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Processing and developing photos
Last updated 11/30/2015
Note: Colors that are outside the gamut of both the monitor and destination device appear pink in the image preview
area.
Profile A profile is a mathematical description of a device’s color space. By default, the Lightroom Develop module
displays images using your monitor profile. You can simulate a different output color space by choosing it from the
Profile menu.
Intent The rendering intent determines how colors are converted from one color space to another.
Perceptual aims to preserve the visual relationship between colors so they are perceived as natural to the human eye,
even though the color values may change. Perceptual is suitable for images with lots of saturated, out-of-gamut
colors.
Relative compares the extreme highlight of the source color space to that of the destination color space and shifts all
colors accordingly. Out-of-gamut colors shift to the closest reproducible colors in the destination space. Relative
preserves more of the original colors in an image than Perceptual.
Simulate Paper & Ink Simulates the dingy white of real paper and the dark gray of real black ink. Not available for
all profiles.
3 To edit your photo to bring it within a desired color space, click Create Proof Copy. Lightroom creates a virtual copy
that you can adjust to print as you desire. Then, make your adjustments.
Note: If you start adjusting photos and forget to click Create Proof Copy, Lightroom asks if you want to create a virtual
copy for soft proofing. Click Create Proof Copy to preserve your original image and work on a copy. Click Make This A
Proof to edit the original image. Remember that all editing in Lightroom is non-destructive. If you choose to edit the
original image, you can still change your mind or undo your changes later.
Apply Develop adjustments to other photos
As you make adjustments to a photo in the Develop module or in the Quick Develop panel of the Library module,
Lightroom keeps a record of the settings. You can copy these settings and apply them to different versions of the photo
and to other photos selected in the Filmstrip.
Copy and paste Develop settings
You can copy and paste individual Develop settings from the current photo to another photo in Library and Develop
modules. To paste settings to multiple photos, you must be in the Library module.
1 To copy the current photo’s Develop settings, do one of the following:
• In the Develop module, click the Copy button to the left of the toolbar, choose Edit > Copy, or choose Settings >
Copy Settings. Select the settings you want and click Copy.
• In the Library module, choose Photo > Develop Settings > Copy Settings. Select the settings you want and click
Copy.
Note: (Mac OS) The Edit > Copy command in the Library module copies text and metadata. The Edit > Copy
command in the Develop module copies selected text in a panel or copies the Develop settings of a selected photo.
2 To paste the copied Develop settings to one other photo, select that photo in the Filmstrip in the Library or Develop
module and do one of the following:
• In the Develop module, click the Paste button, choose Edit > Paste, or choose Settings > Paste Settings.
• In the Library module, choose Photo > Develop Settings > Paste Settings.
Note: (Mac OS) The Edit > Paste command in the Library module pastes copied text and metadata.