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P: Reference View: Swap between Reference and Active photos

Explorer ,
May 07, 2021 May 07, 2021

Simple feature suggestion. Add a swap X/Y (or perhaps R/A or A/R) button in the grey bar at the bottom that allow me to swap the Active and Reference photo when in Reference view. Sometimes I select my reference photo and then open an image in Reference view and I think "hmm, I actually prefer the active one over the reference one", and at that point I want to swap them and alter the reference photo instead. Currently, I have to come out of develop view, re-set the reference photo and then click on the other image again. It would be so much easier if there was a swap button at the bottom like the Library side by side view has. Another use case is that I have my reference photo on the left and make tweaks to the active photo on the right, but then I take things a bit further and think, "hmm, now I want to add that change to the reference photo". I know some people may dismiss this and say "reference means that it's the one you're trying to match to, so you shouldn't be able to change it". I disagree. Sometimes editing is a process of continual tweaking and LR needs to enable that in an easy way.

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8 Comments
Explorer ,
Aug 06, 2022 Aug 06, 2022

I totally agree with this suggestion. This would be really handy. I have wanted this on multiple occasions.

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Participant ,
Aug 23, 2022 Aug 23, 2022

True, I found myself wanting a swap reference photo often recently.

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Community Beginner ,
May 18, 2023 May 18, 2023

Yep, completely agree.  Such an easy feature to add I'm sure. 

 

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New Here ,
Aug 27, 2023 Aug 27, 2023

agreed also.

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New Here ,
Sep 19, 2024 Sep 19, 2024

I was searching how to do this, came across a post here and after seeing it was from 2022 I was hopeful, but it was false hope. Post from 2022: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-reference-view-swap-between-reference-and-a... 

 

How come this (I imagine) easy feature is not yet added? Or am I missing something? It would make editing to a reference Photo so much easier, while also being able to adjust the reference Photo a little while you make a collection e.g. 

 

Would love to hear if anyone has a workaround to this, or perhaps ADOBE has some answers? 

 

kr Nick

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LEGEND ,
Sep 21, 2024 Sep 21, 2024
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New Here ,
Sep 21, 2024 Sep 21, 2024
Dear mod,

But this is from 2022? Which I referred to in my comment as well.

Met vriendelijke groet,
Best regards,

Nick Laszlo
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LEGEND ,
Sep 21, 2024 Sep 21, 2024
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See here why it's to your advantage to have similar requests merged into one thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/how-do-i-write-a-feature-request/idi-p/123863... 

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