Migrate v1 Photo prefs / Studio presets to v2?

[lphilpot]

Apologies in advance if this has been answered, but I scanned the topics and didn't see it.

Is there a way to migrate my v1 Photo preferences to v2? I realize they're not identical (obviously!) but unless it would be detrimental, migrating my prefs and saved Studio presets would be a nice jump start (at a minimum). I don't plan on keeping v1 once I'm comfortable with 2.

Thanks!

[3joern]

I'am also very interested in this topic. I tried to copy the preset folder from V1 to V2, but it doesn't work. The safed studio is visible in v2, but if I select it, nothing happens. It's crucial for me to have the same tool on the same place and all do it new by hand would be very time consuming on all 3 Apps.  

[Dan C]

Hi @lphilpot & @3joern,

I can confirm that due to the overhaul of the UI in V2, the Studio Presets from V1 aren't compatible - unfortunately you will need to manually create new Studio Presets in V2.

However, Keyboard Shortcuts can be exported from the Preferences dialog in V1, then imported into V2 as required.

I hope this helps

[lphilpot]

I put 1 on my left monitor, 2 on my right and it only took a few minutes to reconfigure 2. To be clear, I'm a Photo-only user and had only one default Studio Preset. But a migration ability of some sort would certainly be a benefit to others, I'm sure.

One thing that would be nice in regard to Studio Presets is the ability to simply save the currently active preset, instead of having to "create" it anew each time and overwrite the existing Preset. Just add a "Save preset" choice to the menu.

Thanks.

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, lphilpot said:

One thing that would be nice in regard to Studio Presets is the ability to simply save the currently active preset, instead of having to "create" it anew each time and overwrite the existing Preset. Just add a "Save preset" choice to the menu.

Can't you do that via Window > Studio > Add Preset...? You just have to set up everything however you want, click that, & give the preset a name.

[lphilpot]

6 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Can't you do that via Window > Studio > Add Preset...? You just have to set up everything however you want, click that, & give the preset a name.

Yes, that's what I do. But if I later go back and tweak my setup, in order to save it I have to retype the name of the Preset exactly the same and tell Photo to overwrite it. Having a vanilla "save" choice that assumes the current setup / preset name and doesn't prompt would be nice. IOW, assume I want to save / overwrite just like in any word processor, spreadsheet, etc., when Save is chosen (not Save As).

[Johannes]

I will make screenshots from my 2 displays for Studio panels left and right from center canvas display for each app and two times more for the Studios from Studio Link.

That makes 8 displays to fill with single Studio windows in the place where I used to find them.

In the past I did all that twice for Seperated Mode – and very often in times of Studio presets yet to come. Three-display-setups can mess this stuff up on a regular basis.

I will see how that goes with v2 and Float View to Window. *sigh
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[Johannes]

17 hours ago, lphilpot said:

Yes, that's what I do. But if I later go back and tweak my setup, in order to save it I have to retype the name of the Preset exactly the same and tell Photo to overwrite it. Having a vanilla "save" choice that assumes the current setup / preset name and doesn't prompt would be nice. IOW, assume I want to save / overwrite just like in any word processor, spreadsheet, etc., when Save is chosen (not Save As).

In that case I used to copy the name from the Rename feature inside Studio Presets Manager. 🤷‍♂️