Azicit,
Ok I did not explain that very well. Using presets you can have defaults geared to a specific set of conditions. Let say you are shooting three types of landscapes: early morning, late morning/early afternoon, and early evening or sunset. You could use LR default setting (or create a specific preset for your Default) and then you would create presets for each type of landscape (the following are not suggestions just an example of the technique). You can set a value for every item under the Develop Tab and use that in a preset. Which means you could have a different tone curve for each lighting type in addition to values listed below. You could do your default capture sharpening or automatically convert to greyscale.
1. Early Morning - sunrise over the mountains most subjects are cold or somewhat blue.
Exposure -0-
Blacks -+0
Brightness -+75
Contrast - +50
Clarity -50-
Vibrance-15-
Saturation -25-
2. Late Morning/Early Afternoon - bright sun with some shadow detail primarily use Expose to the Right by one stop
Exposure - -1 -
Blacks -+10
Brightness -+25
Contrast - +50
Clarity -75-
Vibrance-0-
Saturation -0-
3. Early Evening/Sunset - very warm tone
Exposure -0-
Blacks -0-
Brightness -+25
Contrast - +20
Clarity -35-
Vibrance-10-
Saturation -30-
With these three presets you could reduce your workload by applying the preset when you do the import into LR. Remember these are fake numbers once you deteremined the values that work for your style, location, and gear for each of the presets at least some of the pictures are done and ready to go when they are imported. No more Post needed.
If I do not use a preset to establish a starting point I start at zero.
Tom
PS If you have only one style and only need one set of numbers then you will have to determine that from your pictures. Someone elses numbers may work really great on the streets of LA using their camera, lenses, and computer systems but not in the mountains of Arizona using your camera, lenses, and computer systems. When you get a new camera or different format camera you will probably have to change values to match the new equipment. Also consider that your monitor and video card are a factor. Have you calibrated your monitor?