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Free Lightroom 5 HDR Presets

by | Jul 12, 2013 | Featured, Free Stuff | 84 comments

Lightroom 5 HDR Preset – Punchy HDR

Punchy HDR, is one of my most popular HDR presets (1000+ downloads a month) that I created for use in Lightroom 4. This preset has been revised and optimised for Lightroom 5 and is available for download. Its still free just as before!! The preset works best on RAW images as they contains most information in comparison to JPEG images. Check out the preview below of the Before & After.

Lightroom 5 HDR Preset – Afternoon

This was another preset I published earlier last month and its gaining popularity as well, so I’ve gone and redone the preset for Lightroom 5 as well.

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The secret revealed – How to Create HDR from Single Image?

Recently I created a video that shows you how to create HDR image from one Single Image in Lightroom. Learn the secret and create your own HDR Presets.

Installation

Installation of the presets is pretty easy. Just follow the steps below or watch the youtube video below where I show you how to Install and Use the presets.

  • Unzip the downloaded file in any desired folder.
  • Launch your Lightroom 5 on your computer
  • Switch to Develop Module and navigate to the Preset>User Presets in the left panel
  • Right Click on “User Presets” folder and select Import
  • Locate the folder where you unzipped the downloaded file
  • Select the Preset and click Import
  • And your Preset is installed

 

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84 Comments

  1. Bobby
    Bobby on 22 July, 2013 at 11:07 pm

    Thanks for sharing these presets, I’m new to lightroom 5 and have been looking for some presets to get me started. Appreciate it!!

    Reply
    • huynh
      huynh on 2 October, 2013 at 1:34 pm

      hello

      Reply
      • Harmeet Gabha
        Harmeet Gabha on 3 October, 2013 at 5:34 pm

        Hi, did you like the presets?

        Reply
        • KOBE
          KOBE on 5 March, 2014 at 12:10 pm

          I COULDN’T DOWNLOAD THE PRESETS PLS SND ME THE DOWNLOADING LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE AWESOME PRESETS

          Reply
          • Harmeet Gabha
            Harmeet Gabha on 5 March, 2014 at 5:51 pm

            I’ve emailed you the link, pls enjoy and share!

          • Krist Vanmelle
            Krist Vanmelle on 22 March, 2014 at 3:43 am

            5 times refresh but still no download link to see …

          • Harmeet Gabha
            Harmeet Gabha on 22 March, 2014 at 5:32 pm

            Hi Krist,

            Sorry about not getting the link. I’ve emailed you directly the link to this and other presets. Enjoy!!

            Harmeet

          • Krist Vanmelle
            Krist Vanmelle on 22 March, 2014 at 7:54 pm

            Big thanks Harmeet; got it!

          • Karen
            Karen on 23 March, 2014 at 12:29 pm

            Hi Harmeet……….Would you be able to email me the preset also? I’t snot showing on the webpage.

            Thank you

            Karen

          • Harmeet Gabha
            Harmeet Gabha on 23 March, 2014 at 4:10 pm

            Karen, the link is now accessible via this page. I’ve removed the “Pay with a Like” button.

        • james
          james on 23 March, 2014 at 3:28 am

          hi Ive liked the the presets on fb and the links not showing could u send me the links for direct download of the punchy and afternoon hdr presets for lightroom 5 thanks james

          Reply
          • Harmeet Gabha
            Harmeet Gabha on 23 March, 2014 at 4:13 pm

            As mentioned above the links are now available on the post.

    • Surendra G
      Surendra G on 26 July, 2017 at 1:11 am

      I subscribed to the news letter and then purchased the HDR presets but there is no link to download. Please send the link

      Reply
      • Harmeet Gabha
        Harmeet Gabha on 26 July, 2017 at 11:07 am

        The link has been emailed to you, pls check your gmail address

        Reply
  2. Melanie Eddington
    Melanie Eddington on 23 July, 2013 at 6:31 am

    Downloaded, installed and love them. Thanks.

    Reply
  3. Harmeet Gabha
    Harmeet Gabha on 23 July, 2013 at 10:31 am

    Thanks for the kind words Melanie and Bobby. I’m glad you find them useful.

    Reply
  4. sintayo
    sintayo on 14 September, 2013 at 7:05 pm

    thank you so much

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 15 September, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      No worries. Feel free to share your photos here in the comments.

      Reply
  5. Cathy
    Cathy on 22 September, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    I love Punchy, I have used it on baby photos and it makes them look like those oil painting puzzles its amazing – I do not get this result on all photos it depends on where its taken.. anyway love it and thanks so much for letting us use it!

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 23 September, 2013 at 6:23 am

      Thanks Cathy. I am glad you are enjoying the preset.

