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Posted by bigbasou on 2023-09-21.
the duplicate manager does not work in the darkroom as well as many shortcuts like export (CTRL+E)
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Lukas — 2023-09-22
Hey bigbasou,
the creation of duplicates has been moved to the Edit menu on top. There you can choose to Create new development (Ctrl + N) to start a duplicate with a reset history or to Duplicate existing development (Ctrl + D) to create a duplicate with the current history applied.
It is also true that a lot of shortcuts have been affected with the changes that Ansel has undergone. The export for example has been removed from darkroom all together so the shortcut only works in lighttable.
bigbasou — 2023-09-22
Thank you for your answer, it’s a shame about the export because I was used to exporting it directly when I was reworking a picture, it’s easier for me
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