Getting That Cool Gritty Look – Lightroom Preset Download
Neil September 3rd, 2008
Photoshop Insider » Getting That Cool Gritty Look Right in Camera Raw and Photoshop or Lightroom
Read the above full explanation, and start with these settings:
- Fill Light = 100%
- Blacks = Test this one to taste: 10-100%
- Contrast = 50-100%
- Clarity = 100%
- Vibrance = 50-100%
- Recovery = 0-100%
- Saturation = -81% rely on your vibrance to color the image and desaturate to get the metallic look.
Download the Photoshop Lightroom Grunge Preset download
Before image on the left. Below, Dark Descent lighting overlays applied to the effect.
Have fun with the preset!







Nice preset. It’s good to see one that isn’t overly generic.
Till later,
John Esberg
Lightroom, very good program!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s pretty cool! Thanks for the preset!
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