What is Instant Profile. How to create an Instant Profile.
An Instant Profile turns a Lightroom preset you already own into a FilterPixel AI profile — in about 5 to 10 minutes, with no catalog and no long training wait. The AI applies your preset's look and corrects white balance and exposure on every photo individually, so each image lands right instead of getting one flat setting.
Instant Profile or Style DNA?
FilterPixel offers two ways to build a profile of your own:
Type | What it does |
|---|---|
Instant Profile | Takes 5 to 10 minutes. Upload any preset and turn it into an AI profile that corrects white balance and exposure per photo. |
Style DNA | Takes up to 3–4 hours. Upload a Lightroom catalog to create your style — white balance, exposure, colours and more, along with crop and straighten. |
Use an Instant Profile when you have a preset and want it working today. Choose Style DNA when you want FilterPixel to learn your full editing style from your back catalogue — see How to train your own AI profile in FilterPixel.
Before you start
You will need a Lightroom preset file (.XMP) on your computer.
Step 1 — Open the preset flow
- After culling, switch to the EDIT tab.
- In the AI Profiles panel on the right, click Add your preset.
Step 2 — Name and configure it
Give the profile a name you will recognise later, then choose whether it is for RAW or JPEG files, and for colour or black & white photos.
Step 3 — Choose Instant Profile
On the Choose your Profile Type screen, click Upload a Preset under Instant Profile.
Step 4 — Upload your .XMP
Drag your preset onto the upload area — or browse for it — then click Create Profile.
Step 5 — Tune three anchor photos
FilterPixel shows three photos from your shoot, each as a before and after pair. For each one:
- Adjust White Balance — Temperature and Tint.
- Adjust Exposure.
- Click Next Photo.
That is all the AI needs in order to learn how to place your look on any photo. There is nothing else to fill in.
Step 6 — Save
On the third photo, click Save. You will see Creating your Instant Profile…, and then Profile created successfully moments later. Your profile now appears in Your Profiles, badged INSTANT.
Step 7 — Use it on your shoot
- Click your new profile to select it.
- Choose the photos you want to edit — for example, tick Highlights in Quick Filters.
- Click Edit … Photos.
- When editing finishes, open any photo and use the Before / After toggle to see your style applied.
• Pick representative anchor photos. A mix of lighting conditions gives the AI more to learn from than three near-identical frames.
• No waiting. Unlike Style DNA, an Instant Profile is ready to use as soon as it is created.
• Your profiles sit alongside the built-in styles, so you can switch between them from project to project.
• Any Lightroom preset works — including presets you bought or downloaded, as long as you have the .XMP file.
Updated on: 23/09/2026
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