Jonathan Posner
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Have just come across a major issue here and so wonder if anybody has any ideas or suggestions (though I suspect this needs to be dealt with by Adobe. Julianne . . .?)
First, the context:
I happily use Profiles, especially the excellent Lutify.me packs, because they're fast and easy to apply as well as being strength-adjustable. So they've largely taken over from my favourite VSCO or RNI presets (also adjustable with Opal, but much more fiddly). However, I'm still attached to several of my VSCO Film presets and have been thrilled to discover that they can be very quickly and easily converted into Profiles by doing it in Photoshop's ACR. So far so good.
Second, the problem:
Both the Lutify profiles (in fact all profiles), AND all the VSCO presets have been correctly designed to exclude Exposure and Colour Temperature. This is of course vital for a meaningful workflow for someone like me who prefers to get the basic image corrections done before applying and comparing various preset or profile effects using Virtual Copies.
However, now I discover that the ACR conversion engine transfers ALL the Basic panel settings so therefore one would have to go back to re-adjust esposure and colour balance each time because the Profile you've created is technically only right for the base image that you'd chosen to do the conversion with in the first place.
I think this is a terrible thing that needs fixing. I suppose one could do a workaround with CT by making every Profile with a Daylight balance, for example, but the Exposure settings are going to vary between image to image and as I say I think it's a poor intrusion into the Lightroom workflow because one will always have to edit Exposure twice. Actually, I'm astonished that Adobe doesn't seem to have thought this through properly by simply modifying the tickbox panel.
Maybe I'm missing something here, so ideas and advice welcome!
First, the context:
I happily use Profiles, especially the excellent Lutify.me packs, because they're fast and easy to apply as well as being strength-adjustable. So they've largely taken over from my favourite VSCO or RNI presets (also adjustable with Opal, but much more fiddly). However, I'm still attached to several of my VSCO Film presets and have been thrilled to discover that they can be very quickly and easily converted into Profiles by doing it in Photoshop's ACR. So far so good.
Second, the problem:
Both the Lutify profiles (in fact all profiles), AND all the VSCO presets have been correctly designed to exclude Exposure and Colour Temperature. This is of course vital for a meaningful workflow for someone like me who prefers to get the basic image corrections done before applying and comparing various preset or profile effects using Virtual Copies.
However, now I discover that the ACR conversion engine transfers ALL the Basic panel settings so therefore one would have to go back to re-adjust esposure and colour balance each time because the Profile you've created is technically only right for the base image that you'd chosen to do the conversion with in the first place.
I think this is a terrible thing that needs fixing. I suppose one could do a workaround with CT by making every Profile with a Daylight balance, for example, but the Exposure settings are going to vary between image to image and as I say I think it's a poor intrusion into the Lightroom workflow because one will always have to edit Exposure twice. Actually, I'm astonished that Adobe doesn't seem to have thought this through properly by simply modifying the tickbox panel.
Maybe I'm missing something here, so ideas and advice welcome!