Smart presets

Smart or conditional presets; we can already run presets as import goes along. This is really useful, but many photos don't fit into a standard preset. sometimes exposures are off, sometimes cropping is not based on bottom left corner etc. I try to base my crops on the same corner, but I'm also an artist and go with the flow of taking my photos.
Vignetting
A problem I have is vignetting on lenses, I find my Canon L series 24-105mm IS USM on my canon 5D vignettes at least to 50mm.
My borrowed 14mm sigma vignettes a little ( it barrels terribly but its borrowed until my 12-24mm Sigma is repaired)
My 12-24 mm on my Canon 5D vignettes to bxxxgery, I have to put midpoint +75, amount +68 at 12mm!
I've got a series of presets that I apply to 12mm, 15mm, 18mm, 24 mm, 28mm,32mm, 35mm etc etc. These would be SO useful to apply on the import stage, so it would take a little longer but it would save so much time doing the boring number crunching.
if 12mm, apply midpoint +75, amount +68
if 15mm, apply midpoint +75, amount +50
etc etc
Reading the other posts, a noise filter for higher iso's would be great ( if the noise filters in 1.1 are going to be any better as has been hinted at in tantilsing but ultimately unhelpful dragging the carrot teasers )
if 100 asa, apply +10 luminance, +5 colour ( made up I use PS)
if 200 asa, apply +15 luminance, +8 colour ( see above)
etc etc
Another one I'd love would be to, on the import stage, create a virtual copy and apply the black and white / split toning preset that I am currently mad about for the wedding photos that I supply my clients.
All my good photos go into photoshop where I noise filter, presharpen and run what may well be the clarity USM then I usually add a little black - power retouche thanks guys and nic sharpen.
However, lightroom is really taking away most of these photoshop actions that I generically apply to my photos. Keep up the good work Adobe. I think Lightroom is great, I've played with it since beta 1 came out and I was damn hot with RSP before that.
What are you thinking Adobe? smart importing would be really great.
I'm sure many other people have their own preset templates that need applying after import, based on A and B or C or D if E etc
I'd really like it to keyword for me as well, any automated suggestions!!
(Someone has got his wife to do the keywording in another post regarding the licences and 2 computers but thats another post.)
Cheers
Hamish

Hi Howie, sorry its taken so long to reply. The forum is so difficult to follow, its a little antiquated....
I type my name into the search to see if anyone's commented to what I've written to see what been going on that I've commented on. - clever eh?!
Anyway in answer to your question, I zoomed 100 % into the corners and adjusted the midpoint and the amount by eye until I was happy, and referenced the whole image as well to see how it looked. Very mathematical and very sophisticated!
However, I feel that 90% of photos can really do with a little vignetting as it really draws ones eye to the subject - usually closer to the middle of the frame.
Hamish

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