At noon a phone makes the ocean pale, the sand yellow and a tan orange. SWELL builds summer by the water: sun-bleached cream sand, a deep blue ocean, turquoise in the wave crests and a warm even tan. The frame stays light and airy.

What the main version does. Aqua and blue are richer and blue is darker, so the ocean gets deep and the waves turquoise. Yellow is slightly muted, so the sand stays cream. Skin orange is lighter and calmer. Shadows slightly teal, highlights warm, contrast soft.

Soft does the same at 60 %. Use it on frames where the water is already bright.

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 surf and surfers, beaches and waves, surf camps and coastlines, cars by the beach, summer trips and winter escapes to the sun. For tropical lagoons, AZURE fits better.

The archive has 8 files: two .xmp presets, two .dng files for the free Lightroom mobile app, two .cube LUTs for video and Photoshop, and an install guide 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 shots that look straight from a phone, no editing. The “after” is this preset alone, main version, no retouching.