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November 18, 2022
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My laptop was stolen, is there a way to get my presets back?

  • November 18, 2022
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My laptop was stolen. I had many many user presets saved in Lightroom.When I got my new laptop and opened up Lightroom, all my user presets were gone. If there isn't a way to get them, does anyone know of a software where I could upload a photo and it would tell me what adjustments were made?

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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November 18, 2022

As you apparently still have your photos (edited with these presets), I assume that you made backups and restored your photos and your catalog from a backup? If you have a backup from the entire hard drive, then you can find the location of your presets (in the backup) here: 

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-classic-file-locations/

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Sean McCormack
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Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
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November 18, 2022

Exiftool can spit out any metadata you have in a file, but it's command line. Jeffrey Friedl did have an online version, but it's offline currently. 

 

https://exiftool.org/

 

 

Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
Sean McCormack
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Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
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November 18, 2022

This may be useful too: https://www.capturemonkey.com/xmpextract/

 

It puts any XMP information into a sidecar file which you could read settings from. 

Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
Jim Wilde
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Jim WildeCommunity Expert
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November 18, 2022

But they'll only work if metadata was saved to XMP in LrC. If it wasn't, all that's available is the original unedited file.

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
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    November 18, 2022

    Get your presets back from your backups.

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