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when importing images using presets does this move sliders from the zeroed position when import is complete?

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March 3, 2026
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So in the import dialog I have set to import using Camera settings. My camera s set to its default standard picture control. After import, all the images have setting altered in the develop module. like exposre is set to +.33 contrast +9 highlights to -21 and these are greayed value to using the reset button restores to these values. Changing profile does not change any of these values so they are definely set at import.

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agiledogsPhotographyAuthor

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I do want to thank everyone for their responses and helping me to get a better understanding of how import settings work. Just to confirm, using import settings adjust sliders based on the selected preset. These preset may be customized.

This, however, is not the same as setting the camera profile in the develop module. Using the profile selection from the develop module while it does alter the appearence of images based on rofile selected, it does not alter the slider values.

JohanElzenga

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Correct. Presets are saved slider settings, so you can apply them with one click. Profiles are different and do not change sliders.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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drtonyb

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@agiledogsPhotography

From day one, I have used the Adobe Default for importing NEF files taken with my Nikon Z8. All settings from the camera are ignored and that is how I want it.

You have not made it clear what do you want?

As @JohanElzenga wrote, the camera (your Z9) has Camera Raw default settings written into the raw NEF file. LrC reads this information on Import and uses it as the default settings (restores them on Develop Reset) when you set the Camera Settings as the default Preset in Preferences.

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agiledogsPhotographyAuthor

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What I am seeing is when I apply this at import, when look at the mported image, the sliders are not in the zeroed position. More than what I listed has ajustments which are not apart of the profile as defined on the z9. When viewing in the development module camera profile is set to theimported value of camera standard. If I change the profile in the develop module the sliders remain in their imported positions no matter which profile is selected

If I import using adobe default or change to none, everything is zeroed at import.

In the develop module applying a new profile does NOT alter any sliders, though it does read the additional sharpening and noise reduction info apart of the RAW file if using the Camera profile. No matter which camera profile is selected none of the sliders move. I am under the belief that applying the profile at imort or applying in development were essentially the same thing.

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drtonyb

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@agiledogsPhotography

First thing to understand is that in Develop, changing the Profile never changes any sliders.

The Import dialog does not provide a means to apply a Profile, only a Develop Preset, although the applied preset may contain a Profile setting.

LrC uses the Raw Defaults on the Preset Tab in Preferences to determine the default Develop Settings. For example, with this setting:

the default Profile is Adobe Color, default values for everything are 0, except Sharpening (40, 1.0, 25) and Color Noise (25,50,50). If I have altered any sliders and then click Reset, all sliders will be set to their default values, 0 and the Sharpening/Color Noise non-zero values.

If I change the Raw Defaults Global setting to Camera Settings, then LrC treats the camera profile as default and any other settings the camera has written into the raw file. This also affects raw files already Imported into the catalog; their defaults change to the camera settings defaults too, so clicking Reset may set different (non-zero) values than when the Raw Defaults Global Setting was Adobe Default. For example, a NEF file shot with Camera Standard set in the Z8 my camera imported with the Raw Default set to Adobe Default will set the profile to Adobe Color, all sliders to 0 and the Sharpening/Color Noise to (40,1.0,25)/(25,50,50). If I then change the Raw Defaults Global option to Camera Settings, the current Develop settings for my photo will not change, but the Defaults do change; clicking Reset will now set the Profile to Camera Standard, Texture to +8, Clarity to +4, Sharpening Radius to 2.0, Luminance Noise to 45 and Luminance Detail to 75. Subsequent Imports will also set the defaults according to the camera settings.

My own preference for my Z8 is to use Adobe Default as my Global Raw Defaults and ignore the Camera Settings, which I have set to Camera Flat so that the camera settings have minimal effect on the histogram shown on my Z8.

AxelMatt

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Do you have assign any develop settings during the import?

Apply Develop settings to photos when importing
Any Develop settings preset can be applied to photos as they are imported. This is especially useful for applying Develop settings to photos from a camera for which you created a Develop preset.

In the Apply During Import panel on the right side of the import window, choose a setting from the Develop Settings menu.

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JohanElzenga

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Camera Settings means that Lightroom reads what you set in the camera. So yes, if you set some extra exposure, contrast and highlights in the camera, then that is what Lightroom will do too (because camera settings only affect jpegs, not raw files).

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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agiledogsPhotographyAuthor

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Some setting like noise reduction and sharpening do affect RAW files, at least with Nikon. Standard on my z9 shows only sadded sharpening and I use in camera noise reduction with no alterations to exposure, contrast highlights and other settings.

JohanElzenga

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I don’t have Nikon cameras so I can’t check it, but as I said: using Camera Settings as your camera default will cause Lightroom to read camera settings and apply them. So if you don’t want that, then don’t use Camera Settings. Use Adobe Default or something else instead.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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