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October 21, 2024
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Cannot rename camera profiles any more

  • October 21, 2024
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LRC 13-3, Windows 11, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, 64GB

Every resource on the web, going back years, says to open the profile browser and right-click on the profile name to rename it.

 

This no longer works, right-click does nothing here, on ANY profile name.

 

Has this ability been removed? How does one rename a develop profile?

 

Update: I found the profile browser in ACR (when opening a CR2 in Photoshop), and find that there too, although right-click does bring up some options, it appears it's not possible to rename the profile there either.

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JohanElzenga
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Community Expert
October 22, 2024

I can't check it right now, because I type this on my iPad, but I believe this can still only be done in Camera Raw. https://mastersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MA_LR-and-ACR-Profiles.pdf

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Inspiring
October 22, 2024

Apologies for not being more specific.

 

  • I created a custom camera profile using ColorChecker Passport, using the LrC plugin.  It created the profile as "Untitled Profile.dcp" in the `%APPDATA%\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles`
  • There is no option to rename or remove a camera profile. In LrC right click does not bring up a context menu at all, for ANY profile.  In the CameraRaw dialog in Photoshop right-click displays a context menu but there's no option to rename a profile.
  • I tried renaming the .dcp file, but LrC did not pick up the name.  In the profile browser it is still "Untitled Profile".
  • I quit LrC, made a copy of the .dcp file and renamed the copy to the desired name. Upon relaunching LrC, the additional profile does not appear, only the original "Untitled Profile"
  • I then moved the copy to my Desktop and tried importing the profile into LrC.  It complained that the profile already exists.
  • Looking at the "Untitled Profile.dcp" file in a hex editor (it's binary) I note that there's a profile name at the end, null-delimited (i.e. no string length field), so I updated the string to the desired name and also changed the file name to match.
  • That profile disappeared from LrC's camera profile menu

 

I gave up and created a standalone profile using the ColorChecker desktop app from the same image (i.e. not using the ColorChecker plugin).  The app prompted for a profile name (which the plugin didn't), and it created the profile, with the correct file name and embedded name, in the %APPDATA% CameraProfiles folder.  Upon relaunching LrC, the new profile appeared in the menu as expected.

 

I've resolved my particular issue, but the fact that there's no option to rename a camera profile needs to be resolved.

 

None of the information in https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/how-do-i-rename-a-customised-created-colour-profile.38001/ from 2019 seems to work any more.

 

In CameraRaw (accessed from Photoshop when opening a .CR2 file) there's still no "Rename" option (and no "Delete" either).  I presume just delete the .dcp file for that. 

 

Also, the links say "... in Camera Raw..." but I can't find a way to launch Camera Raw on its own, the only option I've found is to try opening a raw file in Photoshop.  Is there another way to launch Camera Raw?

 

 

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 22, 2024

DCP profiles are the old type of profiles. They are different. Removing them is just a matter of deleting the file from the folder you mentioned. Renaming them is not that easy, because the name is stored inside the profile itself. You would need an app that can do this. Perhaps Calibrite has something for this. The filename is irrelevant, so renaming the file is useless. 

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
GoldingD
Legend
October 22, 2024
Every resource on the web

Can you post a few links on those?

 

Are you attempting this within LrC, or within Windows File Explorer?

 

Are these your own profiles you create, Adobe standards, Camera Matching, or third party?

 

And, no, I cannot within LrC