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Lightroom
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Lightroom for Digital Photographers
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Comparing Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4 - Part 1
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Lightroom 3 Beta - First Look
29 Oct 2009 | 5:11 amAdobe recently released a new pubic beta - Lightroom 3 beta. In this tutorial we'll look at some of the highlights from this new beta release. -
How To Organize Complete Chaos
22 Oct 2009 | 5:01 amDo you happen to have a bunch of images stored on multiple hard drives? Would you like to learn an easy way to import and organize them in Lightroom? Watch this tutorial to find out how. -
Fine Tuning Images With The Adjustment Brush
15 Oct 2009 | 5:28 amMake quick and precise corrections to your images with the adjustment brush. -
Using the Previous Button
7 Oct 2009 | 5:04 amInterested in cutting down your editing time? If so consider using the Previous button when is found in the Develop Module.
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips
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Tip – Rotating Identity Plates in Slideshow
6 Nov 2009 | 7:56 amYour tip for today falls victim to one of those little things that I never knew about before and found out about the hard way. It has to do with the Slideshow module. You know how you can put an Identity Plate on your slideshow right? You can also put other various text overlays that show some metadata about your photo (which is exactly what people really want to see when they're watching a beautiful slideshow by the way) :-) Anyway, I ran into some one who showed me their computer and the fact that their ID Plate was rotated 90°. Naturally, I'm used to working with the ID Plate in the Print… -
A Few More Dates for David Ziser’s Tour
6 Nov 2009 | 7:56 amHey folks. I've mentioned David Ziser's Digital Wakeup Call tour before and I just wanted to let you know there's a few more dates left. Of course you'll learn lots of stuff about shooting weddings but David is also a master at Lightroom and he's got some great things to share when it comes to the production end of things. Here's his website and here's a write-up I did a while back after attending his seminar. If you have the chance to go, its definitely worth it. Bookmark It -
What’s a Lightroom “Snapshot”
5 Nov 2009 | 6:41 amDuring a recent workshop I had some one ask what a Snapshot was (its a panel on the left side in the Develop module). Then everyone else kinda chimed in with a "yeah what the heck is that?". They don't get used a lot, but I think they definitely do come in useful at times. Basically, a snapshot is a freeze-frame of your photo at that moment in time. It's a way to save all of your develop settings at a certain point in case you ever wanted to revert back to them. So let's say you're working on a photo. You're pretty happy with the way the photo looks but you want to try a couple of other… -
Presets – Lightroom 3 Grain
2 Nov 2009 | 6:44 amA couple of weeks ago, Adobe released a beta version of Lightroom 3. Among the new features is a grain effect that people have been asking for to simulate film grain. So I figured what better candidate for a new preset then some grain effects. They're pretty straightforward and there's 3 versions of the effect from Light, to Medium to Heavy. I purposely left off any black and white, lomo, or cross-process settings (which is the type of photo we see this effect being added to) because I figure you'll apply those settings to your photo first and then add some grain at the end. Also, before you… -
Tip – An Unexpected Lightroom 3 Sharpening Tip
29 Oct 2009 | 10:01 pmOver the last couple of months, I've had the opportunity to test drive the Lightroom 3 Beta before it came out. I spent a pretty decent amount of time kicking the tires but there's one little feature/tip that I didn't find out until this week. Before the Lightroom 3 Beta, when sharpening you had to be zoomed into 100% to see the effects of the sharpening. If you weren't you wouldn't see any change. But now in the Lightroom 3 Beta you can see your sharpening even at the lowest zoom level. Cool huh? Have a great weekend! Bookmark It
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Turn down the volume – Noise Reduction in Lightroom
