Adobe Lightroom: how to speed up your workflow with the Quick Develop tools Back

In our latest Raw Tuesday series special on using Adobe Lightroom, we show you how to streamline your photo editing process using the Quick Develop tools

The Quick Develop panel, found in the Adobe Lightroom Library module, allows photographers to make quick edits, applying image colour and tone adjustments without having to leave the Library module.

Any edits made using the Quick Develop tools are recorded in the History panel of the Adobe Lightroom Develop module and can always be reversed.

Below we introduce the panel and what it can do for you, as well as show its range of creative effects.



White Balance
Choose As Shot to use the settings embedded by the camera, or choose one of Lightroom’s presets from the menu (raw format files only). You can also adjust the Temperature and Tint values manually.

Tone Control
Use Auto Tone or adjust the settings manually. Single-arrow buttons make small adjustments, double-arrow buttons make large ones. Note the Reset All button at the bottom.

Saved Preset
Use this menu to choose one of Adobe Lightroom’s preset Develop effects – they’re the same as the ones in the full Develop module, organised into groups. You can also change the Crop Ratio to suit different screen or paper sizes.

Visualising the Adobe Lightroom Quick Develop effects



Aged Photo
This reduces the saturation, applies a warm tint and makes adjustments to the tonal controls to achieve a ‘retro’ look.

 



Bleach Bypass
Creates a high-contrast, cold, undersaturated and high-definition look that could be good for urban landscapes or male portraits.

 



Cross Process 1-3
Simulates the effect of processing film in the ‘wrong’ chemicals and produces varying colour shifts according to which one is chosen.

 



Direct Positive
Produces a high-contrast, high-saturation look reminiscent of low-speed transparency films, and can give colour shots extra impact.

 



B&W Look 1-5
Delivers an instant black and white conversion in five different styles – you can try them all to find the look that you want.

 



B&W Sepia Tone
The classic black and white toned effect, but delivered with more subtlety and control than the sepia ‘effects’ in other programs.




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