Apply Auto Settings To Multiple Photos Lightroom

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Frauke Vilandre

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:37:11 PM8/3/24

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This is a feature request for Lightroom for iPad. It would be great if I could apply the "auto" edit function to all selected photos (or all photos in a particular album, or all photos in a particular import), rather than having to manually apply the "auto" editing tool for each one, on Lightroom for iPad. I understand this can be done on the desktop version of Lightroom, but it cannot be done on the iPad version.

I travel with an iPad, not a laptop, and I prefer to apply "auto" edit to my shots and then work from there with my own tweaks, rather than starting from a raw file or jpeg and manually editing from scratch. For example, I shot 6000 images during a glorious week of travel in Kenya this past week, and I am at the airport right now with my iPad keen to cull them down and edit the best ones during the long flight home. It takes forever to go image by image. I could probably get the whole job done in one plane flight if Lightroom had this feature.

I realize that you can apply presets to multiple photos on iPad Lightroom, but there is no way to make a preset that applies "auto" to each image individually for that image. You could apply a set of edits for one image to many other images, but that doesn't really do the trick.

Hey all, I was wondering if there is a way to just get the initial auto edit applied to a bulk number of raw files. I'm no pro editor so I like to import my RAW files, auto edit them and then take it from there. It's kind of annoying to have to do it to each one individually. I'm currently on an iPad.

The only way to achieve that would be to create a preset which only applies "Auto", then set that preset as the import default develop settings. The problem is that I can't see a way to create an "Auto Only" preset on the iPad, although it's possible using the Lightroom Desktop app (which is where I created mine), and that would then sync to the iPad where you could set it as the import default.

I selected four raw photos with very different subjects and lighting situations, and all four are currently set to As Shot for WB. If I want to set all four photos to Auto WB I can use either Sync or Auto Sync and get the same results.

I reset the tonal value sliders (by double-clicking Tone) and wanted to see how I could apply the Auto function to all four photos so that each photo got its own unique analysis and settings (as opposed to just syncing absolute tonal value settings across all four photos). If I select the first photo in the batch and click Auto, that photo gets the full Auto treatment.

If I were to select the remaining photos in the Filmstrip and click the Sync button, it would open the Sync Settings dialog, and as you can see, there is no Auto option in there. I can only select the individual tonal value sliders, and this is not what I want.

So, I reset the tonal value sliders again, and with all four photos selected, I enabled Auto Sync, and then, when I clicked the Auto button in the Basic panel all four photos got their own unique Auto (settings) applied.

So, only two of my four photos really needs help in the Transform department, but I have them all selected and I want to correct the two that need it, what are my options? Well, to be honest, I like to be very careful with this group of Upright settings. When they work, they are like magic, but when they fail, they can fail spectacularly. You also have to be mindful of any cropping you may have applied previously because by default, applying any of these transform modes will reset the crop (though holding down Alt/Option when applying Upright should preserve crop).

With these four very different photos in which some have been cropped, I found the best results came from using Sync instead of Auto Sync. So, with all four photos still selected, I disabled Auto Sync, then selected the photo with the biggest Upright issue, and clicked Auto to correct it.

I having some trouble with the auto tone setting in Photoshop lightroom, it seem that it kept automatically set the auto tone on my photos. I don't know what button i had pressed but just wanted to know is there anyway to disable it ?

sorry of my english, i'm from malaysia.
6:18PM, 14 August 2009 PDT(permalink)

Hi

I wonder if my issue is related to this thread.

I need to switch off the LR setting that is making my Blacks at 5 on import.. I shoot RAW and have a load of images at high iso and when LR imports it is auto applying the blacks at 5, and I dont want it to do this temporarily as it is making the images far too 'black' and contrasty/vibrant. I have imported a couple of thousand pics that I dont want this to affect, but it has.

I have looked under preferences and Apply Auto Tone Adjustments was not even checked.

Can anyone help?

I have then made a preset that excludes the blacks setting, but how do I now apply that to all the images, can i do that all at once?

