Save print 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 you want to print.
  2. In the Print module, select a template and specify the settings you want in the Image Settings; Layout; Rulers, Grid & Guides; Overlays; Cells; and Print Job panels.
  3. In the Filmstrip, select the photos to include them in output creation.
  4. Click the Plus icon (+) in the Collections panel and choose Create Print.
  5. Type a name for your output creation in the Create Print 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 Print 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 print output creation has a page layout icon .