Lost LR5 Develop presets

When I downloaded LR5, I deleted some of the LR5 develop presets. How can I retrieve them or do I have to re-download LR5 again, and if I do that, do I lose any work I have done in LR5?

LR 5 presets from Adobe are built-in so cannot be removed. User-created (like ones you made or downloaded or purchased from a third party) can be deleted. Which type of preset are you referring to?
One special circumstance with LR is that you can store the presets with the catalog or not, and depending on what that preference is set to, your presets may just be in the other location if it was set differently when you created your presets.
Give an example of what presets you feel you’ve deleted and want back?

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LR5 Develop Presets disappear after a few minutes in Win 8

I'm finding that my presets are disappearing a few minutes after launching the program. I checked and have installed my presets in the proper folder where it would look for them. I see them when I grab the handle on the left and everything drags up or down. But I begin to two finger drag up and down, the handle on the left stays put and the presets drag up out of sight and a large, blank gap appears below. I've also had it where the presets have disappeared and have had to relaunch LR5 to get them back.
Does any of this sound familiar to anybody?

This is what I see when scroll down. On the right is the end of my Presets list, the left shows what happens when I go past. You'll notice the handle is in the same location on the left.

Develop presets ordered in a directory like structure

If you are having a ton of develop presets you have to do extensive scrolling in order to find the proper presets.
Moving to LR4 I wish to have an directory like structure for the presets.
This makes even more sense because the new 2012 versions treats presets (not all but some) different than the "old" 2010 Version.
I can't imaging there will be something like a preset upgrade in the official version.
Having the mentioned structure it would be possible creating new presets under this structure and it would be easyly to differntiate the version.
e.g
2012-version
     --- wedding
     --------high contrast
     --------low contrast
     --------sepia
     -------------foobar1
   -------------foobar2
     --- nature
2010-version
     --- wedding
     --------high contrast
     --------low contrast
     --------sepia
     -------------foobar1
   -------------foobar2
     --- nature

As it may not make the final release, and we wouldn't want the request to get lost in beta land, might I suggest adding it as a suggestion on the Feature Request forum http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family where it can easily be tracked? In fact, if you search over there, I think you'll find a similar request to add your vote to.

I have installed Adobe Lightroom CC. In the process of launching, a popup appears, that says: "AN INTERNAL ERROR HAS OCCURRED. Cannot create the required folder: /Users/(my user name)/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Develop Presets." So e

I have installed Adobe Lightroom CC. In the process of launching, a popup appears, that says: "AN INTERNAL ERROR HAS OCCURRED. Cannot create the required folder: /Users/(my user name)/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Develop Presets." So even though Lightroom CC is installed, it will not launch. What do I need to do to allow it to launch?

The problem was solved today. Here's the full story. I'm a Mac user. At first I installed Lightroom CC on my iMac (desktop). I had this problem so I called Adobe, and was referred to a "special unit" . After about an hour the tech solved it for me ... we did a screen sharing and she took control of my computer for a loooong time. Because of language difficulties, at first I wondered if she knew what she was doing but she eventually solved it. Although she couldn't explain exactly what she was doing, she summarized it by saying "it was a permissions problem." I asked if I would have the same issue later when I installed it on my laptop (Macbook Air). She said probably not.
But I did. The same internal error popup arose on launch and launch did not complete on my laptop. I tried chat but no joy so I eventually called Apple Care. I had noticed that on my laptop (and the iMac for that matter), that there was no Library folder after my user name. The Apple tech explained that the Library folder is actually there but it is hidden because it's very easy for users to do some very nasty things to their computer by going astray while in the Library folder. The folder is actually there, but they hide it. I did remember seeing that the tech helping me with my iMac had typed the work "Library" while she was controlling my computer. Basically she had activated the hidden Library folder so she could open the path that Lightroom was trying to follow to create that "Develop Presets" folder. For some reason, the inability to create that folder in the launch process was preventing launch from being completed. The Apple tech said she didn't actually have to do that and activated the Library folder by use of the Go selection on the menu bar. Anyway, once that complete path was replicated and opened, the next step was to go to the Lightroom Permissions field and add my user name to the user categories already there and enable "read and write" permissions to my user name. Once done, I shut down my laptop, and then rebooted. I launched Lightroom and then boom, voila, heavens to betsy, etc. it launched and suddenly a dismal weekend turned into a great one.
I am not a geek, so I hope this makes some sense. I also hope Lightroom launches again tomorrow and beyond!

The "My Mixology" is not Showing up in my Import or Develop Presets of LR3

The "My Mixology" is not Showing up in my import or develop Presets of LR3. Do I have to download this?
Thanks for your assistance.

