Where my pictures are stored is an issue for me. (Image credit: LaCie) (opens in new tab) 2. You can export any Version as a processed image by selecting and using the regular Lightroom Export command.Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer my images here and not on a server somewhere in another part of the world. You can’t get Lightroom to display all your Versions as separate images in your library, but you can choose which Version is used for the image thumbnail by clicking to select it. To make these changes permanent, you must create a new Version straight away.

You can change the settings for a Version, but these changes will be lost if you then swap to a different version.

You can’t change the order of versions once you’ve created them, but you can remove versions you don’t want. Whenever you want to save the current image state as a Version, click the Create Version button at the top. This button displays a vertical list of all your saved Versions, with the original image at the bottom. The June 2020 Lightroom updated adds a ‘Versions’ button to the bottom right corner of the screen that becomes visible when you edit an image. How to get Lightroom/Adobe Photography Plans.So Lightroom Versions are great for keeping different image states and processing variations, but they do not give you separate, searchable variations that are visible within your library. You can choose which one is used for the image thumbnail, but that’s it. The Lightroom library will only display a single image regardless of how many Versions you have created within it. With Lightroom Versions you don’t get that. With Virtual Copies in Lightroom Classic you get separate images which can be in different folders, different metadata and appear in different searches. The difference is that Lightroom does not display these Versions as separate images. What Lightroom CC does is to assign these different Versions a thumbnail image, so you get a much more visual representation of your different image treatments. When you work on an image Lightroom saves your full edit history, and Versions (Snapshots) are a way to ‘freeze’ images at a particular editing state and store these different versions within the image. Lightroom Versions are effectively Snapshots, but with thumbnails. Selecting a Lightroom Version will override any current edits – important! It is extremely easy to lose manual adjustments in a way that it never was before Lightroom Versions are not displayed as separate images in your library 2.

There are two very important differences between Lightroom Versions (Lightroom CC) and Virtual Copies (Lightroom Classic)ġ.

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