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I was very comfortable with older version of Lightroom. I liked the dodge and burn in the older version. Never liked masking and other stuff which is why I never worked on PS. how do I go back to old version of LR?
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Hi there,
Thanks for sharing your feedback. You may install Lightroom Classic's previous version from here: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/using/install-previous-version.html
Regards,
Sahil
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To which old version you'll go back?
In the Creative Cloud Client you can go back only one version.
If you wish to go back to an older version you have to look here: DDL Articles at ProDesignTools
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I liked the dodge and burn in the older version. Never liked masking and other stuff which is why I never worked on PS. how do I go back to old version of LR?
By @Parimala
If you by "dodge and burn" mean using the adjustment brush to brighten or darken parts of the image, it's still there. And the old keyboard shortcut still works, press K to bring it up.
All the old tools are there, as well as some new ones, like Select sky and Select subject.
See https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/masking.html
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It is worth remembering that older versions of Lightroom can't be expected to stay usable forever, regardless that you may still be licensed to do so. Updates to your computer's operating system (or replacing it with a newer one) may eventually mean the older software no longer runs.
So far as adapting to the new Lightroom local adjustments: if your prior usage was "dodge and burn" then you can continue to use the Brush in almost exactly those same ways - only, the interface is slightly different.
I suggest:
If you don't want as yet, to engage fully with the interface of the new Masks panel - then you don't have to.
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A new feature to mention: if you often use the same local adjustment approach on a photo - for example if you are accustomed to having a "dodge" and also a "burn" of some sort, even though their brushed areas will of course differ from photo to photo - you can in one click add those to a new photo, all set up ready to go.
On a sample photo, press K on the keyboard then start a new brushed adjustment. Name this "dodge" in the Masks panel and set its adjustment to a lightening effect. Press K again, make another, name this one "burn" in the Masks panel and set its adjustment to a darkening effect. Erase out the initial brush stroke for both of these. In the (main Develop, not local adjustment) Presets panel make a new user preset and name this "add dodge and burn". For the action of this preset, uncheck everything except the "dodge" and "burn" masks - which are listed by name.
Using this preset on any other photo will add into it copies of these two empty brush "layers", already equipped with their respective starting-point adjustments. You can activate either one by name, so it doesn't particularly matter whereabouts in the image their pins are. Then brush on as required.