Syncing Adjustments

Once you’ve developed one image, it’s easy to reuse those adjustments on other photos. This process is called syncing and works by selecting the images you want to unify. Syncing is a global command that takes all the adjustments from one photo and applies them to one or more selected images.

To sync adjustments between images:

1. Open an image in Luminar for Desktop and edit it.

2. Select the adjusted image whose edits you want to sync. The active image is highlighted with an orange border.

3. Select the additional images you want to apply the same adjustments to. You can do this in different views:

   • In the Catalog, select multiple images in the grid.

   • When viewing an open image, select multiple images in the Filmstrip.

   To select multiple images:

   • Hold Shift and click to select a range of images.

   • Hold Cmd (macOS) or Ctrl (Windows) and click each image to add it to the selection.

   Additional selected images are highlighted with a white border.

4. Right-click the selected images and choose Adjustments > Sync Adjustments, as shown in the screenshot.

   You can also use the keyboard shortcut:

   • Shift+Cmd+S on macOS

   • Shift+Ctrl+S on Windows

5. The adjustments from the active image will be applied to all selected images. Review the synced images and make any additional changes if needed.

Power Tip: The right tools Using tools that rely on artificial intelligence, such as AccentAI, StructureAI, and SkinAI, can improve the results you get when syncing images. These AI tools can adjust to changes between photographs easily. Tools like Crop, Erase, and Background Removal cannot be synced.

Note: Thumbnails may not be accurate The thumbnails after syncing may not look accurate, this is because the images in the gallery view are JPEG previews. If the source photos are raw, you may need to open up the photo in a Single view or Edit mode to judge the effects properly.

Note: Syncing and Batch Processing If you have several images to develop, you can use the Sync Adjustments command to perform a Batch Process. Simply adjust the first photo in a series. Sticking with Ai-powered adjustments works particularly well here. With the first image selected, simply choose the rest of the images, right-click on the first image, click Adjustments and then select Sync Adjustments to sync the images with the first image. Finish by using the Export command to batch export multiple photos.

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