LR 2.3 RC and Presets bug?

[Pati]

When I chose a preset in the Develop module and hit the Command + Z keys to undo I get an Undo Camera Profile: ACR4.4 instead of an Undo Preset. Undo Camera Profile also shows in the Edit menu instead of Undo Preset. This doesn't happen with all the Presets.
Is this a bug with LR 2.3 RC or just my copy?

 

[Victoria Bampton]

I do have a recollection of hearing the same problem from someone else, so do report it Pati Official Feature Request/Bug Report Form

 

[Kiwigeoff]

The bug has been reported but as Victoria said you should report it as well.

 

[Pati]

Thank you Victoria and Geoff. Bug reported.

 

[Mark Sirota]

Pati, what preset was this? If it was one of your own, can you please post the Preset file? (I've been trying to research this one, specifically in the case where the Preset didn't actually include a camera profile.)

 

[Pati]

Mark,
I haven't enough experience to create my own presets yet.
All my presets were downloaded from various sites. The few that are problematic are, both of Matt's 3'' Look presets, both the BLACK and BLACK II presets and the Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams Light and Dark presets. There are more presets that do the same.
The photo I just used to look for the above problematic presets has ACR 3.6 listed as the Camera Calibration Profile not ACR 4.4, and when I click the profile there is two ACR 4.4s listed.

 

[Mark Sirota]

Okay, thanks. So while there is a bug with this, it isn't the bug I was looking for.

Also, those presets are improperly built, as are many that you download from the Internet. There's no reason for these presets to include a profile, yet they were built to include them. Those distributing the presets should be notified.

Meanwhile, I'd encourage you to edit the presets and eliminate the profile, if you're comfortable doing that.

 

[Pati]

Thanks Mark. I'd give it a shot, but how would I go about editing the presets to eliminate the profiles?

 

[Brad Snyder]

Pati, I'll jump in for Mark. You'd have to actually edit the *.lrtemplate files with a text editor to remove the problematic line, it would look like this:

s = {
	internalName = "Matt's 3'' Look - Strong",
	title = "Matt's 3'' Look - Strong",
	type = "Develop",
	value = {
		settings = {
			AutoBrightness = false,
			AutoContrast = false,
			AutoExposure = false,
			AutoShadows = false,
			BlueHue = ',
			BlueSaturation = ',
			Brightness = ',
			CameraProfile = "Embedded", [COLOR=Red]<=== delete this line[/COLOR]
			ChromaticAberrationB = ',
			ChromaticAberrationR = ',
			Clarity = 1'',
			ColorNoiseReduction = ',
			Contrast = 2', 
                                  ...
                                  ...

You can find the preset file by right clicking on it in the Develop Presets Panel and selecting Show in Finder.

 

[Pati]

Thanks Brad. I went thru Finder the other night, ~/Library/Applications Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Develop Presets/User Presets and opened the problematic presets with Text Edit to delete the Camera Profile. It worked for the first one I edited, the rest still get a Undo Camera Profile message.
I just tried your suggestion and it didn't work with the BLACK preset.
And yes I did save the changes before closing Text Edit.
I'll try it with LR v2.2 to see what happens later.

Edit: A restart of LR after editing the *.lrtemplate files did the trick.