A man walks through a glowing Tokyo alley at night, photographed and edited by Deniz Demir with LAST TRAIN.

LAST TRAIN

LIGHTROOM PRESETS & TOOLS.
BUILT FOR STREET PHOTOGRAPHY.
INSPIRED BY TOKYO.

27 Lightroom presets. 42 modifiers. Seven families of colour. Refined across thousands of my own images, with room to make each edit your own.

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A man sits on a railing as pedestrians pass a blue-lit Tokyo storefront, photographed and edited by Deniz Demir.

The colour of being there.

Tokyo.

A thousand neighbourhoods. Millions of interconnected lives. Every lit window, every passing train, another story unfolding. A city for dreamers and those just trying to get through the day. I see something of myself in both. The way Tokyo reveals itself at night especially never ceases to inspire me.

Colour has always shaped how I see and interpret the world, and how I share the moments I capture.

LAST TRAIN is how I bring that feeling into the edit.

See what changes.

Drag across each photograph to compare the original with my finished edit.

7 families. 27 presets.

Choose a starting look. Make it your own.

  • Strong contrast and restless night colour.

    Shūden

  • Blue, teal and violet with warm illuminated details.

    Chūō After Dark / Empty Platform / Last Train to Ueno / Midnight Kaisoku / Shinjuku Rain

  • A range of warmth, contrast and city colour.

    Ekimae / Kaisatsu / Kissaten / Platform Three / Seibu / Under the Yamanote / Yokochō / Yūrakuchō

  • Soft colour and atmospheric artificial light.

    1 AM Shinjuku / 2 AM 2049 / Departure Melody / Late Night Konbini

  • Print-inspired warmth, muted colour and neon.

    Kissa Express / Kōenji no Yoru / Lost in Kabukichō / Shibuya Afterhours / Shōwa Memories

  • Pale cool light with pink undertones.

    Jidōhanbaiki

  • Amber, copper and expressive reds, with contrasting cool light.

    Kaerimichi / Last Order no Jikan / Red Signal

Build your edit, one step at a time.

01 CHOOSE YOUR LOOK

Start with a preset, then adjust exposure and white balance to suit your photograph.

02 BUILD THE ATMOSPHERE

Work through the tools in order: atmosphere, curves, glow, grain, light shaping, separation, shadows and finishing touches. Adjust the strength, skip a step, or stop when it feels right.

03 MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Each masking tool creates its own adjustable mask, so you can fine-tune individual effects and decide exactly where they belong.

I’ve put a lot of work into refining these across thousands of my own images. I hope you’ll love using them as much as I do.

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Shape the light.

Late Night Konbini · Dreamer family

Here, I wanted to keep the figure tucked into the stairwell, with the light pulling you towards them. Amber Spill warms the highlights, while Subject Backlight adds a cool lift behind the subject. Subject Spotlight darkens the surrounding area.

Each masking tool creates its own adjustable mask. Change the amount, refine where it applies, or leave it out. The combination is yours.

Select either edit-notes image to enlarge it and explore the adjustments.

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NIHON NIGHTS

Earlier collection · 18 presets + 2 bonus

Nihon Nights grew out of the colours I kept returning to on Tokyo’s streets: neon, warm shop windows and the deep blues between them. These are 18 of my earlier street presets, reworked for the night photographs I love making.

Start with a look, then adjust the white balance and exposure to suit your photograph. The tone curves, bloom and grain options give you room to take it further.

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Nihon Nights Lightroom preset collection by Deniz Demir, shown on a product box with Tokyo night photography.

Paying homage to Tokyo’s iconic train stations.

Inside Nihon Nights

Nighttime city street with digital billboards, including a large display with a portrait of a young man and a sign reading 'LIMITE by AQUA' with 'Aoto Kastro'.

18 presets, with tools to make each look your own.

20 tone curves, with and without RGB adjustments, to shape contrast and colour.

Bloom on / off for a softer glow around the highlights.

3 grain options and a reset, from a fine texture to a rougher finish.

NIHON CLASSICS

Earlier collection · 17 presets · Grain on / off

Nihon Classics brings together 17 of my original street presets—the looks I used across my photographs of everyday life, in daylight and at night.

They’re a starting point for your own edit. Adjust the exposure and white balance, then choose whether to keep the grain or leave it out. Explore the before-and-afters below to see how each look changes a photograph.

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Tokyo night photography on a Lightroom preset collection product box by Deniz Demir.

BEFORE / AFTER

Bright neon signs in Japanese on a city street at night, with silhouettes of people walking in front of a small tree.

How To Use

The following notes cover Nihon Nights and Nihon Classics. For LAST TRAIN, use the Preset Guide and Tools & Modifiers Guide included with your download.

01

Basic Adjustments

Please remember that all Presets are only a starting point. Some presets work well with some photos and some do not depending on existing colors and lighting in the original photo. Don’t be afraid to tweak each preset to your liking including:

  • White Balance

  • Exposure

  • Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks

  • Vibrance / Saturation 

  • Color Mixer

  • Color Grading

  • Calibration

02

Tone Curves

The Tone Curves are some of the most powerful editing features in Lightroom which is why I’ve included 20 separate curve adjustments in this pack giving you a multitude of editing options!

These presets fully utilize not only the main Tone Curve but also the separate RGB curves as well that help give each preset their own signature style.

I’ve created 10 different main Point Curves with and without RGB adjustments so once you’ve selected a preset you like you can further tweak the look using these variations.

03

Film Grain

There are 3 different film grains included with a reset option.

Film Grain #1 - fine grain

Film Grain #2 - medium grain

Film Grain #3 - medium grain (size and amount boost)

04

Bloom

There is a Bloom On and Off preset which gives a halation style effect to really pop those highlights with a boosted hazy effect. The initial setting is set to 100 which might be too strong for your liking so in that case please adjust the amount with the slider in the MASKS section. In the case the effect does not work on your particular image you can add a radial or linear gradient across your image.

Installation & support

Choose your Lightroom version below. For LAST TRAIN, follow the included guides for setup and masking tools.

Need a hand? Email hi@denizdemir.photos.

  • In Lightroom Classic, open Develop, click the + beside Presets and choose Import Presets. Select the downloaded preset ZIP or extracted XMP files. Your collection will appear in the Presets panel.

    For LAST TRAIN, follow the included Preset Guide and Tools & Modifiers Guide for setup and masking tools.

  • Download your preset ZIP and open Lightroom on your computer. Choose File > Import Profiles & Presets, then select the preset ZIP or extracted XMP files. Open an image and find your collection in the Presets panel.

    You can also open Presets, click the three-dot menu and choose Import Presets. For LAST TRAIN, refer to the included guides for the tools and their requirements.

  • These instructions apply only to older collections supplied with LRTEMPLATE files, not LAST TRAIN.

    Unzip your download. In Lightroom 4, 5 or 6, open Preferences > Presets > Show Lightroom Presets Folder. Open Lightroom > Develop Presets and copy your extracted preset folder there. Restart Lightroom, then find the collection in the Develop module’s Presets panel.