P: Ability to organize local adjustment presets in collapsible Folders/Collections

The pop up list of adjustment defaults when using a brush (or other mask tools) always has the defaults on top which are mostly useless. Selecting on of those top default items almost never makes the adjustment I need. It just applies the same amount I used last time. Say I create a mask (brush) and select 'Clarity'. I still have to go down to the clarity slider and make the adjustments as I want them. So there is no time saved or makes things easier. It is the same as just creating the mask and directly go to the Clarity slider and make the adjustment. As a result I have created my own custom presets and have not used the defaults for years. 

Please either make these default presets deletable or at least move them down to the bottom of the list where they belong. User created presets should be the priority item in this list. 

Urgent Call for Feature Update: Organizing Local Adjustment Presets in Lightroom

Hello Adobe Lightroom Community and Development Team,

I'm revisiting the feature request initially posted on December 25, 2021. The request focuses on a critical enhancement needed in Adobe Lightroom: the ability to organise local adjustment presets into collapsible folders or collections.

- Summary of the Issue:
Many of us, working across different photography fields, find it cumbersome to navigate through an extensive list of local adjustment presets. This process is made more challenging without mouse scroll capabilities. A key part of this enhancement includes the ability to remove or reorganise the default Lightroom local adjustment presets that currently dominate the top of the list.

- Community Insights and Suggestions:

- Persistent Need: Users have consistently struggled to manage many local adjustments.

- Expert Opinions: Community experts have acknowledged the challenge but noted the difficulty in removing default presets due to their storage in separate folders.

- Recent Discussions: There’s a growing call for features like collapsible lists and a search function for better preset management.

- The Urgency for Adobe’s Attention:
As Adobe continues to enhance Lightroom's capabilities, especially with the recent improvements in masking tools, the need for this organisational feature becomes more pressing. It’s not just a matter of convenience; it’s about ensuring an efficient and user-friendly workflow for the diverse Lightroom community.

- A Direct Appeal to the Adobe Development Team:
We understand that developing and integrating new features is complex. However, this particular update is not just a request but a necessity echoed by many in your user base. We strongly urge the Adobe development team to prioritise this enhancement, ensuring that Lightroom continues to be a tool that evolves with its users’ needs.

- Continuing the Conversation:
I encourage our community to share further insights and experiences on this topic. Let’s keep this conversation active and visible to ensure our collective voice is heard.

Looking forward to seeing this much-needed feature in upcoming updates.

I'm just checking to see if Adobe has released any information about this at the end of 2023.

Also a grouping of the Local Adjustment Presets like with the development presets, where you can hide and unhide the single groups, would be helpful!

I`d like to see the folders for Local Adjustement Brushes, the same one that we have in Presets, in some of the next new version of Lightroom. If you have many Local Adjustment Brushes it is so, so,so painfull and to slow to scroll and find the brush that you need and want! If we have a folders it would be possible to group brushes (D&B, Landscapes, Portraits, Lights, Colours etc...) and easily and faster find brush that you need. I suppose that many users alredy had same demands, I dont know, maybe it has some technical limitation but this is the weak point of  Lr, just for me,  a long time ago. 

Could we get some changes made to the adjustment brushes so that we can add some organization. The list is just way too long once you start adding more in. This would be greatly appriciated and a big headache saver!

Thanks

The major changes to masking, many of which I have been wishing for years now, (thank you - thank you) increases its use and now a new request. Any move to enable mouse scrolling of Brush Presets and/or abilty to change the list order and/or allow collapsible lists/folders would be greatly appreciated. I suspect (and hope) that the increased use of masking/brushes will generate some renewed interest in this request which has been around for some time it would seem.

Good day all,

Over time, I have developed more than 40 local adjustments presets, and now I'm running out of screen space. When I open the "Effect" tab, the list is so long that to reach the bottom I have to click on the down triangle to reveal the rest of the presets. I still don't' understand why the mouse scroll doesn't work with this list. Anyway, I need to remove the top 17 presets that are in-built in Lightroom to free up some space. They do not exist in the preset folder C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Local Adjustment Presets. Only the ones I created are there.

My Google search didn't return any answers. Please share your knowledge with me. It will save me heaps of time in post.