4 Replies Latest reply: Nov 15, 2007 7:00 AM by 2drumstix RSS

    Auto Import - jpg & raw -  treat as seperate

    2drumstix Community Member
      Hello all,

      I am using my Nikons tethered to a laptop with Nikon Camera Control Pro, and the Auto Import in LR. If I shoot RAW + JPG and have LR auto import for laptop viewing, LR automatically shows the JPG instead of the RAW in loupe mode. Is there a setting I am missing to auto show the RAW instead of the JPG with treat RAW & JPG as separate? Of course, with treat RAW & JPG as separate unchecked, only RAW is imported and shown.

      I was wondering because I might want to show a client a JPG with perhaps a little punch from the vivid setting on the camera, as opposed to selecting a pre-set development choice on auto import. I dont think you can remove the auto import dev setting afterwards, so I'd be stuck with one like "punch" in my RAW after import.

      thanks
      Don
        • 1. Re: Auto Import - jpg & raw -  treat as seperate
          John Blair Community Member
          Don,

          Since LR is non-destructive, any development you do whether on import or later in the Develop Module can be undone. It is easy enough to check for yourself. Take one raw file and import it with a develop preset and then go to the Develop Module and change it back.

          John
          John G. Blair
          • 2. Re: Auto Import - jpg & raw -  treat as seperate
            2drumstix Community Member
            John,

            Thanks for the reply. Unless I am missing something, which is entirely possible, when you do an auto import with a preset develop setting applied, you cant undo the dev setting under history because the import and dev setting are only one event. As well, under the development module the imported image comes in with whatever preset dev settings you set for import, the only way to undo the dev setting after import would be to return all the tone settings to zero, redo your tone curve, and depending on the import dev setting you selected, returning all the HSL saturation sliders to zreo as well. Yes, doable, but not without a bit of extra work involved.

            Don
            • 3. Re: Auto Import - jpg & raw -  treat as seperate
              John Blair Community Member
              Hi Don,

              When you do an import with a develop preset applied, you are correct that it shows only the import/develop as one action and you cannot undo it under History. To undo is easy. Go to the Library module, highlight the images that you would like to "undo" and click on "Reset All" under Quick Develop. You can also open the image in the Develop Module and choose the preset, "General-Zeroed" and it too will reset everything on that one image.

              John
              John G. Blair
              • 4. Re: Auto Import - jpg & raw -  treat as seperate
                2drumstix Community Member
                Hi John,

                Thanks for that further clarification. I will give that a try later today.

                thanks again,
                Don