Update I’ve added 66 new profiles to the Lightroom Infrared Color Swap Profiles! These new profiles give you even more creative choices for foliage and sky colors, including multiple options for the perfect sky color and an all-new white foliage profile.

Do you enjoy using Adobe Lightroom for editing images but are frustrated by the challenges and extra steps required to edit infrared photos entirely within Lightroom? Would you prefer to avoid the round trip to Photoshop and the extra TIF or PSD files? Now you can start with the LR IR Color Swap Profiles. With these profiles, you can color swap your infrared images directly in Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and even Lightroom Mobile, without a roundtrip to Photoshop!

In my quest to simplify editing color infrared images in Lightroom, I developed a method that addresses the two significant challenges: white balance and color swapping. A color temperature shifted profile specifically for your camera’s raw images allows for perfect white balance with various infrared filters and lighting conditions. This method captures the power of Photoshop adjustment layers for color swapping without the need for Photoshop!

LR IR Color Swap Profiles in Lightroom Classic
LR IR Color Swap Profiles on 590 nm infrared image in Lightroom Classic

Features

  • 100% Lightroom workflow for processing infrared images with Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Lightroom Mobile. Swap colors for infrared images directly in Lightroom. Photoshop is NOT needed to swap colors or create profiles.
  • Set the perfect white balance for your raw infrared images in various lighting conditions: sunlight, overcast, & shade.
  • Supports 550, 590, 665, & 720 nm infrared filters on converted cameras
  • Supports 720 nm infrared filters on unconverted cameras
  • Includes 84 color-swapping infrared profiles
    • 28 styles of color swapping with two different temperature shifts for each
    • 56 temperature-shifted profiles are specific to your camera model
    • 28 profiles are for JPEG images from any camera where a custom white balance is set in-camera

LR IR Color Swap Profiles in Lightroom mobile on iPad
LR IR Color Swap Profiles on 550 nm infrared image in Lightroom mobile on iPad

Profiles Included

Version 2 Profiles:

  • 8 Channel Mixer variations - Amber, Flamingo, Gold, Mint, Pink, Rose, Split, and Swap
  • 6 Hue variations - Candy, Neon, Purple, Sage, Teal, and Violet
  • 6 Sky color variations for the perfect sky color - Sky 15, Sky 16, Sky 17, Sky 18, Sky 19, and Sky 20
  • White - White foliage and blue sky using both channel mixer and hue/saturation
  • Invert method

Version 1 Profiles:

  • Hue—The hue is shifted 180 degrees for all colors. This results in orange foliage and blue skies.
  • Invert—All colors are switched to their complementary color without impacting brightness. This method produces orange foliage, the most contrast, deepest blacks, and natural blue skies.
  • RB—The red and blue color channels are swapped. This results in a orange foliage/teal sky look.
  • RB G-B—The red and blue color channels are swapped. The green channel is changed to blue. This results in a yellow foliage/purple sky look.
  • RB G-R—The red and blue color channels are swapped. The green channel is changed to red. This results in a red foliage/green sky look.
  • RB G-Split—The red and blue color channels are swapped. The green channel is split between red and blue. This method typically produces orange foliage and the most natural blue skies without the need for additional color tweaking.

Warning: Hue adjustments in the HSL and Calibration panels are limited when using profiles that change the green channel: Amber, Gold, Pink, Rose, Split, White, RB G-B, RB G-R, and RB G-Split. Adjusting the Hue slider with these profiles will impact Saturation but not Hue. If you wish to make Hue adjustments, use any other profile.

Requirements

  • Enhanced profiles work in all variations of Lightroom and Camera Raw from April 2018 on, including the following versions or later:
    • Lightroom Classic 7.3 macOS/Windows
    • Lightroom 1.3 macOS/Windows
    • Lightroom v3.2 Apple iOS
    • Lightroom v3.4 Android
    • Camera Raw 10.3 macOS/Windows
  • These enhanced profiles require the base profiles from the Infrared Profile Pack. Ensure that the Infrared Profile Pack supports your camera model.

