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"I'm quite pleased with this collection. I own presets from several other companies and these are my new favorites! Well done." - John R.

"OMG these are amazing. I had never used overlays until now but now I'll never be able to look back." Sarah I

The Luxe Blog

This week Adobe released some major updates to the Lightroom Mobile app, for those of you who edit on the go! This new release features a brand new organizational system that allows you to edit directly from your phone gallery and includes some fun new features for sharing your edits! 
At Luxe, our users keep us so inspired every season! We love seeing you tag us in your edits and we're delighted when you share the unique and impactful ways that you've made Luxe a part of your professional or creative workflow! To celebrate your work, we've launched a new series of opportunities to feature your photos on our socials, the site, and here on the blog! Head over to My Luxe Edit to explore more opportunities to be featured! 
Here we are going to cover common questions about AI presets and the new Adobe Masking Tool features, so you can cut your workflow in half this busy season! Have a favorite preset or edit? Learn how to use these Adobe Sensei AI-powered tools to speed up retouching! 
In this guide, we’ve got a whole host of tips and tricks for overlays to ensure you can confidently elevate your holiday & seasonal winter images like a pro! We'll go beyond simply placing and blending your overlays and talk selective masking and the layering of differing types of overlays for next-level creative magic! 
Camera technology has advanced at a rapid pace, with some mobile phones rivaling the best camera options from even five years ago. When it comes to the best camera of 2022, it’s a close race. We offer not only best picks for 2022, but discuss affordable alternatives and what to look for! 
Here we discuss pro tips & tricks for applying Luxe Leaf Overlays for unique and realistic seasonal composite images that will make your overlays feel fresh and new each time you use them!
What better way to ensure that content is perceived as unique to you than through cohesive personal branding? While Instagram may not be your primary space, followers tend to want to connect with you wherever you are available and it helps to know how to nail a cohesive look and feel across your content no matter the platform. Here we’ll discuss 3 ways to achieve seamless content and discuss how one of our favorite content creators @read.write.coffee does this on Instagram, beautifully across photo & video!
Content creators rejoice! This June, Lightroom welcomed two new exciting features for the cloud-based Lightroom 5.4 and the Lightroom Mobile app: Video editing and the "Amount" slider. Edit video for social media with your Lightroom Presets today!
5 Professional Photographer Tips for fast retouching in Lightroom using the new Masking features and Luxe Local Adjustment Presets! Featuring Lightroom secrets and shortcuts for faster editing with masking in Lightroom!
Spring is here and we couldn't be more excited to share a new tutorial with you that is perfect for turning your captures of florals and pastels to art! Learn to create art for use anywhere with our Luxe Watercolor, Paint, & More collection in Photoshop!  
Luxe video Editing LUTs can be used in the FREE VN video-editing app to edit video content for beautiful REEL creation for Instagram, TikTok, and other social media! Here we'll teach you how to install & apply LUTs for clean, cohesive & beautiful content across your platforms! 

In the latest updates to Adobe’s Lightroom suite, Adobe has transformed their local adjustment tools into a single genius Masking tool featuring one-click AI-powered “Select Subject” and “Select Sky” tools. AI-based smart selection isn’t a new project for Adobe, having been fantastically executed in Photoshop across desktop and iPad. But smart masking is new to Lightroom and makes the most popular local adjustments tasks click-and-slide simple. No more brushing and erasing for hours before you can apply your local adjustments! Simply click to apply, and slide to adjust.