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Eric Brody

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I'm preparing a Blurb book for a friend using Lightroom 6.3.1 (current). I'd like to use a photos from within the book as covers, eg I want a photo to be both a cover and in the book.

I do not seem to be able to do this. If I take the photo from the book, and move it to the cover, it disappears from its location in the book. I cannot find a way to duplicate the photo and use it in both places, feeling a bit silly.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
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mcbroomf

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I don't think I've ever done that but I'd start by making a virtual copy in LR and using that as the cover.
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john beardsworth

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No need to create VCs unless you want the cover photo be be different from the page.

To add a photo to the cover, make sure you drag that photo from the filmstrip and drop it on the cover.
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And if you use the same image on the cover or back and inside, don't expect a color match.  :'(
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Eric Brody

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Thanks John Beardsworth, that did the trick.

Eric
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David Eichler

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And if you use the same image on the cover or back and inside, don't expect a color match.  :'(

I have gotten a very close match using the image-wrap cover, but I don’t have a large enough sampling to say this is consistent.
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