having to scroll past the adobe presets You do not have to if you name your presets and preset folders carefully. Presets (and folders) sort alpha/numeric automatically. So 01 comes before 02 which comes before A which comes before L. I use numbers for preset folders so they sort my presets into groups. ... View more

Also- have you tried to search your recovered (now external) hard-drive for registration number- /Users/[user name]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Lightroom 5.0 Registration ... View more

although a bit slow. Yes- Consider though it has to read and compare much information for every file. ... View more

"Not free anymore.."  on the site link given above -  "Free of charge" Did you perhaps click on a link to some other software?  I could be wrong if it has updated! ... View more

Greg, I am curious. I have Windows-10 with a home WiFi network. My iPhone-5 can connect to the WiFi and sync my Lightroom 'mobile' collections. I do not use mobile data on the iPhone (very 'old school') You may just need to investigate the setup for your iPad WiFi. Mine is syncing as I type. ... View more

Has the OP  Saaraaaa, been successful in restoring the presets? Was a LR re-install done? Just Shoot Me- must certainly be seeing leftovers from a previous install (2011?) as in the screen-clip post#10. In Windows-10, I cannot find anywhere the LR default presets folders (B&W Filter..., etc). If I create a new catalog, and check "store presets with the catalog", then delete the Presets folders using file explorer, re-start Lightroom, the default Presets folders are re-created. And why this is not happening for the OP? Why are the default presets not re-created when LR is started? Following thread for an answer to the mystery of the 'Disappearing Presets' ... View more

Thanks for the info- it corrects my assumptions about preset locations. Always learning! As to Saaraaaa the OPs blank preset folder I have no answer. Being curious I now look at my {Lightroom Presets} folder in the {Develop Presets} folder and find it to be blank. Is that unusual? Is this the 'hidden' LR presets that cannot be deleted? C:\Users\my name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Develop Presets\Lightroom Presets ... View more

I think something is wrong with your folder structure- All presets folders should exist within the [Lightroom] folder. There should not be a folder called [Lightroom Presets]  unless this is a Mac thing- if someone can set me straight. So you folder structure, taken from your screen clip, looks like this- with folder path: C:\Users\your name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Develop Presets/Lightroom Presets\...Presets.  I believe this is incorrect. When it should look like this-  with folder path:   C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Preset FOLDERS\...Presets ... View more

For the tone curve fine adjustment, try holding down the Alt/Option key as you drag a curve point. The brush size adjustment could more likely be a preference in the touch-pad setup, as it would for a mouse scroll wheel. ... View more

"Edit Original" means - edit the TIFF file without applying Lightroom adjustments, so in Photoshop you will see the TIFF image exactly as it was in Photoshop when Photoshop edited it previously. (So your LR crops would not carry back to Photoshop) If you have done further Lightroom development to a TIFF image, and you want those edits back in Photoshop, you need to select "Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments" See a great flow-diagram at - http://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/whats-the-difference-between-render-using-lightroom-and-... It is often advised to do all possible editing in Lightroom before sending an image out to a pixel editor (Photoshop) ... View more

Thanks, appreciate the replies from ACP members. Knowledge is power! ... View more

Advice I have read is to also set Photoshop to ProfotoRGB. This then matches with LR. Only when exporting or creating derivative images will you need to consider the output file color-space. ... View more

I have seen Jared Platt on CreativeLIve recommend- 1. Select a FOLDER and images in the Master LR catalog that is a 'JOB' or 'Project' to be archived. 2. Export as a Catalog INCLUDING "Negatives"- saving the exported 'Job' catalog to an external drive that will be an archive. (or then copy to a DVD.  One DVD for each job?) 3. Remove the selected folder in the Master LR catalog. (LR protects folders from deletion should they contain non-image files) 4. Copy any relevant non-image files (word documents, copyright release forms, etc) from internal to the external archive. 5. Delete the selected folder from the internal Hard-drive using Explorer/Finder. This method will archive all images with a corresponding catalog that can be accessed at any time in the future should the need arise, and remove them from the Master Catalog and computer hard-drive memory. The Master catalog has the advantage that all the Preferences and Presets are always available for your workflow and is used to Import then 'Export as Catalog' each job  as you wish to 'remove' it from the Master. If you only ever do 'jobs' that will be archived, your internal drive and master catalog need only contain the 'current' job being developed! ... View more

Can I suggest you read- Catalog Strategies | dpBestflow ... View more

A free "Duplicate Finder" plugin can be found at Adobe Add-ons : https://creative.adobe.com/addons/products/2652#.VzPdMvl968F ... View more

Answer Much appreciated! Thanx ... View more

Rob Cole's  Post#2- I have Windows-10 and cannot see  the Ctrl+9 shortcut for Purple! Has Rob defined it somewhere in the OS? How was it achieved? ... View more

I experienced the exact same problem here!  (CC2015.5 Windows-10) I did try re-naming all the images in the slideshow and that solved my problem with that one slideshow!  (They were JPGs collected for a workshop presentation) So maybe it's a file-name bug. Never use spaces in file-names! ... View more

Set the [CapsLock] key on for auto-advance. Or set toggle option in- Menu>Photo>Auto Advance ... View more

My solution- Create new presets in a FOLDER that begins with 'A' or a Number '01' (The folders of develop presets sort alpha/numerically-before Lightroom) Then your presets in that folder will always be at the top of the preset panel. Move (drag & drop) others from "User Presets" ... View more

Presets on the left of the Develop module screen are 'global' "Development" presets, affecting the whole image. Brush presets only appear when you have the Adjustment Brush active and you choose a brush preset from the "Effect" drop-down menu.   (This reflects the need for the different folders for the presets as discussed above.) So maybe the preset "skin nightlight" should belong in the folder- {Local Adjustment Presets}  and not in {Develop Presets} Global Presets- Local Adjustment "Brush" Presets- In the "Effect" Drop-down menu- ... View more

What kind of preset is it? A Develop preset? Those are the most common, but there are also Export, External Editor, FTP, Filter, Import, Local Adjustment, and Metadata presets. And maybe others. You can find the location of your Presets folders in the Presets tab of Preferences. Purchased presets can be manually copied to the correct folder if you know which they belong in! Can BeArt provide you with more details to install? ... View more

I think you are seeing Chromatic aberration. Even the image without clarity shows a yellow fringe. Clarity is just making it more obvious. Before Clarity, open Lens Correctons Panel > Basic and check 'on' Remove chromatic aberration. Before- After- ... View more