>>2896261>there was a polaroid in the captcha for this postMoving on, we skip Split Toning and arrive at the "HSL / Color / B & W" tab. I recommend not making any changes here, as these will make very big changes throughout every color in your image, and you might not always want that. These are the main settings that preset packs use to make their unique colors. I recommend using them like that, not as a default edit. All of your color editing should have been done in the Camera Calibration tab. If you want a "unique" look to start from with all of your images, go ahead.
Lastly, under the Basic tab, consider whether you want white balance set by what the camera reports or what LR thinks is okay, either by setting the WB option as "As Shot" or as "Auto" depending on how you like whichever the option usually sets.
And that's it. You've set up a default preset for all imports from now on. Now you save it and apply it.
Open up the left pane in the LR window, go to Presets and click the + icon to the right of the title. This will open a preset saving dialog. First, click Check None in the bottom left.
Name the preset something appropriate, like "Import Preset" or "Default" as I have mine. Put it in whatever folder.
Ignore Auto Settings.
Now, going from the left down, we'll be selecting only what we changed, or else it will overwrite every other setting that is checked upon selecting the preset, making it impossible to set this preset to images that are already edited in some of those checkbox options
Tick the following boxes:
>White Balance>Sharpening>Noise Reduction (only if you edited)Under Lens Corrections, tick:
>Lens Profile Corrections>Chromatic AberrationThen, finally:
>Process Version>CalibrationClick Create.
Go to the preset under (wherever you saved it) in the Presets tab and right click it, then click Apply on Import. A star + will appear next to it, signifying your success in setting up a decent import profile to start from in your edits.
~fin
