I hear this all the time, How do you load presets into lightroom?

There's several ways to do this.  But I'll tell you my way.

Open Lightroom

Go to the Develop Screen

At the top of your preset list (on the left) you should see a folder called 'Lightroom Presets', right click on that.

You'll see the option 'new folder' pop up, choose that.

Now, what I do is...I name that new folder the name of the person/website that created a set of presets I'd like to load.  That way everything is organized and easy to find.  Once you've chosen your name click 'create'.

Now you'll see the new folder you named and added in your list on the left.  Right click on that new folder and choose 'import'.  Go find where on your computer you saved the lightroom presets and choose them and then click 'import'

That's it!  Now you can continue to make new folders for each set of presets you have starting back again at the top of this tutorial and right clicking on the 'Lightroom Presets' folder.

Hope this helps :)

I've added a couple new preset links to my previous blog post about free lightroom presets HERE.  Scroll to the bottom of the list and look for * NEW *

The new Beta version of Lightroom 2 is out.  Have you gone over and downloaded it yet?

If not, check it out HERE 

 Here's an image I edited in the new Lightroom 2,  I love how the clarity slider works the OTHER way now :)

Here's a few presets for you.  These will only work in Adobe Lightroom.

(download link below preview)

Download the presets HERE 

I wanted to at least start a nice link list of all of the sites out there that offer free Lightroom Presets :)

If you're unsure how to install presets, take a look over here.

* I have free presets in another blog post HERE 

* Rebecca Myers: has a preset on her blog HERE for you. AND she just added a new one HERE !

* Phaunt Actions: She's got a free black and white preset in her shop HERE, not sure how long it will be up.

* Kelsey Smith: Oh boy does Kelsey have a ton of preset goodies for you on her blog HERE make sure to look around and find them all. She's also got a new flickr group HERE where you can post your photos you created using her presets.

* Victoria Feemster: has some presets up on her blog HERE for you.

*Simonetta has a set for you HERE to brighten your cloudy photos.

* Gavin Seim: He's got some great sets of presets on his site HERE

* WOW Presets: I'm sure you already have these, but for those who don't..you need them, grab them HERE

* Lightroom Killer Tips: Lots of good info to be found here, and he usually posts free presets once a week.

* Inside Lightroom: They've got a ton of presets on their site HERE Scroll to where you see 'develop presets' and a list of links for color presets, point curve presets, etc... click all of the links.

* L7 Photo: some more great presets to be found HERE

* Markus Dollinger.de : He's got some presets for you HERE

* 640Pixels: Has some presets for you HERE.

* Leica M8: presets can be found HERE .

* Make An Image: has a D300 preset for you HERE .

* Nikon D200: find presets for it HERE.

* An Illustrated Journey: Has two free presets HERE .

* Vert: on Deviant Art has a set of snow presets HERE and a Wet Chrome preset HERE and New York State Of Mind HERE

* Scrapyard Kath: has an In The Pink preset for you HERE

* Huelight: offers presets for the Canon 40D and 5D HERE

* Bren Boone: now has her presets back up on her blog HERE

* Skye: has some lightroom presets under the Jan. 11th blog post here

* X equals: has a free preset for you HERE also! And some lightroom info here

* NEW * Adobe Exchange now has a Lightroom Category HERE

* NEW * Daido Moriyama Free Lightroom Preset HERE

* NEW * That 70's Set from Kim Long Photography HERE

* Presetting Lightroom - a Flickr Group - Offering free presets in their discussion area HERE 

***And you can also purchase my lightroom presets at Pink Ink Studios.

**Lightroom resources are HERE also.

If you have some presets or know of any others out there, feel free to leave a comment here and I'll add them to this list.  

Be sure to check my 'Favorite Sites' link in the sidebar for more sites dedicated to Adobe Lightroom.