Warning: Profiles cannot be installed directly on Apple iOS devices. Install your profiles with Lightroom desktop and they will sync to LM mobile on your iOS devices via your Adobe Cloud account.

Demo of LR IR Color Swap Profiles in Lightroom Classic

Reviews

63 reviews 4.95 stars


Fairly new to the I/R experience and have done the color swap on my own a couple of times. The thought of that process for every photo was more than I was interested in. Thought I would focus on 720 and 850nm in B&W. Thanks to your profiles I am back in the false color game! Have logged a few hours so far and am finding the colors I was so desperately seeking. I seem to gravitate to the -50 RB the most, but that may change with time. Looking forward to playing with the JPG profiles soon.
-Ken


To be honest this is the first time I’ve bought something like this, and I was a little nervous that it might not work for me, since usually these pre sets never worked well for me. Fortunately for me, this time it has been the opposite, this has contributed enormously to my workflow and to be able to aesthetically achieve what I have always sought. Highly recommended.
-Ricardo


Actions easy to use and effective.
-Graham


Absolutely superb pre-sets, and they have immediately made my infrared images so much easier to work with. I cannot recommend these enough.
-Andrew


I’ve just barely dipped my toes into using these, and already they’re helping me find my way through infrared post-processing. Even if I don’t end up using them, they help me invision where I want to head with the shot.
-Matthew


easy to install and use
-Julie


Exactly what I needed. IR Photography was a bit of a hurdle to begin with, the color swap profiles make it really accessible. Easy to install, use and work with. Quick and easy purchase and delivery. Thanks!
-James


Best $20 I ever spent, and the response was prompt and friendly. Off taking pictures now…
-Dimitri


Ottimi presets che facilitano il work flow. La postproduzione delle mie immagini IR è ora diventata migliore. (Excellent presets that facilitate work flow. Postproduction of my IR images has now become better.)
-Gianfranco


Easy to install and use. With these profiles, my IR photography has improved 100%. It opens new windows to creativity.
-Felipe


Having an infrared converted XT-2 I have struggled for two years to be more creative in LrC and Ps - No longer! With LR IR Colour Swap profiles I can easily convert my images. It is a dream to install and I would highly recommend this product if you are interested in IR photography.
-Alan


Very good profiles cuts down the work of manually having to do it yourself, ESPECIALLY since you don’t neep Adobe Photoshop to use these profiles.
-Marcus


Having having an Fujifilm XT-2 converted for IR photography two years ago I have struggled to change colours and hues to make my photographs more creative. Thanks to Rob Shea’s infrared colour swap that has all changed! Rob’s program is easy to install in LR Classic. The ease to make changes to my photographs is simply fantastic. The Rob’s book ‘Colour Doesn’t Exist’ complements the colour swap profiles. Awesome! Thank you!
-Alan


Makes the processing a lot easier, still a lot to learn about infrared processing. But this profiles are a good start.
-Wayne


Great, understandable, helpful
-Ulf


Usually it is a pain swapping channel in Photoshop for infrared, these profiles make it super quick and super easy… and they are super affordable too! 5 thumbs up!!!
-Cristian


Just started using the Rob Shea IR profiles in Lightroom. I love how you can see different ‘looks’ without going into Photoshop to swap channels and adjust hues. Using the profiles has inspired me to go back and edit my many IR images from several different cameras.
-Laurie U.


These profiles have been very helpful in allowing me to more quickly edit my photos in LRC. However, the camera specific white balance settings which are free have been much more helpful, and I really appreciate the work in producing these.
-Michael


Awesome Support and work from you Rob. Recommended to a friend as well. Keep up the good work and thanks so much!
-Fritz


Absolut legend you are Rob. Thank you!
-Fritz


The ability to swap colors has opened up new ways to edit my photos and I love it! I’ve gotten 3 of these packs over the past few years so I was covered on all of my cameras. I couldn’t imagine my photography without it!
-Shaun


These color swap profiles completes my workflow 100%. To me this a MUST for people that just went full camera conversion and don’t want to fiddle all day to get these amazing results. well worth the money spent.
-Vic


Great profiles!
-Ariane


For those who don’t use Photoshop, these profiles allow you to keep your workflow within Lightroom, and save time. Super happy with this purchase.
-M


I find them easy to use and Rob provides good support with any issues. Thank you so much Rob!
-shawnie


Does exactly what you indicated. Easy to install and use. This will be a time saver. Thanks!
-Brian


I had a wonderful experience ordering with you, unfortunately I can’t rate the product its self as it turns out I did not receive the IR modified DSLR I rented, but instead received a full spectrum camera. That said, the order process was super easy with a very fast turn around and the instructions were very easy to follow. It was such a smooth experience that I’m planning on checking to see if you offer something similar for full spectrum processing.
-Mike


I’ve only used them a little bit but the results have been amazing. Looking forward to shooting IR some more and playing with the presets more extensively.
-Steven


No one in the Infrared community has offered to create Color Swap Profiles for me in the past. I’m so grateful to Rob for doing this and helping me get it set up correctly. Now the fun begins when I start editing, can’t wait the color are gorgeous.
-Sandy


Rob, is a dedicated teacher and his tutorial on IR are the best out there.
-Patrick


It was so easy to download and see and use it in LightroomCC. It has helped me develop my IR photographs.
-Patrick


Really quick to respond, plenty of information available to help get started and set up on my system and the presets themselves are amazing! Plenty of options and super easy to load and use. Really happy with both the service and product that Rob has provided! Highly recommended
-Daniel


Super easy to use and work very well! Thank you very much for these and all your IR tutorials!
-Kai


after using them for a week, they are very useful for me. i am an amateur photographer, and i am interested in infrared photography. i got a cheap converted camera and for 30 more bucks i could save a lot of editing time. i understand someone more professional maybe would need more control over the photoshop process but it is not my case, so i am very happy with the purchase. and also, all instructions and information is accurate and treats the potencial buyer as an intelligent being. hate aggressive marketing,so happy with that too. this and the clarity of the explanations made me decide to buy the product. thank you and congratulations for your honest work.
-Albert


These LR IR Color Swap Profiles are awesome. Saves me so much time while editing.
-Lynette


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-Cor


Very new to IR photography. These profiles were easy to install and fairly easy to explore the processing options. I’m enjoying experimenting and using the videos to better understand what I’m doing. The process is interesting as the results can vary so much. Overall I’m having fun.
-Rodney


These profiles are worth every penny! They produce awesome images, and save me a lot of time and frustration. Thanks so much, Rob!
-Larry


Everything Rob does is absolutely the best. I was looking for a place to leave an overall review that covered more than IR color swaps but couldn’t locate it so I’m leaving comments here. Yes, the swaps are well done and have helped my workflow. However, more than that are the incredible clear and detailed free videos I have watched. Also, I LOVE his book, ‘Color Doesn’t Exist’. Rob is a born instructor, who leaves no important fact out. I have learned so much. Thank you Rob for consistently going the extra mile..
-Dale


Works great, installation and instructions were straight forward.
-Alan


-Piper


A fantastic set of profiles for Lightroom! I use these with Lightroom (mobile) get better visualise the photographs I am taking when out and about. So quick and easy to use!
-Jack


Robs colour swap profiles have got me to where I wanted to be so much quicker than I thought I would, a great starting point to get going with.
-Bill


Got the LR IR swap profiles quickly which saved me the time to try to create them from Rob’s instructions. Have tried them only on one image so far and it looks like they work as promised. The other main attractions, as Rob has pointed out, is not having to go to PS to process which saves time and disk space. I have used LrC’s masking too, to successfully do localized adjustments with this product.
-Mark


Excellent profiles for time saving when editing infrared images, can highly recommend
-Paul F.


