We’re excited to launch the High Beam series, a collection of presets designed to bring out bold colors and highlights in your images. With a modern look and feel, HB1, HB2, and HB3 excel in a variety of genres — from fashion and lifestyle photography to high contrast portraits and urban streets.

Use HB1 to bring out cool blue tones and brightness, add subtle fade, and desaturate colors while preserving strong reds. Slightly more muted than the other High Beam presets, HB1 works well for fashion and street photography, as well as portraiture.

The HB2 preset dials up contrast, deepens shadows, and brings out blue tones complemented by warm reds. This preset excels in many genres, but works especially well for portraits, where it preserves the natural look while giving a cool color boost.

The more saturated, more dramatic cousin of HB2, the new HB3 preset pushes color and brightness further — bringing out more cool blue tones but preserving warm tones just as well. Colors are darker, richer, and deeper, while highlights are desaturated to preserve the crisp white tones in any scenario.

Try VSCO Pro Membership to unlock the HB Pro presets — HB1 Pro, HB2 Pro, and HB3 Pro — with additional controls for color, contrast, and tone.

Bright Days Ahead - Use the new HB3 preset to capture the essence of a bright, sunny day. Enhance the vividness of midday light and explore how shadows and highlights interact.

Dusk to Dawn - With HB1, showcase the serene moments of dusk or the first light of dawn, focusing on the softness and tranquility of low light.

Color Craft - Use the HB presets to master the art of color manipulation. Shift hues to paint the atmosphere, adjust saturation to control the vibrancy, and tweak lightness to reveal the unseen details of your composition.

Tonal Transitions - Experiment with maximizing and minimizing tone with HB2 Pro, showcasing the dynamic range from the darkest shadows to the brightest highlights.