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have been applied, or that you will be applying. This is

indicated by a lightning symbol under the Histogram

on the right. You can see in the illustration here that

there are sliders for Recovery and Fill Light, which are

from Process Version 2 (Process Version 5 is the current

version). Click the lightning symbol to update either the

selected image or all the photos in the Filmstrip. In the

Settings menu at the top of the screen, you’ll also find

options for updating to the current process version, or

choosing other process versions.

Working with the Before & After Views: The third icon

from the left on the Toolbar below the image in the

Develop module opens a menu of different ways to see

a before and after view of a photo. Press Y to toggle

between the normal view of the photo showing the

current Develop settings, and the last selected before/

after view. Option-Y (PC: Alt-Y) will choose the other

variant of the currently selected before/after view. For

instance, if you’re using the Before/After Left/Right

view, Option-Y (PC: Alt-Y) will show the Before/After

Top/Bottom view. If one of the Before/After Split views

is chosen, that shortcut will show the other version of

the split view.

Copying and Swapping Before/After Views: When you’ve

selected a Before/After view, there are three additional

choices that will appear to the right of this on the

Tool bar. These allow you to copy the Before settings

to the After view, copy the After settings to the Before

view, or swap them. These options can be useful if you

want to set up a Before view that’s different from the

default, which is how the image looked when imported.

For instance, if you have the image adjusted to a good

overall state, but want to do some fine-tuning or take it

in a different direction, you could use the second icon

to copy the current After settings to Before. That might

be a more useful comparison than the original image

as downloaded from the camera. In the illustration here,

I’ve copied the initial After state, which represents my

overall adjustments and a Graduated Filter I applied to

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