Let us turn off lens corrections upon RAW import or by syncing multiple images

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So, in previous versions of Lightroom, I would goto the Develop Module, select a photo, goto the Lens Corrections drop down menu, and UNCHECK "enable profile corrections" to turn off lens corrections. Then I would select a group of photos (including the photo I used to turned off lens corrections), click on the Sync button, make sure that enable lens corrections was turned off and click apply. This would then turn off Lens Corrections for all the photos I selected... easy. NOW when I try to do this exact same thing in the current version of LR, it won't do it. It seems the only way to turn off lens corrections is by doing it one photo at a time, which for me is very annoying because I do a lot of night landscape/low light photography and in many cases when the distortion setting in Lens Corrections is applied, it creates Moiré patterns in the grain (noise) of the photo, even at lower ISO. Plus I often like the effect the inherent vignette of a particular lens gives. I don't want to waste time turning off lens corrections one photo at a time, I would rather perfer to turn on corrections when I deem neccessary. If anyone knows a way to sync a group of photos or turn off lens corrections upon import using the current version of Lightroom please let me know OR if there isn't a way anymore (since there used to be a way as I previously explained), ADOBE can you please make an easy way to turn off all lens corrections for a batch of photos? Maybe I'm missing something but I used to do this all the time in the older versions.

JohanElzenga · Answer

"Then I would select a group of photos (including the photo I used to turned off lens corrections), click on the Sync button, make sure that enable lens corrections was turned off and click apply."This sounds like you make a mistake in the sync dialog settings. If you disable lens corrections for one photo, and then want to sync that across multiple other photos, then you have to check the lens corrections checkbox in the sync dialog. This may sound odd, but it is logical: you want to sync whatever is in lens corrections, including a checkbox that is unchecked. Unchecking the lens corrections checkbox in the sync dialog means you won't sync any lens corrections settings! Another way of doing this is select all the images, then toggle the little switch in front of the Synchronize button so it becomes Auto Sync. Anything you do now, so including disabling lens corrections, is synced automatically. Do not forget to toggle this switch off again after you're done!!!Finally, you can disable lens corrections on import as follows. Disable lens corrections for a photo, then save this as a new preset (do check the lens correction box in the preset!). Then use this preset either as camera default or apply it on import.

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