Import presets in Lightroom for mobile

Last updated on Aug. 29, 2023

Easily import presets in Lightroom and add user presets of your choice to the Presets panel.

Enhancing your photos using presets is quick and easy, but did you know you can add user presets to your Lightroom presets panel? Quickly download and import presets from other creators in Lightroom for mobile and expand your presets library.

Note:

If you have subscribed to Adobe Creative Cloud plan and are signed in using the Adobe ID, the user presets you create in the Lightroom Desktop app will automatically sync to your Lightroom mobile apps via cloud storage.

Import user presets in Lightroom for mobile

Follow these steps if you wish to import presets in Lightroom for mobile (Android):

Download the preset or group of presets you want to install on your device. You can also use the sample preset group file.

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*Sample presets for practice

* These files contain Adobe stock assets. You can only use these assets to try out the import presets workflow. To publicly use this file, you should purchase a license on Adobe Stock.
Open the Lightroom for mobile app and open an image.
Select Presets. Navigate to the three-dot menu at the top-right of the screen and select Import Presets and select the presets file that you wish to import from your device.

Note:

If the user preset that you want to import is downloaded as a ZIP file, you can import the file without unzipping it.
Once the presets file is imported, select Presets > Yours > User Presets. All the imported presets can be accessed from the User Presets menu.

Import DNG preset

Before you import any DNG preset to your Presets library, you first need to unzip the downloaded presets folder and save the files on your mobile device or upload them on cloud storage.

Note:

To unzip the downloaded presets on your desktop or mobile device, do the following:

On Mac, double-click the zipped file. Your file will be automatically unzipped by the Mac utility.
On Windows, right-click the zipped file and click Extract All to unzip the files.
On mobile devices, you can use any app that lets you unzip a downloaded zipped file.

Once you unzip the presets folder, you will find one or more presets. To add a DNG preset to your Presets library in Lightroom for mobile, follow the steps given below:

Open the Lightroom app on your mobile device and tap Add Photos.
Navigate to the location where you saved the DNG file and select the one that you wish to import.
- If you are using an iOS device, tap "From Camera Roll" to proceed.
- If you are using an Android device, tap "Gallery/Folder".
If you saved the DNG files on cloud storage, tap "From Files" on iOS devices and the specific cloud storage folder on Android devices.
Add Photo in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)

Add Photo in Lightroom for mobile (Android)

Note:

As preset files are DNG files, you may see a "Cannot Load File" error message when you open the file. Continue following the steps to import DNG presets to your Lightroom Library.
Once you open the file that you imported, tap the three-dot icon on the upper-right corner of the screen.

Three-dot icon in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)

Three-dot icon in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
Tap Create Presets and add a name for your newly imported preset.
Add the new preset to a Preset Group of your choice and tap the ( ) ) icon at the top of the screen to save the preset.

Apply the new preset

You can use the newly added presets on your photos by following these steps:

Open the photo to which you wish to apply the preset. Tap the Presets panel at the bottom of the screen.
Tap Yours and select the Preset Group in which you saved your new preset.

Presets Group in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)

Presets Group in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
Select the preset and tap icon to apply the preset.

For information on importing XMP presets in Lightroom for mobile (Android), see Edit Photos.

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