4 Nov 2009 | 6:28 pmWhen it comes to shooting high ISO images and processing in Lightroom, the general consensus is Lightroom is unable to do a reasonable job at reducing noise. While it is true that Lightroom will not perform as well as Noise Ninja or Nik Dfine day in and day out, Lightroom can handle much of you Noise Reduction needs. Before we go further, I want to reinforce, Lightroom is highly capable in the realm of Noise Reduction but is a general purpose editor. Noise Ninja and Define are both plug-ins specifically designed for the purpose of removing noise. If you go in expecting to get identical… -
Shock the Munki – Accurate and Easy Color Management
3 Nov 2009 | 3:53 amAfter spending money on a quality monitor and an inkjet printer, how do you know if you’re getting the best color reproduction possible? If you don’t edit your images on a calibrated monitor, you can’t possibly guarantee accurate color. The DSLR is a fine instrument and most Canon, Nikon and Pentax cameras – from entry-level to high end, multi-thousand dollar professional cameras are capable of capturing millions of pixels of information. Some monitors need to be calibrated every week, but for most of us, monthly will suffice. We tend to trust the manufacturer that the… -
Into the Future – Lightroom 3 Beta
29 Oct 2009 | 8:13 amA week ago Adobe dropped a bomb on the Lightroom world. They released the new Lightroom 3 Public Beta, giving a preview of the newest incarnation of Lightroom before it is complete. The new Beta presents a few new tools, heavy refinements to existing tools and a completely new Raw demosaicing engine. Some new tools that will be in the final version are currently withheld, forcing Beta testers to test the features the Lightroom team most wants feedback on currently, but the Beta is still a very usable product. First, I would like to mention that the Lightroom 3 Public Beta is Beta software,… -
Good to the last Drop – Photoshop Droplets
27 Oct 2009 | 7:02 amI always loved Photoshop for it’s ability to create Actions, and in turn automate a LOT of my work by leveraging those actions to create Photoshop Droplets for batch processing. And, the best part is I can access these Actions from directly within Lightroom. By leveraging Droplets within your Lightroom workflow, you can take advantage of Photoshop’s powerful batch processing engine to do all sorts of things with your images beyond what is available in Lightroom, or to enhance work done in Lightroom to add some final touches. I’ll be honest with you, this is not a new… -
Keeping it Raw in Photoshop – Part 3 of 3
22 Oct 2009 | 5:50 amPreviously in Part 1 and Part 2, we created a composite image utilizing Smart Objects and layer masking in Photoshop. From those previous two articles, you are armed with the required tools to create dynamic images easily in Photoshop without having to lose the versatility of Raw. Today we will finish the images created, covering the application of smart filters and rendering the Smart Objects as raster layers, preparing the image for output. So, go ahead and open up one of the images you had been working on in the previous chapters. I am going to bring back my color image made from blending…
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Lightroom News
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TTG Highslide update to 1.8
3 Nov 2009 | 8:38 pmMatthew Campagna has announced the release of TTG Highslide and Highslide Pro v1.8. The 1.8 update addresses all known and newly discovered bugs, validation errors and sore points in TTG Highslide Gallery and TTG Highslide Gallery Pro. All gallery components now validate according to W3C XHTML/Strict specifications, except the PayPal shopping cart, which misses Strict validation by only two words forming an important string for which there are no Strict replacements; it validates perfectly well as XHTML/Transitional instead. Improvements include some new control sliders, fixed image border… -
PLUS for Lightroom Plugin Released
31 Oct 2009 | 8:09 pmTimothy Armes has today announced the public release of PLUS for Lightroom, a plug-in for embedded PLUS usage rights into images exported from Lightroom 2. With publishers such as McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Pearson adopting the PLUS Picture Licensing Glossary and announcing their support, the international PLUS standard is rapidly becoming recognised as the definitive way to specify usage rights for digital works, and is the result of years of collaboration between the many and varied members of the PLUS coalition (http://www.useplus.com). With PLUS for Lightroom it’s… -
Direct Timelapse Video Export from Lightroom
