Missing Colour Presets I Lightroom 6

[waldo2783270]

I recently upgraded my Lightroom 4 perpetual license to Lightroom 6 via download.  The initial download resulted in Version 6.0 only.  Nevertheless everything seemed intact including all the develop presets (both colour and B&W) included in Lightroom 4.  However, when I updated to Version 6.9 the colour presets disappeared and I can't find them anywhere.  When I go to Preferences, the Lightroom Presets folder within Develop Presets shows empty despite only the Colour Presets being missing in the side panel on Lightroom.  I note that other members of this forum have had similar problems but not quite the same as mine (e.g. all their Develop Presets have disappeared not just Colour Presets).

A solution to my particular problem would be appreciated, noting I'm only semi computer literate.

[Bob Somrak]

I haven't noticed if I am missing built-in develop presets from the upgrade to 2015.9 as i ignore most of them but this is what I have.  I wish the others would disappear or the user could get rid of them.  I don't want to be forced to have them cluttering up my preset menu.

[waldo2783270]

Yes, I have the same it's only the Colour Preset which is missing.  I don't use them a great deal myself but they can be useful for a quick and dirty develop.  My main concern is that features disappear without any notice/explanation.  What else has gone that I haven't noticed yet?

[Rob_Cullen]

At some time in version upgrades the default 'inbuilt' LR presets provided by Adobe changed from being visible and able to be copied in the Dev Presets folder, to being 'hard-wired' into the software program (and not possible to delete!). It is possible that the Colour Presets disappeared with that change.

Is it worth experimenting by re-installing Lr4 to see if the missing Colour Presets re-appear, and can be copied and saved with the OS for use with Lr6?

I still have a list of 27 presets that I do not remember where they came from!

[waldo2783270]

Thanks a lot!  You appear to be right about the Dev Presets "being 'hard-wired' into the software program".  However. mikeg2112 has revealed that the Colour Presets are now included under the Lightroom B&W Filter Presets (see above).

[MikeG2112 · Accepted solution]

Adobe CC downloaded a Lightroom update on my PC yesterday (2015.9), and after the upgrade, the "Lightroom Color Presets" dropdown was missing. However, I found all of the built-in Color Presets hiding under the "Lightroom B&W Filter Presets" dropdown, alongside the B&W presets that I've always had. In the screenshot below, anything that doesn't have the word "Filter" in the name is actually a Color Preset which used to be under a separate dropdown. Check to see if you find yours in the same place.

[waldo2783270]

Thank you very much, the mystery has been solved!  The Colour Presets are indeed now mixed in with the B&W Filter Presets (I never dreamt to look for them there).  Unfortunately, although they can be copied to a new folder, they can't be deleted from the "hard-wired" folder.  This something Adobe could look at.

[MikeG2112]

I'm guessing that was an error on Adobe's part in this latest upgrade, since there's no reason why those Color Presets should be in the "B&W Filter" group. Like you, I thought they just disappeared, and then I started looking inside of all of the dropdowns to see if anything else had changed.

[jsjxyz]

This is funny, I just realize too, since I used this color preset a lot with my LR Mobile.

JSJ

[johnrellis]

Adobe has acknowledged this bug in 2015.9 / 6.9 and says it will be fixed in an upcoming update: Re: Color presets moved after update

[bres54963737]

My presets are also missing, but they are not mixed in under any other section as mentioned here. I have also tried the checking and then unhecking the store with catalog option, and nothing changed. All of my presets are gone, and i have been using them in every catalog for years. I don't know where to find them all again, and Adobe seems to only have this forum to get help, so I am hoping someone can help.

[Rob_Cullen]

You will find a lot of info at this link that may provide clues- and see the page links at the base of the lenscraft article also.

https://lenscraft.co.uk/tutorial-organizing-lightroom-presets/

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/lightroom-cc6-default-locations/