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Saving and Sharing Develop Settings as a Preset

Once you have carefully selected your Develop settings for an image, you have the option to save those settings to use again on other images. A Developing Tools Preset saves adjustments made in the Tune, Detail, Geometry, and Repair tabs. Your saved preset will appear in the actions drop-down menu in Develop mode.

Saving a Develop Preset

To Save Your Develop Tools Settings as a Develop Preset:

  1. Make adjustments to an image using the Develop tools.

  2. Use the settings button drop-down menu in Develop mode to select Save Preset.

    The settings button is located at the top right side of the tools pane.

  3. Enter a name for your preset. You can deselect the checkbox of any setting you do not want included.
  4. Click OK. Your saved preset will appear in the actions drop-down menu in Develop mode.

Apply Your Develop Preset to Multiple Files at Once

Your Develop Preset can also be applied to multiple files at once within the Batch workflow tool.

To Apply a Batch Develop Preset:

  1. In Manage mode, select one or more images.
  2. Click the Batch button and select Custom.
  3. In the Batch Workflow dialog box, select the Develop Action from the left pane, and drag and drop it into the right pane.
  4. Select your previously saved Develop Preset from the pop-up menu.
  5. Do one of the following:

    6. To apply your last used Develop settings to images on the fly, control–click one or more thumbnails and select Develop | Apply Last Used. You can also apply any saved develop settings by selecting Develop and clicking a saved preset.

Share Your Develop Presets with Family and Friends

To share your Develop Presets, import or export them.

To Import Develop Presets:

To Export Your Develop Presets:

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