How to create and use Virtual Copies in Lightroom

In Adobe Lightroom, you can easily duplicate a photo with various edits using the Virtual Copy function. Here’s how to use virtual copies in Lightroom: What are Virtual Copies? In Lightroom, a virtual copy allows you to create a duplicate of a photo without actually duplicating the file on your hard drive. This means you can apply different edits, settings, or metadata to the same original image while keeping the original intact and unaltered. Crucially, VCs allow you to visually compare the effect of various edits on what's essentially the same photo, without the huge file sizes of TIFFs. It's an essential feature of a parametric editor and critical for my workflow. For more information on the benefits of Virtual Copies, visit this page. How to Create Virtual Copies in Lightroom Select the Photo: In the Library module, select the photo for which you want to create a virtual copy. Create a Virtual Copy: Right-click on the selected photo and select "Create Vir