The only adjustments which are order dependent are the selective area adjustments: gradients, brushes and the like. Behind the scenes, Lightroom is layering and masking to implement those features.
All the other adjustments are just parameters processed in a standard sequence, so whether you set them before or after makes no difference to the rendering although it might make a difference to how you see what you're doing. G On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All! > > Are the exposure and sharpenss operations in LR commutative? > (i.e. changing the order of them does not change the end result) > > Starting with simple: what about sharpening and noise reduction? > > In general, - which operations are and which aren't commutative? > I know that spot removal and probabl red-eye corrections are not. > What about adjustment brush and graduate filter? > > I haven't seen this described anywhere, so a pointer to the chapter in > the manual or FAQ would be appreciated. > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

