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Applying Selective Adjustments to Many Files at Once

Paul Spatafora
In LR you can apply only a few adjustments to a selection of files. In C1, I can select the adjustments from one file and apply it to another file and I can apply only a few adjustments to a files using the Adjustment Clipboard feature. However, I would like to apply let say WB only to a 100 files at once. I can't seem to figure out how to do this and I've been searching the Knowledge Base without success.

Any help in this matter would be great!

Thanks in advance.

Paul
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    Besides the generic Adjustments Clipboard, which can hold the entire range of possible adjustments of an image, CO7 has a mini-style clipboard per tool. This is in particular useful when you want only one tool's adjustment to copy/apply to other images.

    I show you the Exposure tool as an example (this is on Mac, is same on Windows).
    In the image below you see the diagonal double arrow (orange) in the tool's header. Click on it.

    http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h366/Paul_S57/CO7Mac-Exposure02_zpsc2c462df.png
    This will open the tool's adjustments clipboard. You can now refine your action by selecting/deselecting sub items. Note that not all tool's mini-clipboards have sub items (the White Balance does not).

    http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h366/Paul_S57/CO7Mac-Exposure03_zps861f30ef.png
    Next step is to click on either the Copy or the Apply button. Both button clicks will copy the adjustments for that tool and that image only on the main clipboard (the large one for all adjustments, but now only the tool's adjustments).

    In addition, the Apply button with immediately apply the adjustments to selected images. You can also select the target images later and use the generic apply adjustments (Sh+Ctrl+V, menu, toolbar) commands.

    Once you get the drive, you can master this technique by using the Alt and Shift keys when you click on the double arrow from the beginning. This will suppress the mini-clipboard and perform the Copy or Apply action respectively without delay. Superfast and incredibly useful. I use it all the time.
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