A system comprising: - welding headwear that comprises a camera , user interface components , a display , memory , and processing circuitry , and that is operable to: - capture, via the camera , images of a first live welding operation performed on a sample workpiece ; - store, to the memory , the captured images of the first live welding operation; - play back, on the display , the stored images of the first live welding operation; the system being characterized in that it is operable to - display, on the display multiple versions of one of the captured images of the first live welding operation, wherein each of the multiple versions of the one of the captured images of the first live welding operation is displayed with different image display settings, - select, with or without user input, during the play back and based on the captured images, image display and/or capture settings of the welding headwear to be used for a second live welding operation; - capture, via the camera , images of a second live welding operation using the selected image capture settings, and - display, on the display in real-time, the images of the second live welding operation, wherein the welding headwear is operable to apply the selected images display and/or capture settings to the images of the second live weld operation during the display of the images of the second live weld operation. - welding headwear that comprises a camera , user interface components , a display , memory , and processing circuitry , and that is operable to: - capture, via the camera , images of a first live welding operation performed on a sample workpiece ; - store, to the memory , the captured images of the first live welding operation; - play back, on the display , the stored images of the first live welding operation; - capture, via the camera , images of a first live welding operation performed on a sample workpiece ; - store, to the memory , the captured images of the first live welding operation; - play back, on the display , the stored images of the first live welding operation; the system being characterized in that it is operable to - display, on the display multiple versions of one of the captured images of the first live welding operation, wherein each of the multiple versions of the one of the captured images of the first live welding operation is displayed with different image display settings, - select, with or without user input, during the play back and based on the captured images, image display and/or capture settings of the welding headwear to be used for a second live welding operation; - capture, via the camera , images of a second live welding operation using the selected image capture settings, and - display, on the display in real-time, the images of the second live welding operation, - display, on the display multiple versions of one of the captured images of the first live welding operation, wherein each of the multiple versions of the one of the captured images of the first live welding operation is displayed with different image display settings, - select, with or without user input, during the play back and based on the captured images, image display and/or capture settings of the welding headwear to be used for a second live welding operation; - capture, via the camera , images of a second live welding operation using the selected image capture settings, and - display, on the display in real-time, the images of the second live welding operation, wherein the welding headwear is operable to apply the selected images display and/or capture settings to the images of the second live weld operation during the display of the images of the second live weld operation. <EOS>