Free Christmas
Lightroom presets.
Ten holiday looks.
Snow, string lights, festive red and green, fireplace amber - ten hand-built .xmp develop presets for Lightroom Classic, made for the photos you take between the first frost and New Year. Three of them download right now, no email. Tell us where to send them and all ten unlock here, free.
Made for winter light
Snow that stays white instead of going grey-blue, fairy lights that glow amber, reds that read as Christmas red. Each look is tuned for one kind of holiday scene.
They grade, they don't expose
The whole Basic panel is left free - exposure and white balance stay yours. The look layers on top as pure colour, so it travels across cameras and light instead of fighting them.
Dial the strength
Each one ships with Lightroom's Amount slider enabled - full force for the tree, a whisper for skin, your call on every photo.
Before, and after.
Six presets from the pack on six scenes from a London winter fair - rides, lights and winter sky. Grab the handle and slide: left is the RAW file straight from the camera, right is the preset plus one click on Auto.
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The left side is the untouched RAW file - no edits at all. The right side is the preset plus one click on Auto in the Basic panel. That is the whole workflow: the preset carries the colour and never touches exposure or white balance, so Auto (or your own nudge) sets the brightness. Winter light swings from blue snow to orange bulbs in one evening, and that split is what lets one look land on all of it.
Ten looks for the whole season.
Bright daylight at the market, the tree in the living room, candles on the table, the walk home at blue hour. Pick the look for the light you have, then tune it to taste.
Every look is a standard .xmp develop preset for Lightroom Classic, and a README in the zip walks you through installing it. Curious what one changes first? Drop it into the free preset inspector and read every setting.
- 01Snowy Daylight No email
Clean whites, cool shadows, crisp winter daylight.
- 02String Lights
Warm, cozy glow for indoor evenings under fairy lights.
- 03Festive Red & Green No email
Rich Christmas reds and deep evergreen, with punch.
- 04Fireplace Amber
Candlelight and fireplace amber with deep warm shadows.
- 05Winter Matte
Soft faded blacks and quiet, cool-neutral colour.
- 06Blue Hour Snow
Moody blue-hour cold with warm lights that pop.
- 07Classic Film Christmas
Nostalgic warm film: soft blacks, rich reds, fine grain.
- 08Tree Lights Glow No email
Creamy gold bokeh and deep evergreen for the tree.
- 09Gift Wrap Bright
Bright and airy for gifts, tables and crisp reds.
- 10Nordic Winter
Muted, cool and calm: a quiet Scandinavian winter.
Where should we send all ten?
Drop your email and the full Christmas & Winter pack unlocks right here - ten looks, free. Then choose whether you hear from us again.
Just want to try a few first? Download Snowy Daylight, Festive Red & Green and Tree Lights Glow now - no email.
Here they are - merry Christmas.
Want more? Four more packs - forty looks for weddings, cinematic, vintage film and orange-and-teal - are free on the presets page.
From preset to holiday card.
Five of the photos above, graded with this pack, went into Collage Studio: select them in Lightroom Classic, pick a 5 x 7 card, type a title. The card on the left is exactly what it saved - print-ready at 300 ppi. The same few clicks make a 12 x 12 family album spread instead.
Before you install.
Are these Christmas Lightroom presets really free?
Yes. Three of them download with no email at all. The other seven unlock on this page when you enter your email, and you choose whether you also want an occasional email from us - leave with one click any time.
Do they work in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom and Camera Raw?
They are standard .xmp develop presets, built for Lightroom Classic. The same files work in Adobe Camera Raw, and Lightroom (the cloud version) can import them too, under File > Import Profiles & Presets.
How do I install them in Lightroom Classic?
In the Develop module, open the Presets panel, click the + button, choose Import Presets and select the .xmp files. Or quit Lightroom Classic and copy the "Lightroom Tools - Christmas & Winter" folder into your Camera Raw Settings folder. The README in the zip has both paths for macOS and Windows.
Will a preset change my exposure or white balance?
No. The Basic panel and white balance are left out of every preset on purpose, so your own exposure, contrast and white balance stay exactly as you set them. The presets change colour grading, HSL, calibration, tone curves and, where a look calls for it, grain and vignette.