You’ll have to go into the History panel and select the last correct version of your image. Control Z or clicking undo in the menu won’t work. WARNING – if you click any of these buttons it’s not easy to go back to how you had your photo. Swap image settings of before and afterĮach of these buttons swaps the before and after settings over in a different way. You have three options and each is represented by an icon, as you can see in the screenshot below. To be honest with you, I’m not certain why you would use this function. Switch between original (before) and edited (after)Īn extra before and after Lightroom editing function SHIFT Y – toggles between above and below view and split screen view SHIFT Y – toggles between side by side view and split screen view Now let’s see the before and after tool in action… Get a left/right before and after Click again to see the after version.įurther reading: 28 essential Lightroom shortcuts that will speed up your workflow How to show before and after in Lightroom – a demo SHIFT Y – to see a split screen before and after of your image (you can see this vertically split or horizontally split).ALT or OPTION Y – to see the before and after views arranged above and below each other (good for horizontal images).Y – to see the before and after views arranged side by side (good for vertical images).
Again, you have a selection of before and after views that you can access with shortcuts. I’m a big fan of Lightroom shortcuts to speed up my workflow, so whenever possible I use a keyboard shortcut. How to use Lightroom before after shortcuts Even if the icon changes, the triangle will always be there to click and select a view. It might not always show as YY, because it depends on the last type of before and after view that was shown. Click on the triangle next to the button to open up the different before and after view options.Click the before and after button to cycle through the different views (showing as YY in the image below to represent side by side view).The second way to navigate before and after views in Lightroom is through the toolbar, which is visible below the image in the Develop Module. then select from: Left/Right or Top/Bottom or Split Screen or Before Only 2.In the menu at the top of the screen click: The long way is to navigate there using the Lightroom menu. Using the menu to navigate before and after views Once there you have 3 ways to use the before and after editing options.įirst I’ll quickly run through the three options and then I’ll show you what I mean with images. To use the before and after function, you need to be in the Develop Module. The other sanity check is the before and after tool in Lightroom. Lightroom before and after tool – 3 ways to use it Which is why I like to think of the walk away as a little sanity check. When you walk away and come back to your editing, even just a few minutes later, you’ll see the colors differently. We get so used to looking at an image and after a time our eyes adjust to the colors so we stop seeing them as they really are.
When editing photos in Lightroom Classic over long periods stepping away from the computer occasionally for a few minutes is not just good for your body, it helps your eyes to reset. Why you should take a break from editing in Lightroom The best two ways to avoid over processing photos is: The Lightroom before and after function is such a handy tool, because it’s really easy to get carried away with editing in Lightroom and forget what the photo looked like before you started.īefore you know it the photo can become over processed.
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