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Make +/- (not absolute) adjustments to multiple photos

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May 5, 2017
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I have edited all 500 images in lightroom cc (they all have different brightness values) and submited to my client for review, now that my client want all of the photos to be a little darker, is there a quick way to evenly apply a -10 brightness to all images? If so, would it work to other settings i.e. +20 sharpness or +10 contrast or + 10 Temp? Appreciated!

Correct answer Rob_Cullen

You can apply a limited selection of Relative adjustments by using the 'Quick Develop' panel in Grid view. 'Relative' adjustments "add" to any previous adjustments made in the Develop module.

So if you select all the photos in the Grid view you can apply an exposure adjustment to all.

eg. the one arrow button [>] applies 1/3 stop, the two button [>>] applies 1 stop change.

For "Darker" that would be [<] or [<<] . Repeat button press to multiply change.

DdeGannes

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You can use the Auto Sync feature. See the screen capture copied from an Adobe tutorial.

This can be a very useful feature but make sure you turn it off after use since it will remain active and the next time you select a series of photos it will begin functioning again.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.

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henryf3300773Author

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Thx, I tried it, but it changes all photos to the same exposure value... for example:

Photo 1 - Exposure +0.85

Photo 2 - Exposure +0.75

Photo 3 - Exposure +0.65

I activated Auto Sync and selected all 3 photos and bump up Photo 1 to Exposure +0.95, all 3 photos now have the same Exposure +0.95, which is not what I need... I am looking for individual exposure value to increase by +0.1:

Photo 1 - Exposure +0.95

Photo 2 - Exposure +0.85

Photo 3 - Exposure +0.75

The answer above by wobertc works! Thx! Just wondering if there a more precise method, I tried it and it increases / decreases exposure by steps of 1/3 stop which is +/- 0.23.

DdeGannes

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Sorry, I have rechecked the function "Auto Sync" and it does work as you described. The change is absolute not incremental.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.

Rob_Cullen

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You can apply a limited selection of Relative adjustments by using the 'Quick Develop' panel in Grid view. 'Relative' adjustments "add" to any previous adjustments made in the Develop module.

So if you select all the photos in the Grid view you can apply an exposure adjustment to all.

eg. the one arrow button [>] applies 1/3 stop, the two button [>>] applies 1 stop change.

For "Darker" that would be [<] or [<<] . Repeat button press to multiply change.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

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henryf3300773Author

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Thx wobertc! It works!

Just wondering if there a more precise method, I tried it and it increases / decreases exposure by steps of 1/3 stop which is +/- 0.23.

F. McLion

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You can cut them in half if using the Shift key:

Quick Develop in Lightroom CC « Julieanne Kost's Blog

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