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Inspiring
July 8, 2010
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P: Ability to lock photos to prevent further editing

  • July 8, 2010
  • 75 replies
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I'm a relatively newbie to Lightroom and I think it is fantastic.

It does occur to me that pros who have been using Lightroom for a while understand all the issues about selections, settings, copying, pasting, synchronising etc etc.

Like many things in life the people who do things almost as second nature forget what it was like to be a beginner.

The one thing that has surprised me about lightroom is that I cannot find a way of indicating "I am happy with this - I just want to lock it to ensure I don't damage, amend or delete it" through my own incompetence.

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Inspiring
November 17, 2016
i use all my color labels for other thing already.. and its not fool proof.
Participant
November 17, 2016
Since the beginning of time, I've used a red color label named MASTER or FINAL MASTER to mark all images that are finals. The label keeps me away from them insofar as editing goes, but it's also a great way to indicate which one to use when submitting finals to clients or galleries. I also add a keyword "MASTER", but if you name your color labels, they show up in metadata searches and smart collections. 
Inspiring
November 17, 2016
hello friends this is the way to protecting the adobe photoshop files https://goo.gl/XE4Qf3
Inspiring
November 17, 2016
hello friends this is the way to protecting the adobe photoshop files https://goo.gl/XE4Qf3
Inspiring
November 17, 2016
hello friends this is the way to protecting the adobe photoshop files https://goo.gl/XE4Qf3
Inspiring
November 17, 2016
hello friends this is the way to protecting the adobe photoshop files https://goo.gl/XE4Qf3
Known Participant
April 13, 2016
... and years ...
Known Participant
April 13, 2016
... and years ...
Inspiring
March 28, 2016
...and years
Inspiring
August 27, 2015
.... another idea adobe ignores for years.