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SteveBracken
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February 3, 2023
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P: Specify in Preferences which sliders are adjusted by the Auto Develop button.

  • February 3, 2023
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The updated Auto Develop introduced in 2017 is a big improvement on the previous Auto results; except for one thing. To my eye it consistently oversaturates images. Would it be possible to set, in Preferences, what the Auto button does and does not adjust? Then I could de-select Vibrance and Saturation. Currently I use a pre-set to return Vibrance and Saturation to neutral but not touching them in the first place would be preferable. I believe there are regional variations around the world for how saturated people like their colours to be. Maybe you can guess where I live?

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    Ian Lyons
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    Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
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    June 13, 2023

    My answer was in reply to the post by @DomiPro Unfortunately, this area of the forum adds posts to the end of the thread rather than as in-line replies like we have in the Discussion area of the forum.

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      SteveBrackenAuthor
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      June 13, 2023

      Hi Ian,
      As I mentioned back in February I did install the Friedl plug in when it was suggested and it does the job for me. It's not instant but it runs faster than my previous method of using my own preset to reset the Presence sliders.

        Ian Lyons
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        Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
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        June 13, 2023

        While you wait for Adobe to implement your suggestion (I suspect it will be a long wait), you may like to try the plugin mentioned by @GoldingD  above

         

        Lightroom Plugin, Personalized Auto Tone:

         

        http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/bag-o-goodies

          DomiPro
          DomiPro
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          June 9, 2023

          Please disable the Saturation and Vibrancy adjustments made in Auto Mode? There is too much of both applied when I use Auto Mode. I like using Auto overall, I just don't like the Saturation and Vibrancy Adjustments made.

          Thanks

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            SteveBrackenAuthor
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            February 4, 2023

            Thanks for that. I've installed the Friedl plug in and, for a large batch of images, it does just what I want. For an individual image it's quicker to just hit Auto then double click Presence to reset those sliders.
            Thank you for taking the time to inform me of this,
            Steve

            GoldingD
            GoldingD
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            February 4, 2023

            Two existing solutions

             

            1. If just wanting a few sliders to adjust, for example Exposure, Whites, Blacks,  then one at a time, Shift + double-click on an individual slider in the Tone section of the Basic panel to apply the Auto Tone feature to only that slider.

             

            https://jkost.com/blog/2022/02/applying-auto-tone-adjustments-in-lightroom-classic.html

             

            https://petapixel.com/2018/04/13/quick-tip-how-to-auto-a-single-slider-in-lightroom/

             

            2. Install a plug-in, this one a bit complicated at first, but works. Has an advantage over above in that it is callable. Jeffrey’s “Bag-o-Goodies” Lightroom Plugin, Personalized Auto Tone:

             

            http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/bag-o-goodies

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