Lightroom - Using Snapshot

Lightroom v1 has a powerful new feature called 'Snapshot' which allows you to save and re-apply a sequence of edits on any image.
The New Targeted Adjustment tool

There is a very powerful new tool in Lightroom v1. Targeted Adjustment tool gives incredible control over color and grayscale correction.
Clone Tool Options

The Clone Tool in the Develop Module has a lot of flexibility. It is very quick an easy to click on a dust spot and remove it.

Split Screen Grayscale Conversion

Lightroom has a very powerful grayscale conversion tool which allows you to adjust the colour sliders just ...
Step through History

Lightroom allows you to step through, and view, the history of edits and adjustments; much in the way the Photoshop does ...
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Reset Individual Develop Settings by Image

Lightroom 1.1 allows you to change the default settings for how Camera Raw converts specific file types and camera models ...
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The Visual Sharpening Mask

Lightroom has a host of new sharpening functionality which means that a round trip to Photoshop is now not often required.
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LIGHTROOM - DEVELOP MODULE TIPS AND TRICKS

Reset Individual Develop Tools

If you use Lightroom a lot then you can easily overlook some of the easy workflow shortcuts ...
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Cycle through Lightrooms' Crop Overlays

The crop tool in Lightroom has some interesting overlays which are worth exploring. These overlays can be used to crop and position image elements in the frame to aid composition ...
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Before / After Editing Tricks

The default behavior of 'Before/After' is to switch between the current state and the un-edited image.
What you may not know is that you can choose which individual Lightroom history state you want to switch between! ...
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Quick Grayscale View

If you want a very quick look to see if an image works in black and white just select the image and press the 'V' key. You can quickly switch back and forth and between color and grayscale. ...
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Keep the White Balance Tools Active

In the Develop Module pressing 'W' activates the White Balance Tool. You can then move the Eye- dropper over the image to set a white (gray) point ...
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Multiple Image Dust Spot Removal

Lightroom has useful clone tool which can be used to remove dust spots caused by small particles on the cameras sensor. This can be time consuming, especially if you have lots of images to clean up. ...
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Try switching between Clone and Heal Tools

When using Lightrooms' spot healing tools it is worth trying both the Clone and the Heal tools in order to see which gives the best result ...