I need the old Auto setting and don't want to bootleg

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December 5, 2022
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the older version of Auto settings / auto exposer would not adjust the saturation of the image, this is how it should be. I don't want my saturation messed with, you can add a seperate button called auto saturation. this is a bug because my only opion to have a lightroom i actually want to use would be to bootleg it from some sus website or start using a different editing software. If this isnt resolved by march ill be ended my contract. The newer versions or LR are slower for my workflow and have more bugs. I will not tollerate this nonsense anylonger.

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DdeGannes

Community Expert

My thoughts on this is, if you are talking about digital images captured in raw format, get the exposure as accurate as possible with your camera settings.

There is no auto exposure correction setting in LrC application, there is an “auto tone” setting that adjusts multiple controls from exposure, highlights, white, black, etc which adjusts the errors in camera settings and sensor limitations. It helps but cannot create magic so you may still need to adjust.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.

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Participant

Wow really I should get it right in the camera. Never thought of that.

Gixxxa75

Inspiring

I agree, this adds extra steps to my workflow sometimes, having to sync the files back to zero saturation and vibrance. A check box in preferances to not adjust vibrance and sturation when using auto would be great.

johnrellis

Legend

Most people posting here much prefer the new Auto Settings introduced in LR 7.1.

If you just want to zero out the Saturation after applying Auto, you can define a preset that does that, or you could try the Personalized Auto Tone plugin.

If you want to use LR 7.0 with your current creative cloud subscription, Adobe doesn't make that download available, but you could try downloading it from here (a trustworthy web site):

https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cc-2018-direct-download-links.html

(It's called Lightroom Classic CC 2018 there.) I don't know if that's 7.0 (with the old Auto Tone) or 7.1 or later (with the new Auto Settings). You'll have to try. Note that LR 7 won't work on any version of Mac OS after 10.14.

If you have a perpetual license and have your license key, you can download the last perpetually licensed Lightroom, LR 6.14, from here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/lightroom-6-end-of-support.html