When editing photos

[MommaTrish]

Do you look at just your photo as you are editing it, or do you keep the original up as well so you can see the change?

I keep the before and after view open on Lightroom as I work.

[Lyd]

I do most of my editing in Aperture. I don't have a direct comparison as I'm editing, but I can just click on a little button and it shows me the original, so I can just kind of toggle the edits on and off if I want to see the difference.

[Milmomma]

I do most photo editing in PS and I keep up all versions as I go along adjusting. I just stack them side by side to see what I like and dislike.

[SeattleSheri]

I don't compare as a I go, but I always preserve a copy of the original for future use.

[KimberlyMorris]

Originally Posted by SeattleSheri

I don't compare as a I go, but I always preserve a copy of the original for future use.

This ^^^^

[eranslow]

I use radlab for editing photos - and they have an option to see just the before, the after, split and compare. I love it Before using radlab - I would have the original and duplicate right next to each other so I could compare the differences.

[rach3975]

I tend to stick to basic editing, like fixing brightness and contrast or removing a color cast. The actions I use place most edits on their own layers, so I can toggle the layers on and off to compare. I also keep the original.

[cherrygutz]

Sometimes when I edit a single or two photos, I'd like to see the before and after. But when I'm editing many photos and I already know what I'd like them to be, I skip the before look. Sometimes I save a copy, sometimes I don't.

[nun69]

I never look at the before and after LOL! I do the majority of my editing in LR with just the basics and then when I scrap I use my actions and such for the photos I want to scrap with in CS....

[Lizzy257]

Originally Posted by SeattleSheri

I don't compare as a I go, but I always preserve a copy of the original for future use.

This!

[taracotta7]

Originally Posted by SeattleSheri

I don't compare as a I go, but I always preserve a copy of the original for future use.

This but I am also like Erin. I love my Radlab.

[sprauncey1]

I mostly edit in ACR on RAWs so I always have a "before" to go back to. I do basic edits there and do only clean edits, then I bring into PS for a slight change/pop or conversion to b&w and then save as jpeg. If I were to use actions I would save the layered versions and play with them a bunch. But I don't like most actions and am happy with my edits now. It took me a while, and a photography course on finding my style to get to this point though.

[Tronesia]

Originally Posted by SeattleSheri

I don't compare as a I go, but I always preserve a copy of the original for future use.

Same here

[AnalogPaper]

Originally Posted by taracotta7

This but I am also like Erin. I love my Radlab.

Yes...use it on everything!

I only compare photos if I'm working on a Polaroid (sometimes 35mm) bc I'm trying not to deviate too much from original

[mrshobbes]

LOL i'm like Angie, I never thought to look at the before and after. I think even the littlest edit is welcome and better than my original

[JulieB146]

I always save the original version: there are always new ways to reinterpret an image. And it does help me a lot to compare the original to the modified version.

[d2vasquez]

I save the original and just make a new copy with the edited version.