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liw
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February 5, 2021
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Lr Why are presets in Lr not moved after having them moved in /.../Camera Raw/Settings?

  • February 5, 2021
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Hi,

at least in Windows it does not work.
Path: Username >

In Windows Explorer I moved xmp-presets between folders that are inside Settings. This worked but nothing happened in Lr or ACR - though I started both programs again.
(Moving works for single presets in ACR - and very slowly in Lr - but I want to move some hundreds.)

 

Thanks for reading this and in advance for your help

Jörg

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 5, 2021

XMP presets aren't managed by subfolders anymore. The groups are stored inside the preset itself. There is a plugin that restores the old way of managing them in subfolders: http://www.johnrellis.com/lightroom/fixpresets.htm

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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liwAuthor
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February 6, 2021

Thank you, Johan,

that plugin seems to be good help! I’ve downloaded it yet but tried only little.

 

But why one cannot manage xmp-presets like Lr-templates? That’s a Verschlimmbesserung! Or why do your colleagues in the programming department do not use the Administer (or that like) function: It is very welcome to switch groups of presets on and off with it, but why not program ways to move or to delete many presets at once? Or to change parts of the names of many selected presets at once …?

 

I'd enjoy if you sent this to your colleagues in the programming department.

 

Best regards
Jörg

Todd Shaner
Todd Shaner
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February 6, 2021

I think this issue is due to limitations in how the Develop Presets are synced across the Lr Classic, Lr Desktop, Lr Mobile, and Lr Web ecosystem. After the change I started using John Ellis' Fix Prests plugin to keep my Develop Presets in alphanumerica order. I've had no issues to date with his plugin.

    Todd Shaner
    Todd Shaner
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    February 5, 2021

    At this link:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

     

    Presets and templates  

    • (.lrtemplate) Presets or templates in the .lrtemplate format are stored at: C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\[preset or template folder]\[preset or template filename.lrtemplate]
    • (XMP) Beginning with Lightroom Classic, the existing presets in the .lrtemplate format are automatically converted to a new XMP preset format. After conversion, the new XMP presets are saved at: C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings
    • (Presets stored with the catalog): If you've enabled the Store Presets With This Catalog option in the Lightroom Classic preferences, the presets and templates files are saved at: C:\Users\[user name]\[catalog location]\[catalog folder name]\Lightroom Settings\Settings

     

    If you're trying to reorganize your User XMP Develop presets they are at the below location, which is shared by Camera Raw and LrC.

     

    C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings

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    liwAuthor
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    February 6, 2021

    Thank you,Todd,

    for your fast answer.

    But to say it frankly to you as a professional: It was no help.

     

    Regards
    liw

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    liwAuthor
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    February 5, 2021

    Supplement:

    Perhaps J.R. Ellis' answer to a similar question could help me, if someone, maybe you, is able to translate the mentioned path on a Mach into these on a PC:


    https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/can-t-modify-or-remove-user-preset-lightroom-8-3-1/m-p/10595216#M155305

     

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