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Kyle248183330dsw
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June 24, 2022
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Lightroom Presets - "Partially Incompatible Preset" Error Message

  • June 24, 2022
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Hi all,

I was wondering if one of you might be able to help me as I'm a little confused. I'm looking to make a preset pack to share with friends and followers and hit this error message when trying to use my presets for testing.
Here are my steps:
- I've created my presets off the back of RAW images imported into Lightroom. (Mainly, Canon and Lumix RAW photos)

 - I sync up my finished preset pack to my Lightroom Mobile version to test them out on various other pictures I have to see how they look.

 - When attempting to use a preset for the first time on a picture that wasn't taken on either Canon or Lumix, I get the following error message appear: "This preset includes a profile that was made for a different camera which cannot be applied to this photo. All of the compatible enhancements from this preset will be applied to your photo"


My question is:
Is this normal, expected behaviour? If I were to purchase a preset pack from another creator, would I get the same error message if they had created their presets using an image from a camera I do not own? Or is there some form of profile workaround for this problem to avoid this prompt appearing should anyone else download my preset? I'm looking to make my preset pack "universal" and not "camera specific". 

Many thanks,
Kyle

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    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    June 24, 2022

    It means you checked the Profile checkbox when you created the preset and used a profile that was only available for certain cameras. For example, Canon has a profile called "Camera Standard" but Olympus doesn't, so it would flag up this error. Or you might create a preset using a raw file and set the profile to "Adobe Color" because that's a safe bet for most raw files, but there's no such profile for rendered photos, so JPEGs would still flag up the same message.

    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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    Kyle248183330dswAuthor
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    June 24, 2022

    Hi @Victoria Bampton LR Queen,
    Thanks so much for your swift response, I appreciate it.
    With regards to the profile section at the point of preset creation, I believe I had "Adobe Colour" set as a default and in fact I had not chosen to modify this setting, I believe it was already set to that when I made my presets.

    Are you saying that there is a way to create a preset without the Profile checkbox ticked? And therefore it would become generic? I don't see that option available to me in Lightroom 5.4 but then again, I'm also quite new to this.

     

    I am basically looking to create presets that will work for anyone, with any camera, without throwing up this error message.

     

    Many thanks in advance,

     

    Kyle

    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    June 24, 2022

    If the profile isn't included, then the resulting look of the preset could change quite dramatically depending on what they already have selected, so most developers use Adobe Color as the standard and just say the presets are designed for raw photos. There are very few raw files that don't have an Adobe Color profile.

     

    Try your preset on a raw file from another camera to confirm that it'll only throw the error on JPEGs and other rendered photos.

    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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