The fun part of photography is getting out there and taking photos. As much as editing is the cherry on the top with a little dodging and burning here, and a little colour correction there, it gets tedious and time-consuming after a while.

What if you could make all those edits to all your photos at once?

Batch editing is the one workflow that makes it all possible. It’s a quick way to synchronize your edits across multiple selected photos. This means having a quicker and more effective workflow. Thankfully, you can do this in Lightroom, which is also really easy to get the hang of.

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Here are the essential steps for batch editing photos in Lightroom in no time at all.

Batch Editing Photos In Lightroom

Prerequisite: You have applied edits or a preset to one photo.

• Apply the edits or presets.

Select a photo with the edits or presets applied.

• Copy the edits

Use Command+C on Mac or Ctrl+C on Windows to copy all the photo edit settings. To choose which specific edit settings to copy, use Command+Shift+C on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+C on Windows. It will bring a dialogue box where you can choose which edits to copy.

• Paste the edits

Hold Command on Mac or Control on Windows and click on the photo to which you want to paste the edit settings. Use Command+V on Mac or Ctrl+V on Windows to paste the edits on all of the selected images.

Note: Remember that each photo might be slightly different in origin. Go back to each one and check if its adjustments need some fine-tuning.