Black Preset – DNG Lightroom Color Preset

Black Preset is a DNG-format color preset built for Adobe Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom Mobile and Camera Raw. It pushes shadows down and desaturates highlights to create a deep, cinematic look that suits portraits, street photography, travel and lifestyle shots. Because it ships as a .dng file, it works as a raw preset rather than a standard XMP preset. That means it is applied through the Presets panel in Lightroom after import, and it also installs cleanly on mobile via the Lightroom app or Adobe Creative Cloud sync. The preset is a starting point, not a fixed filter. Expect to fine-tune exposure, white balance and vibrance per image, since results depend heavily on the original lighting and camera profile. Best used on well-exposed raw files rather than heavily compressed JPEGs.

How to use this resource

Import the .dng file into Lightroom (desktop or mobile) and it appears under Presets, then click it once to apply. Adjust exposure, white balance and vibrance to taste, since the look varies with each photo's original lighting. For Camera Raw, open the DNG in Photoshop and apply it as a preset.