti, and fairy dust)!
Compatible Software?
Photoshop
Elements
Photoshop Mix
Affinity Photo
GIMP
Any application or software that supports layers
Learn More?
How to use Overlays in the free Photoshop Mix app
Video: Our Sky overlays in action
Where to buy?
Shop our full collection of overlays HERE.