FREE - Cinema FX Presets for Premiere Pro CS5 and CS5.5

Here are 56 presets for Adobe Premiere CS5 and CS5.5 that will give your videos a more cinematic coloring look.  The presets are totally free.

The presets works with NTSC and PAL, and any video resolution size.  All presets are made with Premiere's built-in controls.

NOTE: You will find that the presets will give you different results depending on the footage, the lighting of the shot, etc.  You can adjust the preset controls to achieve the desired effect.  All presets were made by the staff at Studio 1 Productions.

Installing the Presets into Premiere CS5 and CS5.5

There are two ways you can download and install the Cinema FX presets.  The first method is the manual install method.  This is for those who are comfortable with downloading, then navigating to a folder on your hard drive and copying a file to a folder.

The second method, you will download the Cinema FX preset and then download an install program which will copy the file to the proper location.

NOTE:  Which ever method you choose to install Cinema FX preset, you will still need to follow the instructions in the section titled Importing Cinema FX into Premiere.

Manual Install Method
1) Download the Cinema FX Preset for Premiere.   You MUST follow these instructions exactly.

2) RIGHT CLICK on the download button below for the Cinema FX preset and select Save As (or Save Target As)  and save it as Cinema-FX.XML 
NOTE: Please make sure you know where you are saving this file to.

3) Locate the Cinema-FX.XML file and rename it to Cinema-FX.prfpset

If you are using Adobe Premiere CS5 then copy the Cinema-FX.prfpset file to:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\Presets folder.

If you are using Adobe Premiere CS5.5 then copy the Cinema-FX.prfpset file to:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5\Presets folder.

5) Go down to the Importing Cinema FX Preset into Premiere.


Automatic Install Method
1) Download the Cinema FX Preset for Premiere first.   You MUST follow these instructions exactly.

2) RIGHT CLICK on the download button below for the Cinema FX preset and select Save As (or Save Target As)  and save it as Cinema-FX.xml 
NOTE: Please make sure you know where you are saving this file to.

3) Next, just click on the download button for the Install Program for Cinema FX and save it to the same location or folder where you saved the Cinema-FX.xml file in step 2 above.

4) Go to the location where you saved the Cinema FX Install program.  Once you find it, verify that the Cinema-FX.xml file is there to.

5) Now, RIGHT CLICK on Cinema-FX-Installer.exe and then select Run as Administrator.

6) The program will run and a menu will come up.  Select which version of Premiere you are running and the Cinema FX preset will now install in the correct location.

Now, follow the steps below to Import Cinema FX into Premiere.

Importing Cinema FX Preset into Premiere.

5) Start up Premiere and Open a Project.

6) Once the Premiere Project loads, look in the bottom left area of the screen.  You will see a tab mark Effects.  Click on the Effects tab.

7) Right Click on the folder marked Presets and then select Import Preset.

For Premiere CS5, navigate to the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\Presets folder.  There you will see the Preset file called Cinema-FX.prfpset  Click on that filename and then select Open. The Presets will now be installed.

For Premiere CS5.5, navigate to the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5\Presets folder.  There you will see the Preset file called Cinema-FX.prfpset  Click on that filename and then select Open. The Presets will now be installed.

Cinema-FX Presets for Premiere Remember to RIGHT CLICK on the download button and select Save As or Save Target As

Install Program for Cinema FX Click on the download and Save the program to the same location you saved the Presets file on the left.

Please do NOT host the Cinema FX Presets on other sites.  If you want to share them with others, simply link to this page.  Thanks.