Comments on: Tip – Naming Your Presets

By: Dena Z

Dena Z — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:47:07 +0000

I can’t fiqure out how to make sub folders for my presets. Can I do it from within
LR or do I have to do it Explorer. Thanks!
Dena Z.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:27:41 +0000

Unable to rename presets in the manner you describe. When I right-click on a preset, my options are: New Folder, Update with Current Settings, Show in Explorer, Delete, Export, or Import. No Rename! The workaround I found is to export it with the new name, delete it in LR, and then import it back in. It will have the new name when you import it. Kind of a pain, but at least it works.

By: Andrei

Andrei — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:03:30 +0000

There’s another feature that will help us a lot organizing the presets when right-clicking on them. Just like in Bridge, the SENT TO option so that if I have already created a fodler to send that preset directly to it. Just an idea that maybe will come alive in LR3. Anyways, I hope they will make the organizing of the presets much easy for us.

By: Greg Vaughn

Greg Vaughn — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:52:50 +0000

It would be even better if we could just drag presets into the order we want them.

By: WP Themes

WP Themes — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:18:18 +0000

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By: juice

juice — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:16:06 +0000

Subfolders FTW, totally.

By: RichW

RichW — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:28:46 +0000

The worst bit is when applying a preset at download – no folders here – the list is huge! I often apply a camera profile preset at this point – scrolling down to find it can take a long time! Thinking about renaming them starting with 1. or a

By: Barry Schirm

Barry Schirm — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:33:14 +0000

As others have noted, I use sub-folders to organize my user presets – GNDs, White Balance, Sharpening, etc. The concept – organizing the presets so you can easily find them -remains the same.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:51:34 +0000

I think it is good that you show these types of tips as we all face the same challenges…but…unless I am missing something, the root of the problem is really that ADOBE does not offer adequate flexiblility here. I think it would help if they offered a multi-leveled structure (similar to a folder structure) to allow users to organize presets better.

By: Michael Dunmire

Michael Dunmire — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:20:32 +0000

Great tips Matt. I also use the subfolder method. For example, I have a subfolder very near the top of my list called “Matt’s Presets”. :^)