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Matt Kolf - Fotografía
Matt Kolf - Fotografía
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October 1, 2022
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Copying a preset / camera profile to a new camera

  • October 1, 2022
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Hi there,
I have been using VSCO desktop presets for years with my Canon EOS R but they no longer support new cameras and I just bought a Canon EOS R6. When I try and apply my usual presets, there is (logically) no vsco profile for my camera and Lightroom gives me the "missing profile" notice. There results are bad as well of course. I have tried copying the preset manually by adjusting the tone curve and the colors, but I'm not good enough with Lightroom and I end up lost... I have also tried buying other presets but they are significantly diferent and I need to maintain the same style of editing because I am a professional photograper. Is there a way around making a preset myself?
(I am using LR v11.5 and Mac OS 12.6.)

Thank you!

 

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Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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October 1, 2022

It is possible to create a new profile that will apply to your new camera by using dcptool : https://dcptool.sourceforge.net/ You use this to decompile the existing profile and create a xmp file which you can edit in a text editor. Then change the code indicating which camera the profile applies to to the correct code for the R6 (figure this out by decompiling a R6 specific dcp file) and recompile the xmp file to a new dcp file that will work for your R6.

    Matt Kolf - Fotografía
    Matt Kolf - FotografíaAuthor
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    October 1, 2022

    Thank you for such a fast answer! I'm not sure if I understand perfectly but as far as I can tell I need to create an xmp file that I can edit so that I can change the EOS R code for EOS R6 code. Is that right?

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    Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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    October 1, 2022

    Yes. Then compile the edited xmp file into a new dcp file using the same dcptool software. That file will work for R6 images after you install it in Lightroom. You can also directly edit a copy of the dcp file using a hexadecimal editing program but it is much easier to make mistakes there and get a file that doesn't work. The decompile, recompile route is more foolproof. You do need to not be afraid of using a command line though. The instructins on dcptool here show how to use it: https://dcptool.sourceforge.net/Usage.html For editing the xmp file, you can use any text editing tool.

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