      Reply
  6. Norah
    Norah on 16 October, 2013 at 11:05 am

    hey. thanks for your effort to make Presets. I am currently using Lightroom5 for Windows. and it seems not allowing me to import your HDR Preset.
    Is it for Mac users? Cause I’ve added presets before. but this one isn’t allowing me.
    How can I fix this problem?
    Goodbye

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 16 October, 2013 at 2:29 pm

      Nothing particular to do with Mac vs Windows. You can just copy the preset file “.lrtemplate” into your “Develop Presets” folder typically found under “C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Develop Presets\User Presets” (for Windows 8 & 7)

      Or just click the button in Lightroom under Edit > Preference > Presets, and select the desired folder “Develop Presets”
      LR Preset Location Windows

      Reply
  7. Norah
    Norah on 21 October, 2013 at 8:23 am

    Ty, That was really helpful.

    Reply
  8. Renzo
    Renzo on 28 December, 2013 at 1:39 pm

    Im new in Lightroom, always use Element 8 until now. i already download this preset and make a little test, tremendous, congrats. its more easy to make my workflow. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 28 December, 2013 at 6:11 pm

      Thanks Renzo for the kind words, be sure to checkout my other presets also.

      Reply
  9. Aridio
    Aridio on 17 January, 2014 at 6:25 am

    Gracias por compartir estos presets

    Reply
  10. Josep
    Josep on 22 January, 2014 at 6:50 am

    Hi Harmeet, I have the same thing happened again yesterday, and I recommended Google will not let me download presets not do that bad ….
    btw thanks for your quick response yesterday.
    Great for your page.

    Reply
  11. Fauzi Rahmi
    Fauzi Rahmi on 31 January, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    it’s very awesome preset to create HDR images

    Reply
  12. Mark Cargin
    Mark Cargin on 1 February, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    Hello,

    Followed your instructions, however was not provided the link.

    Regards
    Mark

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 2 February, 2014 at 12:06 pm

      Hi Mark,

      A few people have reported issue with the “Pay with a Like” feature, so I’ve removed it from this post. You should see the download links in the Download section.

      Cheers
      Harmeet

      Reply
  13. KJ
    KJ on 3 March, 2014 at 9:54 am

    I’ve tweeted about your presets but the download links weren’t revealed. My twitter name is Lucy Ricardo. 😉 Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 3 March, 2014 at 2:52 pm

      Sent you the download link, check your email.

      Reply
  14. Kim
    Kim on 5 March, 2014 at 5:53 am

    I couldn’t get the link

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 5 March, 2014 at 5:50 pm

      Emailed you the link Kim. Enjoy!!

      Reply
  15. sander
    sander on 13 March, 2014 at 11:47 am

    I know a really stupid question, but how do I use the HDR preset? Does it allow me to make an HDR out a stack of pictures that have diffrent exposures?

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 13 March, 2014 at 1:41 pm

      Hi Sander,

      The HDR Preset is for Lightroom only and Lightroom doesn’t natively support merging multiple/stack of images (with different exposures). The Preset is ideal for single RAW image which will be processed using this Preset to give very HDR look. Check out my YouTube video below regarding installing and using this HDR Preset on your images.

      Reply
  16. talal
    talal on 19 March, 2014 at 3:19 am

    please send me the link of the presets i cant download it

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 22 March, 2014 at 5:29 pm

      Link is in your email. pls check it.

      Reply
  17. Cat
    Cat on 20 March, 2014 at 11:42 am

    Thankyou so much for these presets! I cant wait to try them out!

    Reply
  18. elisa
    elisa on 21 March, 2014 at 8:31 am

    hello could you send me the download link? thank you!

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 22 March, 2014 at 5:31 pm

      Elisa, the link has been sent to your email address. pls check it.

      Reply
  19. CYrus
    CYrus on 23 March, 2014 at 3:45 am

    Hi, would you send me the LR preset by email? the link didnt show up after refresh… Thanks man!

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 23 March, 2014 at 4:12 pm

      Try again..the link is now accessible directly here.

      Reply
      • Cyrus
        Cyrus on 23 March, 2014 at 9:36 pm

        Thanks so much! loved it!

        Reply
  20. james
    james on 23 March, 2014 at 3:51 am

    hi am tryin to download your lightroom presets but link doesn’t show tried refreshing the page but nothing could u send me the links please thanbks james

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 23 March, 2014 at 4:11 pm

      James, the link is visible now on the page. Enjoy!!

      Reply
  21. Claudia
    Claudia on 27 April, 2014 at 11:29 am

    Gracias, muy bueno.

    Reply
  22. Gaurav Medikeri
    Gaurav Medikeri on 11 June, 2014 at 10:43 am

    Hey, the download link is not visible. Can you please send it to my mail?

    Reply
  23. MEGZZ
    MEGZZ on 24 July, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    thank you very much 🙂

    Reply
  24. Henry
    Henry on 29 July, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    THANKS!

    Reply
  25. xan
    xan on 11 September, 2014 at 2:59 am

    I shared on google plus and the link don´t show

    SCAAAAMMM!!!!

