Lr 7.3 and Lr CC 1.3 | What Happened to your Lr Presets and What I'm Working on to Fix This

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On April 3rd, Adobe released Lr Classic CC 7.3 and Lr CC 1.3

The update included some significant changes to Lightroom Develop presets.

The Changes

In previous versions of Lightroom, develop presets had the .lrtemplate file extension and they were stored in a specific Lr folder for develop presets.

Lr Classic 7.3 and Lr CC 1.3 develop presets now have the .xmp file extension. They are now compatible with Photoshop Adobe Camera Raw.

Presets in Lr Classic 7.3 and later are stored in the Camera Raw settings folder.

Presets in Lightroom CC 1.3 and later are stored within the Lightroom Library (.lrlibrary) file.

Along with some pretty fab updates…came a few preset glitches.

If you have .lrtemplate presets installed and then update to Lightroom Classic 73, your presets will automatically be converted to .xmp and added to the Camera Raw Settings folder.

The .lrtemplate presets are left in place for access in older Lr versions.

Presets in Lightroom CC 1.3 and later are stored within the Library

Updating Presets to XMP

The first time you open Lr Classic 7.3 all of your existing presets are automatically converted to XMP