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Austin21767951mtoo
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November 15, 2021
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Lightroom v11 Presets not applying

  • November 15, 2021
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When working in the Develop module of Lightroom I hover over a preset to apply it and click the preset and it does not apply. It will show that the preset has been clicked as it is highlighted (as shown in the screen shot below) but it does not actually apply any changes to the image. If I go into the Library module and apply the preset through Quick Develop it will then apply to the image.

 

Is this a bug in v11 of the Develop module or is there some way I can solve this?

(I do have the latest update of Lightroom and I have a Creative Cloud subscription) 

Would love any help I could get here! 

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    u-jean
    Participant
    July 10, 2022

    I have exactly the same problem. Preset previews are displayed when hovering the mouse over them, but not applied after mouse click.

    @johnrellis workaround with resetting lightroom preferences helps. However, I found that the problem came back immediately after I created a new custom preset.


    Lightroom Classic version: 11.4.1 [ 202206241800-b406ce4c ]
    License: Creative Cloud
    Language setting: en
    Operating system: Mac OS 12
    Version: 12.4.0 [21F79]
    Application architecture: arm64
    Logical processor count: 8
    Processor speed: NA
    SqLite Version: 3.36.0
    Built-in memory: 16.384,0 MB

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    Ariana-G
    Participant
    February 27, 2023

    Ugh. I've just started having this problem after no issues with Lightroom. 

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    Hugo de Sousa
    Participant
    May 5, 2023

    Did you manage to solve it?

    YannigVdW
    YannigVdW
    Known Participant
    May 19, 2022

    Resetting the preferences didn't help for me.

    Thumbnails aren't updated when I make adjustments using Quick Develop. Not with embedded previews and not with 1:1 previews.

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      defaultdl3sifpk5gtk
      Participant
      December 5, 2021

      I'm having this exact same issue. Lightroom Classic 11.0.1, MacOS Monterey 12.0.1

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      defaultdl3sifpk5gtk
      Participant
      December 5, 2021

      @johnrellissuggestion of resetting preferences above has fixed it for me 🙂 thanks!

       

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      samadablam
      Participant
      May 3, 2022

      And did it stay fixed? Resetting preferences fixed the issue for me too but it only lasted a day and now the issue is back.

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      tatumr54171104
      Participant
      November 23, 2021

      Hi everyone 

       

      I am pulling my hair out and hope someone can help. 

       

      After LR was working perfectly it all of a sudden stopped applying presets to my images. When I rolled over a preset it would show a preview, but once clicked nothing would happen and the settings ar not applied to the photo.
      What I have done to date:

      -re-installed LR  (directly from Creative cloud)

      - Exported my presets and saved in antoher location incase they were corrupt, it still didn't work

      -Created a new set of presets (same thing happens as described above)

      -Shut down and restarted computer. 

       

      Can anyone help please? 

        johnrellis
        johnrellis
        Legend
        November 23, 2021

        Try resetting LR's preferences:
        https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/


        LR sometimes soils its preferences file, and resetting it can fix all sorts of wonky behavior. That article explains how to restore the old preferences if resetting doesn't help.

          johnrellis
          johnrellis
          Legend
          November 23, 2021

          As a temporary workaround, try applying the presets in Library's Quick Develop panel.

          lauripple
          lauripple
          Participant
          November 16, 2021

          Using a Mac OS Catalina v10.15.7. I recently upgraded to v11.0 and have had no issues editing Smart Previews catalogs for my editing clients. I created a regular catalog and imported photos for a local client, and presets are not applying to the images in Develop mode. The presets will preview on the image when I hover, but the adjustments will not apply to the image or change the sliders. I saw there was an update available for v11.0.1 and updated in hopes it might fix it, but it did not. I can still manually edit and copy/sync edits to other images, but I can't click on a preset and get it to apply. I can still go in Library mode and select an image/multiple images and apply a preset in Quick Develop. Any thoughts / things to try to fix it so presets will apply in Develop mode again?

            johnrellis
            johnrellis
            Legend
            November 17, 2021

            Moderators,  @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge this with another post that has very similar symptoms:

            https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/lightroom-v11-presets-not-applying/td-p/12526576 

            GoldingD
            GoldingD
            Legend
            November 15, 2021

            Thinkg the preview has not been created after the edit. I notice in the filmstrip these are embedded previews in use (although the selected image is not shown in the filmstrip, perhaps scrolled)

             

            If you use the navigator to zoom in to,say 1:1, does it pop?

             

            lauripple
            lauripple
            Participant
            November 17, 2021

            I'm not the original poster, but I am having the same issue. Mine are not embedded previews and the presets still won't apply to the image. I tried zooming in and I think I heard Lightroom cackle at me for foolishly thinking it would cooperate that easily. 

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