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bobd27760215
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March 27, 2019
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Desktop Lightroom Classic - Clicking Through Presets - Stacks Presets?

  • March 27, 2019
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Desktop Lightroom Classic - Clicking Through Presets - Stacks Presets?

I attempted to find the answer to this, but wasn't successful and I think it's because of how I word my search phrase.

Ultimately, I am trying to find out the following. When using Lightroom Classic - Desktop, if I click on a preset called "Snowflakes" (assume it adds snowflakes over original picture) from my "MAIN Folder" > then I click on a preset called "Dark Browns - Forests" >

  • DOES IT apply "Snowflakes" and then apply "Dark Browns - Forests" IN ADDITION to the first?
    • If IT DOES, and I DONT want Snowflakes, but wanted Dark Browns, do I need to UNDO (CTRL+Z / Command+Z) Snowflakes > AND THEN select Dark Browns?
    • If IT DOES, is there a way to prevent this 'stacking' of presets when clicking through various presets?

It seems like it DOES in fact stack presets, because of what I am seeing. Ideally, I'd like it to apply Snowflakes, if I dont like it I want to simply select Dark Browns and have Snowflakes removed, Dark Browns applied.

I hope this makes sense! Let me know if you have any clarification questions.

Thank you in advance!
Ryan

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johnrellis
johnrellis
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March 27, 2019

Every time you click a preset, all of the settings defined in the preset are applied to the photo. When you click Snowflakes, all of its settings are applied to the photo. Then when you click Dark Brown, all of its settings are then applied to photo, overwriting any previous values of those settings in the photo.


For example, if Snowflakes contains Exposure = 2 and Contrast = 5, and Dark Browns contains Exposure = -3 and Shadows = 10, then after applying first Snowflakes and then Dark Browns, the photo will have Exposure = -3, Contrast = 5, and Shadows = 10.

If you simply want to preview the effect of the preset on the photo, hover the mouse (without clicking) over the preset in the Presets panel.  As soon as you move the mouse away, the effect of the preset will stop being previewed.

But if you do click on a preset and decide you don't want it, be sure to undo immediately (Ctrl / Cmd + Z).

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Katurnbow
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January 19, 2022

I'm actually trying to apply more than one preset to an image. How do I do so? Is it possible without saving the image first and disrupting my work flow?

johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
January 19, 2022

"I'm actually trying to apply more than one preset to an image."

 

Can you say more about what you want to happen?  Suppose you have two presets, one with Exposure = +0.5, and one with Exposure = +1.0.  If you apply both to a photo, do you want the resulting Exposure = +1.5?


Or are you looking for something different?

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