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affectionate_Lark16B8
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September 3, 2011
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Applying Lens Corrections Across Entire Import

  • September 3, 2011
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When I choose an image, one of the first things I always do is apply lens corrections. In 99% of the cases, I don't have to tweak these. I'm shooting with multiple camera bodies, and an import normally happens from hard disk, but it would be wonderful if during the import Lightroom could apply the lens corrections that correspond to the lens/camera body used for each image imported.

A preset seems like it would have to know or assume the camera body/lens combination in advance. That's why I've initially ruled presets out. Do I have this right or would a preset honor the camera/lens combinations from image to image?

Thanks,

Steve

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      helen_gossweiler
      Inspiring
      September 3, 2011

      s.ross wrote:

      ... would a preset honor the camera/lens combinations from image to image?

      Yes, it does. Make sure you only have "Lens Profile Corrections" checked to be part of the preset (if you don't want anything else).

      An alternative way is to make Lens Profile Corrections part of your default settings. To do so, go to an image in Develop, click "Reset" on it and apply all the value you want to be part of the default. Then press Alt and click the set "Set Default" button. You will have to repeat this step for all camera models you are working with.

      One word about applying lens correction at import:

      It is known that applying lens correction has a negative performance impact especially in spot removal. If your machine is fast, this may not affect you, but for this reason many people apply lens correction as one of the last steps in the develop workflow.

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        YunusEmre
        Participant
        August 24, 2014

        The problem with setting the default is that if you have already 'developed', i.e made modifications the lens correction is not applied unless you 'reset' in develop. I guess the only way to apply the lens correction to previously developed images is to use synchronize. Which is painful as I find myself wanting to do this to a lot of pictures.

          RichardFlack
          RichardFlack
          Known Participant
          November 16, 2015

          (Im fairly new to LR and digital image processing generally but learning a lot as i go ...)

          Looking at this thread Im still a bit unclear as to what the best workflow is for me.  I think I get the basic trade-off.

          My main concern is regarding my primary camera's stock lens Sony A6000 / PZ 16-50mm lens.

          I seem to find that when zoomed there is very pronounced barrel distortion at edges / corners and I'm applying profile correction just about all the time.

          Aside from the 'crop' effect of the correction I don't see any negatives (no, not a pun).

          Before I make a final decision, I want to be clear on a couple of points.

          - I'm not clear ow this interacts with other develop changes.  If I import (with profile correction), make other develop changes, can I then undo the profile just by unchecking the box?   I think YunusEmre is saying no, but its not clear to me.

          - How significant is the loss of resolution cited by trshaner... relative to say using 90% of the image in an 8 x 10" print or a 23" 1920 x 1200 pixel monitor - is it only significant in more demanding situations?

          - I will probably not want to apply profile correction automatically on the 55-210mm zoom that seems to produce relatively little distortion.

          My main alternate camera is Nikon P340 (other cameras are Nikon D60, and Nikon S31 which really doesn't count here) but I haven't really looked at this issue with those cameras or the impact of their lens profiles.

          Any advice greatly appreciated.

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          Lee_Jay-ZyZk56
          Participating Frequently
          September 3, 2011

          First of all, applying lens corrections all the time isn't always a good idea.  They have consequences and the consequences can be more negative than any positive benefits.

          The way to do it is to select all pictures, turn on auto-sync, and click the enable checkbox.  Then turn off autosync.

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            affectionate_Lark16B8Author
            Participant
            September 3, 2011

            Is there any way to quantify "consequences can be more negative..."? I have had pretty close to zero consequences and I've processed thousands of images with the new process and lens correction on Canon 5DMII and 1Ds MIII with mostly L-Series lenses. Besides performance issues, what negative issues have you observed? How does this negatively affect healing?

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            helen_gossweiler
            Inspiring
            September 3, 2011

            I don't know of any other negative effects, except performance. Healing can be sluggish on weaker machines when lens corrections has been applied. Of course there could be unwanted (but not wrong) visual effects i.e. by the vignette correction.

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