Hello dj_paige.
Thanks for the reply.
Here is a YouTube video which shows the presets in LR3, which is what I have. At the 1:50 mark you will see in the develop module where he clicks on the Lightroom Presets drop down. In a "LR4" Youtube video which I viewed (I can't find the dern thing!) a group called "My Mixology" was shown under which their were some other presets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOdC561kt5I
I am unsure if My Mixology is available only in LR4 or if I can import these or what. I have looked googled for the answer but have been unable to locate it.
Thanks again for your assistance.

Develop presets: "Unavailable Preset"

When I enable the library filter Develop Presets I see three instances of "Unavailable Preset" with counts of 1, 23, and 323. In detail these are
(1) no presets at all, just a Clarity adjust. Click on import, then back on the Clarity --> applies correctly. Then when I refer back to the Develop Presets filter the count has changed from one to zero.
(23) these images all reference a long-used and active preset that is just Clarity + Vibrance. Clicking on the image history shows that the final image is correct, and the before/after preset results are correct. But after cross-checking several images this way the count has now been reduced from 23 to xxxxxxxxxx
(323) these images all reference a preset created today that I accidentally mis-applied to those images. (I'll refer to the mis-applied preset as GOOFY -- more on this below). Sampling some of these 323 images I see that the GOOFY preset is correctly applied. When I click on the previous history step, then GOOFY the "Unavailable Preset" count is decremented and a new "Custom" preset is incremented. I have never seen "Custom" preset before today.
Now, the story of the GOOFY preset. When I could find nothing in the documentation, forum or web, I decided to try disabling the unwanted preset by these steps at the Mac OS Finder level:
- duplicate GOOFY to GOOFY-2
- delete GOOFY file (I hoped LR3 would remove the references to the deleted GOOFY)
- in grid view mass-apply GOOFY-2 to the correct images
- quit, restart LR3
I've forgotten exactly what happened next, but for sure LR3 did not remove the non-existant preset links. For some reason I decided to rename the duplicated GOOFY-2 back to GOOFY. Now the images that correctly referenced GOOFY have two references to presets named GOOFY the oldest one is a NO-OP (does nothing), the latest one works as expected.
Any advice would be appreciated:
** how to mass-delete an unwanted preset reference from a selection of images?
** how to clean up the above "Unavailable Preset" errors?

When a preset is created, it stores the current level of the chosen parameters at the time of creation; in the example below, the preset which will be named CurrentPreset1 will store the current levels applied to the selected photo at the time the preset was created, and in this case will only store values corresponding to Color, Lens Corrections, and Process version.
To update the values recorded in a preset, the various levels must be changed on the currently selected photo and then the "Update with current settings" must be selected on the preset to update. The "Update with current settings" therefore updates the preset itself with new values corresponding to the values set in the current photo and has nothing to do with how it was applied to photos in the past. A preset is not related in any way to photos on which it is applied; a preset simply applies the set values recorded in the preset on the selected photo as if these same values would be manually entered for the selected photo.

Presets used for Printing / Relative Develop Presets

Hi
I am still not able to produce accurate colors when printing on my HP Color Laserjet CP3505X (the printer does not allow me to disable color management, and yes, I am using a calibrated monitor). Even with the sRGB profiles mentioned here (http://forums.adobe.com/message/2165085#2165085) and printer settings on sRGB I still have a color shift in my prints.
But I could (by experimenting) find out, what corrections have to be applied to the images for them to come out right in printing (e.g. Temperature +600, Tint +15).
Is there a way to have such a correction applied while printing, like a preset used only when printing?
Or, if not, is there a way to define a develop preset which acts relative (cumulative), meaning that I only code the difference of what I want to be added to the rest of the development settings? Such a preset then could be applied as the last action before printing.
Either method would partially solve my problem.
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland

Jao,
Jao vdL wrote:
Not using Lightroom's controls. What you describe is exactly what a printer profile is supposed to do.
I know that this is the purpose of a printer profile. What I would need is a correction (preset) on top of the profile used.
II. Create a real printer profile. You can either do this using a higher-end calibrator or using one of several services. Usually you download a file. Print it. Mail it to them and they send you back a profile that will work for the combination of ink/paper/printing settings that you used. See for example:
http://www.inkjetart.com/custom_profiles/
Or this websearch.
Since I cannot switch off color management with my printer, I am using the sRGB profile you recommended in this post of yours and let the printer work with sRGB.
I even would be able to create a printer profile myself (I own a Spyder3Print™ to calibrate a printer). But this involves being able to disable color management in the printer (driver) completely, which seems impossible with the CP3505X .
So what I would need is a combination of the sRGB profile I use, corrected by lets say 600K temperature and 15 ticks tint. But I have no idea how to get there.
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland

I am on a MAC OSX 10.9.5, and using LR 5.7. I have lost the "Develop" Basic Panel (white balance & color saturation). How do I get it back? Every thing else seems to be in place.

