LR Preset Maker

Drop in a JPG exported from Lightroom
and we'll turn its edits back into a preset.

FAQ / Help

What is this?

It takes a JPG and turns the Lightroom edits stored inside it into a preset you can install.

How does it work?

When Lightroom exports a photo, it normally saves the develop settings inside the file as XMP metadata. This page reads that data and writes it back out as a preset. Everything happens in your browser: the photo is never uploaded anywhere.

Which format should I pick?

Use .xmp for any Lightroom from 2018 on (Classic 7.3+, the cloud Lightroom app, Camera Raw). Use .lrtemplate only for older Lightroom versions. That format can't hold newer features like Lightroom masks or profile Looks, so those are left out.

What's left out of the preset?

Anything tied to that one photo rather than its look: crop, rotation, spot healing and red eye. Camera details, keywords and location are never copied.

It says there's no Lightroom data!

The settings only survive if they weren't stripped. Lightroom's export "Metadata" option, social networks and many photo sites remove them, and photos edited outside Lightroom won't have them at all.

This is mean and wrong and low-down-no-good-dirty...

I'm sorry you feel that way. I think it's a great learning tool: I built it out of my own curiosity and shared it. If you use it, use it to learn how a look was made, not to rip off the photographers you admire.