Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, I haven't tried it, but I suspect it could be done by making a snapshot of the settings to the point before and of the settings after the point you wish to delete. Save as copy settings and apply to a duplicate of the shot you're working on with paste settings. Though I must admit, I?m really not sure whether you can snapshot selected settings. To a certain extent, the list shown when copying settings could also be edited to delete the step you don?t want. Cheers Douglas On 21.03.2010 23:44, Richard Man wrote: > What LR needs is a way to disable/enable/delete an intermediate editing > instruction. For example, let say you slap on a gradient, and then add a > whole bunch of other stuff. AFAIK, there is no way to disable or delete > that > gradient without affecting the subsequent steps. > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Henning Wulff<henningw at > archiphoto.com>wrote: > > >> Another point which has been addressed only slightly is that LR does its >> processing non-destructively. As you work on a file, you're really only >> developing a set of instructions. You can have 200 instructions, but they >> get applied once, optimally, only when you export the file or print it. >> The >> original stays and never gets touched. >> >> Photoshop does work destructively for many of its operations. You usually >> of course work on a copy, but once you start that many of the operations >> only take data away from the file. You have to plan your approach properly >> so that you lose as little as possible. Since the advent of adjustment >> layers, this has become less of a problem, but you have to be aware of it. >> >> This non-destructive nature of LR is what makes it a useful tool for jpegs >> as well. In LR, you can reasonable do contrast and level adjustments and >> white balance adjustments on a file, whereas in PS before adjustment >> layers >> and a light and knowing hand you'd be left with discontinuous mud. >> >> Of course, many of the options in PS are unavailable in LR, so depending >> on >> what you're doing and what you want your file to look like you might well >> have to bring it into PS for 'finishing'. But you should do all your >> biggest >> adjustments and most drastic changes in LR first. >> >> -- >> >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography& Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > >