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April 3, 2010
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How do I go back to the pictures original settings?

  • April 3, 2010
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I made a mistake in processing and want to go back to the pictures original settings and start over.  I searched help, but didn't find anything.  How do I get the original raw image back?

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Correct answer John Blaustein

Laura,

Just click on any history state below the top one, and your image will revert to where it was before.  For example, let's say you first cropped your image, then adjusted exposure, then adjusted saturation, then adjusted clarity.   Your history list would look like:

Clarity adj

Saturation adj

Exposure adj

Crop

Import

Click Import and your image will revert to the original state -- no edits.  Click Exposure adj and the image will be cropped with exposure change,  but no change to saturation or clarity.  You can experiment and click any state and see where you are.  However, if you click a state and then do an edit, all previous states above will be lost.  In other words,  if you click Exposure (in my example) and then make a Fill adjustment, the Saturation and Clarity adjustments will be lost.  Of course you can do those again if you like.

John

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April 3, 2010

Oops... posted a comment in the wrong thread.  Sorry!

April 3, 2010

Thanks for the links!  I'll check them out. 

Ha!!!  I didn't want you (or anyone else) to misunderstand the "newbie" comment.   Although, I'm sure that it was pretty obvious that it was me!  LOL.

Thanks again!

ssprengel
Inspiring
April 3, 2010

The Reset button at the bottom of Develop resets the settings of a photo to the Lightroom import defaults.

Also, you can use the History section in the lefthand panel in Develop to step back until prior to the error. If the History section is not visible at the left of Develop then right-click and enable that section.

If you need to reset many photos back, then go to Library, and select the ones you want to reset, and then click the Reset All button at the end of the Quick Develop section at the right.

April 3, 2010

I saw the History pallet, but I wasn't sure what to do with it.  How do I take away part of the history?

John Blaustein
John BlausteinCorrect answer
Inspiring
April 3, 2010

Laura,

Just click on any history state below the top one, and your image will revert to where it was before.  For example, let's say you first cropped your image, then adjusted exposure, then adjusted saturation, then adjusted clarity.   Your history list would look like:

Clarity adj

Saturation adj

Exposure adj

Crop

Import

Click Import and your image will revert to the original state -- no edits.  Click Exposure adj and the image will be cropped with exposure change,  but no change to saturation or clarity.  You can experiment and click any state and see where you are.  However, if you click a state and then do an edit, all previous states above will be lost.  In other words,  if you click Exposure (in my example) and then make a Fill adjustment, the Saturation and Clarity adjustments will be lost.  Of course you can do those again if you like.

John

Hal P Anderson
Inspiring
April 3, 2010

Laura,

Reset button--lower right quadrant of the develop module.

Hal

April 3, 2010

Perfect Hal!  Thanks so much!

John Blaustein
Inspiring
April 3, 2010

You can also look at the History palette and select the bottom entry.  That takes you back to before you made any edits.

John