Editor's Library, the bench with a drawer for every treatment

Treatment, not subject.

Editor's Library is every treatment on the bench: colour systems, moods, film, darkroom, rescue, workflow bases, output and print, whatever is in the frame. Works in the free Lightroom app on iPhone and Android, and in Lightroom Classic.

For editors, colourists and retouchers who grade by treatment.

1,476 presets · 82 collections · one download

Get Editor's Library for $649 Open: all 1,476 presets

The booth by the window with the whole split on it. Warm highlight against cool shadow, tone untouched.

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One box, opened

Dusk city, a treatment, not a subject

A face under a grade

The alley on a base curve

Every drawer is a treatment. Colour systems are the named palettes and the harmony schemes, worked in hue, saturation and luminance per band. Moods are tone and colour together with a stated intent: Austere Distance floors every hue, Deep Calm compresses the range, Held Tension crushes the mid-shadows under a green tint, Open Joy bows the curve up, Warm Nostalgia lifts the upper midtones, Single Lamp puts one warm source in deep dark. Film and darkroom are the emulsion and the print: negative, slide, instant, matte, cine glass, bleach bypass, then proof sheet, platinum, toners, press black and silver gelatin.

The rescue drawer is corrective and nothing else: Backlit Save, Blown Highlight, Bright Key, Flash Harsh, Green Cast, High ISO, Mixed Source, Old Digital, Room Light, Scanned Frame, Screen Glow, Underexposed, Wide Latitude and Gentle Lift, each a ladder of strengths with the colour work near zero. Workflow bases are what you apply before the grade: Flat Base, Grade Ready, Dodge Burn Base, Retouch Flat, Composite Match, Pano Prep, Stack Prep, HDR Return, Firm Contrast, Deep Shadow, Micro Detail, Split Tone, Video Still, Plain Document, and Proof Check, the deliberately unflattering pass that shows the dust.

Output and print set the file for the surface it will land on: Baryta Gloss for Dmax, Cotton Rag with the blacks lifted for matte paper, Canvas Wrap with micro-contrast up, Metal Panel for dye-sublimation, Gloss Magazine inside the CMYK gamut, Newsprint Set for dot gain, Backlit Film for the lightbox, Small Screen for the phone.

Not on this bench: the exclusive treatments, Warm Cool Split, Cross Signal, Faded Print, Soft Pictorial, Graphic Black, Orthochromatic, Sepia Archive and the Infrared Look, each sold on one specialist page only. Film and Darkroom, Colour Systems, the Film Archive, the Darkroom and the Palette Set are drawers of this bench sold on their own. Nothing here is filed by subject; the subject libraries are elsewhere in the network.

the archive

The Bench

1,476 presets across 7 territories

Colour, mood, film, darkroom, rescue, workflow, output. Each drawer opens to its collections and a few presets on the same photographs.

Colour systems

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Named palettes and the harmony schemes, worked band by band.

Analogous Cool 18 presets
Analogous Warm 18 presets
Complementary Pair 18 presets
Copper Rose 18 presets
Monochrome Hue 18 presets
Moss Olive 18 presets
Neutral Accent 18 presets
Ochre Field 18 presets
Plum Dusk 18 presets
Rust Iron 18 presets
Sage Room 18 presets
Slate Blue 18 presets
Split Complement 18 presets
Triadic Balance 18 presets

Graded with Editor's Library: Barley Chaff on A face under a grade — Barley Chaff on A face under a grade

Ungraded version of the same scene — Barley Chaff on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Barley Chaff on The alley on a base curve — Barley Chaff on The alley on a base curve

Graded with Editor's Library: Basil Teal on A face under a grade — Basil Teal on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Basil Teal on The booth, split — Basil Teal on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: One Colour on A face under a grade — One Colour on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: One Colour on The booth, split — One Colour on The booth, split

Moods

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Austere to open joy, held back, held tension, warm nostalgia, the single lamp.

Austere Distance 18 presets
Bone Cream 18 presets
Close Intimacy 18 presets
Deep Calm 18 presets
Formal Study 18 presets
Hard Modern 18 presets
Held Back 18 presets
Held Tension 18 presets
Long Observation 18 presets
Muted Modern 18 presets
Open Joy 18 presets
Quiet Melancholy 18 presets
Sharp Energy 18 presets
Single Lamp 18 presets
Warm Nostalgia 18 presets

Graded with Editor's Library: Linen Press on A face under a grade — Linen Press on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Linen Press on The booth, split — Linen Press on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Bare Filament on The booth, split — Bare Filament on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Bare Filament on A face under a grade — Bare Filament on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Held Toe on A face under a grade — Held Toe on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Held Toe on The booth, split — Held Toe on The booth, split

Film

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Negative, slide, instant, matte, rich print, cine glass, bleach bypass, the snapshot.

Anamorphic Wide 18 presets
Bleach Pass 18 presets
Colour Neg 18 presets
Instant Pack 18 presets
Matte Finish 18 presets
Rich Print 18 presets
Slide Film 18 presets
Snapshot Vernacular 18 presets

Graded with Editor's Library: Birthday Table on The booth, split — Birthday Table on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Birthday Table on A face under a grade — Birthday Table on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Soft Corner on A face under a grade — Soft Corner on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Soft Corner on The booth, split — Soft Corner on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Rich Enlargement on The booth, split — Rich Enlargement on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Rich Enlargement on A face under a grade — Rich Enlargement on A face under a grade

Darkroom

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Proof sheet, platinum, plate, copper and selenium toners, press black, silver gelatin, pushed grain.

