Metal & Glass, a product light table

Cool, clean, true.

Metal & Glass renders hard goods the way the brief asks: cool white, warm cast pulled to silver, edges defined without a halo. One tap in the free Lightroom app on iPhone and Android, or in Lightroom Classic.

For product and tech photographers shooting watches, glassware, tools and devices under warm studio light.

Get Metal & Glass for $79.99 View: all 18 presets

The desk under tungsten. The warm cast comes off and the metal goes back to silver.

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

the tray

The Light Table

Every preset on the same warm-lit desk, paper, pour and glaze, so the cast can be seen coming off.

Metal

7 presets

The finishes. Chrome, nickel, alloy, anodised, brushed, machined, plate. Silver reads as silver.

slide 01Chrome Edgechrome and mirror-bright fittings, the strongest highlight recovery in the family

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Chrome Edge. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 02Bright Nickelnickel, tin and pale plating, the brightest version, for pieces that photograph too dark

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Bright Nickel. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 03Polished Alloypolished alloy and aluminium, mid contrast, orange and yellow pulled out so it stays silver

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Polished Alloy. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 05Anodised Greyanodised and powder-coated grey, low saturation with the colour grade keeping it off blue

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Anodised Grey. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 11Silver Platesilverware and plate, the flattest version, so shape rather than contrast carries the object

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Silver Plate. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 12Brushed Steelbrushed and satin metal, texture raised so the grain direction reads, colour taken almost out

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Brushed Steel. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 15Machined Edgemachined and CNC surfaces, sharply rendered version, tool marks left visible

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Machined Edge. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

Glass

6 presets

The transparent. Facets with an edge and no halo, stems not brittle, the green edge kept aqua.

slide 04Glass & Steelmixed metal-and-glass assemblies, the general-purpose version of this territory

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Glass & Steel. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 09Cut Glassfaceted and pressed glass, where every facet edge needs definition without a halo

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Cut Glass. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 10Glass Stemstemware and thin-walled glass, gentle clarity so the stem does not go brittle

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Glass Stem. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 13Mirror Facemirrors and mirror-finish faces, where what is reflected has to stay controlled and readable

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Mirror Face. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 14Tempered Glasstoughened and laminated glass with a green edge, aqua lifted and yellow suppressed

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Tempered Glass. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 18Clear Bottleclear bottles and glassware on light backgrounds, contrast in the edges rather than the body

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Clear Bottle. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

Precision and Cast

5 presets

Close range and colour cast. Barrels, rims and watch cases, then the two presets for warm light that must not stay.

slide 06Lens Barrelbarrels, threads and knurled controls, edge masking high so the background stays smooth

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Lens Barrel. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 07Steel Rimrims, bezels and thin bright edges, sharpening detail raised for that one feature

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Steel Rim. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 08Watch Casewatches and small precision goods, maximum texture and detail at close range

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Watch Case. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 16Cool Chromethe coolest version: for warm-lit metal that needs pulling back to neutral silver

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Cool Chrome. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
slide 17Cold Metalthe most neutral cool version: for metal that must not carry any warm cast at all

Warm light, pulled to silver

Brass and paper, neutral again

Steel and glass at the pour

The glaze, cool and clean

Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Cold Metal. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.

The brief is neutral. Warm light makes metal look like brass and glass look like tea. Every preset here pulls the orange and yellow out of the object, sets a cool white point and leaves saturation low, so silver reads as silver and clear reads as clear.

Metal covers the finishes. Chrome Edge has the strongest highlight recovery, for mirror-bright fittings. Bright Nickel lifts pale plating that photographs too dark. Polished Alloy, Anodised Grey, Brushed Steel and Machined Edge each hold one surface: the grain direction, the tool marks, the grey kept off blue. Silver Plate is the flattest, so shape carries the object instead of contrast.

Glass covers the transparent. Cut Glass gives every facet an edge without a halo. Glass Stem is gentle so the stem does not go brittle. Tempered Glass lifts the aqua and suppresses the yellow of a green edge. Clear Bottle puts the contrast in the edges rather than the body. Precision and Cast are the close-range and colour-cast presets: Lens Barrel, Steel Rim and Watch Case for detail, Cool Chrome and Cold Metal for when the light was warm and the metal must not carry any of it.

Apply, then check the white. It should be white.

how it works

Yours in two minutes

Buy the setCheckout takes a card; you get a receipt by email.
Download instantlyThe preset files download right after payment. Re-download any time from your account.
Import to LightroomOpen the files in the free Lightroom app (iOS or Android) or Lightroom Classic. Lightroom saves them as presets automatically.
Tap a presetOne tap applies the full look. Every setting stays editable after.

Single-user license. Yours to use in personal and client work.
No redistribution. Don't resell or share the preset files themselves.
Free app is enough. No Adobe subscription needed for Lightroom mobile.
Keep it forever. Files live in your account for re-download.

Netzah Elad Topaz, the photographer who makes these presets

the maker

Why I Make These

I am Netzah Elad Topaz. I take photographs and I build software, and the two keep leading me back to the same problem. You were there. The light was doing something you will not see again. Then the photo comes back flat, and it is not what you were looking at.

Closing that gap is the whole job. Every preset here is built from Adobe defaults by hand, with a written note for what it should do to a picture, and it is judged on real photographs before it ships. Nothing is a filter dropped on top of your work.

What I want is simple. You open a photo you almost gave up on, you tap once, and there it is: the day you remember, not the file your camera handed you. That is worth doing properly.

Netzah Elad Topaz, photographer and software builder

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Metal & Glass

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questions

Asked and Answered

What if the product is meant to be gold?

Start from Glass & Steel, the general version, and skip Cool Chrome and Cold Metal. The rest pull orange and yellow out on purpose, so gold will go grey under them.

Do these work in the free Lightroom app?

Yes. Import the .xmp files in the free Lightroom app on iPhone or Android, no subscription needed. They also work in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom on desktop.

What exactly do I get?

All 18 presets from Metal & Glass as .xmp files in an instant ZIP download. The link also lands in your email, and the purchase stays in your account so you can re-download any time.

How do I install them?

Two minutes: unzip, then import inside Lightroom. The step-by-step guide covers iPhone, Android, and desktop.

Can I use them for client work?

Yes. The single-user license covers personal and commercial photography. The one thing you can't do is share or resell the preset files themselves.

Can I tweak a preset after applying it?

Always. A preset is a starting point; every slider stays yours to adjust.

What if it's not for me?

Before your first download we refund, no questions asked. After a download, sales are final except a technical fault we cannot fix or a duplicate charge. Details on the refunds page.