The Basic panel holds the
essential adjustments for
white balance, exposure,
contrast and tone, as well
as clarity, vibrancy and
saturation. This is probably
where you’ll spend most of
your time when using the
Develop module.Some cameras have
unique colour balance
profiles that are embedded
in the metadata along
with the image file. You
can use this to ensure
absolutely accurate colour
reproduction in your photo.Lightroom can automatically
apply preset corrections
that compensate for
known distortions in many
popular lenses from most
manufacturers. You can also
choose to make manual
adjustments yourself.The Detail panel is where
you can find the controls for
adjusting sharpening and
noise reduction. It includes
a small preview window for
judging the effects of your
image adjustments.INTRODUCING THE DEVELOP MODULE
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This shows each alteration
that you’ve made to your
image in chronological order.
If you decide that you don’t
like the last few changes that
you made, you can revert to
an earlier point by clicking the
step in the history list.
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We covered these in the
Library module section.
You can also access your
collections from the Develop
module by opening up this tab.
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Rather than copying the active
image, as you might expect,
the Copy button copies certain
adjustments that you’ve made
to the image. You can open
another image and instantly
apply the same corrections by
clicking the Paste button. You
can choose which parameters
are copied.
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As with the Library module,
there are a number of viewing
options available, including
split-screen and the before-
and-after view.8
The histogram shows you a
graph of the number of pixels
of a given tone in three colour
channels, vital for setting the
best optimum exposure.9
Here’s where you’ll find the
crop tool, spot and Red Eye
removal, graduated and radial
filters and the Adjustment
Brush, all vital editing tools.10
In each of these panels you’ll
find more tools to improve
your images, such as lens
distortion correction, noise
reduction, grain and filter
effects and more.11
As the names imply, the
Previous button takes you
back one editing step, while
the Reset button removes
all effects and restores the
image to its original state.
Since Lightroom edits non-
destructively this involves no
loss of original image quality.12
The Done button applies any
adjustments you’ve made
in Lightroom. Clicking it will
close the current adjustment
window and make the
alterations to the image. If you
clicked it too soon, you need
to start again and re-apply
any adjustments.8
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12The Adjustment Panel offers a range of tools tailored to the
Module you’re currently on, in this case the Develop Module.
Here you can find a wealth of features to help tweak your
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