Lightroom Infrared Color Swap Profiles

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!

LR IR Color Swap Profiles in Lightroom Classic

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 mobile on iPad

Features

Set the perfect white balance for your raw infrared images.
Swap colors for infrared images directly in Lightroom.
18 color swapping infrared profiles
Six different methods of color swapping with multiple temperature shifts supporting:
- 550 nm, 590 nm, 665 nm, & 720 nm infrared filters on converted cameras and 720 nm on unconverted cameras
- a variety of lighting conditions: sunlight, overcast, & shade
- 12 temperature shifted profiles are specific to your camera model
- Six profiles are for JPEG images from any camera where a custom white balance is set in-camera
Photoshop is NOT required for swapping colors or creating profiles.
100% Lightroom workflow

Profile Variations

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: RB G-B, RB G-R, and RB G-Split. With these profiles, adjusting the Hue slider will impact Saturation, but not Hue. If you wish to make Hue adjustments, use the Hue, Invert, or RB profile.

Requirements

Enhanced profiles work in all versions of Lightroom and Camera Raw from April 2018 on, including the following versions or later:
- Lightroom Classic 7.3
- Lightroom 1.3
- Lightroom mobile (iOS v3.2 and Android v3.4) for tablets and smartphones
- Camera Raw 10.3
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

You can build these 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.

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.

Info: 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.

Order LR IR Color Swap Profiles via credit card

Order LR IR Color Swap Profiles via PayPal
Amount $29.00 USD, What’s this for? “LR IR Color Swap Profiles”. After ordering, enter your camera model.

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. Extract the contents to any location.

Lightroom Classic Installation

Automatic Installation

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

Manual Installation

Open Lightroom Classic.
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).
Select the Presets tab.
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\
Within the CameraRaw folder, there are two key folders; CameraProfiles and Settings.
Copy all of the .dcp files for your camera into the CameraProfiles folder.
Copy all of the .xmp files for your camera into the Settings folder.
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.

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

Using LR IR Color Swap Profiles

In Lightroom

Open Lightroom. Newly added profiles are only loaded when Lightroom is started.
Select any raw image created with the same camera as the profile.
Open the Edit panel by clicking the Edit icon in the right sidebar or using the E shortcut key.
Open Profile Browser icon right of the current profile.
Expand the IR Color Swap group.
Select a profile.
Click the Back button at the top of the Profile panel.
Open the Color panel.
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.
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

Open Lightroom Classic. Newly added profiles are only loaded when Lightroom Classic is started.
Select any raw image created with the same camera as the profile.
Select the Develop module from the top menu or with the d shortcut key.
Open the Basic panel on the right side.
Open Profile Browser icon right of the current profile.
Expand the IR Color Swap group.
Select a profile.
Click the Close button at the top of the Profile Browser.
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.
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

Open Lightroom mobile.
Select an image.
Select the Edit icon.
Next to Profile, select the Browse button.
Expand the IR Color Swap group.
Select a profile.
Close the profile panel.
Select the Color group.
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.
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 the *.dcp files from the Infrared Profile Pack for your camera model are stored in the CameraProfiles directory.
Ensure that the *.xmp files are stored in the Settings directory.
The *.dcp files are required for the *.xmp files to work correctly. Ensure that you have both.
Ensure that you have closed and restarted Lightroom or Lightroom Classic. New profiles are only loaded when the program is opened.
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.
(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.

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