Upgraded to DxO PhotoLabs 9

[JimFox]

Hey Alan,

I upgraded from PhotoLabs 7 to 9. I don't actively use PhotoLabs as you probably know, but I do give it a try once in a while to see what it can offer me.

My biggest issue, is how do I save the settings that I made to a photo?

In ACR, I will edit a photo to my liking for my timelapses and then Save those settings. And then later, I can load the saved setting file and apply it to groups of 400 images that I section my timelapses off into.

But look as I might, I can't find a "Save Settings" option.

Under the Image menu in PhotoLabs I can
Copy Correction Settings
Paste Correction Settings
Reset Correction Settings

But there is no Save and Load Correction Settings

Thanks

 

[AlanLichty]

Look at turning your settings into a new Preset under the Image menu.

 

[JimFox]

Look at turning your settings into a new Preset under the Image menu.

I did that in the past, years ago with an older version. The issue with that is the Presets menu starts to grow and become rather unwieldly looking.

 

[xpatUSA]

I don't use DxO, so I asked ChatGPT:

https://chatgpt.com/share/693849e3-f4e4-8013-ab1c-6d8698a386b4

Apparently, it comes set to automatically save settings as a sidecar file type .dop in addition to the app's database. That action can be turned off.

 

[JimFox]

I don't use DxO, so I asked ChatGPT:

https://chatgpt.com/share/693849e3-f4e4-8013-ab1c-6d8698a386b4

Apparently, it comes set to automatically save settings as a sidecar file type .dop in addition to the app's database. That action can be turned off.

Thanks!

It's just so weird how they do it compared to ACR. I don't know why I just can't save a Settings and the Load the settings to apply to other images later.

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks!

It's just so weird how they do it compared to ACR. I don't know why I just can't save a Settings and the Load the settings to apply to other images later.

You can treat a preset the same as what you are calling a setting. Once you save it you can reuse it at will and toss it when you decide you don't want it anymore.

 

[JimFox]

You can treat a preset the same as what you are calling a setting. Once you save it you can reuse it at will and toss it when you decide you don't want it anymore.

But... the Presets become part of the Preset menu, in a years time my preset menu will be 100 items long. That's my problem, while it can work, I don't get why they don't implement a Save and Load file system for the settings.