Q. When would you use the Quick Develop
panel in the Library module rather than
the Develop module?
A. There’s a unique thing about Quick Develop: If you
select a bunch of images you’ve already edited in
the regular Develop module with Auto Sync turned
on and increase the Exposure to +1.00, it changes
all the selected images to +1.00 Exposure. So, if
some of them were already +2.05 or –3.0, those are
all reset now to +1.00; however, if you do that same
thing in Quick Develop, it operates differently. It
would increase all the exposures for those by +1.00,
so the +2.05 would become +3.05, and the –3.0
would become –2.0, so it adds 1 stop of exposure
to the image’s current setting, rather than changing
all of them to read 1.0 as it would if you did that in
the Develop module.
Another thing I like to use Quick Develop for is
quickly tweaking an image or a bunch of images,
just to see if it’s worth taking them over to Develop.
Let’s say I under-exposed a group of 15 or 20
images. I can Shift-click to select them all, andQ. I know there’s a white balance eyedropper
tool, but I don’t know when I should use it
(or even how to use it). When should I use it?
A. The White Balance Selector tool (the eyedropper) in
the Basic panel is just one of three ways to edit your
white balance. You use it by clicking on something
that’s light gray (or another neutral color) in your
image, and it uses that neutral color to set a proper
white balance.
I prefer using the eyedropper to the other methods
(using the white balance [WB] presets or dragging
the Temp and Tint sliders) because I can open the
Navigator panel (top of the left side panels) and,
as I move the tool around my image, it gives me a
live preview of what the white balance would look
like if I clicked on that area. I find that I come up
with a white balance I like faster using that method
than the other two. I also find it helpful in tricky
white balance situations when I’m not exactly sure
how to nail a neutral white balance just using the
sliders. Give it a try and see what you think; it
might quickly become your favorite, too.S COT T KELBY
LIGHTROOM Q&APHOTOSHOP USER
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