Finding Master Image After Import with Preset

[KED]

Is it possible to, in effect, remove a preset that was applied on import into LR and restore the master, or is the practice of applying a preset with import, in effect, a destructive one?

 

[Victoria Bampton]

You can hit the 'Reset' button (bottom right in Develop, amongst other places) and that will get back to Default settings - the settings that would have been used had you not chosen a preset.

If you need to do a large group of images, select them in Grid mode and right click > Develop Settings > Reset instead.

 

[KED]

You can hit the 'Reset' button (bottom right in Develop, amongst other places) and that will get back to Default settings - the settings that would have been used had you not chosen a preset.

If you need to do a large group of images, select them in Grid mode and right click > Develop Settings > Reset instead.

As a guru you must tire of answering the same questions over and over. Were you a developer of LR or, if not, how in the world do you (and your colleagues) know all this arcana? I never ask a question here without doing a search first, but you answer is so fundamentally obvious, and yet hard to come by in the documentation. Anyway, thanks.

 

[Brad Snyder]

Kent,

Just in case you don't know already (and for other interested readers) if you need to change that default preset:

In the Develop > Camera Calibration Panel , lower right, hold Alt/Opt, the Reset button morphs to "Set Default....", click that to bring up a dialog to change the import default setting, or to restore the as-shipped Adobe Camera Raw profile settings for the particular camera model associated with the selected image. Although, I don't recommend messing with this, unless you have a very firm idea where you're headed and why. The ACR team put a great deal of time and colorimetric study into creating these default profiles.


Off-topic:
I just noticed I'm simul-posting with your follow-up. I'll just note that in other venues, VB is better known as lightroomqueen. If you're interested, we can also point you to some posters on the Adobe User to User and Adobe Labs Beta forums, who have much higher signal to noise ratios than usual.

We're also trying to build up the tips/tricks into a usable FAQ kind of resource, but it takes time. You're quite correct that the official documentation is rather weak at this point, and most of the available books are more tutorial oriented as opposed to reference oriented. Searching the forums and the 'net in general is difficult because of the distinct terminology involved. If you didn't know how to spell psychiatry, how would you look it up in a dictionary to find out how to spell it?

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Lots of practise Kent, lots of practise! The gurus have been using LR for a long time, and these forums are a great way to learn - if I come across a question I'm not sure of, I go figure it out, so I learn at the same time. Once you've figured out how the engineers are thinking, it all falls into place. And as you said, the same questions come up regularly.

 

[Richard Earney]

Also remember that your master hasn't been altered, just a recipe applied. In case you thought that something had changed your Raw file!

 

[KED]

Also remember that your master hasn't been altered, just a recipe applied. In case you thought that something had changed your Raw file!

I know about the non-destructive theme in LR, and would have been surprised if importing with a preset had proved to be an exception; who knew that the answer was as simple as a good ol' Reset?!

Thanks to you, Brad and Victoria. You guys are terrific, and the amount of time that you devote to helping others by sharing your expertise is really incredible. Please accept my apologies in advance for future stupid questions!