Apply settings to images upon import

I am using LR 5. Is there a way to apply settings to images upon import? For example, I want to set noise reduction to X if an imported image has a ISO setting between 1000 to 1250, from camera A with lens B. Right now I am applying the changes manually by using the metadata filter, but it will be great if the same settings can be applied upon import (to save time)

To set detail settings based on ISO, it's best to use a plugin (in my opinion), otherwise you have to mastermind which ISO's your camera is capable of having, and save a default for each, then if you want to change you have to go through the process again.
Some cameras can have dozens of different auto-ISO values, and it's best if you don't skip any of them.. granted it's not so bad if you never shoot auto-ISO .
Consider:
* ISO Detailer (author: me), or
* Bulk Develop (author: Jeffrey Friedl)
instead - both plugins are essentially free.
Rob

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I will double check settings, as my husband may have reset something on our last trip.
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If AppleMan1958's suggestion does not resolve your problem, and if iMovie is the ONLY app that is giving problems, your iMovie preferences file may be corrupted.
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You do know that you can open multiple raw images in Camera Raw, select All and Synchronize them, don't you?
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Exposure Importing Problems __ Darker images after Import

Shooting on 5D Mark II.. Shoot RAW and JPEG.. Running Mac with lastest OS
Getting proper exposures in Camera.. Importing to LightRoom using card reader.
Having major problems once I import into Lightroom. My images are significantly Darker.. 3 stops or so. I have triple checked that I am not applying any presets to my images upon import. Cannot figure this out!!
Please help with this issue...

trevajake wrote:
Several Things that I'm also curious about... Why does the tone curve - point curve default to Medium Contrast???? Also , in the basic develop settings, what are the two icons Tone and Auto... Notice how the Auto is highlighted..
Medium Contrast is just the default for all Raw images in LR
Auto is highlighted because you can activate AutoToning by clicking it
A couple of questions again, which might have been asked before:
If you import the .cr2 and the JPEG from your camera, do both have the same dark look?
Have you tried recalibrating your monitor?
Can you upload a JPEG and a Raw sample file to somewhere (i.e. www.yousendit.com) and post a screenshot to them here (don't use a photo publishing site please)
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Does iPhoto automatically downsize an image on import?

I am new to Mac. I attended a workshop at an Apple store and was told iPhoto will automatically downsize all images upon import. I use CS3/Bridge to manage my image library but really love iPhotos ability to find images quickly. If I import my existing image files into iPhoto will they ever be resized without my knowledge? I don't want that to happen. I have tried a few tests and all the imported images are the same size in iPhoto as the originals in my old folder structure outside of iPhoto. At the moment I tell iPhoto to "not copy folders to the iPhoto library". Thanks.
Jerry

Jerry1635
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
If you’re new to Macs then I’ll bet you’re using iPhoto 08 (iPhoto Menu -> About iPhoto). You’ve posted on the v5 forum and the problem there is that there are many differences between the versions.
However here’s one thing that is *absolutely constant*
and was told iPhoto will automatically downsize all images upon import.
*This is utterly untrue*.
Iphoto simply copies the file - a straight byte by byte copy of the actual photo. It makes no changes whatever to the file unless you tell it to.
It has no facility to resize on import, so you can’t even tell it to do that.
What it does do is create a thumbnail of the image for faster display in the iPhoto Window.
At the moment I tell iPhoto to "not copy folders to the iPhoto library".
This is called a Referenced Library and - especially with folks new to Macs - I do not recommend running a Referenced Library
You need to be aware of a number of potential pitfalls using this system.
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, there are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
For 10.5 users: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Your choice, obviously, but best to be aware of all the ramifications. By all means post back if you require more info.
Regards
TD

I use a mac ios and shoot raw in a cannon 5d mark ii and shortly upon import of my images lightroom darkens and changes my images. This has happened before but not every time. The strange part is my last shoot had the same camera setting but this did not

