Andrew, I'm not sure I understand your question?
QD is Relative. Develop is Absolute. The preset is which
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There’s also a significant difference in how corrections are applied in Quick Develop versus Develop. In Library grid, if you have multiple images selected and use the arrows in Quick Develop, the edits will change in a relative approach where in Develop the edits are absolute.
Say you have 5 bracketed images and use the Exposure button in QD. ALL five images will be adjusted relative to that one click rather than synchronizing all the photo’s with the
same exposure value. Useful for batch processing the same relative correction to many images.
Say 1 image has a setting or 5, the other 6 (the edit isn't important, the value is). Now you add 1 relative to those images. The image that was 5 jumps to 6. The image that was 6 jumps to 7.
With absolute, both images would end up with the setting copied (1) as this isn't a relative (to the original) setting. It's an Absolute, fixed increase.
Relative Adjustments in the Develop would permit, for example, applying in Increase in black clipping level to multiple images rather than synchronizing Absolute black clipping level between images.