Managing Versions

As we go through these adventures, we will often want to keep several versions of our images. Here are just a few ways we can keep those without too much clutter.

Bridge/ACR Lightroom

Virtual Copies & Snapshots

Some edits are much more than technical: they are experimental and/or aesthetic. Many of these Creative Edits (as I call them in this book) can be achieved in Lightroom and ACR. Consider some of the Develop Presets that come with Lightroom: Antique Grayscale, Sepia Tone, etc. Often, you’ll want to apply these only to copies of your images.

In Lightroom, I recommend that you make a Virtual Copy. To do so, Right-click on an image or its thumbnail and choose Create Virtual Copy. This Virtual Copy’s thumbnail will have ...

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