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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: wlemann on January 26, 2014, 04:41:53 pm

Title: Renaming virtual copy
Post by: wlemann on January 26, 2014, 04:41:53 pm: LR5
When I make a virtual copy and try to name or rename it. both the original and the virtual copy get renamed or they both go back to the original name. What am I doing wrong?
Title: Re: Renaming virtual copy
Post by: john beardsworth on January 26, 2014, 04:47:17 pm: Using the rename command means renaming the original file.

Instead look for a field called Copy Name. You'll only see it in the Metadata panel when you have a virtual copy selected.
Title: Re: Renaming virtual copy
Post by: wlemann on January 26, 2014, 05:06:28 pm: Got it, thanks.
Made virtual copy and renamed in metadata but then in Library the thumbnail never renders sharp for that one copy; other versions are sharp in Library. When I move the unsharp one to Develop it "sharpens up".
What am I missing here.
Thanks in advance, Walter
Title: Re: Renaming virtual copy
Post by: wlemann on January 26, 2014, 05:12:20 pm: Also does not render sharp in Print module.
Title: Re: Renaming virtual copy
Post by: Steve House on January 27, 2014, 09:14:37 am: Quote from: wlemann on January 26, 2014, 05:12:20 pm
Also does not render sharp in Print module.
Unsharp on the screen or the print is unsharp (or both)?
Title: Re: Renaming virtual copy
Post by: wlemann on January 27, 2014, 11:02:22 am: Just on screen
Title: Re: Renaming virtual copy
Post by: Rory on January 27, 2014, 11:11:51 am: Lightroom has a problem with previews sometimes rendering fuzzy. I have experienced this occasionally and have learned to never trust the LR library rendering - to the extent that I always check focus in Photo Mechanic before importing. I suspect the fuzzy rendering you are seeing is caused by something unrelated to the renaming of the virtual copy because I was unable to replicate this myself on LR 5.3, Windows 7, 64bit.