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: Highly rated for its "culling" capabilities, using AI to score images for focus and identifying if subjects have their eyes closed. Impossible Things

For nearly two decades, the photo editing workflow has been dominated by a simple, powerful tool: the preset. In Adobe Lightroom, presets—pre-saved configurations of sliders for exposure, contrast, color grading, and tone curves—offered a shortcut to consistency. A wedding photographer could apply the same preset to hundreds of images, ensuring a cohesive gallery. A hobbyist could buy a pack from their favorite influencer and, with one click, emulate a “dark and moody” or “bright and airy” aesthetic. The preset was a formula, a static recipe.

While these aren't commercially available as "presets" yet, the beta versions in Adobe Photoshop (Generative Fill) are slowly merging with Lightroom's batch processing.

The modern AI preset differs from its predecessor primarily through its use of .

When we talk about "Lightroom AI Presets," we are technically talking about and AI Masking .

To understand the magnitude of this shift, we first have to distinguish between traditional presets and their AI-powered counterparts.