Thanks in advance.
ages ago(permalink)

Thanks

No, none of those settings are checked.

As I am trying to narrow this down, the other issue I have is that the noise levels apparent in LR are unacceptable.

I have opened the files in Digital Photo Professional that came with the camera (Canon ID mk IV) and the noise is fine, as are the blacks.

I have just updated LR 2.6 to LR 2.7, still the same.

Do I need any other update like camera raw or something?

Would importing as dngs make a difference? I'd rather not, I like to import as raws.
ages ago(permalink)

Thanks, the files are already in LR so I am going to remove and reimport

do I need do anything about camera raw whatever that is, or is that part of LR

I still cant fathom out the noise problem though - its fine in the software that came with the camera, but in LR it's totally unacceptable
ages ago(permalink)

Any chance you're using Canon's Auto Lighting Optimizer? ALO?
If so, turn it off and try again.

Good gracious, don't remove all those images. For the thousands of images you've already imported, select them all, go to Develop module, enable Auto-Sync, and set the blacks where you want them. Remember to turn Auto-Sync off when done.

For much better NR, try the Lr3betaRelease2.
ages ago(permalink)

LR 2.7 has the latest ACR dll. RAW files will look noisy and flat when Imported into LR. DPP probably already applies a NR algorthymn and probably initially shows you the camera process JPEG that was embedded inthe CR2 file.

You can import RAW files without any processing into LR or you can process some on import using some development preset on import or apply auto tone adjustments if set in preferences.

An unprocessed RAW image is supposed to look toneless, and noisy. Adjusting these things is in LR is why you don't shoot JPEG in the camera and let the Camera processor do all the work.

In LR, take one of yopur RAW images and apply thr preset called "General Zeroed" This is as clos ad you can get to replicating what the sensor response is to the Aperture, Shutterspeed and ISO settings used to mak the photo. Getting a finished sharp, color image from that is what post processing is all about. You can either do that with the camera processing application built-in or DPP or LR or the Pixel editor of your choice.

Now that you have the image in LR, it is time for you to get to work.
ages ago(permalink)

Hi and thanks... helpful post too.

I am not sure whether dpp does preview with the jpeg (when I go to edit there is no wait for the raw to render) but anyway I will give the zeroed preset a go, see what happens. thanks again.
ages ago(permalink)

There is a very easy way to simplify your work, and that is Lightroom. In our little guide, we'll tell you how to edit multiple photos in Lightroom and a lot of other exciting information that can help you in this kind of work.

Batch editing in Lightroom is the ability to create a preset of settings that will apply to an unlimited number of files. This can be very useful for those who work with photo processing. The possibility of editing multiple photos in Lightroom is a clear advantage of this photo editor. Thanks to this useful feature, professional photographers who shoot more than a hundred photos at photo shoots or holidays can significantly save time. To make a basic Lightroom batch processing package of images in a short period it is enough to set the settings competently.

In the photo editor, you can even create individual settings and apply Lightroom preset to multiple photos. The program is a handy cataloger, so you can quickly sort your images into categories, delete unsuccessful ones and prepare them for retouching.

The main editing tools are in the "Edit" panel. , which can also be accessed by pressing the E key on the keyboard. The first batch of sliders is for the brightness and contrast of your single image. Drag the sliders left and right to make your adjustments. Hold down the Alt key as you drag to see the point where your highlights and shadows begin to crop. Click the header for each slider to reset it. Next, we'll describe each method in more detail.

How to apply the same edits in Lightroom? Batch processing is used when you need to process more than two images that were taken at the same camera settings, and the light and exposure do not change. Such retouching significantly reduces the time required to process many photos. How to add preset to multiple photos in Lightroom? To batch process a photo you need to make changes to one photo taken as a sample.

Using the Develop tab, edit settings to the photo, and set the light/shadow, exposure, and contrast. After that, go to Library and go to view mode. You need to select the processed image, and then all the other photos you want to apply changes to. Click the Sync Settings button to apply the settings to the selected photo.