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Heirloom Bob
Heirloom Bob
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December 25, 2023
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LRC Presets

  • December 25, 2023
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I have backup copies of my Lightroom Classic develop presets stored in various folders on my drive. Is it possible to search and find them all and move them to a single folder and keep the backups there? (Windows 11) Is there a file suffux I can search for to find them?

 

Bob

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    Heirloom Bob
    Heirloom BobAuthor
    Inspiring
    December 25, 2023

    I understand copying them to their own folder. My issues is finding them when they are stored in multiple folders as a backup. Are all preset xmp files so i can seach my drive for them?

    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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    December 25, 2023

    All 'current' Develop Presets are .XMP files, but the "XMP" file-type suffix is used for many types of files (eg. Sidecar metadata files.).

    So no joy for searching for "XMP" unless you understand the differences.

    Even identifying 'old' develop presets with the old .LRTEMPLATE file-type is problematic as this file-type can be (and is still is) used for 'Local' Brush Presets also, etc.

    The 'purpose' of a preset is encoded in the text of the file which determines 'How' the preset is interpreted in LrC.

    Your search will just be a time consuming manual search- hence my suggestion just to copy the currently installed presets in the {Settings} folder.

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
    Heirloom Bob
    Heirloom BobAuthor
    Inspiring
    December 25, 2023

    Your idea is sound but I have presets in various folders on my drive and some are NOT currently installed, so not in my presets folder. 😞

    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 25, 2023

    {Preferences > Presets tab} will show you where all your 'installed to LrC' Develop presets (.XMP files) are located.

    eg. {C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings}

    You could copy these (the whole {Settings} folder) to a 'backup' location.

    Personally, I have a folder in {My Documents} where I store copies of the .XMPs (eg. my own User presets) and any presets I might have downloaded from third parties.

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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