There’s nothing like translating the look of a dream into a photo aesthetic. One common style that can achieve this is adding a soft glow to your photos! This can be in the form of softening the edges of your subject, adding a glow around light sources, or even adding a glow to faces in a portrait.
Whatever the case may be, creating a glow aesthetic in your images is easier than ever thanks to Lightroom presets! Whether they’re landscapes, portraits or street photos, check out our picks for the best glow presets for Lightroom to get started.
Want more presets and tips? Check out our several Lightroom preset packs and more preset guides!
All-in-One Film Glow Lightroom Preset Pack
Bring the charm of film photography to your digital photos with the Ultimate Film Glow Lightroom Preset Pack for desktop and mobile! This pack includes 9 meticulously created presets designed to add a soft, film-inspired glow to your photos. Ideal for anything from portraits, beach days, and neon lights, to 90s-inspired or golden hour shoots, these presets give your photos a timeless and dreamy look! Use each of the presets to soften textures, get just the right film color grade, and enhance lighting to create the ethereal glow of film photography!
Soft Glow Lightroom Preset
Effortlessly enhance your photos with a natural film-inspired glow using this soft glow Lightroom preset. This single preset subtly softens textures and maintains a low-touch, natural look that preserves the essence of your photo. Ideal for getting an understated glow with neutral tones that add just the right touch of warmth and calmness.
Warm & Dreamy Lightroom
Add a touch of warmth and elegance to your photos with this warm Lightroom preset for desktop. This preset creates a creamy glow that softens skin and enhances tones, giving every shot a flawless, sunlit warmth. Perfect for portraits or any image needing a cozy, dreamy finish.
Rich Glow Lightroom
Create a soft, earthy radiance with the Rich Glow Lightroom preset for desktop and mobile. This preset adds a gentle, neutral glow that brings out the beauty in beige, gray, and light brown tones, making it ideal for portraits, nature shots, and cohesive social media feeds. It enhances natural skin tones for a warm, refined look that feels soothing.
Looking for more neutral-toned presets like this for your social media? Check out our round-up of influencer Lightroom presets!
Golden Glow Preset Pack
The Golden Glow preset pack offers 10 rich, radiant presets for Lightroom desktop and mobile — perfect for sunlit settings and romantic outdoor shots. With creamy whites, buttery tones, and warm gold hues, these presets bring out the beauty in couples, lifestyle portraits, and outdoor weddings — adding golden hour magic to every shot.
For more presets like these, check out our round-up of golden hour presets for Lightroom!
Winter Glow Preset Pack
The Winter Glow preset pack brings a crisp, warm feel to your chilly outdoor city shots with 3 unique Lightroom presets for desktop and mobile. Rich brown tones add depth, perfect for cozying up winter settings at Christmas markets or cities year-round. While ideal for winter, these presets bring a gentle glow that enhances city photos in any season.
Dreamy Film Aesthetic Presets
Step into a dreamy wonderland with this expansive dreamy film aesthetic preset pack, featuring over 100 presets for desktop and mobile. Each preset effortlessly transforms your photos into whimsical, ethereal frames that feel straight out of a fairytale — perfect for adding a magical soft and glowy vibe to any photo.
Aesthetic Glow Presets for Lightroom
Bring a warm, inviting glow to your photos with the Aesthetic Glow Lightroom preset pack. These 4 presets blend in a gentle dehaze effect, perfect for portraits and shots rich in warm tones. Ideal for capturing cozy moments with a touch of dreamy warmth, each preset enhances soft textures and elevates the golden tones in your photos.
Glowy Kodak UltraMax Lightroom Preset Pack
Recreate the glowing, hazy charm of film with the Ultimate Kodak UltraMax Lightroom Preset Pack! These 8 presets, inspired by Kodak UltraMax, deliver a soft, filmic glow to your photos. Whether it’s the warmth of golden hour, vivid landscapes, or soft portraits — each preset enhances your photos with rich colors, balanced contrast, and that unmistakable film texture, perfect for achieving a dreamy, nostalgic glow look.
Golden Boho Glow Presets
This Golden Glow Lightroom preset pack brings a subtle boho vibe to its edits. The collection of 10 presets enhances the soft, golden hues of summer sunsets and warm sunshine, making your photos glow. Perfect for professionals or beginners, these presets bring out a grounded, boho-inspired vibe that transforms any photo into a warm, earthy scene.
Check out our full round-up of boho Lightroom presets for more presets like these!
Muted Film Glow Lightroom Presets
Get that soft, nostalgic film feel with these muted film glow presets. Featuring 4 presets, the edits deliver a balanced glow effect, adding a touch of grain for that authentic vintage feel. With a subtle texture fade and haze, these presets are perfect for creating a dreamy, understated look that brings out a timeless charm to your photos.
If you want more vintage film vibes, check out our lists of Portra 400 presets, and Fuji presets.
The Dreamer Glowy Presets
Get a soft and dreamy look with this Dreamer preset pack. The included five presets for desktop and mobile will brighten up your photos with a lovely soft glow. The edges of your subject will have the most subtle glow, making the photo look like a dreamscape. Try it with photos in diffused lighting or golden hour lighting and watch them transform into a glowing dream.
Looking for more dreamy presets? Check out our list of soft and dreamy Lightroom presets.
Portrait Glow Presets
These presets are made to give your portrait photos a soft, almost airbrushed look. Choose from the 15 presets to clean up your portraits and give them a magazine-ready editorial look with smooth skin and a glow treatment. It’s just a matter of picking which preset works best with your portraits and making the right adjustments!
Soft Glow Presets
Mute the tones back a bit and add a hazy soft glow, and what do we get? This Soft Glow preset pack with 10 preset options to choose from for desktop and mobile. The color grading is given a soft and cool color profile while highlights are lifted a tad bit, and the clarity meter is slid to the left to create a dreamy glow. Try it out with your pics!
Want more editing options like these? Don’t miss our round-up of aesthetic Lightroom presets.
Bronze Glow Presets
Mix up that glow look with a warmer bronze tone shift. Try out these 10 Bronze Glow presets – best used in photos that are bright and contain warm or earthy tones. Whether they’re golden yellows, browns, or beiges, these colors within bright environments will be transformed into a beautiful glowy look that makes the bronze tones the focus.
Dreamy Glow Presets
Put on a bright outfit, head out into the sun, and capture some photos, and edit them with these Dreamy Glow presets! The five mobile presets will brighten up the color profile of your photos, focusing on the whites and neutral tones, and give them a glowing look. A soft haze is also added to the edits, creating a lovely dreamscape look!
Free Glow Presets
Unsure of which glow preset to start with? Check out a few of these free glowy preset options to try out your style before considering a paid option!
Free Titanium Glow Preset
Free Cool Glow Preset
What did you think of our picks for the best glow presets? Are there any we’re missing? Let us know in the comments below!
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