MICHAEL CHOONG. COLOUR MOODS
Three Lightroom preset starting points. Version 1.0.
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THE THREE MOODS
01 Warm and Welcoming. Peach gold highlights with gently cool shadows.
02 Cool and Quiet. Blue shadows and midtones, with a trace of warm light.
03 Muted and Nostalgic. Dusty warmth, softer contrast and reduced saturation.

INSTALL IN LIGHTROOM CLASSIC
1. Unzip this download.
2. Open Lightroom Classic and select a photograph in Develop.
3. In the Presets panel, click the plus button and choose Import Presets.
4. Select the three .xmp files. Do not select this text file.
5. Find the group Michael Choong - Colour Moods in your Presets panel.

LIGHTROOM DESKTOP
Open a photograph, open Presets and use the three-dot menu to import the
three .xmp files. Menu wording can differ by version.
Use a version with the Colour Grading panel. Older versions may not apply
the complete treatment. These are XMP presets, not mobile DNG files.

HOW TO TRY THEM
Start with a colour photograph. Correct exposure and white balance first.
Make three virtual copies in Lightroom Classic and apply one preset to each.
Keep the crop the same. Compare at the same viewing size.
Start at Amount 100. If your version offers Amount, reduce it for a gentler
result. You can also reduce saturation in the Colour Grading wheels.
Adjust white balance afterwards if the mood needs to be warmer or cooler.
RAW files offer more editing flexibility. JPEG results depend on the colour
and contrast already baked into the image.

WHAT THESE PRESETS CHANGE
Colour Grading, global Saturation and the Contrast slider.
Each preset replaces those settings rather than adding a relative offset.
All three specify the same set of creative controls so switching between
them does not leave another preset's colour grading behind.
They do not set exposure, white balance, crop, camera profile, sharpening,
noise reduction, masks, lens corrections or tone curves.
Existing edits in those areas still influence the result.

ABOUT THE BLOG EXAMPLES
These presets are inspired by the three moods in the article. They are not
extracted from the AI-generated comparison pictures and will not reproduce
those pictures exactly. They change colour and tone, not clouds or scenery.


USE
Free to use on your personal photographs. Michael may share
this complete pack as a free download with readers. Please do not resell
the preset files or claim them as your own.

ADOBE HELP
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/develop-module-options.html
