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Inspiring
July 29, 2018
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Profile Browser missing Profiles

  • July 29, 2018
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Hello!

From night to day the Profile Browser in Lightroom only shows a few profiles, not even the Camera Profile is available.

Lately, it's been a nightmare working with LR, so many problems.

Does anyone know how to 'have the full Profile Browser back"?

Thank you!

Regina

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Correct answer JohanElzenga

Check what type of image you have selected. If you select a jpeg or tiff image, you will not see any of the raw profiles.

4 replies

Participant
April 2, 2021

Missing profiles in camera raw:

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/Settings/Adobe/Profiles

It is not possible to choose or import profiles from this place.

Only standard profiles are shown in CameraRaw options.

Known Participant
December 29, 2022

Years later and Adobe is silent on this. What a joke. I'm switching over to Capture One and avoiding this nightmare.

Participant
August 26, 2018

I'm having the same issue but trying to edit CR2 files

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 26, 2018

jamesl48084079  wrote

I'm having the same issue but trying to edit CR2 files

First, check that you have really selected a CR2 file. I may sound silly, but you wouldn't be the first one who was convinced that he was shooting in raw, only the find through this problem that his camera was actually reset one day and so he was shooting JPEG without realising it (Importing Presets issue

Another thing is that if you are using camera specific profiles, then a preset that applies these profiles will only show when you have selected a raw image from that particular camera, not when you select a profile from another (Canon) camera.

If both are not the case, then you'll have to give more information than just "I'm having the same issue". Tell us what version of Lightroom you use, the system software, and the exact issue.

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Known Participant
August 29, 2018

Just updated to LR 7.5. from LR 7.3.1 on Mac running High Sierra 10.13.6. In  previous version, in the Develop Module, for Leica M .DNG images, I was able to select "Embedded" in the Profile Browser. Now, however, that option does not appear, only the several baked-in Adobe, Artistic, B&W, etc. choices.  I prefer the color rendition of the Embedded profile. How can I get it back? Thank you.

Rob_Cullen
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 29, 2018

Hi Regina

With the big update changes to the (XMP) Preset system, Problems with Profiles and Presets can mean a corrupt install of Lightroom.

Please post a screen-clip or Copy&Paste the top 10 lines of your Lightroom System Info.

LR MENU > HELP > SYSTEM INFO...

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
Inspiring
July 30, 2018

Thank you for trying to help, but the problem is fixed. Someone suggested I could have selected a jpeg or tiff image, and that's what, silly me, did

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 29, 2018

Check what type of image you have selected. If you select a jpeg or tiff image, you will not see any of the raw profiles.

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Inspiring
July 30, 2018

Thank you! I think that was what happened, I selected a jpeg image