Contact Print 18 presets
Copper Wash 18 presets
Grain Report 18 presets
Plate Room 18 presets
Platinum Print 18 presets
Press Black 18 presets
Selenium Tone 18 presets
Silver Halide 18 presets

Graded with Editor's Library: Bromide Paper on A face under a grade — Bromide Paper on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Bromide Paper on The alley on a base curve — Bromide Paper on The alley on a base curve

Graded with Editor's Library: Full Bleed on A face under a grade — Full Bleed on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Full Bleed on The alley on a base curve — Full Bleed on The alley on a base curve

Rescue

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Backlight, blown highlights, flash, green cast, high ISO, mixed sources, old digital, scans, screens, underexposure.

Backlit Save 18 presets
Blown Highlight 18 presets
Bright Key 18 presets
Flash Harsh 18 presets
Gentle Lift 18 presets
Green Cast 18 presets
High ISO 18 presets
Mixed Source 18 presets
Old Digital 18 presets
Room Light 18 presets
Scanned Frame 18 presets
Screen Glow 18 presets
Underexposed 18 presets
Wide Latitude 18 presets

Graded with Editor's Library: Lamp & Daylight on The booth, split — Lamp & Daylight on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Lamp & Daylight on A face under a grade — Lamp & Daylight on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Full Span on A face under a grade — Full Span on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Full Span on Dusk city, a treatment, not a subject — Full Span on Dusk city, a treatment, not a subject

Graded with Editor's Library: Quiet Gain on The booth, split — Quiet Gain on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Quiet Gain on A face under a grade — Quiet Gain on A face under a grade

Workflow bases

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Flat, grade-ready, dodge and burn, composite, pano and stack prep, HDR return, the proof check.

Composite Match 18 presets
Deep Shadow 18 presets
Dodge Burn Base 18 presets
Firm Contrast 18 presets
Flat Base 18 presets
Grade Ready 18 presets
HDR Return 18 presets
Micro Detail 18 presets
Pano Prep 18 presets
Plain Document 18 presets
Proof Check 18 presets
Retouch Flat 18 presets
Split Tone 18 presets
Stack Prep 18 presets
Video Still 18 presets

Graded with Editor's Library: Codec Repair on A face under a grade — Codec Repair on A face under a grade

Graded with Editor's Library: Codec Repair on The booth, split — Codec Repair on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Tray Rocker on The booth, split — Tray Rocker on The booth, split

Graded with Editor's Library: Tray Rocker on A face under a grade — Tray Rocker on A face under a grade

Output and print

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Baryta, cotton rag, canvas, metal, gloss litho, newsprint, backlit film, the small screen.

Backlit Film 18 presets
Baryta Gloss 18 presets
Canvas Wrap 18 presets
Cotton Rag 18 presets
Gloss Magazine 18 presets
Metal Panel 18 presets
Newsprint Set 18 presets
Small Screen 18 presets

how it works

Yours in two minutes

Buy the setCheckout takes a card; you get a receipt by email.
Download instantlyThe preset files download right after payment. Re-download any time from your account.
Import to LightroomOpen the files in the free Lightroom app (iOS or Android) or Lightroom Classic. Lightroom saves them as presets automatically.
Tap a presetOne tap applies the full look. Every setting stays editable after.

Single-user license. Yours to use in personal and client work.
No redistribution. Don't resell or share the preset files themselves.
Free app is enough. No Adobe subscription needed for Lightroom mobile.
Keep it forever. Files live in your account for re-download.

Netzah Elad Topaz, the photographer who makes these presets

the maker

Why I Make These

I am Netzah Elad Topaz. I take photographs and I build software, and the two keep leading me back to the same problem. You were there. The light was doing something you will not see again. Then the photo comes back flat, and it is not what you were looking at.

Closing that gap is the whole job. Every preset here is built from Adobe defaults by hand, with a written note for what it should do to a picture, and it is judged on real photographs before it ships. Nothing is a filter dropped on top of your work.

What I want is simple. You open a photo you almost gave up on, you tap once, and there it is: the day you remember, not the file your camera handed you. That is worth doing properly.

Netzah Elad Topaz, photographer and software builder

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Get Editor's Library

Editor's Library

$649

All 1476 presets · one-time payment · instant download

Works in the free Lightroom app · keep forever

Instant download after payment. The download link is also sent to your email and stays available in your account.

questions

Asked and Answered

Can I stack a base and a grade?

Yes. Apply a workflow base first, Flat Base or Grade Ready, then a colour system or a mood on top. Where both move the same slider the second wins, and every slider stays editable after.

Is this one download or several?

One ZIP, with every collection in its own folder. Import them all, or only the ones you use.

Do these work in the free Lightroom app?

Yes. Import the .xmp files in the free Lightroom app on iPhone or Android, no subscription needed. They also work in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom on desktop.

What exactly do I get?

All 1476 presets from Editor's Library as .xmp files in an instant ZIP download. The link also lands in your email, and the purchase stays in your account so you can re-download any time.

How do I install them?

Two minutes: unzip, then import inside Lightroom. The step-by-step guide covers iPhone, Android, and desktop.

Can I use them for client work?

Yes. The single-user license covers personal and commercial photography. The one thing you can't do is share or resell the preset files themselves.

Can I tweak a preset after applying it?

Always. A preset is a starting point; every slider stays yours to adjust.

What if it's not for me?

Before your first download we refund, no questions asked. After a download, sales are final except a technical fault we cannot fix or a duplicate charge. Details on the refunds page.