P: Missing Profiles can cause presets not to appear in the UI

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When I do File > Import Develop Profiles And Presets and select the downloaded Silky.zip, I see three presets:

Three .xmp files in the .zip didn't get imported: The Warm Up.xmp, The Cool Down.xmp, Silky.xmp. That's because these three had the Treatment & Profile box checked when they were created, and they refer to a creative profile named "Stache". If you edit the .xmp files in a text editor, you'll see that:

   <crs:Look>
    <rdf:Description
     crs:Name="Stache"

The provider of the presets should have also given you a creative profile "Stache" that you'll need to import.

Based on a quick glance into the XMP files....

Open the XMP files in your favorite text editor (not word processor), and verify that the last line in each file is

</x:xmpmeta>

I am trying to install three presets from Archipelago. I went to file/import profiles and presets/selected the files and.. nothing happened. I tried it again but I now get a message that says  "Unable to import Presets : All items were already imported" yet they are no where to be seen. I have "show partially compatible Develop Presets" checked in preferences and "store presets with this catalog" unchecked in preferences. I attached a screen shot of the files- I have made sure they are in the right place, updated lightroom, restarted my computer, and still nothing! If anyone knows the solution please help!

("AQ01 i -iii" are what I am trying to install)

Hi There -

I've been trying to solve this for a few days and am wit's end. TLDR: imported presets in Lightroom Classic are not showing up, no matter what settings and configurations I try.

More detailed story: I'm running LR Classic 10.2 on a Mac Pro with OS 10.15.5 (Catalina). I am working on a project in which I've shot traditional film photos on Kodak Portra 400 as well as images on a Canon 5D and would like to use Lightroom to organize, manage and develop the body of work. Specifically, I would like to use the presets (which are .xmp files and mimic a Kodak Portra 400 aesthetic) to emulate the film look with the digital photos so that the entire body of work has visual cohesion. However, no matter what I try, the .xmp presets refuse to show up in the program despite LR saying the prests have been imported successfully. I've read countless forums trying different solutions, including trying toggling preferences of "Show Partially Compatible Develop Presets" as well as "Store Presets with this Catalog" (both found in Preferences > Presets). Niether of these have had any effect. I've tried manually importing the presets at the file folder level, this did not work either. I've tried importing them as profiles, which failed, too. I've restarted Lightroom and my machine numerous times. I've also tried installing the presets in Lightroom CC, and they did not appear in that program, either. I've tried all of these tactics 4-5 times and am told, over and over, "Unable to Import Prests, All items were already imported."

Let me know if you can help me figure this out? Thanks for any help you can offer.

Andrew

What am I doing wrong here?

I've gone to the effort of creating non-camera-specfic (i.e. 'general') profiles through ACR, and made presets with those profiles. I'm trying to export those presets now from LRCC the usual way (export presets from Develop module) which it does. I'm given a bunch of .XMP files which I expected. 

The pain starts when trying to import these presets to my other computer running LRCC10, too. 'Import Presets' "tells" me that it was successful, but none of these new presets appear. I've enabled and disabled both the radio boxes for "save presets with catalog" and "show partially compatible presets" and have restarted LRCC a bunch of times. My presets simply do not appear. When I repeat the import-presets action, it tells me that they've already been imported. I can't even find clear information as to whether my custom profiles are actually included in the XMP preset or not. 

What's going on here? 

Subsequently, when I ask LRCC to 'show LR presets folder' it opens up a window showing other folders but no indications as to where presets actually "live". 

Hi photographers! 

I feel like I am going crazy here. I've spent the last two days combing the internet for why the two developer presets I purchased will not show up in my Presets panel. I have Lightroom 9.3, and a Mac High Sierra 10.13.6. I've unclicked the 'Store Presets with the Catalog' and I have clicked 'Show Partially Compatible Presets' . I've manually moved the .XMP files to vairious recommended folders in Lightroom. I've shut it down, then turned it back on. Nothing. All I see are the same factory included Presets, no folder for User Presets. When I import the preset, it continues to tell me that it has already been imported. How can I fix this maddening problem? 

Thank you! 

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I've bought preset pack Odyssey from Archipelago for my Lightroom Classic . I unzip all .xmp files in cameraRAW settings folder , but when i imported,  an Error warning " Unable to import Presets : All items were already imported " , and i don't see any presets in my develop presets panel . 

I reset hidden presets , but don't see anything . 
Please help me, thank so much.

Hi There!

Today was the first time I bought a developer preset and I just can't get the presets on Lightroom.

In fact, I bought two packages from 2 different developers and none of them showed up on my Lightroom.

Both preset install applications say the installation was completed.

I already closed Lightroom, reopened it, restarted the computer but still nothing new shows up on Lightroom.

I checked the developer preset file and it's empty!

I'm sooooo frustrated. I've been trying to get those presets on Lightroom for 4 hours already!

Please please please help!

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