You Can Actually Clone Objects in Lightroom. Here's How It Works.

You Can Actually Clone Objects in Lightroom. Here's How It Works.

My default assumption for years was simple: if something needs to be cloned or duplicated in a photo, you open Photoshop. Full stop. Lightroom handles the global stuff, the color, the light, the tone, and then you kick it over to Photoshop when the real surgery starts. That workflow isn’t wrong, but it has a cost. Every round-trip to Photoshop adds friction, adds file size, and pulls you out of the editing headspace you were in.