Sync in Lightroom

Ever wonder how to edit images that were all shot in the same session, under the same lighting conditions simultaneously?  Me too…   

This was one of the editing processes that would take the longest for me.  I'd edit one photo from a session and then, one by one, apply the same general edits to other similar photos so that they all flowed.  That was until I was wondering around on Clickin Moms blog and found a post on Syncing!!

This extraordinary little button is guaranteed to speed up my workflow!  I'm beyond excited that I found this. 

This is how it works.  Start by editing an image in a series where all the photos were shot under the same lighting conditions.  Edit one of the photos in the series until you're happy with it.  Now you can sync the processing you've done on that photo to the other photos in the series by selecting all the images you want to sync.  

To do this use the command button to select images that are next to each other or shift if they are not in order.  Once you select the photos you want to sync you'll notice that, in the Develop Module, on the bottom right, the 'previous' button changes to 'sync'.  

Click that and a dialog box will pop up.  Click Synchronize!!  

It's that easy - all the changes you've made to the first image will apply to the other photos you selected.  Lightroom will do this automatically but it's always best to make sure that Local Adjustments, Spot Removal, and Crop are not selected in the Synchronize dialog box. 

Now you can continue editing specific photos for little touch-ups but other than that you're done!  Wow, tell me this isn't the best tool!!

It took me WAY less time to edit these images yesterday using sync than it would have otherwise.