At night a phone makes photos grey and flat: a murky sky, yellow lights, faces in shadow. MIDNIGHT gives a deep sapphire sky, gold lights, fireworks and glasses, and bright, open faces. Blacks are clean with no grey haze, and the contrast is strong, like party photos from a magazine.

What the main version does. The frame gets brighter, shadows open up noticeably, and highlights are held back so fairy lights and fireworks do not blow out into white spots. Blue gets richer and darker: the sky and the city at night sink into deep blue. Yellow and green get calmer, orange, which is skin, brighter. A cool blue tint in the shadows, warm gold in the highlights, a light vignette on the edges and fine grain on top.

Soft does the same at 60 %: for very noisy night shots or if you want calmer color.

Color and tone live in a profile inside the preset, so the light and color sliders stay at zero after you apply it, and the Amount slider sets the strength. You can still adjust exposure as usual without breaking the look.

It works best on New Year’s Eve, fireworks, parties, bars and rooftops, the city at night and festive dinners. For a warm evening at home by the tree pick CHRISTMAS.

8 files in the archive: two .xmp presets, two .dng files for the free Lightroom mobile app, two .cube LUTs for video and Photoshop, and install guides in English and Russian. The LUT carries color only: no grain, texture or vignette.

The example photos on this page were created by AI: ordinary “straight from the phone” shots with no editing. The “after” is this preset alone, main version, no retouching.