28 Oct 2009 | 5:20 pmAs regular readers of this blog will know, I have an interest in Timelapse photography. I’ve had Jeffrey Friedl write a panning script (thanks yet again, Jeffrey!) and I’ve even gone as far as writing a plugin that uses ffmpeg to create video from exported files. But now thanks to Andy Rahn, Lee Jay Fingersh and Matt Dawson, I’ve achieved an even better goal: Timelapse video straight from Lightroom. Even with the advent of Video Export in Lightroom 3 Beta, it seems that the 0.1sec minimum duration for a slide would help thwart any hope of getting the 24fps needed for… -
TTG Horizon updated to Version 1.1
25 Oct 2009 | 1:29 pmTTG Horizon 1.1 is now available. This update introduces a host of improvements and refinements, including better integration with TTG Pages and TTG Auto Index, new controls allowing for more flexibility in design, better font handling and font stack presets, and fixes for several bugs and validation errors. The 1.1 update is free to subscribed users and can be downloaded using purchased download URLs. New users can purchase TTG Horizon for $15 from the product page. v1.1 (2009-10-25) Fixed header background-color bug when using Fixed Header Width. Default Menu settings now coincide with use… -
Adobe launch Lightroom 3 Beta
21 Oct 2009 | 9:39 pmLightroom Product Manager, Tom Hogarty has announced the availabilty of Lightroom 3 Beta over at Lightroom Journal. In a similar fashion to Lightroom 1 and 2, Adobe are providing a public preview of the application. In this case it’s much more like the original Beta preview, in that it’s less polished. Hence Adobe warn that it is not to be used as a production tool, but for testing and commenting only. New features include: Improved Import, Watermarking, better Noise Reduction, Slideshow Video Export, Grain amongst others. Discussion can be had on the Adobe Labs Forum and more…
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Inside Lightroom
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Timelapse from Lightroom 3 Beta
29 Oct 2009 | 5:39 amAs a novice devotee of timelapse photography, I was intrigued when I first saw the ability to Slideshow > Export to Video in the Lightroom 3 builds, and recent work by Sean McCormack, Andy Rahn, Lee Jay Fingersh and Matt Dawson has shown how versatile it is. Sean has written Direct Timelapse Video Export from Lightroom for Lightroom News and it is well worth a read. -
Lightroom 3 Beta: The Import Experience*
24 Oct 2009 | 9:43 amWade Heninger describes some of the improvements in the Lightroom 3 Beta Import Dialog on his blog. He doesn’t seem 100% convinced and neither am I. Generally there is a lot to praise about the new dialog. Not only are there the different views, Expanded and Compact but there are many more useful options. Compact View will be very useful for photographers who have a consistent workflow where they simply wish to import everything from a consistent source (say, a CF card) to a consistent destination. Import Presets will help apply your preferred settings too. The sooner that you are able… -
Further Lightroom 3.0 Beta Resources
24 Oct 2009 | 1:59 amThe initial feedback on Lightroom 3.0 is looking positive. There are naturally a few complaints about missing features (see comments on the last post) but ,as mentioned here and in other places, this Beta is a snapshot in time and there is more to come in the final release. Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape takes a look at the Public Beta as well as the benefits to Adobe of the Public Beta process. Ian Lyons also looks in depth at the new features at Computer Darkroom. John Beardsworth has a round-up of other resources as well as six quick tips: Collections in Develop, Slideshow Export,… -
Lightroom 3.0 Public Beta
21 Oct 2009 | 9:02 pmContinuing the tradition of the previous two releases. A Public Beta release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has been posted to Adobe Labs. This version is not feature complete but is a viable snapshot in time. Suffice to say, there is more to come! WORDS OF CAUTION! This beta won’t upgrade previous Libraries, please use it on separate copies of files, for ultimate safety. The beta will coexist with 1.x and 2.x versions. Develop Settings created and applied during your use of the beta may not transfer to the final version New in Lightroom 3 Beta Fundamental reworking and updating of the… -
Quick Roundup
11 Oct 2009 | 1:26 amA quick couple of links that I neglected to mention on any other forum than Twitter. Sean McCormack has written an Introduction to Lightroom Plugins And the Adobe Lightroom team has posted another video in their “Meet the Lightroom Team series”, the latest is about Julie Kmoch
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Lightroom-Blog.com
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Which Collections are my photo in?
