Ron Dyar 
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 | | 04/09/2008 7:08 PM |
| I might go crazy. I use ACR to correct files from several different cameras... apparently i have saved defaults for some types of cameras differently than others. Is there any way to see what cameras have what defaults applied to them? for instance a canon 5d has different defaults sets than a 40d which is different than a 20d and so on.. add in Nikon d200s and 300s and I am confused.
Seems like I should be able to view what cameras have default settings that are other than truely default.
On sort of the same note, can i reset all defaults for all cameras back to nothingness?
just a little confused.
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Jeff St John
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| | 04/09/2008 11:25 PM |
| As far as viewing the camera defaults, I would assume that as long as you have "Make defaults specific to camera serial number" selected in Camera RAW prefs, you could open two unedited images, shot with different cameras, and sort of visually determine the difference in the defaults.
You could also attempt to use the camera calibration tab and save a preset (camera calibration subset), then select Save New Camera RAW Defaults and make sure you had preferences set to "Make defaults specific to camera serial number". A color target in the image helps immensely, but I've heard nothing but mixed results regarding the Camera Calibration tab.
I guess you could also try and open an image, manually reset all sliders to default and perform the steps above to save a true default thats the same for all cameras. You'd of course have to do this for each camera. | | | |
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Ron Dyar
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| | 04/09/2008 11:56 PM |
| | it seems like there should be a text file or something somewhere with the different settings so i could see what is set - my problem is i have done so much work on so many camera types, i have no idea what is set and what isn't. The only way to find out is to take a file from each camera and check - but the problem is i don't even know which cameras have defaults set and which do not. Even worse - if they are set by serial number, i won't know unless i have a file from a particular camera... i am using a workstation that other people have used, who knows what is set up and what isn't! but i need to find out some how. | | | |
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Ron Dyar
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| | 04/10/2008 1:12 AM |
| After an hour or so of poking around, i found what i was looking for... all camera raw defaults are saved as xmp files for each camera in the following directory (on a PC):
C:\Documents and Settings\xxx(username here)\Application Data\Adobe\CameraRaw\Defaults
the name of a file will be something like:
Default_5F0862A9E21C18B8.xmp
there will also be a couple other files - previous.xmp and preferences.xmp
in that folder you may find a few files or a bunch depending on how many defaults you have set up. If you open them in notepad you will see all kinds of data - basically every possible configurable option and then what the default is set to. If you have it set to apply defaults by serial number, you will see that in the xmp- like this:
Canon EOS 5D Serial 1020705355
in my xmp file this key is the third line down. If you turn off the serial number then this line stays the same, except the serial number is removed - so that set of data in the xmp file would apply to all 5Ds.
A new default xmp file looks like it gets saved as you create them - ie there is not a zillion xmp files in there already for each possible camera, they just get created as you save them.
I tried deleting them, and it did not quite work - seemed like the settings were stored in cache. Maybe if i rebooted after i deleted them it would set everything back to default.
Very interesting stuff! i'm glad i found this folder, should be interesting to see on my main workstation at work how many xmp files there are for all the different defaults that have been setup on that computer. What i found tonight was just on my laptop - and even here i had 3 defaults even though i hardly use it. | | | |
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Ron Dyar
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| | 04/16/2008 2:08 AM |
| well, turns out my Mac workstation was not so exciting - it had 4 custom presets for dSLR's... i was expecting more, but when you think about it, 4 probably covers the main ones.
Somebody should make a viewer for these files so you can easily see the settings and for which cameras they are for. | | | |
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