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anthony shaw
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March 11, 2019
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Adding Preset Folders to Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

  • March 11, 2019
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I think this has probably been asked and answered somewhere but I couldn't find the information so would be grateful for some help.

I'm struggling to import my old preset folders from an earlier version of Lightroom Classic (on a different iMac) to my newer iMac and latest version of Lightroom Classic.

Within Lightroom I can import individual lrtemplate files from my old preset folders but not the containing folder. Because I have quite a few folders, I'd like to have the files organised in the same way to distinguish between them. Is there something obvious I'm missing in order to import the files AND the containing folders?

Thanks very much.

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      Correct answer JohanElzenga

      You can’t have subfolders under the user presets folder. Lightroom has never supported that, and still does not.

      You can move presets from one folder to another by drag and drop. Creating a new folder is possible when you create a new preset, so to create a new folder for existing presets you can create a temporary new preset in a new folder, then drag and drop your existing presets into that folder, and then delete the temporary preset again.

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      john beardsworth
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      john beardsworthCommunity Expert
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      March 11, 2019

      Also see the Fix Presets Lightroom Plugin 

        Ian Lyons
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        Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
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        March 11, 2019

        You've mentioned that they're based on lrtemplate rather than XMP. As such, much of the folder and formatting structure is absent. You can use the Preset Manager to fix this though.

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        anthony shawAuthor
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        March 11, 2019

        Hi Ian. Thanks for your reply.

        I can't import the parent folder (containing my presets) into Lightroom, just the contents, so after importing the lrtemplate files (which seems to convert them to xmp files) I get a list of ALL of them under User Presets. Managing them allows me to show or not show them but doesn't allow me to put them into different named folders.

        I hope I'm being clear; what I'm trying to achieve is different named folders under User Presets. How do I do that?

        JohanElzenga
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        JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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        March 11, 2019

        You can’t have subfolders under the user presets folder. Lightroom has never supported that, and still does not.

        You can move presets from one folder to another by drag and drop. Creating a new folder is possible when you create a new preset, so to create a new folder for existing presets you can create a temporary new preset in a new folder, then drag and drop your existing presets into that folder, and then delete the temporary preset again.

        -- Johan W. Elzenga
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