5 Nov 2009 | 7:48 pmOne new little feature in Lightroom 3 Beta is an answer to one of the Skribit questions in my sidebar. Well, the answer is by clicking on the Collection Badge. You'll then see a list of the collections a file is in. -
Using Lightroom for your iPhone Photos
5 Nov 2009 | 9:54 amThe new Publish option in Lightroom 3 Beta allows you a handy way to control what photos are on your iPhone without iPhoto. Fortunately iTunes allows you to select a folder that will sync to the iPhone instead. First up, create a folder called iPhone on your hard drive. Next, in Lightroom 3 Beta's Library Module, go to the Publish Services section on the bottom of the left panel. Click on the '+' beside 'Publish Services' and choose 'Manage Publish Connections'. This opens a dialog box that's remarkably similar to Export.The left hand side has 2 panels, Connections and Post Process Actions. -
Master Adobe Lightroom! Hands-on Lightroom Workshop to be offered in Denver, Colorado for January, 2010
3 Nov 2009 | 2:13 pmFormer Adobe Evangelist, George Jardine has announced a Lightroom Workshop in Denver, next January. Press release:Master Adobe Lightroom! Hands-on Lightroom Workshop to be offered in Denver, Colorado for January, 2010 "Photograph © George A. JardineIn January I’ll be conducting an intensive, one-day Adobe Lightroom workshop at the Lone Tree Civic Center in South Denver, Colorado. We’re tentatively planning for Saturday, January 23rd, 2010. (OMG…. where did 2009 go???)In this workshop, you will learn:- an easy-to-adopt, end-to-end workflow using Adobe Lightroom- navigation tips and… -
November Links
2 Nov 2009 | 5:47 pmTom Hogarty talks with Jim Goldstein about Lightroom 3 Beta.Gene McCullagh has a fantastic introduction to Publish in Lightroom 3 Beta.Mark Wilson has another take on it: Publishing to the Cloud. Matt Kloskowski has some free Grain Presets on Lightroom Killer Tips.Not directly a Lightroom post, but with useful information: Solving Printing issues with Snow Leopard, PSCS4 and Epson Printers. -
Using the timelapse presets: a video tutorial
31 Oct 2009 | 10:36 pmI've put together a short video showing the making of the timelapse video from the previous post using the Presets I gave out on Lightroom News. Here I cover creating the slideshow, exporting and a little about where the presets live. I'm also trying out a new feature of the video capture program ScreenFow: Export to YouTube. You'll need to click through to YouTube itself to see the video at a larger size as the embed size here is quite small.
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Lightroom Galleries
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Lightroom 3 Beta Released!!
22 Oct 2009 | 8:37 amThe Lightroom team is proud to introduce the third public beta program of our application designed by and for digital photographers. We’ve come a long way since our very first public beta on January 9th 2006 at MacWorld.(We didn’t even have a crop tool in the first release!) For this latest release we went back to the drawing board and revisited what we believe are the fundamental priorities of our customers: Performance and Image Quality. Lightroom has been stripped down to the “engine block” in order to rebuild a performance architecture that meets the needs of… -
LRG Complete 4.2 update release
6 Oct 2009 | 9:08 amHey all, we have finally made some updates to LRG Complete. These are minor updates to some of the color pickers, some colors were not being changed, and a few other minor functionality bugs have been fixed. Please download the updated files below. DOWNLOAD NOW Please bear with us as we work on the new templates, new website, tutorial videos, new forums, and new user manuals. We have alot of work to still be done, but we are making very good progress and hope to open the new website, new forums, twitter page, youtube page, and NEW TEMPLATES very soon. Thanks! Joe -
LRG Complete 4.1 update for Lightroom 2.4
24 Jul 2009 | 9:28 amWith the release of LR 2.4 came some problems for LRG Complete 2.4 users, mainly broken color pickers used for choosing your template colors. After many many hours of trying to figure this problem out I finally got some help from Adobe. This update will solve the broken color picker issue. We had to reorganize things a little bit, and you will notice that all color options now appear under the Appearance section. DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE -
Update
17 Jun 2009 | 4:08 pmWe are still here and alive, just extremely busy. I am however continually working on a totally new, written from scratch, version of LRG Complete which will be 100 time better then the current one. Its written in ActionScript 3 which LR currently does not support, so we will have to wait for LR to support this new gallery before we can release it. Just wanted to let you guys know that im still around and working on templates, but i have just been to busy to do much with the site. Thanks for hanging in there! Joe -
LRG Complete 4.1 update released!
