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Hi there, does anyone know of a company/individual that can make presets to a certain specification? I have a range of image examples and I would like to have a professional preset made in the same style.
Many thanks!
 
You can't simply copy the look of an image into a preset as some of them would have been achieved using things like layering etc. If you want to achieve a certain look using a preset you're better off putting it together yourself. At least that way you can claim that it's your preset with your style.

I use one which I created for outdoor portraits, it does most of the stuff I need as a starting point including things like camera lens corrections.

If you really want to use other peoples presets there are tonnes to be found online. I recommend once you apply them to just check the settings over for anything weird as sometimes they can be a bit OTT.
 
Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure I was too clear regarding what we are looking for :)
It is for a company who has specific looks we would like to achieve, we have sample images to help someone create presets we can use throughout our products. Not exactly the same but similar. This post is to enable us to find out if it is possible to outsource someone to do such a thing.
Many thanks
 
Do you need or want camera specific profiles doing as well? It would be cheaper and easier if one of of the existing presets (there are many 000s) could be used instead. Assuming you really need them making I'm happy to do so for you
 
We haven't been able to find anything like the specific preset examples we have, otherwise of course it would have been easier to buy an existing preset bundle. Could you pm me your details?
 
So who is the preset for? The photographer who is taking / processing the photos? Or are you going to do it yourselves with images you've received from said photographer? And is it for Lightroom or Photoshop?

It's alright having a 'general' preset made in a particular style, however I think you need to understand the elements of the preset to be able to execute them to a consistent level across a range of photos. I think what I'm trying to say is that there isn't a 'press this button it will do it all' preset... as mentioned above, they are only considered a starting point and will always need some level of tweaking /adjustments to layers or elements, depending on what software you're using.
 
Of course, ideally as our images are shot in a similar style we only want to have to adjust exposure, sharpness, drop a colour, and one or two other things. Don't panic we know how this works :) its just this particular style we are having trouble creating and as we are a small company its a time efficiency thing!
 
Sarahwalker123 said:
its just this particular style we are having trouble creating and as we are a small company its a time efficiency thing!
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If your having trouble recreating the style maybe your photos aren't taken in a suitable manner to recreate that style, not every look can be created solely in post, you need to get it similar when taking the shot first. Being able to see an example of the style you are trying to recreate would probably help people a lot as well
 
Sarahwalker123 said:
Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure I was too clear regarding what we are looking for :)
It is for a company who has specific looks we would like to achieve, we have sample images to help someone create presets we can use throughout our products. Not exactly the same but similar. This post is to enable us to find out if it is possible to outsource someone to do such a thing.
Many thanks
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If the company already has a look ask how they get that look now. Better still get them to supply you a colour test chart with the look applied and then profile that chart to produce your table of colours to match in lightroom.
 
Sarahwalker123 said:
Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure I was too clear regarding what we are looking for :)
It is for a company who has specific looks we would like to achieve, we have sample images to help someone create presets we can use throughout our products. Not exactly the same but similar. This post is to enable us to find out if it is possible to outsource someone to do such a thing.
Many thanks
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If the company already has a look ask how they get that look now. Better still get them to supply you a colour test chart with the look applied and then profile that chart to produce your table of colours to match in lightroom.
 
This is not possible. The aim of this thread it to find out if there are companies or individuals who are willing to create us a bespoke preset. I gather from the answers this is unfortunately not possible.

Many thanks
 
What exactly is the processing style you're looking to recreate? And what software?
 
Sarahwalker123 said:
This is not possible. The aim of this thread it to find out if there are companies or individuals who are willing to create us a bespoke preset. I gather from the answers this is unfortunately not possible.

Many thanks
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I think the issue is we haven't got enough information to provide an answer - some examples with before/after shots would help a lot.
 
There are companies selling LR presets, whether they'll do "custom" ones is another question. The problem is theres lots of variables, different versions of lightroom, different cameras and then we come to the style you want to copy... if the company themselves can't help theres an even bigger issue, why can't they supply you information on their look? Is it because it's actually their old photographers look rather than theirs.
If we could see the look your after it might be simple enough to copy or make a preset for, trouble is theres more than just a preset to some looks, often it's a combimation of lighting and make up style at the shooting time more than post process.
 
Sarahwalker123 said:
Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure I was too clear regarding what we are looking for :)
It is for a company who has specific looks we would like to achieve,
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I'm sure there are companies that can produce them for you... nothing leaping from my memory though.

Many on here can produce them for you however...

Is this company willing to pay, or do they expect us to sit here creating presets on demand for them for free? :)

Pay me enough, and I'll make as many as you want.
 
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