Developing
Before publishing any pictures, I will go through them in the develop module. I only develop those pictures I plan to work with. Some may not need any developing, but I always review them for possible cropping, tone and color adjustment, noise reduction, and so on. This is usually the most time-consuming portion of the workflow, which is why I only do it for the pictures as I use them. Creating presets and copying develop settings from one photo to many can significantly speed things up during the develop process.After developing, I may change labels on a photo, for instance, removing the Red label if it no longer needs work, or adding the Blue label if I think of something else I want to do with the image.
Useful Shortcuts:
- Auto-Tone = Ctrl-U
- Reset any adjustment slider = double-click on its label.
- Crop = R
- Rotate Crop Aspect Ratio = X
- Constrain Crop Aspect Ratio = A
- Spot Removal = Q
- Adjustment Brush = K
- Paste Settings from Previous = Ctrl-Alt-V