I am on a MAC OSX 10.9.5, and using LR 5.7. I have lost the "Develop" Basic Panel (white balance & color saturation). Every thing else seems to be in place. How do I get it back?

This is one of the most commonly asked questions in this forum. See this.

Develop Presets: Move from "Stored With Catalog" to ?

Early on with LR1, I checked...or didn't uncheck--the box that has LR store the Develop Presets with the Catalog.
I have since read that storing them there may not be a good choice.
Would there be any point to moving them? Is there any practical way to move them to the "normal" storage location?
I have noticed that when I uncheck the "Store With Catalog" box in LR preferences, my beloved User Presets disappear from their normal place on the left side panel of the Develop Module.
Mac OS, 10.7, LR 4.2

This is my take on the question:
http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?14169-What-is-the-purpose-of-the-quot-Store- Presets-with-Catalog-quot-option

Doubled list of Develop Presets in Import dialog?

Hi all, I'm running a week-old trial copy of LR3.3 on Windows, and I seem to have a doubled set of Develop Presets in the Import dialog's 'Apply During Import' dropdown menu. However, I just get the single list in the Presets panel of the Develop module.
More specifically, in the Import dropdown menu, I get:
An alphabetical listing of all built-in presets (with no user presets), followed by another alphabetical listing of all built-in presets, this time with the user presets.
So for example, if there are 20 built-in presets and 1 user preset, my Import dialog dropdown has 41 lines.
Any suggestions?

No, factory presets are embedded inside Lightroom and cannot be removed.
Well, actually, they can, but this is undocumented and you'll have to do it after each update.
http://lightroom-blog.com/2010/09/getting-rid-of-default-lightroom-develop-presets.html

Lost my PDF Presets in CS6

I lost my PDF Presets (CS6) so when I try to save to a PDF format, the std presets are not there. How do I reload them? I previously created a custom preset when building a book for Create Space and that is the only preset there - & I have not used this since. (Just background info).

Hi. Because the forum you originally posted in is for beginners trying to learn the basics of Photoshop, I moved your question to the Photoshop General Discussion forum.

Where does LR3 install develop presets?

I ask this question because, on my system, the answer is not obvious:
I have 8 catalogs. Everyone of them is configured to store presets within the catalog. When I examine the contents of the presets folders (different for every catalog) I find that only 1 catalog out of the 8 contains any items in its Develop Presets folder (other than the folder 'User Presets') and these develop presets appear to be the default ones that are shipped and installed with the product. However, all 8 of the catalogs list these default develop presets under the group 'Lightroom Presets' in the left hand panel in Develop mode.
The 'global' lightroom develop presets location, at ~user\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Develop Presets\Lightroom Presets is empty. However the parent folder (Develop Presets) does contain folders for the 3 volumes of the free OnOne PerfectPresets as well as a User Presets folder (not empty). But, those OnOne presets are available only in 1 of the 8 catalogs, and not the same catalog as that referred to above.
How do catalogs, which do not have the Lightroom default develop presets present, find them?
Why can't catalogs find the free OnOne presets which are installed at the architected system (or global) location or any of the User Presets at this location?
Finally, I do have a 'spare' Lightroom Settings folder which does not appear to be connected to any catalog: when I rename it to a garbage name I can find no immediate problem in any of my 8 catalogs. Is it safe to delete this spare Lightroom Settings folder?

XEyedBear wrote:
I have 8 catalogs. Everyone of them is configured to store presets within the catalog.
This is where I think you are misunderstanding how the "Store presets with catalog" option works. For a start, you cannot configure an individual catalog to use this option.....it is a global Lightroom preference which applies to any and every catalog on that specific system. Once you have slected that option, the effect is that Lightroom will create a "Lightroom Settings" folder in the same folder as the catalog.....so if you have 8 catalogs, and they're all in their own individual folder, you'll eventually end up with 8 x "Lightroom Settings" folders. Keep all 8 catalogs (and preview sub-folders) in the one folder, and you'll get away with just one "Lightroom Settings" folder.
A couple of other things to understand about this option:
1. On initial creation, the "Lightroom Settings" folder contains only a subset of the main settings folders contained at the default user appdata location....and all the sub-folders are initially empty. Lightroom does NOT copy any presets (Lightroom's own or your User Presets) to the equivalent sub-folder in "Lightroom Settings".
2. Furthermore, from the second that you select that option, Lightroom will no longer look at the default location for any User Presets that you had.....so the immediate effect is that the User Presets 'disappear' from the Develop Module (they haven't really been deleted, it's just that Lightroom no longer sees them).
3. When you create a new User Preset after setting that option, it will be stored in the appropriate sub-folder within the "Lightroom Settings" which is specific to the catalog in use at the time, but would not be copied to any other "Lightroom Settings" folders. Easy in that circumstance to end up with each catalog having different user presets available to it, and easy to see maybe why the OnOne presets are only available to one catalog.
4. And not all Lightroom settings are 'switched' to the "Lightroom Settings" folder, some remain in the default location.
To be honest, unless you have a really good reason to store different presets with different catalogs, I think you're making a big mistake in selecting the 'Store Presets with catalog' option in your multiple catalog situation. I did a write-up on this subject not so long ago for the folks over at Victoria's Lightroom Forums, you might find it worth a read:
http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?14169-What-is-the-purpose-of-the-quot-Store- Presets-with-Catalog-quot-option
Hope this helps....

