How to · 4 min
Copy edits and use history
Carry a starting point across a shoot without treating every frame alike.
A consistent series benefits from a shared starting point. It still needs individual judgment: changes in exposure, framing, and light can make the same settings look very different from one picture to the next.
The method
Step by step.
- Finish a representative photograph, then use Copy or ⌘C while the image workspace—not a text field—has focus.
- Open the next photograph and use Paste or ⌘V. Review any selective copy options rather than assuming all corrections belong on the next frame.
- Check exposure, crop, and local corrections for the new subject. Avoid blindly transferring a mask made for a different composition.
- Use ⌘Z to Undo and ⇧⌘Z to Redo while exploring. Save a snapshot for a version you want to retain beyond a short history experiment.
- Compare the series at Fit for consistency, then inspect each photograph’s important detail at 100%.
Keep this close
Control reference.
- ⌘C / ⌘V
- Copy / paste edits outside text-entry fields.
- ⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z
- Undo / redo.
- Hold O
- Temporary original comparison.
Closer to the controls
See the settings, not a reconstruction.
This detail is cropped from the real application capture above. Click to enlarge, then choose actual pixels to inspect the labels and sliders.
At your own pace
Try it.
Apply one Profile to a sequence of cars, then balance each image’s Light independently.
Watch for
A preset or pasted edit is a starting point, not proof that the next photograph is finished.
Monochrome Lab Pro workflow guide. Interface details may evolve. Example settings are creative starting points, not automatic corrections.