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 11 September, 2014 at 10:30 pm

      Check your email Xan. Presets sent.

      Reply
  26. Janine
    Janine on 11 September, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    I shared TWICE and didn’t get the preset download link even after refreshing the page. Could you email it to me please?

    thanks
    Janine

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 11 September, 2014 at 10:31 pm

      Janine, thanks for the visit. Presets sent. Enjoy!!

      Reply
  27. Ram Almazan
    Ram Almazan on 12 September, 2014 at 4:34 am

    Hi! Can i also get the download link? Thanks! More power!

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 12 September, 2014 at 8:55 am

      Sent to your inbox, Ram!

      Reply
      • Aurelien
        Aurelien on 13 September, 2014 at 7:45 am

        I +1 your article and shared with my photograph friends so could you mail me the plugins too please ?
        I dont understand why you do not copy the link in comment instead of sending mails to everyone …

        Reply
        • Harmeet Gabha
          Harmeet Gabha on 13 September, 2014 at 10:09 am

          Aurelien, Link is shown after you share the post. I do this to promote the page which allows more people to discover the page. Since many of you are having trouble now, I’ve enabled the direct download links on this page. Enjoy!

          Reply
  28. ahmed
    ahmed on 12 September, 2014 at 11:57 pm

    I COULDN’T DOWNLOAD THE PRESETS PLS SND ME THE DOWNLOADING LINK TO DOWNLOAD

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 13 September, 2014 at 10:08 am

      Link is now enabled on the page.

      Reply
      • rnoor
        rnoor on 26 March, 2015 at 8:53 pm

        Hi There,
        Unable to download.
        Please assist me.
        Thanks

        Reply
        • Harmeet Gabha
          Harmeet Gabha on 27 March, 2015 at 5:49 pm

          What’s the issue? The download link is working fine.

          Reply
  29. aysa
    aysa on 9 January, 2015 at 12:47 am

    I like it but I can’t download the persets link, please , e-mail . Thank you

    Reply
  30. Anna
    Anna on 8 February, 2015 at 11:40 pm

    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  31. ARTHUR
    ARTHUR on 2 June, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    thanks for sharing !

    Reply
  32. Janne
    Janne on 12 April, 2017 at 3:45 am

    Can’t´download Puncy and Afternoon HDR

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 14 April, 2017 at 5:06 pm

      You need to subscribe to our newsletter and the download links are revealed after

      Reply
      • Zohar Blau
        Zohar Blau on 21 April, 2017 at 4:39 pm

        The links downloaded empty or corrupted zip files.

        Reply
        • Harmeet Gabha
          Harmeet Gabha on 21 April, 2017 at 8:20 pm

          pls try with different browser. the links work and 100s of people download it daily

          Reply
        • Harmeet Gabha
          Harmeet Gabha on 30 April, 2017 at 5:06 pm

          Zohar, the corruption is now fixed. Feel free to download again the presets.

          Reply
  33. John
    John on 7 September, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    Excuse me for my previous comment, i did receive the e-mail and have downloaded the presets.
    Kind regards John

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 7 September, 2017 at 5:35 pm

      John, I checked from the subscriber list that you received the email with the links. Can you confirm?

      Reply
  34. christopher scott
    christopher scott on 3 November, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    hi there
    could also not find the link, hre is my email if you can help, thanks so much

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 4 November, 2017 at 10:27 pm

      Please check your email, I can see the links were sent to your email.

      Reply
  35. Ersin
    Ersin on 10 November, 2017 at 6:28 pm

    Hi, would you send me the Lightroom preset by email?
    the link didnt show up after refresh… Thanks man!

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 15 November, 2017 at 9:12 pm

      Thanks for your message but I can in the email platform you were sent the email. If you still have trouble please let me know.

      Reply
  36. alaa
    alaa on 21 November, 2017 at 12:34 am

    can i have the link where i can download

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 21 November, 2017 at 8:37 am

      Alaa, email has been sent to the email address provided containing the links. Enjoy!!

      Reply
  37. kalyan
    kalyan on 7 December, 2017 at 6:08 pm

    Hi Harmeet……….Would you be able to email me the preset also? It’s not showing on the webpage.

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 9 December, 2017 at 8:30 am

      Hi Kalyan, I can see that the links were emailed to you successfully. If you have an problems accessing them let me know.

      Reply
  38. makanaz
    makanaz on 31 January, 2018 at 6:15 am

    I got the link but it says the link has expired

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 31 January, 2018 at 8:05 pm

      can you try again and if still an issue please forward email to info@photoinsomnia.com

      Reply
  39. Erin Swoish
    Erin Swoish on 13 May, 2018 at 1:55 pm

    Hello, can you please send me the punchy HDR preset? Thank you.

    Reply
    • Harmeet Gabha
      Harmeet Gabha on 13 May, 2018 at 8:12 pm

      please check your email, it should be there.

      Reply

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