1 Apr 2009 | 10:42 pmYou can download the update from HERE Buy Phentermine Buy Proscar Buy Biaxin Buy Lexapro Buy Soma Buy Xenical Buy Adipex Buy Zoloft Buy Propecia Buy Paxil Buy Wellbutrin Buy Diflucan Buy Valium Buy Prozac Buy Effexor Remember, this is still a sort of Beta version, but it has address many of the issues in the forums. Please read the UPDATE_INSTRUCTIONS_4.0_to_4.1.txt file that is included in order to upgrade your live site to 4.1 As always, please post bugs, comments, suggestions in the forums.
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Lightroom Forums
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Re: Preview Creation LR 2.5 WIN 7 64bit
7 Nov 2009 | 3:12 amHi Victoria,Yes all is on a second drive (Physically).It seems to me that the 64 bit LR does not like the files created by the 32bit LR.I also tried it with a new drive, 99 GB/s, and copied ALL back from the backup drive.This will ensure that all f... -
Re: What if my default printer is not the printer used for printing from LR?
7 Nov 2009 | 2:17 amQuote from: Victoria Bampton on Yesterday at 03:21:52 PMI'm not aware of a way to set up a default printer per program, for either OS, is there?Hi Victoria,No, you can't set a default printer per program at the syst... -
Re: What if my default printer is not the printer used for printing from LR?
7 Nov 2009 | 2:15 amQuote from: RikkFlohr on November 05, 2009, 01:34:48 PMIt might help to know what OS you are using. Take a few moments to fill out your profile and you will get answers more quickly.Hi,My profile indicates that I am using... -
Re: Cropping
7 Nov 2009 | 2:09 amThe cropping works on the ratio, so 6 x 4, 3 x 2, 12 x 8 etc are all the same to LR. The final size of the output is set in the export dialogue or print module either by selecting a pixel size, ppi or sizeing to fit the selected paper/layout etc. -
Re: LR3 publish services?
7 Nov 2009 | 1:57 amHi Gene, Thanks for that! How would I run the photostreams through Publish services? Can I do this retrospectively? I have a pro account. I guess that I was aware that I could rename via the edit settings so the advantage of using it is simply to...
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Lightroom Secrets
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Publish to the Cloud
3 Nov 2009 | 4:01 amMark Wilson over at rusticolus images has a new article that shows you how to use Lightroom 3 Beta’s Publish Services to publish your images directly from Lightroom to the cloud. It’s a creative use of the Hard Drive connection to link to Dropbox. Take a minute to read Lightroom 3 Beta – Save photos to the cloud. You’ll be glad you did! Copyright © 2009 — Gene McCullaghALL RIGHTS RESERVED Adobe® and Lightroom® are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Lightroom Secrets is independently published and not endorsed or sponsored by Adobe Systems… -
Getting to Your iPhoto Images – Snow Leopard Update
29 Oct 2009 | 3:39 amA while ago I wrote about Moving Your Images From iPhoto to Lightroom. A reader, Tom, pointed out a neat feature in Snow Leopard that allows you to directly access the contents of your iPhoto Library. When importing, the Finder shows a new section on the sidebar called Media. Click that to reveal, among other things, the complete contents of your iPhoto Library. Simply choose the images you want to import! I still strongly recommend that you opt for COPY and not ADD or MOVE. Choosing ADD will leave the image inside the iPhoto Library and now two different image programs will be making changes… -
Lightroom 3 Beta’s Publish Services – Part 2
28 Oct 2009 | 2:00 amIn Part 1 we examined how to use Publish Services to control target folders on the hard drive using the Hard Drive Publish Connection. There’s another Publish Service that comes with Lightroom 3 Beta. The Flickr Publish Service allows us to connect Lightroom to a Flickr account (or multiple Flickr accounts) and manage our photostream from within Lightroom. However, there are some pitfalls to watch out for. Remember, this is beta software, so as you come across issues or areas that can be improved please join the conversation over at the Adobe Forums and tell the Lightroom team about it. -
Lightroom 3 Beta’s Publish Services – Part 1
25 Oct 2009 | 4:44 pmPrior to the release of Lightroom 3 Beta we had the ability to upload our images to various online sites via the Export dialog. Jeffrey Friedl provided several excellent plugins for the Export dialog making it easy to export to these online services. He is hard at work turning those into Publish Services. By the time the final release of Lightroom 3 is ready I’m sure we will have a lot to choose from! For now, let’s take a deeper look into how this new features works! You can find Publish Services in the left side panel of the Library module. When you first start install Lightroom… -
Lightroom 3 Beta Is Here!
