Lightroom 4 Presets – "The 300" Look (updated)
Hey everyone. I know I’ve been a big slacker on the blog lately. Been traveling like crazy teaching my Lightroom 4 Live seminars so it’s been hard to keep up. Today, I’m in San Francisco and it’s looking like a great crowd of over 400 will be there. As always, my invite stands – if you’re coming to the seminar please come on up and say hi at some point. It’s great to see the faces behind the blog.
On to the presets. Here’s another oldie but goodie that I updated to work better with Lightroom 4. The actual effect was inspired by a movie that’s a few years old. It’s called “The 300”. So the preset isn’t new, but I still see the style of this preset used all the time. It’s a very edgy tinted kinda look. You’ll notice there are 2 presets in the zip file. One of them is for a harsher stronger look (good if you’re looking for that gritty effect). The other one is for a softer look (better for portraits that have women in them). Hope you enjoy!
Here’s a quick Before/After (click for larger image):
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Can you please mail me the link or ZIP from “the 300 look” to axel@die-pfeils.de
Hello, did you ever get the link for “the 300 look”? I need it too. Thank you,
hi matt,
can I get a link for “300” which works at pranjal.kjain11@gmail.com? thank you 🙂
Hello Matt!
I can’t find a download link.
Could you please send the package to greenyardstudios@yahoo.de ?
Thank you in advance!
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Where can I find a link that works ?
Where can I find a link that can be downloaded for the 300?
Where can I find a link that can be downloaded for the 300?
Thanks, Matt. Love it when you update old favorites.
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So will this Preset give me 8 pack abs??? lol
I’ve discovered a book recreating this one but they called it the ‘dragan effect’ , is this pretty much the same?
Will this work in LR5?
Thanks
Yup! 🙂
very nice preset
… so do they work with LR5? Just dnldd it. Nice!
Hi! Does this preset work for lightroom 3?
No Lightroom 4 only.
The presets look great! I’m trying to locate the article that was done in the Magazine. I created my own preset from those instructions, with a few changes. As will happen, lost the preset in a lost Mac. Can you please help me find the issue it was in. Thanks Matt.
Dave
Hi Matt,
Do you have other link so I can download your 300 preset or please send to my email well_itdnet@yahoo.com. Thanks Well
Hi Matt,
The 300 file is corrupted.
Thanks Matt, I’ve used it as a basis for my own preset for some types of male portrait photography.
Thanks Matt, these preset has been some of my favorites. My only wish is that you you will update my all time favorites Auto Fix for LR4! Please, please, please with sugar on top!
Hi Matt, Thanks for the HDR tip and video!
Just wondering if you have run into any issues with re-opening that processed HDR file back into Photoshop from Lightroom once you have made your adjustments.
I have followed your video step by step – Merged to HDR – saved as 32-Bit Tiff back into Lightroom & applied adjustments – and am now trying to Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments in Photoshop. No matter how many times I select that command, or restart Lightroom/Photoshop, the file does not open. Similarly, selecting Edit Original does not open the file either. Weird! It seems my pretty HDR is trapped in Lightroom! Just thought I’d bring this to your attention in case you, or others, have encoubtered the same issue.
Cheers!
Gary Irish
Great preset, Matt. Thanks! I just used it on one bodybuilder shoot 🙂
Ciao Ragazzi,
vi chiedo aiuto… Sto impazzendo per trovare qualche santo che abbia un LINK, SITO, o altro dove possa scaricare dei preset per lighroom 4.0…
Ne avevo una valanga, ma dopo la formattazione, ho perso praticamente tutto…
Qualcuno di voi, mi puoi passare dei presets….
GRAZIE DI CUORE A TUTTI!
Thanks, Matt, for sharing your stuff.
Nice! I love this preset. Nikon and Canon profiles as mentioned earlier would be ace.
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~AJ
Thanks AJ! The 100 bucks I promised you is in the mail 😉
Very cool Matt. Thanks so much!!!
Thanks for this.
Great stuff as always
Thanks for the update Matt! I use the 300 look preset every now and then.
Please update the Nikon presets next (e.g. Standard, Landscape, Portrait, etc)!
I am glad for your updating some of classics for LR4. I really like that you are noting on the file name that they are for LR4 since I save all presets in folders and this help to tell which is for which version. Thanks Matt
Thank you Matt. It’s one of my favs presets !
Great update to an “oldie, but goodie” preset, Matt! Thanks.
My son and I (and a friend of mine) are both attending your Boston LR4 show next week. You know I will come up to say “hi” to you (and probably ask some dumb question)! 🙂
–John
Awesome John. See you there!
Hi Matt. Great job your doing over here! One thing, on my mchine (mac, lion, lr 4.1), when I use one of these presets, its making some other presets I select have the brownish tint you’ve used, the HDR lr4 presets you’ve posted for example.
Thanks for the update. You have no idea of how much I love this preset 🙂
Thanks, Matt. Love it when you update old favorites. 🙂
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Thank you, Matt! Loved the old 300 preset and I’m loooking forward to the update.
Thanks. Will try it
400 people, woah. Do share some if any interesting or important Q&A’s happen.
I sure will!
“better for portraits that have women in them” Seriously? Why on earth did you have to add that? Aren´t women allowed to be i rougher pics, and can´t men look nice? Honestly, I expect better here.
Yes… seriously! I added it because they, well, look better on portraits that have women in them (weddings, family portraits etc…). Crazy huh? That an effect or retouching could actually work better on a specific gender for a specific look. But please, you’re free to make the women in your photos look as rough as you’d like. I’m sure they’ll appreciate it 😉
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Vinelli syndrome.
Oh for God’s sake – don’t be so wet and pathetic
HERMOINE – BTW – IS THAT NAME MALE OR FEMALE? IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH HIS GENEROSITY IN SHARING THESE FOR “FREE”………… WHY DON’T YOU GO PURCHASE THEM SOMEWHERE……….. GEESH – YOU JUST CANT PLEASE SOME PEOPLE – EVEN BITCH ABOUT FREE STUFF!!!