Thank you - and @KR Seals too. I looked for profile in same letter size as Basic, Tone curve etc. - and these small letters have totally slipped my eagle eyes... 😉
But I think I'll get back to Profiles when I master the most basic stuff on the left side on the screen - so I'll be back when I graduate from 'Rookie' to 'Rookie A' *LOL*
Have a nice evening/day - and thank you again 🙂
Just to offer my own experience:
there are many different profiles available (for example, some that mimic various image modes available in a particular camera's menu, primarily to change what the camera JPG looks like). But when you are varying the profile used for processing a Raw, or if this profile is varying what it does, it will take longer and be more complicated to learn what all the Develop adjustments do - to develop your own editing strategies, and understanding. The same is true for relying on Develop presets to achieve different looks: your attention will then be on learning those, but what they are actually doing is maybe mysterious.
What worked for me while learning LrC was to stick with a quite "flat" camera profile - also some fairly neutral and conservative default settings for sharpening and such - and then to explore the myriad pictorial looks possible from there. One then actively makes happen whatever 'enhancement' one wants, rather than reacting passively to different pre-made options. A rapid way to learn. Incidentally one is less likely to fall into formulaic 'recipes': which is more rewarding IMO.
It may seem like more work to carry out, but not really - noting that there is no right or wrong about any of this. If an adaptive profile together with pre-made presets can largely achieve the job at hand, there may be less urgency to learn all the manual adjustments deeply.
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