The most thrilling part for me about making Opal is getting to use it now everyday in my own Lightroom workflow. It really is fun to use. Having a tool like this makes it so easy to find the perfect strength of any preset in just a few seconds, without the pain or frustration of trying to adjust the preset one setting at a time. ( ABOVE VIDEO: Using the Opal Opacity Slider on EX07 from E-Chrome Preset Pack) Your browser does not support the video tag. So many photographers were asking me for a feature like this that eventually, I decided to make my own Lightroom Plugin called " Opal" (a combination of the words " opacity" and " lightroom" – get it?) Ready to see how easy it is to edit in Lightroom with Opal? Watch this: Meet Opal - the crazy good Lightroom Opacity Slider for all your presets (Ok, maybe not, but still, it sucks, right?). If you have ever tried to adjust each setting by hand, I'm guessing it ended with you either giving up, or throwing your laptop against the wall in a tone-curve-induced rage. Just look at this wall of settings you'd need to go through! Why? Because Lightroom presets can have very complex settings in them. There are over 50 individual settings you can adjust, not to mention Lightroom's tone curves (how do you accurately adjust the strength of those by hand?). Adjusting Lightroom Presets by hand is complicated, time-consuming & rage-inducing Is there a way I can easily turn down the strength of the preset, like an opacity slider in Lightroom?"Īs a preset designer and Lightroom trainer, this doesn't surprise me at all. Since I started NATE Photographic, I've gotten emails about this almost every day: "Help! When I apply a Lightroom preset, I find the effect is usually too strong for a photo. Have you ever wished you had a "Lightroom opacity slider" that let you tone down the intensity of your Lightroom presets?
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