I use a mac ios and shoot raw in a cannon 5d mark ii and shortly upon import of my images lightroom darkens and changes my images. This has happened before but not every time. The strange part is my last shoot had the same camera setting but this did not happen. The images i have now i can not use after lightroom has automatically altered them even if i try editing back to how they looked upon import

First thing to do is to change the default camera profile applied in Lightroom to camera standard (assuming that you shoot Canon or Nikon). Also make sure that your camera is NOT set up to use any of the HDR modes. Nikon calls those Active Dynamic Lighting. On Canons you often see things like highlight priority mode or "Auto Lighting Optimizer". Make sure that the picture style is set to standard and that for newer Canons the HDR mode is turned off. Most of the HDR modes simply underexpose the image and then add an instruction in the raw file to compensate for this to prevent highlights from being blown out. This causes more noise in the shadows and if you know what you are doing there is no point to this as you should simply expose correctly and get the highest quality raw.
Lastly, make sure that in Lightroom you have not checked "Apply Auto Tone Adjustments" in Preferences->Presets. This should make the default rendering of the raw files the same as the in-camera jpeg (what the camera shows on the back even if you shoot raw) but still give you all the latitude of raw files.

Lightroom 4.2 is converting images to b&w upon import.

My lightroom 4.2 installation just started automatically converting all my images to b&w on import. It looks like is applying a preset, but the develop settings are set to none. I can open the image with the canon raw file tools, and with Picasa in full color no problem. Has anyone come across this before or have any suggestions?

Look at the toning area of Develop when viewing one of these photos and determine what makes the photos B&W: the Treatment set to Black & White along the top of the Basic toning section or the Saturation = 0 at the bottom of the Basic toning section or something else?
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Two things to avoid that LR applies "tweaking" on import.
1) Make sure that the <Apply Auto-tone adjustments> box is unchecked. You find it under <Preferences> in the <Presets tab>.
2) In the Import Dialog on the right hand side, in the panel <Apply During Import>, make sure that <Develop Settings> shows <None>.
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If you have JPG's in LR (or TIFFs or PSD's) and want to edit them in PS, you can choose <Open Original> and then no copy is made. But when you open these as <Edit a Copy with LR Adjustments> then again a copy is made.
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WB change with digital IR RAW file upon import, no presets applied

Hi all,
I was doing some digital IR work with my Nikon D50 and a wratten 89b filter. I had set the WB to green grass through the filter. I shot in RAW. Viewing on the LCD, which is, I think, using the embedded JPG in the RAW file, things looked good, with green foliage coming out as it should with the custom WB.
However, upon import, with no develop settings at all, the images basically "lost" their WB and went back to the magenta-looking images that you'd normally get with a daylight WB through the filter. The WB was set in LR as "as-shot."
Any idea what happened? I'll shoot some in JPEG today which will obviously lock the WB in-camera, but it was weird.
thanks,
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If the JPEG locks the WB for you, you could then, maybe, set the RAW to the same WB setting?
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Hi Kathy,
This is expected. Settings you make in the camera, for things like color space, sharpening, white balance, etc. don't really apply to RAW images. This is the way the camera and RAW software are designed -- the RAW is really untouched, and this information is tagged along as "meta information." No actual transformation on the image is performed.
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So this contrasts with JPEGs. JPEG is a "final" format -- so the settings you have configured in your camera are actually used in the creation of the JPEG. It is sharpened, color balanced based on your settings, fit into a color space (sRGB, Adobe RGB, etc.) compressed, and written as a JPEG. You can't take these things "back" once that has been done.
Aperture actually makes working with both types of images so similar that it's difficult to really notice the differences. If you work with a more labor-intensive workflow like Adobe Camera RAW, you'll notice all the extra steps you must employ to get from RAW to JPEG.

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You can render to whatever size you want.
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Generally speaking, you have 1920x1080, and 1280x720.
Those are the two flavors that you have to work with in HD.
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Once you depart from one of those frame sizes, you're simply not displaying HD material, beit created in AE, or shot in camera.
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