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jkravitz
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March 29, 2020
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Flip and rotate don't get saved in history, affect original import

  • March 29, 2020
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With LR Classic 9.2

I'm just noticing that rotate and flip are not getting saved in the edit history and thus will change the imported image or any previous snapshots. 

Is this the way it has always worked or am I only now just seeing this?

 

To reproduce:

start with an unedited image (history only shows import)

Take a snapshot called "V1"

Either "Flip Vertically", "Flip Horizontally" or Rotate Left/Right (all have same behavior)

Note that this operation is not stored in the history and it still only shows "Import". 

Take a snapshot called "V2"

Go back to V1 and the image does not go back to previous orientation (flipped or rotated)

and the "Import" version in history also does not revert to the original state meaning the flip permenantly altered the image and all previous snapshots.

As a test I tried other edits like adjusting white balance or exposure between the two snapshots.

These do change as expected but the new image rotation is not getting stored in the history and doesn't revert. 

 

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Correct answer Just Shoot Me

This is the way is has alweays worked. The Rotation setting is not recorded in the history of edits.

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johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
March 31, 2020

LR is a little schizoid about whether the rotation and flip commands are "develop settings". They get Auto-Synced, but they aren't copied by Copy Settings/Sync, they can't be set by presets, and they don't show up in the History panel.

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WvomSaal
Participant
January 31, 2022

   This is a significant issue for me because I am photographing hundreds of slides using a camera and copy stand, with slides emulsion side up, so they need to be flipped horizontal to be correct.  Before I had a good workflow pattern, I flipped some but I had not yet flipped others.  I would like to know which images I flipped.  Is there no way to do that in Lightroom?

   I do realize I can view each image as displayed in Explorer and compare the LR image with the original, but this is tedious.  Ideally I would like to be able to select all non-flipped images and flip them.

   Thanks for any help.

johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
January 31, 2022

"I would like to know which images I flipped."

 

Use the Any Filter plugin:

 

 

Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot MeCorrect answer
Legend
March 30, 2020

This is the way is has alweays worked. The Rotation setting is not recorded in the history of edits.

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    jkravitzAuthor
    Participant
    March 30, 2020

    Thanks for confirming that.

    Dunno why I never noticed before but seems odd you can flip the image and the original import is now altered. 

    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    March 30, 2020

    But you aren't changing the image. You are just displaying it @ a different rotation. Nothing IN the image has changed.

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