11. CASCADING EDITS AND VIRTUAL COPIES
ONE OF THE most powerful features of Lightroom is its ability to create multiple references to one single image file. You can use this to your benefit by storing the same image in multiple collections, as well as by creating different versions of pictures to use.
There are times when you are going to want to change a picture once and have that change reflected in all of the references to that image, and there are times when you are going to want to create multiple variations of one file. Knowing when to create the differences and how to create the differences will help you greatly.
When you import an image ...
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