324 pictures are GRAYSCALE!

[ChristopherCoy]

I did something in LR2 and somehow all 324 pictures were converted to grayscale.

Is there a way to set them all back to color at one time without going through one by one again, without loosing all the PP work I did?

[S-Man]

I would try selecting all the ones that were converted to grayscale and then either double click the "Saturation" word (If that is how they were converted) or click the HSL tab. Hopefully that'll work without damaging the work that's been done.

Which method did it use to convert to grayscale?

There is also an "edit>undo" option, if you haven't exited.

[ChristopherCoy]

I have no idea what I did. I edited every single picture, exported them all to .jpg so I could burn a disk, and now they are one by one turning to grayscale. I dont know what i changed, or how it even got changed to begin with, but its only with this one particular catalog.

[S-Man]

That's weird. Did you make something grayscale before this catolog export? If you did, maybe you hit "Export with previous"?
Or maybe check your export settings.

[picman]

Lightroom has unlimited undos. But before you start with the command Z's check the history in the develop module and see what caused the grayscales.

[ChristopherCoy]

they all say "convert to grayscale...... yes", and if you go to the step right before it its color.

[venchka]

You should be able to back up through the History to the click before the Greyscale thing.

[debbry531]

In library mode, select all the photos. Then click on Photo -> Develop Settings -> Convert to Greyscale. It worked when I tried it.

[iCe]

Lightroom is non-destructive so you didn't lose anything

[venchka]

That's what we've been saying. ^^^^

Debbie, that's what happened and that's not what Chris wanted to happen. Or at least that's how I understand the problem.

And............the exports are greysacle. Delete them. Export again with the export settings the way you want them. Read EVERY switch and button, etc. Sometimes something can be hidding that you don't want.

[debbry531]

Debbie, that's what happened and that's not what Chris wanted to happen. Or at least that's how I understand the problem.

If you click again, it should go back to normal (like a toggle).

[Roy]

Sure does. Didn't know that but I've never used the convert to greyscale either.

[rwwright]

of course there is the reset button that moves everything back to origional

[jeffkohn]

Originally Posted by rwwright

of course there is the reset button that moves everything back to origional

But I don't think he wanted to lose all the other adjustments he had made to individual images.

Un-checking the grayscale option should work, and leave your other adjustments intact (with the possible exception of any HSL adjustments you might have made, I'm not sure if those would be preserved)