Multiple presets

[hoddo]

Can you apply a preset over a preset for example...

upon import you choose say Auto Tone then once in you want to apply a bit of capture sharpening from your preset list...can this be done without undoing the import preset?

For that matter, can a preset be applied over a preset at any point?

 

[DonRicklin]

Yes, you can check this yourself by applying while watching the History List and clicking on older History states to see what is happening.

Don

 

[Victoria Bampton]

I quite often use this to layer presets of different types. For example, I might apply an Auto Tone preset, then one which resets most of the sliders except Blacks (which auto setting is usually right), then apply a tone curve preset, then a vignette preset... and I can pick and choose which combination depending on the picture instead of having numerous different preset combinations.

 

[Richard Earney]

Of course it also depends on how comprehensive the Preset is. If Preset A only adjusts (for example) Exposure and Preset B only adjusts Vibrance then they can be applied cumulatively.

If they are 'absolute' presets - they change all parameters then application of Preset B after A will wipe out all of Preset A's changes.

 

[DHart]

Victoria... could you explain step by step how you do that?

Richard... so if I wanted to apply two different absolute presets, one, then the other... do I have to apply the first preset, then Export with Preset as a DNG, then re-import the new DNG and apply the second preset?

Adobe really should devise a simple way to apply multiple presets cumulatively.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

DHart, it's not as difficult as it sounds!

When you create your presets (Develop module, Presets panel on the left), just check the boxes of the sliders that you want it to change. So my vignette preset will only have the vignette box checked.

Now when you come to apply them, just click on the one you want to apply in the Presets panel in Develop module. You can click on one after the other, and because you've only checked certain boxes, they will only change that slider.

So you may do Auto Tone which moves a few, then a Tone Curve one that just affects the tone curve, then a vignette one that just affects the tone curve... etc.

 

[T.D.]

Of course it also depends on how comprehensive the Preset is. If Preset A only adjusts (for example) Exposure and Preset B only adjusts Vibrance then they can be applied cumulatively.

If they are 'absolute' presets - they change all parameters then application of Preset B after A will wipe out all of Preset A's changes.

I've always wondered about this. How do you know if a preset is an "absolute" preset or not?

 

[Sean McCormack]

You don't by looking at it.. Unless you physically view the text of the preset to confirm all controls are listed.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

I've tended to name presets that I'm going to apply cumulatively, showing which sliders they adjust: