Editing photos in the develop module – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC User Manual
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Editing photos in the Develop module
The Develop module in Lightroom lets you adjust the color and tonal scale of your photos as well as crop photos,
remove red eye, and make other corrections. All the adjustments you make in Lightroom are nondestructive. With
nondestructive editing, your original file is not altered, whether it’s a camera raw file or a rendered file such as a JPEG
or TIFF. Your edits are stored in Lightroom as a set of instructions that are applied to your photo in memory.
Nondestructive editing means you can explore and create different versions of your photo without degrading your
original image data.
The panels along the left side of the Develop module let you select photos, select and preview them at various stages of
editing, and apply global presets. The center of the Develop module provides a viewing and working area. The tools
below the work area provide various functions, from toggling between before-and-after views to turning on soft
proofing. The panels along the right side offer tools and controls for adjusting your photos. See
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A Presets, Snapshots, History, and Collections panels B Toolbar C Histogram D Photo Information E Smart Preview status F Tool strip
G Adjustment panels
Because edits are stored in Lightoom as instructions, you do not need to save them in the traditional sense. When you
print or export your photos, the adjustments are included. You only need to save your changes if you want them to be
available to Adobe Bridge or Camera Raw. See
Synchronize Lightroom metadata with Camera Raw and Adobe Bridge
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You can edit camera raw, DNG, JPEG, TIFF, PSD, and PNG files in Lightroom. Applying adjustments to photos is a
subjective and individual process. Use the following steps as a guide for editing photos in the Develop module.
1. Select a photo to edit.
Select a photo in the Library module and press D to switch to the Develop module. To switch to a different photo in the
Develop module, choose it from the Collections panel or the Filmstrip.
2. Evaluate the photo.