How do I make changes made in develop permanent without opening in PS and saving as a copy? Any way to do that directly?
In the Develop Module on the left side above the History panel is the <Snapshot> panel.
Click on the "+" sign and give your snapshot a descriptive name.
You can then make more edits to your photo but the snapshot will be preserved - even if you go back to 'Import" and start editing new from scratch.
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