I’ve been struggling with IR for a while. Spent a lot of time in ‘Youtube University’. A lot of junk out there. Been follow Rob for a year or so I finally purchased the Swap Profiles. Rob is my Hero!
-Butch


The LR IR Color Swap Profiles comes very handy and very ease of use. Person with less experience in LR / PS can be use very easily and make experiment of different color profile are fun and responsive.
-Manus


Since I discovered Rob’s YouTube videos, my exploration into YouTube photography has been so much easier. These profiles really help the whole process, speeding it up significantly and letting you see what can be done with just a few clicks rather than swapping back and forth between Lr and Ps. Installation instructions are spot on and very simple, but they’re valuable to IR explorers of all levels. Thank you Rob.
-Martin


There are great and I can’t thank you enough for having developed these profiles. I’m curious if there is a way to install them in On One Raw – 2023. I have tried various methods without success. Thanks again for your timely advice and assistance in installing them
-jack

Rob: ON1 Photo Raw does not support the LR IR Color Swap Profiles directly. Check out the ON1 Photo RAW Infrared Presets which offer all of these color swaps and more.


I’m having difficulty in using the Color Swap Profiles. When I downloaded these along with the Profiles for White Balance Correction, what I see in the Lightroom Develop Module is different from what is shown on your You Tube videos. I did follow the directions when I downloaded, but something different is displayed. I will sent you some screenshots that I took of the Lightroom Develop Module and hopefully you will see what I am talking about.
-Fred

Rob: The color swap profiles are camera model specific. In your original order, you indicated that you use a Canon 6D. However, I see from another email that you are also using a Nikon D7200. Here are the profiles for the Nikon D7200.
Fred: This worked well.


An amazing product with very clear instructions, I am thrilled with what I have produced so far. Thank you Rob!
-Gloria


It’s really great to be able to swap inside of Adobe Lightroom instaed of round-tripping to Photoshop.
-Martin T.


Rob’s LR Color swap profiles saves so much time. I can quickly scroll through the profiles and quickly get a sense of how my infrared image will look without always having to bring the image into Photoshop. As well, Rob was very responsive, even delivering my profiles earlier than expected, even when my camera didn’t already have a LR Camera profile created. As well, Rob was pleasant to deal with.
-Rob


I have reviewed Color Swap Profiles from Rob but decided to add up a few more thoughts! I have just found out Rob’s profiles once installed in Lightroom can also be opened in Photoshop!! Great!!
-Waldemar


Have just installed Lightroom color swap profiles and tried few of them straight away! I do am impressed very much about using them and am sure they will ease my work flow for developing infrared images from Nikon Z5. Highly recommended for they cost only $29 and there is no way I’d be able to develop said profiles on my own!!
-Waldemar


excellent program and advice. cut my processing time so much.
-darrin


Makes IR so easy to pick up. Results are really beautiful!
-Emma


Thank you for the profiles. I use LR on my mobile and was quite frustrated developing the raw IR files without these profiles. Life has changed since. Now I am enjoying every command I execute :)
-Harish


I am very new when it comes to infrared photography and have visited many websites / watched many videos. Thank you, Rob Shea, for creating a profile for color swapping specific to my Sony a230 camera! This is a GREAT tool for helping me create very interesting photos! I still have much to learn and may have given up on myself if not for him sharing his knowledge.
-Laura


Excellent!
-peter


Worth every penny! I don’t have access to full fledged Lightroom/Photoshop. I use the mobile version on my phone, and this gets me all the results I need and wanted without having to be chained to a PC.
-Josh


I thought trying an Infrared filter was a mistake and with a hatred of Photoshop I thought these profiles were worth a try. What a good decision, the profile installation was so simple and within minutes I was achieving the results I’d hoped for. Delighted with how easy the profiles are to use inLightRoom, thanks to them I will continue on the IR journey.
-Andrew


Wow - what a great product! Though Rob provides directions of doing these yourself, it is well worth the price to have these custom profiles delivered right to you!
-Michael

Order

Alternatives If you edit your infrared images with ON1 Photo RAW, instead check out my ON1 Photo RAW Infrared Presets. If you need to edit infrared video or use other non-Adobe raw editors, check out my PRO Infrared LUTs.

