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C.Cella
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September 19, 2026
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P: Allow creation of "Custom History Steps"

A simple proposition.

We could given the ability to crete custom history steps.

 

How would it work:


Via a dialog we could enter a custom name for a step OR use the current date/time.

UI dialog presentation
Custom Name for history step
Current Date and Time for history step


We could custom steps via a + icon in Develop panel akin to Snapshots



Custom history step name creation also doable in Library via an option.
Creation of “Custom History Steps” should “AutoSync”


Advantages:

No need to change the edits in the photo to generate a step.
Users can use this option to create critical events in history in ways LrC can’t or create steps if history is missing.
Unlike snapshots nothing ends in XMP when saving.


 

5 replies

Califdan2
Inspiring
September 20, 2026

And how exactly is this different than a snapshop?

 

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Inspiring
September 20, 2026

​@Califdan2 Snapshot doesn’t create an entry in history (15.5.1, Win11)

 

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Califdan2
Inspiring
September 28, 2026

​@jrsforums 

> ​@Califdan2 Snapshot doesn’t create an entry in history (15.5.1, Win11)

 

Sorry, was out of town, just catching up.   

But applying a snapshot does add a history step.  So, 1) create Snapshot,  2) immediatly apply it and you get what’s shown below

 

   

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