A little confused RGD. What file/copy I should work with

I'm afraid so it's a beginner, yet it is leaving me a bit puzzled: having found a photo in the library view that I want a few others work on, should I - in principle - create a virtual copy and do all my changes to it? I mean, just to make sure that the original file will be always available in my LR library. What workflow you people out there go with about these things?

Thanks in advance,

OLE k,

Norway.

OLE, it comes an EXCELLENT beginning, because there are probably people who do this, and it is NOT necessary.  Not with Lightroom.  Here's why.  With Lightroom, each edition you is considered "non-destructive".  This means that you can always come back at first before you start editing, or halfway through.  (And besides, to get back to the point, look at the history in the left column.  Click on one of these lines, and your image is restored to this point.)  This is true even if you return to the image in Lightroom not only this same session edition, but three years from now.

In other photo software, you can't easily return after you save an image and close the editing session.  But with Lightroom, this isn't a problem because you're not 'save' images in published reports.  The program keeps the original of your file and an always updated list of changes that have been made to him automatically saved for you.

Just for security reasons, you should have at least another copy of the image unedited somewhere else, preferably in a different physical location where your PC is stolen or bursts into flames, or whatever.  Lightroom offers this option (which you should if you import from a camera or a memory card) when you import.  If you already have the file saved somewhere else, you don't need to do again when importing.

What is a virtual copy for? Maybe you want to make prints of two different cultures - or two different exposures - or other variable - the same image.  You can have a virtual copy and keep the two in the library.  Sometimes I want to experiment with how things work in Lightroom and I always pay attention in this case to remove my virtual copy (and I am careful to check this is the one I am removing) when I'm through experimentation.  I could go back to the place - it is just as safe - but it helps me to remember exactly where I was when I started to experiment.

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