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shannonc19095354
shannonc19095354
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September 30, 2023
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Develop Preset Panel not reflecting updated presets

  • September 30, 2023
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Running Lightroom Classic 12.5 release on Mac Monterey AND Ventura. I have updated the names of several user presets to better organize them in the Develop Module Preset Panel. I deleted the old presets. I rebooted. Then I copied/pasted the updated presets into the Settings folder that the catalog draws from and rebooted. However, when I relaunch the catalog, it shows the old preset names. VERY FRUSTRATING. Does anyone know why/how to get the panel to reflect the names of the .xmp files? I hate the way Adobe hides and makes presets so impossible to manage (including an inability to nest within subfolders). I have tried this on both my iMac and on my M2 air. I ran the Fix Presets plug-in. That didn't resolve.

I even created a new catalog and imported the new presets. They didn't show up after reboot.

Why is this so unnecessarily difficult?

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    September 30, 2023

    The names of presets, like the groups containing them, are stored in the presets' .xmp files. To rename a preset outside of LR, exit LR and edit the .xmp file. Change this field:

       <crs:Name>
    <rdf:Alt>
     <rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Test Preset</rdf:li>
    </rdf:Alt>
   </crs:Name>

    Restart LR.

     

    As you discovered, Fix Presets doesn't handle the case of making presets' internal names match their file names -- it only helps you change the folder and group structure. 

      shannonc19095354
      shannonc19095354Author
      Participating Frequently
      October 1, 2023

      Thank you, John. I couldn't figure out how to edit the xmp metadata -- I see that this can be done in Bridge, apparently, but how wasn't clear to me -- so just renamed all within the LR panel.

       

      Any ideas as to why when I imported presets to a new test catalog, they wouldn't display in the panel even after restart?
      Appreciate you weighing in with your knowledge here.

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Genius
      October 1, 2023

      "I couldn't figure out how to edit the xmp metadata"

       

      Sorry, I meant to say edit the .xmp in any text editor, e.g. Mac Textedit or Windows Notepad.

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