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June 22, 2022
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Stop lightroom updating settings in develop module when another preset is used

  • June 22, 2022
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I apply settings to a batch of photos in the developmodule and for example I may want to add a bokeh preset but when I do it sets all the sliders to default which is an absolute pain having to re adjust everything again is there any way of stopping this i.e. adding the effect without it messing with previous edits

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    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    June 22, 2022

    Did you create these presets yourself? Then you (or otherwise the person who you got them from) did it improperly. When you create a preset, you can check which sliders the preset should change. All other sliders will remain unaffected. So if you create a preset and simply check everything, then what happens is what you describe. A properly created preset will only change what it needs to change, and so it will act the way you ask.

     

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    grevp61661496Author
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    June 23, 2022

    They were bought presets comprehensive Bokeh presets which are very good, I didnt have time to faff around setting them up. Is there any way you know that the original develop settings can be retained and the preset applied, I dont think there is but I am open to any ideas.

     

    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    June 23, 2022
    @grevp61661496 wrote:

    They were bought presets comprehensive Bokeh presets which are very good, I didnt have time to faff around setting them up. Is there any way you know that the original develop settings can be retained and the preset applied, I dont think there is but I am open to any ideas.

     


    Like I said: there is, but it is how the preset is saved. If the person who created the preset checked all the boxes, then your preset will reset every slider it does not change as part of its effect to zero. What you can do is update it. Apply the preset to an unmodified image, and check which sliders the preset changed. Then right-click the preset name and choose 'Update with these settings'. The save preset dialog comes up. Check only the boxes of the sliders that the preset changed, make sure everything else is unchecked.

     

    The only thing you cannot do is make a preset relative. Presets are always absolute. What this means is that if your preset changes the Exposure to +0.5 for example, and you already changed Exposure manually to +0.3, then you will not get +0.8 if you apply the preset, but +0.5. There is nothing you can do about that.

     

     

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