Why? Because Lightroom presets can have very complex settings in them. There are over 50 individual settings you can adjust, not to mention Lightroom's tone curves (how do you accurately adjust the strength of those by hand?). Adjusting Lightroom Presets by hand is complicated, time-consuming & rage-inducing Is there a way I can easily turn down the strength of the preset, like an opacity slider in Lightroom?'Īs a preset designer and Lightroom trainer, this doesn't surprise me at all. Since I started NATE Photographic, I've gotten emails about this almost every day: 'Help! When I apply a Lightroom preset, I find the effect is usually too strong for a photo. Have you ever wished you had a 'Lightroom opacity slider' that let you tone down the intensity of your Lightroom presets?