ALL LUT's, looks, et al should be in the "common files" folder!

Something that gets posted here and the other related forums several times a week it seems is the problem of applying a look or LUT in Speedgrade or some specialized effect based on presets or add-ons in AfterEffects that looks great. BUT ... when you get back to PPro, it's not visible.
Almost always the answer is that the look, LUT, preset or whatever that was "invoked" in Ae or Sg needs to be copied over to the proper PrPro folder for such things. Sometimes you need the dang thing put in all THREE locations, PrPro, Sg, & Ae.
WHY? Not to be rude, but isn't that what the Adobe "common folder" should be used for? Especially in the day of the dynamic/direct link projects, it's a pita to have to go find the blame thing and copy about the hard-drive. Wastes time and disk-space and creates totally needless clutter.
I've put in a feature request for this, y'all are welcome to jump in ...
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Neil

All files and folders in the iPhoto library are essential - there are no user servicable parts in it - the really simple rule is NEVER make any changes of any sort to the structure or content of the iPhoto lbibrary
And note that most people have found that Carbonite does not backup the iPhoto library so tha tit can be restored and used - I believe that one person has posted that they were successful and many have been unsuccessful
Then the bottom line it that the iPhoto library must be always treated a single entity - it is a SQLite database and can not be manged in pieces
LN

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