DIY You can build .xmp profiles yourself for free. Just follow these instructions. If you don’t have Photoshop or find the process too daunting, you can also order them.

Multiple Cameras: Each order includes profiles for up to two cameras. If you have four cameras that you would like profiles for, place a second order. If you have three cameras that you would like profiles for, place a second order using this link, which includes a discount code for 50% off the third camera.

Before ordering, ensure that the Infrared Profile Pack supports your camera. If your camera is not listed in the Infrared Profile Pack, follow these instructions to have it added first. LR IR Color Swap Profiles can only be created for cameras that the Infrared Profile Pack supports.

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Installation Instructions

  • The base profiles from the free Infrared Profile Pack are required. Download the Infrared Profile Pack.
  • After placing your order, you will receive a zip file containing the LR IR Color Swap Profiles for your camera.

Lightroom Classic Installation

Automatic Installation

  1. Open Lightroom Classic.
  2. In the File menu, select Import Develop Profiles and Presets.
  3. Select the provided zip files and select the Import button. Lightroom Classic will automatically place the profiles in the correct location.
  4. Repeat for each zip file.

Manual Installation

  1. Open Lightroom Classic.
  2. Open Preferences.
    • macOS: Select Lightroom Classic menu, Preferences, or use keyboard shortcut Command + , (comma).
    • Windows: Select Edit menu, Preferences, or use keyboard shortcut Ctrl + , (comma).
  3. Select the Presets tab.
  4. In the Location group, select the Show Lightroom Develop Presets button. This should open a folder window in the following location.
    • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/
    • Windows: C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\
  5. Within the CameraRaw folder, there are two key folders; CameraProfiles and Settings.
  6. Copy all of the .dcp files for your camera into the CameraProfiles folder.
  7. Copy all of the .xmp files for your camera into the Settings folder.
  8. Close Lightroom Classic.

Help: If you do not see these profiles for your camera, ensure that you have copied the correct profiles for your camera to the correct location. Restart Lightroom or Photoshop. The article Where are my profiles? can help troubleshoot.

Lightroom (CC) and Lightroom Mobile Installation

Warning: Profiles cannot be installed directly on Apple iOS devices. Install your profiles with Lightroom desktop and they will sync to LM mobile on your iOS devices via your Adobe Cloud account.

  1. Open Lightroom (not Classic) on the desktop.
  2. In the File menu, select Import Profiles & Presets.
  3. Select the profiles. Be sure to include all camera profiles, including the .dcp and .xmp files.
  4. Click the Import button.
  5. If the files are stored in different locations, repeat the import process until you have imported all of the .dcp and .xmp files.
  6. Close Lightroom.

Using LR IR Color Swap Profiles

In Lightroom

  1. Open Lightroom. Newly added profiles are only loaded when Lightroom is started.
  2. Select any raw image created with the same camera as the profile.
  3. Open the Edit panel by clicking the Edit icon in the right sidebar or using the E shortcut key.
  4. Open Profile Browser icon right of the current profile.
  5. Expand the open of the profile groups.
    • IR Color Swap contains v1 profiles.
    • IR Color Swap -50 contains v2 profiles with a -50 temperature shift.
    • IR Color Swap -100 contains v2 profiles with a -100 temperature shift.
  6. Select a profile.
  7. Click the Back button at the top of the Profile panel.
  8. Open the Color panel.
  9. Use the picker to select a neutral subject to white balance on. If you cannot set a good white balance with a color temperature between 2,000 and 50,000, switch to a profile with a different temperature shift. For example, if you are using a -100 profile, switch to a -50 profile.
  10. Once a white balance is set, you can return to the profile browser to view an accurate color preview of each swapping method.

