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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Ellis Vener on December 02, 2015, 10:56:40 am

Title: Making a second copy of a collection and apply cropping to just that collection?
Post by: Ellis Vener on December 02, 2015, 10:56:40 am

Is this possible or is the only way to make and apply the cropping to virtual copies?

Title: Re: Making a second copy of a collection and apply cropping to just that collection?
Post by: Cem on December 02, 2015, 11:00:33 am

Quote from: Ellis Vener on December 02, 2015, 10:56:40 am

Is this possible or is the only way to make and apply the cropping to virtual copies?

The latter. If you have an image in two collections and crop it in one of those, it will end up being cropped in the other collection as well.

Title: Re: Making a second copy of a collection and apply cropping to just that collection?
Post by: ButchM on December 02, 2015, 11:40:16 am

Quote from: Ellis Vener on December 02, 2015, 10:56:40 am

Is this possible or is the only way to make and apply the cropping to virtual copies?

Yes, if you make an additional complete set of virtual copies. That way the cropping differences will be ignored by the other collections the images may also be part of.

I do this all the time for printing various aspect ratios ... I may have the same image in a collection for 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10, etc. ... but each collection has it's own virtual copy for that specific collection and crop aspect ratio. I also add a color label and keyword combo to quickly identify the different virtual copies when I may view them outside of the collection.

Title: Re: Making a second copy of a collection and apply cropping to just that collection?
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 02, 2015, 12:38:43 pm

Quote from: Cem on December 02, 2015, 11:00:33 am

The latter. If you have an image in two collections and crop it in one of those, it will end up being cropped in the other collection as well.

True, because a collection has no images in it, it is only a collection of links to the "real" files. Any images that are in both collections simply have links to the same files. The whole reason for a virtual copy is so that it can be processed differently from the original.

Title: Re: Making a second copy of a collection and apply cropping to just that collection?
Post by: Ellis Vener on December 02, 2015, 01:05:52 pm

Thanks all. I figured that was the case but I was wondering if there might be some way to create  collection specific settings.

Title: Re: Making a second copy of a collection and apply cropping to just that collection?
Post by: digitaldog on December 02, 2015, 01:58:02 pm

Quote from: Ellis Vener on December 02, 2015, 01:05:52 pm

Thanks all. I figured that was the case but I was wondering if there might be some way to create  collection specific settings.

Think of a Collection as an iTunes Playlist, nothing more. It's just an alias to existing files.