Lightroom 5.7.1

Finally, he was done.

He pressed Alt and clicked the icon. The splash screen appeared—the grey, minimalist interface he knew better than his own reflection. He navigated to the backup folder. 5.7.1 had a robust, if temperamental, backup system. He saw the list: Yesterday, Last Week, Last Month. lightroom 5.7.1

Elias hovered over the Basic panel. He dragged the Exposure up slightly. Then, the Highlights down. He knew the histogram like the back of his hand; he watched the graph, ensuring he wasn't clipping the shadows. Finally, he was done

"Come on," he whispered, his breath fogging in the cold air of the room. He navigated to the backup folder

: Any edits made—from exposure tweaks to color grading—are stored as instructions in the Lightroom catalog file, leaving your original image files untouched.