Despite the fact that I have been working with Photoshop for decades and in recent years also with Lightroom, I have now learned a new approach from you. Thank you, Mr. Van der Heide. I will use the original spelling of the surname, as it was originally in the Netherlands.
Thank you. Yes, that name spelling has been a source of discussion in my family for years. Space, no space, capital, no capital. Thanks I'll pass that on.
That last tip is a WOW. I bet I can use that to get rid of halos on a focus by making a layer from one of the individual shots (without the stacking halo). Great video!
Hi Terry, thank you for all the informative well produced videos. I use virtual copies often, so was wondering if there is a way to search for virtual copies using a standard metadata attribute. BTW, I am enjoying your LrC brushes pack, thank you !
Thanks for picking up the brushes. Yes, here is how to search for Virtual Copies: Click on Attributes (not metadata) over on the far, far right at the top, is a little icon that has a turned up corner, (just like virtual copies) click on it and it will search your catalog for all your VCs.
Good video. Thank you. My problem with using virtual copies, although I might be wrong since I am not a power user, is that the metadata (file name, caption, etc ) all stays the same so I cannot keep track of my changes as I go through several iterations. Would appreciate your advice on this.
Sure, think of VCs as a set of visual directions. In one image you tell the program to do this to the image, in the second image you tell it to do something entirely different. You can always search for your VCs in a global search, or stack them to get them out of the way. I hope this helps.
Thank you Terry for sharing. I have a question if I may. Both of the masks effectively disregarded the whiskers of the squirrel that were outside of the main body. This would probably also be true of an image of say a man/woman or any animal such as a lions main. I’m sure that there is a way around this to incorporate such hair (I think I’ve even seen it done elsewhere) but how would you do it?
Hi David, good catch, I wondered if anyone would call me out on that. For really precise masking, I would do that in Photoshop, not in LRC. This was an easy way to demo two similar files but processed differently and then the layer mask in Photoshop.
i have never used virtual copy before and one question comes to mind after your very well done video. When you have completed your edits and like what you have done on the virtual copy, can you merge the changes into the original photo so you do not see so many versions of the same photo? Hope that makes sense.
Hi Bob, no reason to as it doesn't take up much space. You can always "Stack" the images if they are cluttering up your screen. However, if you still want to copy the changes. Highlight the one with the changes, select the original RAW file and then hit Sync. The dialogue box will come up and hit OK. All of your changes on your VC will now be on the original file. Hope this helps.
OK ... nice explanation. However once all that is done, is it possible to take that resultant image, e.g., the virtual image combo you've created, and then save it as its own image, then subsequently print or otherwise use the VC combo image apart from the original as its own useable version? Or is it available strictly as a testbed or experimental copy after which you go back to the original and actually apply the edits to the original that you did to the VC?
If a virtual copy does not create a new image but rather a list of instructions, do you lose the image if you delete the original image and just keep the virtual image?
@@jamesshrouds4130 If you delete the original then the instructions go with it. Yes, the Virtual Copy gets deleted. To get an around that, open the VC into the Photoshop and then save it back to LRC as a Photoshop Document. Or just keep the original RAW file.
Appreciate this informative Virtual copies video, Terry! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you too!
Thanks Terry, much appreciated. In all your videos I really appreciate that you give both MAC and PC instructions. As a PC guy this is really helpful.
Thanks! I'm happy to help!
Despite the fact that I have been working with Photoshop for decades and in recent years also with Lightroom, I have now learned a new approach from you. Thank you, Mr. Van der Heide. I will use the original spelling of the surname, as it was originally in the Netherlands.
Thank you. Yes, that name spelling has been a source of discussion in my family for years. Space, no space, capital, no capital. Thanks I'll pass that on.
Very informative and easy to follow, many thanks🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks
Thank you Tony, that is very nice! Much appreciated.
That last tip is a WOW. I bet I can use that to get rid of halos on a focus by making a layer from one of the individual shots (without the stacking halo). Great video!
Great idea! Thanks Andrew!
Thanks!
That is super nice Richard. I appreciate it.
Hi Terry, thank you for all the informative well produced videos. I use virtual copies often, so was wondering if there is a way to search for virtual copies using a standard metadata attribute. BTW, I am enjoying your LrC brushes pack, thank you !
Thanks for picking up the brushes. Yes, here is how to search for Virtual Copies: Click on Attributes (not metadata) over on the far, far right at the top, is a little icon that has a turned up corner, (just like virtual copies) click on it and it will search your catalog for all your VCs.
@tv510 Thank you Terry, works like a charm !
I like it. subscribed.
Appreciate the sub! Thanks Keith.
Good video. Thank you. My problem with using virtual copies, although I might be wrong since I am not a power user, is that the metadata (file name, caption, etc ) all stays the same so I cannot keep track of my changes as I go through several iterations. Would appreciate your advice on this.
Sure, think of VCs as a set of visual directions. In one image you tell the program to do this to the image, in the second image you tell it to do something entirely different. You can always search for your VCs in a global search, or stack them to get them out of the way. I hope this helps.
Thank you Terry for sharing. I have a question if I may. Both of the masks effectively disregarded the whiskers of the squirrel that were outside of the main body. This would probably also be true of an image of say a man/woman or any animal such as a lions main. I’m sure that there is a way around this to incorporate such hair (I think I’ve even seen it done elsewhere) but how would you do it?
Hi David, good catch, I wondered if anyone would call me out on that. For really precise masking, I would do that in Photoshop, not in LRC. This was an easy way to demo two similar files but processed differently and then the layer mask in Photoshop.
@ Thank you Terry. Wouldn’t it be nice if Adobe combined the two programmes into one.
@@davidct2406 Exactly!
i have never used virtual copy before and one question comes to mind after your very well done video. When you have completed your edits and like what you have done on the virtual copy, can you merge the changes into the original photo so you do not see so many versions of the same photo? Hope that makes sense.
Hi Bob, no reason to as it doesn't take up much space. You can always "Stack" the images if they are cluttering up your screen. However, if you still want to copy the changes. Highlight the one with the changes, select the original RAW file and then hit Sync. The dialogue box will come up and hit OK. All of your changes on your VC will now be on the original file. Hope this helps.
@@tv510 Thanks Terry!
OK ... nice explanation. However once all that is done, is it possible to take that resultant image, e.g., the virtual image combo you've created, and then save it as its own image, then subsequently print or otherwise use the VC combo image apart from the original as its own useable version?
Or is it available strictly as a testbed or experimental copy after which you go back to the original and actually apply the edits to the original that you did to the VC?
VCs work just like your RAW file. Export it, print it etc. Its just like working on the original file.
@@tv510 Wow. That is REALLY useful then. I did not imagine that'd work that way. Thanks Terry.
Virtual copies is the main reason I’m staying away from the Lightroom desktop. Versions just don’t cut it for me.
I understand your preference, but there's a lot to love in Virtual Copies.
I know you already know this but sound is out of sync with your video. Or my pc is screwed lol
It's fine on my iMac
Well, it was! As the video goes on it goes out of sync - you're right @stevemcmcollum2011 !
mmm? My quality control guys must have celebrated too much over the holidays. I'll see if I can fix it. Thanks!
If a virtual copy does not create a new image but rather a list of instructions, do you lose the image if you delete the original image and just keep the virtual image?
@@jamesshrouds4130 If you delete the original then the instructions go with it. Yes, the Virtual Copy gets deleted. To get an around that, open the VC into the Photoshop and then save it back to LRC as a Photoshop Document. Or just keep the original RAW file.