I’ve searched but not found an answer (except google ai which says ‘use the filter button’ - can’t find that).
If not maybe I can create a preset folder called eg ‘0 - my presets’ which appears at the top of the list, and bung them in there?
TIA
This is what I’ve done, and seems the fastest way to ensure your presets are the first thing you come across in the presets panel.
I don’t believe there’s a way to hide all other presets.
Righto, ta for super fast response.
I’m still getting ‘General presets’ at the top of the list, so I’ve put my most used preset at the top of the general ones (ie not in a folder). Good enough!
Cheers
Ah yes I see. I get the same over there… but I was looking at what I see when I hit the ‘apply preset’ button over on the right hand side - it shows me a preview of the presets, but all of the general ones appear before the ‘0 - my presets folder’.
Maybe I can move all the general ones to a folder, and just have my presets where the general presets sit (in root rather than subfolder).
Or maybe I should just right click and apply over on the left hand side instead!
Thanks again
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I tried moving the general ones to folders and PL just put them back where they were again (!) Very annoying.
I do see what you mean - I get the same as you when I go into “Apply Preset”.
You two, what you can do …
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Store your Custom presets e.g. in a folder “0 - …”
and Windows keeps them in …
If you now click on “Apply Preset”…
- the first entry is “General,”
which you can close (it will then remain closed) - and open your Custom preset folder …
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Thanks… yes we’ve got the sorting in the menu on left hand side OK, it is the general presets (not in folder) appearing above all presets in folders when you click apply preset button on right hand side that is the problem.
So in this screenshot, my own subfolder is top of the list, but to get my own preset to appear at the top when I click apply button on right hand side, I have to have custom preset in the general section (the preset highlighted lower down in the screenshot
Cheers
Personally, I use ‘0 - Global’, ‘0 - Partial’, and ‘0 - Test’ directories for my presets, and keep only these directories expanded (btw, PL remembers and transfers such settings across minor and major upgrades). My ‘0 - Global’ presets overwrite everything previously applied (so no need to use ‘Reset’), while ‘0 - Partial’ presets are more like macros, which change only few things and keep other current settings unchanged. This way, the DxO presets don’t bother me too much for normal work, while they are still there if I look for some inspiration. You may also build subdirectory structure under your preset directories but don’t complicate it too much, unless you really need it. Presets are meant to shorten your editing time but in no way you should expect them to be perfect each time. Just retune them every few months. When PL opens an already edited file, it looks for database entries/sidecars (dop files), but does not read your presets files, so editing preset file will not affect your old edits.
I’ve never used presets supplied by PhotoLab, LightRoom, or Capture One. However, when learning PhotoLab, one should try all their presets and look at corrections they apply. Some corrections may look strange, some inspiring. For example, it may be very instructive to see the tone curves in some FilmPack TimeMachine presets. PhotoLab “hides” only ‘Rendering’ details, with everything else shown explicitely in UI.