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Add Reset to Default in the Light menu on Photoshop

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February 25, 2025
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I opened a RAW file in Photoshop 25.11.0 (2024 ?) I set the image to AUTO using that button.

Now I want to do something else to the image - Without the AUTO setting.

I know that you can open it again in RAW, click the ... icon and then see a popup menu with Reset to Default which will remove the AUTO setting.

Is there any way to ADD that option for faster selection, to the LIGHT menu option. I friend has a MAC and sent me a screenshot showing that option in the Light drop down menu. Is this possible on windows?

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Is there any way to ADD that option for faster selection, to the LIGHT menu option. I friend has a MAC and sent me a screenshot showing that option in the Light drop down menu. Is this possible on windows?
By @rob-mcp

Does the demo below match what your friend showed you? Because in Adobe Camera Raw, there is already a Reset button for every section of the Edit panel stack including Light, on both Windows and macOS. However, the Reset button is visible only when you hold down the Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) key.

So hold down the Alt key, and a Reset buttton should appear in the Light section, and you can click that.

Conrad_C

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Is there any way to ADD that option for faster selection, to the LIGHT menu option. I friend has a MAC and sent me a screenshot showing that option in the Light drop down menu. Is this possible on windows?
By @rob-mcp

Does the demo below match what your friend showed you? Because in Adobe Camera Raw, there is already a Reset button for every section of the Edit panel stack including Light, on both Windows and macOS. However, the Reset button is visible only when you hold down the Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) key.

So hold down the Alt key, and a Reset buttton should appear in the Light section, and you can click that.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

So hold down the Alt key, and a Reset buttton should appear in the Light section, and you can click that.

By @Conrad_C

I have heard Michael Ninness, and other Adobe people, describe the Alt key as the 'Make Better Key' in Photoshop. It's one of those things always worth trying, like hitting Escape if the UI gets stuck.

rob-mcpAuthor

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Thanks as well.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

You could always delete thew sidecar file. If you process a RAW file in ACR and ether open it or click on Done, it will create a .XMP file with the same file name. That file contains all of the ACR settings. Note this is not the case with .DNG files that save the setting integrally.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

Another tip for if you only have a few sliders adjusted, is to double click the slider, which returns it to its zero position.

BrettN

Community Manager

If you click the Auto button and the settings are already what Auto would do, then it resets everything back to 0. So, if you clicked Auto and changed one or more of the Light settings, click Auto twice. The first click reapplies the Auto, and the second resets.

I'm curious about what your friend showed you. The options are the same between Win and Mac. My guess is they've installed an additional plug-in if they are seeing some extra functionality

rob-mcpAuthor

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They have a MAC, which I've not seen. His showed the LIGHT dropdown WITH the Reset to Default option in the list to select - instead of having to click the ... to the right.

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