Design Center Tutorial
Manage before and after previews in Photoshop Lightroom
When you edit an image in one of the Before/After viewing modes in Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™, you can make umpteen adjustments via the Develop module and at all times be able to compare the revised “After” version with the “Before” version. But suppose that you want to make the current “After” version the new “Before.” You can do this by clicking on the Copy settings from the After photo to the Before photo button. This will update the “Before” image with the “After” image settings. What you are effectively doing here is to make a snapshot of the settings at a certain point in the Develop adjustment process and thereby allow yourself to make further new adjustments and compare these with the “Before” version.
Requirements
To follow along with this article, you will need the following software:
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Prerequisite knowledge:
Basic knowledge of Photoshop Lightroom and working with digital photos
About the authors
Based in London, Martin Evening was a founding member of the UK Digital Imaging Group, one of the first organizations dedicated to exploring digital photography in Britain. As a commercial photographer, Martin specializes in fashion and beauty shots as well as editorial subjects. He has written for magazines like MacUser, the British Journal of Photography, PEI, Amateur Photographer, and Image. A frequent speaker at industry events and presenter of Photoshop techniques, he is author of Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers. He is also a founding partner of PixelGenius, developer of software for Photoshop.
Excerpted from The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers by Martin Evening. Copyright© 2007. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Adobe Press. To buy this book, visit www.peachpit.com.
