# "Bake in" NLP conversion for further editing

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**Created:** [April 6, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/bake-in-nlp-conversion-for-further-editing/7634 "2024-04-06T15:51:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![yellowshuttle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ec9cab/32.png) [@yellowshuttle](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/yellowshuttle)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/bake-in-nlp-conversion-for-further-editing/7634/1 "2024-04-06T15:51:43Z")

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I’ve been using NLP for a couple of months, and it mostly works fine. But I haven’t figured out how to bake in the NLP conversion from negative to positive, such that I can perform further editing just as if the image came from a digital camera. As it stands, all the post-conversion controls are backwards, and I’m unable to easily use any of Lightroom’s typical editing features.

Anyone know how to do this? Maybe it’s a setting somewhere?

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**Author:** ![nate](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.negativelabpro.com/nate/32/4_2.png) [@nate](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/u/nate)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/bake-in-nlp-conversion-for-further-editing/7634/2 "2024-04-09T14:58:38Z")

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Yep!

You’re looking for the **"positive copy**" feature.

> **[Lightroom Tips & Tricks | Negative Lab Pro](https://www.negativelabpro.com/guide/lightroom/#positive-copy-tips-and-tricks)**
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> Part of NLP's power comes from its close integration to Lightroom. Learn how to take full advantage of this integration.

The easiest way to do this is just to select “Make Copy”, then hit “Apply” and it will make a positive copy for you…

![CleanShot 2024-04-09 at 10.54.23@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/negativelabpro/original/2X/3/33e9e4eefcad3775620d98d135b520939c41560a.jpeg)

In the “Advanced” tab, there are more options you can fine-tune to get the positive copy settings you want.

![CleanShot 2024-04-09 at 10.55.31@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/negativelabpro/original/2X/c/c24efc91286cdaa5770f45260744afbda638b36b.jpeg)

If you don’t want to open Negative Lab Pro to do this, you can also select the images that you want to edit as a positive, then “right-click \> export \> NLP - Positive Copy.” This will have the same affect, one way just may fit better into your workflow.

-Nate