Free Lightroom preset

Gold Hour Lite. Yours, free.

The lighter version of my signature look, built first for rich, deep skin. Warm, cinematic, luminous. Works in the free Lightroom app on your phone and in Lightroom on your computer.

Before and after: Gold Hour preset on a portrait with deep skin

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Shadows lifted

Deep skin keeps its detail instead of crushing to black.

Luminous, not orange

Skin brightness goes up while its saturation eases off.

Reds pulled to orange

Faces never go red or purple under mixed light.

Green spill tamed

Grass and walls stop bouncing green onto skin.

Want the full look?

Melanin Cinema is ten looks

Gold Hour at full strength, plus Midnight Teal, Street Bold, Soft Film, Ivory, Ember, Velvet, Neon Night, Noir 3200 and Silver Classic. Six stackable tools. R249 at launch.

See the full pack