I've set a new default preset, but if I open previously unedited images the original default preset is applied

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From other threads I don’t believe that this is the intended behaviour, but I’ m not sure.

I’m new to PL. I have pointed PL at my photo library, so that I can see all of my image folders. I have applied edits to two of my folders. The colours looked a bit over saturated. The default preset applied was DxO Natural.

After experimenting, I preferred Neutral Colours. So I changed the default preset to Neutral Colours in Preferences.

But if I go to a folder that I have not browsed through before (in PL), all of the images have the original default of DxO Natural. I can select all the images and change the preset, but to do this for all the (many) folders I have would be a tedious job.

Is the behaviour I have described the expected behaviour? maybe I am missing something?

Thanks for any advice

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I am wondering, could it be because I indexed all of the folders? Does indexing trigger DxO into seeing the image and applying the default preset?

If so, can I zap the indexes and start again?

EDIT:
For anyone coming to this later. Yes, indexing caused the default preset to be applied even though I hadn’t viewed the folders.
And yes, if you change the default and then zap the PL database, it applies the new default when you open the pics again (or index them again).

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I guess so. In the preferences it is said “When discovering a new image, …”

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There are several users who save their edits with dop files
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and regularly delete the database. But (afaik) then you lose Keywords and Projects.

What you can do (as an experiment) if PL is NOT running, copy a folder with undeveloped images to another location and restart PL… then your new default preset should be applied.

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Projects, but not Keywords. The other thing that gets lost is the History

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What if you select all images in your directory and apply “reset”.
Does not this apply the new default preset you set in preferences ?

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Interesting idea, thanks, I’ll try that.
If indexing does ‘discover’ images it seems to be an undocumented feature. I’ll ask support about this one. Thanks

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Thanks, helpful. I dont have keywords or projects yet, so either way wouldnt be an isdue for me.

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Another interesting idea, thanks. Maybe I’ll try reset on just a couple of images first, to see how much gets undone. Cheers

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I can’t find a ‘reset’ option, where do I find it? Thanks

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Great idea. Tried that, got new default rather than original, so yes indexing must trigger default preset application.

Maybe you can help with this too - I put a new default of ‘DxO Standard’ and when I opened an image in the copied folder it was using ‘DxO Camera Profile’. Is that correct behaviour?
Cheers

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Here (visible both in photolibrary and customize modes) :

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Thanks (how on earth did I miss that?? )

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Sadly Reset is greyed out - presumably because I haven’t edited these images yet (they have just had default preset automatically applied)

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But be aware that “resetting” includes applying the default preset as chosen in Preferences

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did you select them ?
If yes, maybe you could try to select all, apply one adjustment then reset.

EDIT : yes first discovered images does not allow reset, but if you select all and do one edit (move exposure slider for example), you can then reset them.

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Yes - and to demonstrate this on a single raw file, I manually applied the “6 - No Correction” preset and then the “2 - DxO Standard” preset, which resulted in the following:

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(collapsed all + then opened Color/B&W Rendering to show …)

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Ah that’s great, thanks for confirming that. Cheers