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August 2, 2020
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Spyder check not showing in LR Classic

  • August 2, 2020
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Hi All

 

I have managed to edit an image using SpyderCheckr from LR, but the preset that supposed to save in 'user presets' has not appeared. I am hating LR and hating SpyderCheckr at the moment. Has anyone had the same problem or able to offer a possible solution? I'm stumped.

 

Thanks.

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Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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August 3, 2020

I do not understand what you mean by- "I have managed to edit an image using SpyderCheckr from LR."

No problems here!

The 'Export' of a DNG photo (must convert raw to DNG!) of the ColorChecker chart is done with the xRite export {ColorChecker Passport} preset to create a Camera Profile-

  The DNG image

 

The Export Preset

 

This 'Export' creates a Profile for the camera (it is not a Preset).

The 'Save as' dialog for the Profile name

 

My created Profiles are saved to-

(D750-2015.dcp  was just created now!)

A restart of Lightroom-Classic is required for the Profile to then show in the Profile Chooser - Basic Panel in Develop.

You can now apply this Profile to photos from the specific camera in the Develop module, and use it in Develop and Import Presets.

 

It is a 'Triad' needed to approach color correctness-

1) The monitor calibrated/profiled with the Spyder device

2) The Camera sensor profile created and applied (as above)

3) White Balance corrected from the Grey patches of the color checker chart.

Happy color correcting 🙂

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .
JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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August 3, 2020

ColorChecker Passport is something else than SpyderCheckr. The first creates a profile, the latter creates a preset.

 

It is easy to solve this. Open the folder where all the other (non-develop) presets are located. You can do this via a button in the Lightroom Preferences. There may still be a 'Develop Presets' folder in there, filled with old .lrtemplate presets (with two tildes in front of their names, so Lightroom knows these are already converted). If you see no such folder, then create one. Place the SpyderCheckr preset in that folder and start Lightroom Classic. Lightroom should now convert the preset to .XMP and place it where it belongs.

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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    VizslamumAuthor
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    August 3, 2020
    You're amazing, Johan! Thank you so much. I'll try it now.

    *Abi Bradbury*
    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    August 2, 2020

    SpyderCheckr probably creates an old .lrtemplate preset rather than the new .xmp preset. You cannot blame Adobe (and hate Lightroom) for that, because this is not an Adobe product, but it should not be hard to rectify. Start by going to the manufacturer website to see if they haven't already fixed it: https://www.datacolor.com/photography-design/support/

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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      VizslamumAuthor
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      August 3, 2020
      You are right, it is saving with the wrong file extension - .lrtemplate instead of .xmp. I have no idea how to fix that. At least I know what is wrong, I guess!

      Thank you.
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      VizslamumAuthor
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      August 3, 2020
      Hi Johan
       
      Thank you for your help. I found the preset with the xmp extension, but when I tried to import it, Lightroom told me it was already imported, which it isn't. So I'm back to being stumped. 
       
      I am thinking that maybe I set up Lightroom wrong and am thinking of uninstalling it and starting again. I've already done this, so have nothing in Lightroom apart from the files I'm working with with the SpyderCheckr 24 images. 
       
      I need to get this sorted so that I can continue with the photography diploma I'm currently doing, but I'm starting to lose hope that it's going to work out. 😞
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