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Lorenzo Colombo
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March 5, 2020
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Lr Preset

  • March 5, 2020
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Hello guys, i've got a problem with Lr presets.

If i reach the folder from Lr Preferences i can see all my preset organized , but when i open Lightroom i can't see all my preset.

If i try to organize my preset in folder into "Adobe->Camera RAW->Settings" on my MAC it doesn't work, and if i import new preset them go into "User preset".

I would like to organize everything in Folder to get my work faster but i can't end up with it. Please Help me.

I use MacOS Mojave with the last version of Lr in Creative Cloud

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    March 9, 2020

    "is there any way to move multiple presets (from within LR) into a different folder."

     

    Unfortunately, LR only lets you drag one preset at a time from one preset group to another. Alternatively, as Johan indicated, you can reorganize your presets' .xmp files into subfolders using Finder / File Explorer and then use the free Fix Presets plugin to have the LR groups mirror the subfolders.

     

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    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 9, 2020

    The organisation of presets is now saved inside the preset file itself. That means that you can delete and re-import them as many times as you like, but they will always come beck into their default organisation. As said in the beginning: you can only change that for user presets, not for the default presets.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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    robs57419658
    Inspiring
    March 9, 2020

    The answer is probably no.... but is there any way to move multiple presets (from within LR) into a different folder. Doing them one at a time is very tedious and time consuming.......

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    Lorenzo ColomboAuthor
    Participant
    March 9, 2020

    I've followed your advice and i end up with this way:

    1)export all exixsting preset from LR

    2) Delete all

    3) Re-Import them

    4) At this point i've organized them in folder into lightroom moving from a folder to another.

     

    It's very long and time wasting but it's the only way, i've noticed also that when i've deletd all preset ( to be sure i've deleted them also into Library folder) and then i've reimported, LR organized in the same folder( like as manteined the cache)

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    March 8, 2020

    "Any idea why the other set of folders exist?"

     

    Camera Raw and Lightroom install the built-in develop presets, camera profiles, and lens profiles in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw.  Having those under /Library rather than /Users/user/Library allows all user accounts on the computer to access them.

     

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    March 7, 2020

    "When I right click, all I get is "add to favorites", "export", and "apply on import"."

     

    In which precise Mac folder are the .xmp files? They should be in the folder you get to by doing Preferences > Presets > Show Lightroom Develop Presets. If they're under some other folder (or in particular the system /Library), you won't be able to rearrange them into new groups in LR ("groups" are what LR calls the folders that appear in the Presets panel).

     

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    robs57419658
    Inspiring
    March 7, 2020

    ok, thats the problem..... I found the presets that I could not arange in a folder in the Library root directory which was also called Camera Raw/Settings. I deleted them from that folder, restarted LR and then imported them again and I can now rearrange them. Any idea why the other set of folders exist? I've only installed LR once and have kept it up to date.....

    thanks for hanging in there with me........

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 5, 2020

    Lightroom does not use folders to organise presets anymore. You now do this from within Lightroom. What exact version of Lightroom are you using? Check this in Help - System Info.  "The last version in Creative Cloud' does not mean anything.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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    robs57419658
    Inspiring
    March 6, 2020

    I'm having similiar issues with presets. Running LR Classic on a MAC R9.2. I can find all the folders the presets are in (all xmp), moving them around does nothing when I reopen LR. I can create a new folder with a dummy, but the presets I want to move from the User preset list won't give me that option. When I right click, all I get is "add to favorites", "export", and "apply on import". Can't even delete them. I tried to import again into my newly created group and I'm told it can't be done because they have already been imported........any help would be much appreciated.

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 6, 2020

    Like I said: Lightroom does not use folders to organise presets anymore. The organisation in groups is done inside the preset itself, and so you must change this in Lightroom if you want to change it. If you want to continue to use the old system, try this plugin: http://www.johnrellis.com/lightroom/fixpresets.htm

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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