Hi there.

For me it does not work as it is said.

If i select an image and apply auto-levels, then create a preset and apply
to other images, DT applies the same values as for the first image and does
not recalculate the values for each image.

Gonçalo Marrafa


On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 at 12:01, Michael Staats <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 21/11/2018 09:00, Coding Dave wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I also face the problem having 4000 images just coming back from
> > vacation. Usually for me this will take several weeks/months.
> > I was interested to try the style approach mentioned above and indeed,
> > having a style with auto levels and auto exposure is different to
> > copying settings for these modules. However, it still does not seem to
> > work for me:
> > If I apply the style and then open the levels module and press auto I
> > get a different result. So obviously auto wasnt applied either.
> > Is it me or is the auto preset style not working?
> > Having the auto style approach working would be helpful for my first
> > look at my vacation images.
>
> Hi
> Let's be clear on what a style is, and what a preset.
>
> A "style" is smoehting you create in lighttable in the "styles" section
> on the right side. It contains setting for multiple modules. This will
> not work as you expect it, it will not re-calculate auto settings, but
> just copy the values from the modules which are part of the style.
>
> "Presets" are created in the module in darkroom. Here you can create the
> preset, and create filters to which images the pre-set should be applied
> on import. And it looks to me that this works as you expect. If you
> select "auto" in "Levels", create a pre-set from this, add filters as
> you like, then it's calculating the auto-settings on each new import (if
> the filters match, of course).
>
> But as I said, to be honest, I just started playing with it, and maybe
> it only looked like it worked...
>
> Best regards,
>         Michael
>
>
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