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ChamanExperience
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January 30, 2019
Question

Where are my presets?

  • January 30, 2019
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I've been creating, lately, new presets in new specific groups. The problems are two.

1.-First of all, that they are not in the same folder, when I try to export them, so they lost organization.

2.-The second one is that they are in a xmp file instead of being in the typical preset file. My doubts are the following

1.-How can I do to get them in the same folder?

2.-A user with an older lightroom version can install and use this xmp preset files? How should he do it?

Thank you very much!

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Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Legend
January 30, 2019

As to your second # 2. No users of older versions of LR can't, to my knowledge, use newer presets in the XMP format.

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ChamanExperienceAuthor
Participant
January 30, 2019

So, users of older versions can use the new presets? But, how can the install them? As they are in new format...

Thank you very much!

Rob_Cullen
Community Expert
Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 2, 2019

I have read it all, and it does not explain why each of my presets which are in the same group are in different folders. Thank you very much. Do you know another way to get it fixed?


Marguafra  wrote

I have read it all, and it does not explain why each of my presets which are in the same group are in different folders. Thank you very much. Do you know another way to get it fixed?

Basically- The 'Group' you see in the Presets panel is determined by data written within the preset file, and NOT by the operating system 'folder' where they are stored.

https://lightroomkillertips.com/managing-develop-presets-7-3-update-classic/

lrtemplate to xmp preset installation tutorial - new lightroom update - LR CC Classic 2018 - YouTube

And in the words of JohanElzenga-

The folder structure is no longer relevant with the new presets. The group hierarchy is now stored inside the preset file itself, and should be managed from within Lightroom or ACR. If you don’t like that you can use this plugin.  from the guru- johnrellis​

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 .
Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Legend
January 30, 2019

The new format for presets is XMP.

Not sure what you mean by not in the same folders. Please show us a screen shot of the LR window, showing the preset order, and the file manager window showing how they aren't in whatever folder.

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ChamanExperienceAuthor
Participant
January 30, 2019

As you can see, there are 10 presets in the chaman experience sunset presets group. However, as you can see, too, there are just 6 of them in the folder named as the group. I get this folder through lightroom>preferences>presets adjust (I let you where in the third screen capture).

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