Endless white ice with soft blue shadows.
- XMP · Lightroom Classic, CC & Camera Raw
- .costyle · Capture One
- .cube · 3D LUT (DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro)
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Ice plain
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Character and mood
Ice plain gives your photos the quiet of a frozen landscape. The whites breathe, the shadows are cool and blue-tinted, and the overall tone feels like a still morning after a hard frost. No drama, no punchy colours. Just space and light.
The preset lifts the highlights without blowing them out. White areas stay soft and detailed, while the shadows pick up a cool, bluish cast. Contrast is present, but it stays understated. Colours shift toward a palette of white, light grey and ice blue. Skin tones remain workable, but this preset was not built for warmth. It was built for cold.
You will get the best results with photos that already contain neutral or cool tones. Winter landscapes, overcast city shots, architecture in grey stone, portraits in soft shadow, beach scenes in late autumn. Images with strong orange or yellow tones will need a bit more manual correction afterwards. That is fine, just something to keep in mind.
You reach for Ice plain when you want a photo to feel calm and controlled. Not to rescue a flat shot, but to bring out a feeling that is already there. A street photo in the fog. A portrait in a grey interior. An empty road after rain. The preset draws that feeling forward without pushing it too hard.
A practical tip: reduce the exposure of your photo by one third of a stop before applying the preset. Ice plain works best when the source image is slightly underexposed. White areas come out clean without losing detail, and the blue shadows gain more depth. A small change that makes a real difference.
Installation
Lightroom Classic & CC (desktop)
Unzip the downloaded file on your computer. Open Lightroom Classic and go to the Develop module. Right-click the Presets panel, choose 'Import Presets', and select the .xmp file. The preset appears in your list immediately and can be applied to any photo straight away.
Lightroom Mobile
Lightroom Mobile syncs presets via the cloud. Import the .xmp file into Lightroom CC on your desktop first. Once cloud sync completes, the preset is automatically available on your phone or tablet. An Adobe CC subscription is required for this sync feature.
Capture One
Unzip the file. Open Capture One and navigate to the Styles panel. Click the arrow next to 'Styles' and choose 'Import Style'. Select the .costyle file. The style is available in your library immediately. Works with Capture One version 21 and later.
DaVinci Resolve / Premiere Pro (3D LUT)
Copy the .cube file to your application's LUT folder. In DaVinci Resolve via Project Settings → Color Management → LUT folders. In Premiere Pro via the Lumetri Color panel → Creative tab → Look → Browse. The LUT works on both LOG and standard exposed video footage.
