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Till Krueger
Till Krueger
Inspiring
November 25, 2022
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Lightroom Classic 12.0.1 "Recovery" parameter is not being sync'ed

  • November 25, 2022
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For some of my timelapse sequences (some of them in excess of 5000 files), especially the night ons, I found the "Recovery" parameter to do wonders to recover the highlights of city lights and bright windows.

However, when I sync my grading parameters across all of the images of a folder, the "Recovery" parameter is not being sync'ed, and doen't appear in the "Copy" window, where one can select which parameters get sync'ed, either.

Does anyone know of a way to make that parameter sync? I even tried to do a Photoshop action, but the Camera RAW module doesn't have that option, and since Photoshop can't export as DNG, that wouldn't be an option, anyway.

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    richardplondonCommunity Expert
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    November 25, 2022

    "Recovery" (like "Fill Light") belongs to an earlier process version. Images using that show a completely different Basic panel.

     

    Images under the current process version (applied by default at import) are going to in effect ignore these old-style adjustment parameters. Even for adjustments where the name is the same (e.g. Contrast), the effect differs hence old and new style adjustments are kept distinct from each other in image metadata, in presets, and when you copy-paste. 

     

    IIRC as, e.g. "Contrast" vs "Contrast2012" behind the scenes.

     

    Setting a given image to the same older Process Version that you are syncing from, will activate these same old style adjustments. Its new-style adjustments will still be remembered too, but they will go latent and non-functioning until the image returns to a PV that makes use of these.

      Till Krueger
      Till KruegerAuthor
      Inspiring
      November 28, 2022

      In simpler terms, this means that the "Recovery" function was used by an older version of Lightroom Classic, and has now been removed, but is still shown in the Basic panel to allow modification for the selected image only?

       

      As fas as I can tell, there is no function to replace it, either, or is there? "Highlights", alone, certainly does not replace it.

      Which older version of Lightroom still supports it, if I want to go back to it, just to process those timelapses which most benefit from it (mostly my nighttime ones)? Or does anyone know of another software package or plugin that has this ability?

        Ian Lyons
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        Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 28, 2022

        Recovery predates the name change to Lightroom Classic by quite a few years. However, it's still available for use by changing the Process Version of the image(s) to 'Process Version 2'. I've attached a screenshot showing where to find the relevant menu option in the Develop module.

         

        Note that the appearance of the image may change significantly and many of the adjustments will no longer be accessible when you change the image to Process Version 2.

         

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