Is it possible to select another preset for batch processing

[vmulder]

Hello,

When I develop photos and want to use the same settings for photos taken under the same circumstances I create a new preset.

But when batch processing I don't have a choice to select a preset. It seems the default preset is used. 

Is it possible to make another preset the default or select a preset?

Batch processing using a standard preset hardly seems usefull (but probably I am missing something). 

kind regards,

Vincent

[walt.farrell]

Rather than using a Develop Preset, with Photo 2 you could consider recording a macro. Then you could use that macro in your Batch Job. 

 

 

 

[vmulder]

Hello Walt,

Thank you. I did try this several times but somehow when recording a macro I get an error message when selecting the layer. It says ' cannont select layer by name,  cannot select parent layer etc. etc. 

I don't get this error when I am  not recording a macro..

 

kind regards, 

Vincent

[vmulder]

I think I found a way around it by not clicking on the development layer but by first selecting the top layer,  start record macro, then go back to develop and then save the macro. 

 

Thank you Walt for pointing me to this direction,

[v_kyr]

See related some good old, maybe better explaining tutorials about overall macro handling, the essential ones (for layer & selection handling) are marked with a * here ...

Macros

• Macros

• Macros: Layer Behaviour <--- *

• Batch Processing with Macros <--- *

 

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, vmulder said:

I think I found a way around it by not clicking on the development layer but by first selecting the top layer,  start record macro, then go back to develop and then save the macro. 

You're welcome. But I'm a bit puzzled by something in your workflow description.

If you follow the instructions in the topic I linked to, you

1. Develop the initial file.
2. At that point, you're back in the Pixel Persona, with 1 layer in the file, for the linked or embedded RAW file.
3. You then double-click on that layer's thumbnail.

At no point do you need to click on the layer to select it. At step 2, that layer is already selected. And at step 3 you're working with the layer's thumbnail. So I'm puzzled by what you're doing that would generate that warning about not being able to select a layer.