lightroom and synching retouched pic to others
Dec 15, 2014 15:53:25 #
after i touch up a picture in lightroom and want the rest of the pictures i took at the same time to look the same i highlight them all and press sync. however not all the pics change to look the same...even though everything is checked off to be synced. how can i correct this?
Dec 15, 2014 16:57:00 #
Say you have ten images, four being underexposed by 3 stops, and seven underexposed by 4 stops.
You would sort out the first image by increasing exposure by 3 stops.
If you synchronise the exposures from that 1st image, all ten images will have their exposure increased by 3 stops, and that leaves the seven still underexposed by one stop.
You need to group the photos together so that they all require the same amount of adjustment.
You would sort out the first image by increasing exposure by 3 stops.
If you synchronise the exposures from that 1st image, all ten images will have their exposure increased by 3 stops, and that leaves the seven still underexposed by one stop.
You need to group the photos together so that they all require the same amount of adjustment.
Dec 15, 2014 16:58:13 #
Dec 15, 2014 17:04:13 #
When you sync Lightroom applies the changes you made to all the photos you selected. If, for example, the photo you corrected was light and you moved the Exposure +10 plus 10 will be added to all the photos you selected some of which may not have needed the same exposure correction. ;)
Edit: Just saw Searcher beat me with an answer to your question.
Edit: Just saw Searcher beat me with an answer to your question.
Dec 15, 2014 18:25:18 #
i was hoping theres a feature that would make all the pics the same as the edited one. thnak you both.
Dec 16, 2014 10:17:07 #
And don't forget that when you click the Sync button a panel opens that offers you the opportunity to select what features you want synched. Be sure to select those that are applicable to what you want to do.
Dec 16, 2014 12:45:19 #
pixelcene
Loc: Texan in New Hope, PA
You can also Copy Settings of the one you have adjusted and then Paste Settings to the others
Dec 17, 2014 01:00:16 #
At 0300 hours this morning I discovered a new (for me) trick in Lightroom which might help.
If you have a series of images starting out too dark, lighter, lighter still etc. (like bracket shots), in the Develop Module, select the best one, then Control click on each of the others in the film strip, go to the Settings menu and choose "Match Total Exposures". All the selected images will lighten or darken to match the exposure of the good one.
This menu setting has been there a long time and I have never noticed it.
If you have a series of images starting out too dark, lighter, lighter still etc. (like bracket shots), in the Develop Module, select the best one, then Control click on each of the others in the film strip, go to the Settings menu and choose "Match Total Exposures". All the selected images will lighten or darken to match the exposure of the good one.
This menu setting has been there a long time and I have never noticed it.
Dec 17, 2014 05:39:30 #
Searcher wrote:
If you have a series of images starting out too dark, lighter, lighter still etc. (like bracket shots), in the Develop Module, select the best one, then Control click on each of the others in the film strip, go to the Settings menu and choose "Match Total Exposures". All the selected images will lighten or darken to match the exposure of the good one.
If you have a series of images starting out too dark, lighter, lighter still etc. (like bracket shots), in the Develop Module, select the best one, then Control click on each of the others in the film strip, go to the Settings menu and choose "Match Total Exposures". All the selected images will lighten or darken to match the exposure of the good one.
Good find Searcher, but when I try that I get an error message
"There was an error calculating effective exposure for the target photo. No photos were changed"
Dec 17, 2014 06:17:22 #
dannac wrote:
Good find Searcher, but when I try that I get an error message
"There was an error calculating effective exposure for the target photo. No photos were changed"
"There was an error calculating effective exposure for the target photo. No photos were changed"
You did Control click rather than shift click?
Dec 17, 2014 06:24:08 #
Searcher wrote:
You did Control click rather than shift click?
Yes sir.
Dec 17, 2014 06:31:06 #
dannac wrote:
Yes sir.
The only way I get the error message is if one of the images does not carry exposure information in the Exif data.
In the Library, pop 2 images into the Quick collection. (Click on each image and press B on your keyboard).
Open the metadata panel and ensure that each image has aperture, Shutterspeed and ISO showing.
Press Control D to deselect both
Select one image, open the Develop Module
Control click the second image
in the Menu, Settings > Match Total Exposures
Watch the two images in the filmstrip.
Has that worked?
Dec 17, 2014 06:41:38 #
Searcher wrote:
I have managed to get the same error, I will get back to you if/when I find out why.
Thanks
Dec 17, 2014 06:46:37 #
Dec 17, 2014 07:58:01 #
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