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walterono
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April 7, 2018
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How do get auto-tone in develop settings?

  • April 7, 2018
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How do I get auto -tone to be part of the develop settings?

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elie_dinur
elie_dinur
Participating Frequently
April 9, 2018

LR already supplies a preset. Apply it during import or later to selected images, but be aware that if you subsequently crop or change the Profile, the Auto Settings button in Basic will be available again so you can recalculate the operation.

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    damage98
    Participant
    May 20, 2018

    How have I not found this in the past. Thanks! I know I also saw someone posted that your could (in develop) hold down ALT or apple key and double click on the tonal variable and only 'auto' that variable, ie exposure, highligths. But that doesn't work for me in latest Classic.

    Any tips greatly appreciated @elie_di.

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    May 20, 2018

    I know I also saw someone posted that your could (in develop) hold down ALT or apple key and double click on the tonal variable and only 'auto' that variable, ie exposure, highligths. But that doesn't work for me in latest Classic.

    Hold down Shift and double-click the slider label to the left of the slider (e.g. "Exposure", "Contrast", etc.).

      Ian Lyons
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      Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 7, 2018

      You haven't mentioned which version of Lightroom you're using. I addition, it would be helpful if you could provide a bit more information on what you're actually trying to do.

      In meantime, note that from Lightroom 7.2 onwards, 'Auto Tone' has become 'Auto' because it also affects image colour by also including Vibrance and Saturation.

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        walteronoAuthor
        Inspiring
        April 7, 2018

        Latest version of LR classic CC. I want to include Tone as part of the Develop default settings. I take an image, adjust the parameters and then make those settings the default develop settings. But if I include Tone, each image when imported using the default settings is not individually tone corrected; they all have the corrections made to the original photo. I want them to be individually tone corrected to save me having to do this manually.

        DdeGannes
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        DdeGannesCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        April 8, 2018

        Seems to me that you could apply this "Auto" adjustment to a newly imported image, and then save new camera defaults. Wouldn't that work?


        @jimHess, I believe what happens the edits applied with the "Auto" selection which is applied to the image being used will be applied as the new 'Default Develop" setting for new imports. Lightroom will not apply "Auto" to each new import.

        As far as I am aware the "Auto Tone" adjustment was included in the Lightroom Preferences settings and was removed in an earlier update, I am not sure exactly when.

        Actually it was a feature that use to confuse lots of users when it was selected because it was a "hit and miss" dependent on the file composition. It IMO creating more work correcting the edits than assisting users.

        I prefer to see the original rendition and only apply adjustments to default development settings e.g. Profile, Sharpening, noise reduction.

        Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
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