are corrections stackable?

[James Rosen]

In Develop, if I tweak Basic settings, e.g. shadows, highlights and then activate a preset, does the preset override the prior changes? Are they stackable changes? Which changes are stackable? When are changes replaced by later ones?

I hope this is a sensible question

Thanks

 

[clee01l]

Welcome to the forum.

Presets are cumulative not additive. If your Basic Preset has adjustment like Exposure +1.50 and Contrast +25. You can apply this preset and follow it with a different preset that has only an adjustment for contrast of -15. The result is the Exposure will remain at +1.50 and Contrast will be set to the new value of -15.

IOW, Presets only set the values that are included in the preset and does not affect other adjustment values. They are not cumulative in that a Contrast setting to +25 followed by a contrast setting of -15 does not change the contrast adjustment to +10 but instead replaces +25 with -15.

 

[RikkFlohr]

Adjustments made in the Quick Develop Panel via the [>] and [>>] buttons are cumulative to what was already set by the sliders. It is a limited set of adjustments that are 'stackable'.

 

[PhilBurton]

Welcome to the forum.

Presets are cumulative not additive. If your Basic Preset has adjustment like Exposure +1.50 and Contrast +25. You can apply this preset and follow it with a different preset that has only an adjustment for contrast of -15. The result is the Exposure will remain at +1.50 and Contrast will be set to the new value of -15.

IOW, Presets only set the values that are included in the preset and does not affect other adjustment values. They are not cumulative in that a Contrast setting to +25 followed by a contrast setting of -15 does not change the contrast adjustment to +10 but instead replaces +25 with -15.

Cletus,

My own view is that the word "cumulative" is not helpful here. I think you are saying that the "last adjustment setting prevails," and overrides any prior settings. Yes? No?

Phil

 

[Johan Elzenga]

Yes. A preset simply sets one or more adjustments to a certain value. No matter what the previous values were.

 

[erro]

Adjustments made with the brush or gradient tool are stackable if I remember correctly. Meaning if you brush with contrast +100 you can then create another brush with contrast +100 and the result is a total of contrast +200.