Lightroom 3- How do I batch process a group of photos with the same preset?

[ahreff]

Using Lightroom 3/Mac.  Attempting to apply a preset to a group of photos. I read the forum already but what I read didn't make sense to me. Sorry. Also wondering if anyone else is plagued by Lightroom's tendency to take over the monitor. Whenever I want to switch to another application, I end up having to "Hide Lightroom" to get it to move. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Russ

Altadena, CA

[malindajulien@mac.com]

there are lots of cool presets available online.  Google LR3 presets Scott Kelby.

[SeanMcCormack]

Just to clear something up here. The preset gets applied to all of the selected images in Autosync mode (or via Sync if you went that way). What's happening with the previews is an entirely different matter. Previews are cached versions of the files, and it takes a finite amount of time to update them. Rest assured that if you go to any file that had a preset applied, it will display correctly when viewed.

[fdonnino]

Hi Sean thanks

I tried that but it didn't work when I click on any other image.  I must have been doing something wrong so I take you word for it.

Thanks

Frank

[areohbee]

ahreff wrote:

Whenever I want to switch to another application, I end up having to "Hide Lightroom" to get it to move. Any thoughts?

If you are on Windows, you can use this autohotkey script to minimize (#n) and restore (#b) Lightroom (# means win-start key):

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/*
    Get unique window identifier of Lightroom's main app window.

    Initial motivation: Make sure Lightroom will be the recipient of emitted keystrokes.
   
    So far, for titles, we have:
        {Catalog} - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - {Module}
        Lightroom
        Lightroom (x%)
       
    ###1 Not sure how to handle case if a dialog box is open, plugin or otherwise.
       
    ahk_class is AgWinMainFrame
*/
GetLightroomWindowID()
{
    lr_win_id := 0
    Process, Exist, lightroom.exe
    lr_pid := ErrorLevel

    if lr_pid {
        WinGet, id, list, ahk_pid %lr_pid%
    } else {
        WinGet, id, list,,, Program Manager
    }
    Loop, %id%
    {
        this_id := id%A_Index%
       
        WinGetClass, this_class, ahk_id %this_id%
        WinGetTitle, this_title, ahk_id %this_id%
       
        if (this_class = "AgWinMainFrame") {
            ; MsgBox Got Lr Frame type
        } else {
            ; MsgBox Class: %this_class% Title: %this_title%
            continue
        }
       
        if InStr( this_title, "Lightroom" ) {
            if (lr_win_id = 0) {

                lr_win_id := this_id

            } else { ; redundent
                lr_win_id := 0
                break
            }
        }
    }
    return lr_win_id
}

;-------------------------------
#n:: ; minimize from full-screen
id := GetLightroomWindowID()
if id {
    WinMinimize ahk_id %id%
} else {
    MsgBox Unable to minimize Lightroom window.
}
return
;-------------------------------

;-------------------------------
#b:: ; maximize to full-screen
id := GetLightroomWindowID()
if id {
    WinActivate ahk_id %id%
} else {
    MsgBox Unable to restore Lightroom window.
}
return
;-------------------------------

;---------------------------
^tab:: ; Supports Keyword Consolidator (lrplugin).
Send {Shift Up}{Tab}{Shift Down}{Tab}{Shift Up}{End}
return
;---------------------------

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R