Save slide show settings as an output creation

Lightroom lets you create output creations, which are collections based on settings you specify in the Slideshow, Print, and Web modules. With an output creation, it is easy to return to your output settings for a specific collection of photos. In addition, you can add new photos to the collection, and they automatically include the output settings. An output creation differs from a custom template in that a template includes the output options, but no photos. An output creation, however, applies the output settings to the photos in the collection.

  1. In the Library module, select the photos for the slide show.
  2. In the Slideshow module, select a template and specify the settings you want in the Options, Layout, Overlays, Backdrop, and Playback panels.
  3. In the Filmstrip, select the photos to include them in the output creation.
  4. Click the Plus icon (+) in the Collections panel and choose Create Slideshow.
  5. Type a name for your output creation in the Create Slideshow dialog box. Choose a collection set from the Set pop-up menu to add the output creation to an existing set, or choose None.
  6. Under Slideshow Options, select Include Selected Photos. Select Make New Virtual Copies if you want the output creation to include virtual copies instead of the original photos.
  7. Click Create.

Lightroom adds the output creation to the Collections panel in the specified location. The slide show output creation has a slide icon .