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Lightroom Adds 'Render to DNG' for Non-Destructive Edit Flattening

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Lightroom now lets you render your current edits directly to a new DNG file, effectively baking in your adjustments and starting fresh from that point. Useful when a stack of masks, gradients, and sliders starts working against itself and there's no clean path forward.
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AUGUST 6, 2026Adobe Adds Two Mask Edge Sliders to Lightroom and Lightroom Classic
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