In Lightroom Classic

  1. Open Lightroom Classic. Newly added profiles are only loaded when Lightroom Classic is started.
  2. Select any raw image created with the same camera as the profile.
  3. Select the Develop module from the top menu or with the d shortcut key.
  4. Open the Basic panel on the right side.
  5. Open Profile Browser icon right of the current profile.
  6. Expand the open of the profile groups.
    • IR Color Swap contains v1 profiles.
    • IR Color Swap -50 contains v2 profiles with a -50 temperature shift.
    • IR Color Swap -100 contains v2 profiles with a -100 temperature shift.
  7. Select a profile.
  8. Click the Close button at the top of the Profile Browser.
  9. Use the picker to select a neutral subject to white balance on. If you cannot set a good white balance with a color temperature between 2,000 and 50,000, switch to a profile with a different temperature shift. For example, if you are using a -100 profile, switch to a -50 profile.
  10. Once a white balance is set, you can return to the profile browser to view an accurate color preview of each swapping method.

In Lightroom Mobile

  1. Open Lightroom mobile.
  2. Select an image.
  3. Select the Edit icon.
  4. Next to Profile, select the Browse button.
  5. Expand the open of the profile groups.
    • IR Color Swap contains v1 profiles.
    • IR Color Swap -50 contains v2 profiles with a -50 temperature shift.
    • IR Color Swap -100 contains v2 profiles with a -100 temperature shift.
  6. Select a profile.
  7. Close the profile panel.
  8. Select the Color group.
  9. Use the picker to select a neutral subject to white balance on. If you cannot set a good white balance with a color temperature between 2,000 and 50,000, switch to a profile with a different temperature shift. For example, if you are using a -100 profile, switch to a -50 profile.
  10. Once a white balance is set, you can return to the profile browser to view an accurate color preview of each swapping method.

Impact of LR IR Color Swap Profiles on Tools

When using these profiles in Lightroom, the colors will be reversed with these tools:

  • Tone Curve Channels
  • HSL
  • Calibration
  • Temp slider in Graduated/Radial/Brush filters

The colors in the Color Grading/Split Toning tools are unaffected and work as expected.

Troubleshooting

Follow these steps if you cannot see your LR IR Color Swap Profiles.

  • Ensure that you have selected an image shot with the exact same model camera as the profile. Profiles are unique to each camera model. Even a “Mark II” camera is considered a different model camera.
  • Ensure that the .dcp files from the Infrared Profile Pack for your camera model are stored in the CameraProfiles directory. If you do not see the Infrared Temp -50 and Infrared Temp -100 profiles for your camera in the Profile Browser, you will not see the color swap profiles. The .dcp files are required for the .xmp files to work correctly. Ensure that you have both.
  • Ensure that the .xmp files are stored in the Settings directory.
  • Ensure that you have closed and restarted Lightroom. New profiles are only loaded when the program is started.
  • Lightroom Classic only - Storing presets in your Lightroom catalog may conflict with new profiles appearing in Lightroom.
    • In Lightroom Classic, open Preferences.
    • Under the Presets tab, in the Location group, uncheck the box labeled Store presets with this catalog. “Presets” refers to files stored in the Settings directory in this context.
    • Restart Lightroom Classic.
    • Optionally, you can re-check Store presets with this catalog.
    • Restart Lightroom.
    • Profiles should appear correctly.
  • If you still have issues once you’ve tried the above steps, contact me via email.

Help: If you do not see these profiles for your camera, ensure that you have copied the correct profiles for your camera to the correct location. Restart Lightroom or Photoshop. The article Where are my profiles? can help troubleshoot.

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