Description
Color grade like a Star
With the Black Star presets, you can take your color grading to the next level. Impress your audience with a fresh and exciting look.
Preset Name
Sub Creators
Why shop with us?
Hey Creator! This is Noel Illinger and I’m the founder of Substripe. I’d like to start this introduction with a quote.
Trust is very hard if you don’t know what you’re trusting.
I know myself how hard it is to trust something you don’t know and that’s why, I’d like to introduce you to our service.
The idea behind this new photography brand is, to pursue perfectionism. I established a small team of enthusiastic photography experts and together, we bundle our knowledge of the last years into this project. It’s meant to help you out with the knowledge that is hard to gather.
- Noel Illinger
42K Followers on Instagram
- Featured on Vero
- Licensed photographer
Photographer & Artist
- Real people, real products
- Registered business in Germany
- 100% transparent
- We are worth 26 years of professional photography
- Quality made in Germany
- 14 days money-back guarantee
- Fast & friendly customer support
- Noel Illinger
42K Followers on Instagram
- Featured on Vero
- Licensed photographer
Photographer & Artist
- Real people, real products
- Registered business in Germany
- 100% transparent
- We are worth 26 years of professional photography
- Quality made in Germany
- 14 days money-back guarantee
- Fast & friendly customer support
Professionality is key
We crafted 16 different Lightroom presets with a pinpoint purpose. It was important to us, to cover different exposure levels while keeping the color grading intact. That means, one of these 18 styles will fit your image whether it is underexposed, well-, or overexposed.

Black Star
User edited images
We ask our customers for their edited images with our presets for a more common real-world preview.
We may ask you next!
Please note: The image quality of all before and after images is compressed and may not show the full quality and colors.
Made with Tealed
by Max
Made with Faded
by Marc
Made with Blueberry
by Mouzhan
See more before & after images?
On spot sharpening for clear images on social media
You asked we listened. Many photographers asked us, what the best options are for exporting and how to keep the images sharp when uploading to any social media platform.
- Detail sharpening
- Dimension
- Export sharpening
Our presets include detail sharpening already, and we show you how to apply it yourself. In our instruction manual, we also show you how to choose the best export settings in Adobe Lightroom (Dimension= PX & PPI) and how to set up the final export sharpening to keep your images crisp and sharp for any social media service.
Substripe professional color grading
Color makes the mood. We include best practices for professional styling in Lightroom.
- Basic exposures
- Tone Curve
- HSL
- Color Calibration
- Sharpening
- Vignetting
With this pack, you receive unique knowledge from our researches and collaborations with different brands in recent years. Read more about us.
16 varieties to enhance your images
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Popular styles</h4 >
We crafted all sorts of popular styles for this pack. For example:
• Crushed Blacks • Muted Cyan • Greyish black • Even accent colors Orange/Cyan • Faded Blacks • Balanced Exposures • Matte Look • Exposure Saver • Grainy • Monochrome • Orton / Soft look and more -
Consistent styling features</h4 >
Create a seamless look in your feed or timeline. Our Substripe Original Preset packs are well color balanced to ensure professional results.
The Black Star Lightroom Presets work on
- Desktop
- Mobile
Use the Black Star presets anywhere!
We include XMP and lrtemplate files for all versions of Adobe Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic as premium unlimited downloads.
You can get started right away on your phone if you don’t have access to a desktop computer.
We include DNG image files for all presets stored as preset data. Simply import it to your Lightroom mobile app and create saved presets on your phone via the mobile app option. We help you with how to do that in the instruction manual.
Tip: If you import the XMP files via Lightroom CC (cloud version), then your presets will be synced to your Lightroom mobile app.


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Black Star Before & After images
Styles that make the mood for
- Lifestyle
- Street & City
- Aerial
- People & Portraits
- Cars
- Urban
- Travel
- Coffee
- Interior Design & Architecture
We made sure that our styles fit nearly any photography scene and tested it on hundreds of images together with friends and our community.
Greyed
Aegypt V2
Coffee
Tealed
Aegypt
Antic
Blueberry
and many more
Everything you need, all in one pack
You receive 18 Black Star Premium Presets for Adobe Lightroom whether Classic or CC for Desktop & Mobile. Also works in Photoshop RAW editor.
- 18 XMP files
- 18 DNG files
- 18 lrtemplate files
- Learn about Exposure, Curves, HSL, Color Calibration
- We include unique knowledge from our researches and collaborations with different brands from the recent years
- Detailed instruction manual included on importing, choosing a preset, and adjusting it as well as how to sharpen and export correctly for social media
- Onetime purchase lifetime updates
- Direct download
- Store your presets in your account dashboard
- All downloads via email
Free lifetime updates
This is not the end. We continue crafting styles for our Preset packs. That means, once we release a new version, you’ll be notified and can download your new styles, for free!
15 days money-back guarantee
Our promise to you: If you’re not happy, get your money back without any questions asked.
18/7 Support
Our team is here to help 18 hours per day, 7 days a week. Find more info on our support page.
Create fascinating color gradings today

Nolan –
The results are amazing! I shoot with a galaxy s20 in raw mode and the presets work fantastic on every image. A slight adjustment in some needed, but not worth mentioning. Superb, thanks!
Matthew –
Such an amazing dark and moody preset pack. The good thing is that it suits all kinds of photography.
Coby –
Now I understand how to create this dark mood. I didn’t think that color calibration makes such a huge difference, really love it. And by the way, Substripe thanks for the awesome results ❤️
Iris S. –
Everything is so well put together, including the helpful PDF file. This is the preset pack for the person that likes dark moody tones.
Julietta –
This presets pack does what it promises. The black style makes me melt away when I apply it to my phone camera made interior and portrait images – Approved by my husband. I’ll stay a happy customer team substripe!
Leroy R. –
I had contact with the support to ask for some details about the Black Star presets. Very helpful and very nice people. So I wanted to help out with a recommendation for these styles. Gloryous!!! The toning is amazing, feels like a black star 😀
Constance L. –
Thank you very much for these beautiful styles….Nearly every preset is a one click style with flatering results. Super happy with it!
Jonathan –
Apart from other black style presets on the market these work really well. The toning in the mid tones and shadows is on spot in nearly every preset. I’m impressed! I can recommend it to anyone who likes dark and moody images.
Jai –
This black preset is amazing and works so well with my images I love how these presets are consistent and transform my images for the better every time!!! This pack is a must-buy, I recommend you try them out!!!!!