If you want something that’s nostalgic and stylishly expressive, Magic Moments is the free preset for that. It combines the charms of classic retro and soft matte to create that tender and memorable look. Images will appear bright and rich in detail.
Collection: Instagram Presets, Portrait Presets
Best for: Outdoor, Travel, Family Portraits
Style: Soft Matte, Muted Greens, Warm, Vivid
This preset is ideal for family portraits and gatherings. We just love using it on event photos and we think you will, too. Because of its unique style, it is one of our users’ favorite Instagram presets. Gotta love it for the stylish look and cozy feel!
The examples below will show you how this special family portrait preset brings out the sentimental afterglow in your captured moments.
Produces Bright and Vivid Family Photos
Brightened Scenes. Images shot under overcast weather can appear gloomy, as you can observe in the Before photo above. To fix this, Magic Moments preset infuses your pictures with warmth. We love how it increases warm color temperature and overall exposure.
The After photo looks livelier as a result. Notice also how the colors now pop more here. This is because the preset increases contrast and subtly increases vibrance.
With these lighting adjustments, this preset is ideal to use outdoors. You would not need to worry about dim or uneven natural lighting when you use it.
Optimizes Tones for Dramatic Portraits
Memorable. The unique look of this preset is largely because of its soft matte tones. Both light and dark tones are muted. This works with the boost in exposure, as shown in the earlier example.
And take note: this preset is not simply a flat adjustment in the brightness slider. Its tweaks are thorough! It softens highlights and shadows, and adjusts the tone curve to finely produce this effect. As a finishing touch to this effect, Magic Moments also increases the intensity of whites.
Go on and try this eye-catching filter in your Instagram. Not only does it look stunning and stylish, it also can emotionally captivate your followers.
Enhances Details
Crisp in Matte. Notice how Magic Moments helps emphasize the subject in the photograph. In this example, the preset somewhat desaturates yellow and green hues; in an outdoor shot, this would mean any grass, trees, or foliage.
To draw one’s attention to the subject, the preset enhances skin tones well. It achieves this effect by increasing the saturation and luminance of warm colors. See how the mother’s and child’s skin tones look more vibrant in the After photo.
As a finishing touch, Magic Moments preset amplifies textures with a boost in clarity. This improvement makes a lot of difference! See how the After photo above looks rich in detail now. Compare the grass textures a even the mother’s now-lustrous hair.
Tip: You can experiment on this in your next outdoor photo shoot. Have some greens in the background and perhaps wear clothing with warm accents. The result will definitely surprise you.
Magic Moments is for Lightroom Mobile, Desktop and…
Like all our presets, you can absolutely use Magic Moments as is, right out of the box. With any preset, you might need to make adjustments to accommodate your specific camera, settings, lighting, and subject matter.
If you want more presets like this, check out our Lightroom presets for Instagram and Lightroom presets for portraits.
Need help with the presets? View our guide to learn how to add presets to Lightroom mobile and desktop.
- Entirely Adjustable
- Compatible with Lightroom 4, 5, 6 and CC
- Performs with both PC, Mac and Mobile
- Applicable to both RAW and JPG images
- 100% Free
Free Lightroom Preset by PresetLove.com