LR3/LR4 Develop Presets Behavior

I'm a little bit confused about LR3 Develop Presets that do not include the Process Version information when applied to an image that is in PV2012. Let's assume a Develop Preset for Clarity +25. Here are the steps and the results:
1. Image PV2012 - apply Preset - Clarity slider stays on 0 and it looks like Clarity has not been applied to the image
2. Change image to PV2010 in Camera Calibration - Clarity slider changes to +25 - Clarity is applied
3. Change image back to PV2012 - Clarity slider stays at +25 and the rest of the new PV2012 settings are applied as well
So, is this the correct behavior? Shouldn't the Preset alrady be applied in step 1 ?
What am I missing here?
If the Preset contains the PV information everyhting works "as designed" with the sliderers reverting back to PV2010 if applied to a PV2012 image.
Is the lesson here to always include PV information into any Develop Preset?
Andre

I can follow you technically. But from a user perspectice this is getting difficult to manage. How do I know which preset will work and which doesn't? Right now it seems, its trial and error. And if I switch between PV versions the setting will be applied but it won't be the same because Clarity2012 is different. Don't get me wrong, it is absolutely fine to improve image processing, but it would be nice to make these changes more obvious to the end-user who might not be so technically inclined. I could think of a little warning saying: You're trying to apply a preset setting that does not work in PV2012, or something along this line. It would be even nicer if Adobe would provide something like an Preset upgrade utility, which would help users to migrate to the new PV.
I just try to figure this out so that I know what to tell my students at the community college where I'm teaching LR and where I'll be facing these same questions.

Red splotches on photos in LR5 Develop Module

I get red and blue splotches on photos in LR5 Develop Module. Seems to be mainly in bright areas of photos. Not there in Library module. I noticed this in the Beta as well but thought it would be fixed before release. In LR4.4 everything is fine.

Turn the clipping indicators off in the Histogram in the develop module. The are the little triangles in the upper left and right corners of the histogram.

Develop presets have different effects after saving file as either .tif or .psd

When I open a raw .dng file in Photoshop and MAKE NO CHANGES and then save it (either .tif or .psd), the resulting photo appears to be identical to the original raw .dng file. HOWEVER when I then apply development presets (whether my own or Lightroom presets), the presets have a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT effect on the .tif or .psd file than the .dng file. More precisely: the .tif or .psd files have significantly more contrast, saturation and are significantly more exposed. And in fact, despite using the exact same preset, the histograms for each of the pics are different. In addition, the same preset on the .dng file treats colors differently than on the .tif or .psd file. After much experimenting and comparing of each development module and each individual slider, the sliders that seem to behave differently are Brightness, Contrast and Saturation. With each of these sliders, however, the difference in effect is only minimal and should not affect hue, but when applying a preset that affects hue, the actual change in hue is different for the .dng file vs the .tif. or .psd file. All of this even though all of the presets are the same. Whatsmore, applying Auto Tone on the two apparently identical files results in dramatically different affects: the .tif or .psd file is properly corrected, whereas the .dng file has its Brightness decreased and Contrast increased, i.e. the Auto Tone moves the sliders different for the .dng file than for the .tif or .psd file. Is there a solution to this problem?

I'm one of those who eventually migrated from PS to LR. I used to do a layered TIFF for every selected image. With 17-21MP raw files, that amounted to usually between 180-250MB files in addition to the raw. After completely changing my approach, for 99% of my work now I only work from the raw file, including printing / generating web JPEGS. This was really enabled by having the spotting and local editing at the raw file level. But pretty much no more TIFFs as working / final images, just raws with settings. Obviously different people have different requirements, but it's well worth looking into the switch in approach, even if you still end up using PS / Bridge / ACR.

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