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Enable filtering auto-application of presets based on metering mode
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The exposure module's "compensate camera exposure" option is often what I want, but almost never what I want when my camera's metering mode is on "Spot".
Describe the solution you'd like
Add a metering mode field, prefilled with %, in the set of fields shown when "auto apply this preset to matching images" is checked, so that I can have two different auto-applying presets, one for spot, one for the rest, with different settings.
Alternatives
I considered creating a profile for that, and applying it manually through the lightroom on relevant images. This works, but is a lot more cumbersome.
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Research direction
Start in the exposure module and the code that builds the fields for “auto apply this preset to matching images”; trace how metering mode is represented and filtered. Done when the matching UI offers a metering-mode field, prefilled with %, so separate presets can target Spot versus other modes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100