08Developing Workflow

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The Left Panel

One of the great benefits of raw file workflow is that it gives us the ability to style and develop raw files in a variety of ways—but with variety also comes the need to organize. We develop our files and define their look with the Right Panel, but the Left Panel allows us to save different versions of our work. We can also navigate through the history of how we’ve developed images, and we can play with Presets to glimpse a myriad of different styles. As the Right Panel allows us to develop our work, the Left Panel provides the tools for managing all of our different creative paths.

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