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How to Undo image adjustments that are not the most recent change

Sep 21, 2012 8:38 AM

 
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    Sep 21, 2012 8:20 AM   in reply to Community Help

    How do I undo a single adjustment that was not the last one done without undoing the last one?

     
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    Sep 21, 2012 8:29 AM   in reply to gegjr

    Develop module, left-hand panel, History. Open up that section and you'll see a list of adjustments you have made, the most recent being at the top of the list. Choose the step you want to return to and then start making adjustments. Everything above that step will be replaced.

     
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    Sep 21, 2012 9:13 AM   in reply to JimHess

    Thanks Jim. If I understand you there is no way to change or delete a lower

    adjustment without affecting the adjustments above it in the history?

     

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    Sep 21, 2012 9:17 AM   in reply to gegjr

    Of course there is!

    You don't have to delete an exposure +1 step somewhere in the middle,just change your exposure to something else.

    The history step +1 will always be in the history list but it's completely undone (or changed) and all your other changes are preserved.

     

    Frans

     
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    Sep 21, 2012 10:35 AM   in reply to c.frans w

    To phrase it a bit more instruction-like:

    Use the history panel to look up what you did in the step you would like to erase.

    Then go back to present history state and do exactly the reverse.

    This may also mean deleting a graduated filter or an adjustment brush action.

     

    Cornelia

     
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    Sep 21, 2012 11:21 AM   in reply to Cornelia-I

    There are some other, broader, methods for making use of your History - without destroying the intermediate operations - (beyond just referring to it, to see what you previously have done).

     

    First, if you click on an eariler History step, the subsequent History steps are still there, but greyed-out. Importantly, they remain accessible only for so long as you do NOT make any new edits. Doing so would branch off a fresh, alternative image History which sets off starting from that earlier point - and excludes (erases the memory of) all these subsequently done operations. So it is important to avoid doing that, and to remember to take your history "back to the future" at the first opportunity.

     

    • But while viewing this older image state, if you use the Copy command, this will put whatever selected aspect(s) of this "historical" state you are interested in, onto the Clipboard. Then you can Paste that/those into whatever other image you want; and even, Paste into your same image after you have brought that back up to date.
    • If you make a Virtual Copy, this will duplicate all the settings of that image state, as a brand new (separate and persisting) image version. This can become a new starting point for some variant edits, or act as a source for Syncing or Copy-Pasting various image settings from that image state, at your leisure, to wherever you want.
    • Also: when you right-click on some past History state (you don't need to return the image itself to this state) you can choose to set this as the "Before" state that gets used, when you do a Before/After comparison, side by side with your current (latest) state of the image.

     

    So, worked example: you edit the image up to point A, where you mess up the WB, then edit it some more up to point B. Then you roll the image's History back to the last step just before point A, where the WB is as you want it, and Copy (just the WB) to the clipboard. Then you roll the image back forward to point B and Paste, assigning your image (which keeps all its other settings up-to-date) the same WB that it formerly had, just before you messed that up.

     
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    Sep 23, 2012 9:26 PM   in reply to richardplondon

    Richard,

     

    Thank you for the very useful and time consuming I am sure answer. I get it now.

     

    Best Regards,

    GEGJr

     
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    Mar 31, 2013 10:26 PM   in reply to Community Help

    When I reset photo it does not go back to the original photo instead it goes back to an edited version. I tried to upload again but it says its a duplicate copy

     
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    Apr 1, 2013 1:56 AM   in reply to Stella Bella Boo

    In Develop, try pressing and holding the Shift key and the Reset button at bottom right will change to "Reset (Adobe)". Click on it. Does the image now revert to the original unedited state? If it does, it means you've probably changed (inadvertently or intentionally) the default develop settings. You can reset those if you wish by going to Develop on the Menu Bar, select "Set Default Settings" and choose "restore Adobe Default Settings".

     
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    Apr 1, 2013 2:00 AM   in reply to jim01403

    Hi thanks for your reply. Unfortunately it does not revert back to that. It is now a black and white image and will not go back to colour etc =(

     
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    Apr 1, 2013 2:09 AM   in reply to Stella Bella Boo

    So what happens it you click on the first "Import" entry in the History panel?

     
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    Apr 1, 2013 2:16 AM   in reply to jim01403

    I have now deleted it off and imported it again. Have no idea what I did. When I clicked import in History it went back to after I had changed it to black and white and cropped etc.

     
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    Apr 1, 2013 2:23 AM   in reply to Stella Bella Boo

    OK, but something doesn't sound right. If it happens again you might have a bad Preferences file (it can cause all manner of weird problems), so let us know if it does.

     
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    Apr 1, 2013 2:46 AM   in reply to jim01403

    Thank you =)

     
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    Apr 1, 2013 8:04 AM   in reply to Stella Bella Boo

    You don't mention what you were trying to "undo" or why you wanted to do so. If you can provide more details we will be able to provide better suggestions. Everyone so far has provided "generic" solutions without knowing your "real objective.". My guess is that you were trying to create B&W images and then wanted to "undo" those control settings, but that's just another "guess." Please also provide the version of LR (3.6, 4.3, etc.) and operating system you are using (Windows 7, OS X, etc.).

     

    As jim01403 has pointed out it appears you have an issue with your LR Develop module "default settings." Until this is resolved you will continue to have "unexplained" things happening in LR.

     

    SUGGESTION:

     

    1) Open LR Develop module and click on the upper toolbar 'Develop' > 'Set Default Settings,' then click on 'Restore Adobe Default Settings.'

     

    2) Try adding some "new" image files and see how they look in the Develop module after imported.

     

    3) If the images still don't look right (i.e. B&W, etc.) then we will explain how to delete the LR 'Preferences file, which may have become damaged. This forces LR to create a new default Preferences file the next time the it is launched.

     
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