Reverting to original image

brian McCann

• December 18, 2020 21:28

After adjusting an image in Develop and within Effects, I would like to return to the original image.

I am an Aperture refugee and in that program it was only a matter of hitting the "M" key, and there was the master (original).

I am using ON1 2021 on a MacBook pro, OS Mojave

Thank you

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  Brian Lawson Community moderator

  • December 18, 2020 21:52

  What you want to do is reset the photo's settings. You can click the Reset All button, or go to Settings > Reset All Settings, or Right-click the image and choose the Reset Settings command from the contextual menu.

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  brian McCann

  • December 18, 2020 22:19

  Thank you Brian for your prompt reply..forgive me, but how do I now return to corrected image.

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  Brian Lawson Community moderator

  • December 18, 2020 22:52

  Unfortunately those commands are permanent unless you immediately use the Undo command. If you have a Time Machine backup you can recover them by restoring the .on1 sidecar file from a time when it contained the edits.

  I'm sorry but I misunderstood your question. I thought you wanted them permanently removed. If all you want is to temporarily view the original image you can press the \ key while you are in the Editor. That will turn off the preview. Pressing it a second time returns you to the edited view.

  In the Editor there is also the Compare view (Command-Y) which will split the image in half to show a before and after.

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  Rick Sammartino Community moderator

  • December 18, 2020 22:53

  If you don't want to lose your edits, then make a version and reset that. It will leave the original edits in place.

  You can make a version in both Browse by Right-Clicking and while still in Edit from the menu.

  

   

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  brian McCann

  • December 18, 2020 23:10

  Thank you gents, some valuable information here. I did resort to creating a version, but it did strike me as a little long winded.

  Now that I know it will become more automatic. Seems to me there is not a lot of information on this topic..or..am I just lazy ?

  Stay safe and go carefully.

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  Brian Lawson Community moderator

  • December 18, 2020 23:24

  There is a list of hotkeys on the last page of the User Guide. It is also covered in the section Before/After Previews starting on page 113.

  ON1's User Guide is pretty good.

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  David Kick

  • December 19, 2020 01:07

  Brian, A word of caution regarding versions. A version is a virtual copy of the original photo. If you create a version and happen to like it after some edits to it  -- DO NOT delete the original photo the version was created from. If you do the version will be deleted as well. You can delete a Version without affecting the original photo.

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