It’s fair to say that when you are editing photos, sometimes you like the potential of an earlier version of your work, and you would like to revisit it. That is when the history button can be a very useful feature of editing software. This morning I was working with this file:
I wanted to make a black and white version. After a few basic edits including a crop, white balance adjustment and luminance boosting, I added a custom look I had created in Luminar. After a few more tweaks, I had this black and white edit:
I like this edit so I saved a version of it. But is also true that at one point in the editing process, I liked another idea and I wanted to revisit it.
The other idea came at a point in the edit after I had applied my black and white look but before making the final adjustments. At that point I had experimented with the slider that adjusts the amount of the look applied to the photo. Because I was applying a black and white look to a color photo, the result was that the color version begins to show through. I ended up really liking that effect. So after I had saved my version above I went back in the history to where I had been working with that slider and started reworking the edit from that point. Here is the resulting color edit:
This ability to go back through your history and rework from a certain point can be very helpful if you are interested in creating more than one version.
Your thoughts and comments on the edits are welcome in the comment section below.
Cheers!
Added to Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge, Any Kind of Geometric Shape and Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Useful tips. Snowdrops are beautiful and lend themselves well to different editing styles.
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I agree. I also went on a snowdrop tour and really started looking at the variety among them, it was a bit stunning.
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They are looking amazing in black and white 🙂
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Thanks very much!
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Both versions are lovely and evoke hope for Spring.
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I sure am hoping 🙂
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They are just as beautiful in black and white. Wonderful post for for both challenges 😀
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Thanks very much Cee.
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Wow – these all look very good! 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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Thanks for the work flow ideas! I also like to create a few duplicate copies of the photo to work on after I’ve done the basics, like crop and level adjustment. Makes it so easy to try something on one of the photos, then try something different on another – then compare results..
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Thanks very much, I think what you are saying goes right to the heart of one of the advantages of digital editing, that of being able to keep multiple variations without too much trouble.
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