21 Oct 2009 | 8:10 amYes! It’s here! Head on over to Adobe Labs and download the Lightroom 3 Beta! Adobe continues its laudable practice of releasing Lightroom as a public beta to get important feedback from its users! Thanks Adobe! First, a word of CAUTION. This is a true beta. DO NOT use this in production! Make copies of any images you intend to work on inside the beta. There are still known, and perhaps unknown, issues to be ironed out before Lightroom 3 is ready for production work. Whew! Now that we have the warnings out of the way let’s dig in and see what’s new! Watermarks Finally!
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Lightroom Queen Blog
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LR3 Beta – Popular Bugs & Forum Threads
30 Oct 2009 | 11:57 amLightroom 3 beta’s been out for a week now, and the main beta forum alone has seen nearly 3000 posts already. So, a quick run down of the most popular themes and bugs… No PPC, No Tiger – yes, you read that correctly, minimum system specs for Mac are Intel processor and 10.5.6 or newer. The subject has been beaten to death now. Soft Proofing is not in LR3 beta. LR3 is not feature complete. Jeff Schewe has been dropping heavy hints, but no one can say what will or will not be in the final release. Lens correction – no, it’s not in, and yes it would be very… -
Lightroom 3 Beta Book – Extracts now available
29 Oct 2009 | 3:02 pmJust a quick post – the free PDF extracts and full table of contents for Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta – The Missing FAQ are now online at http://www.lightroomqueen.com/lrqebook3.php. You can download the beta book today, and get the final release included in the price when version 3 is finally released. The book’s had a great reception so far! -
What’s new in Lightroom 3.0 Beta?
21 Oct 2009 | 9:21 pmAdobe have just announced the release of Adobe Lightroom 3.0 Public Beta! Here’s the official announcement: http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/ And the download link, of course! http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3/ So what’s new so far…? Image Quality One of the primary improvements in 3.0 beta is image quality. Lightroom’s been taken back to its bare bones and the raw processing engine has been given a complete overhaul. Even the demosaic algorithms have been substantially improved to give a cleaner file which will respond better to subsequent… -
Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta – The Missing FAQ Book available now!
21 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pmTo coincide with the release of Lightroom 3 Beta, I am proud to announce the release of my new book – Adobe Lightroom 3 – The Missing FAQ – and the rough cut is available for immediate download. The Lightroom 2 version of the book’s had such great reviews, I had to update it for version 3! You can pre-order the final Lightroom 3 PDF or paperback, which are due for release at the same time as Lightroom 3 final, and anyone pre-ordering gets immediate access to the PDF rough cut free of charge. What’s a rough cut? A rough cut of a book is like a beta version –… -
Lightroom Secrets Spotlight
19 Oct 2009 | 2:04 pmI’m still here… very busy with a huge project… watch this space a little longer to find out what I’ve been up to! In the meantime, I’m in the spotlight at Lightroom Secrets this week. Gene’s got a great site, so go and have a wander round and get your Lightroom fix.
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PresetsHeaven
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Like facebook but just about photography!
4 Nov 2009 | 3:42 pmGreetings all! I’ve just made a special social network for all of you who are interested in photography, post-processing, sharing thoughts and everything related to it. Facebook is great but it’s about just everything. The Social Photo Network I’ve started are for those who like to share thoughts, photos, videos with others who have the same [...] -
Export to FTP with Lightroom
27 Oct 2009 | 1:19 pmWhen you’re making webgalleries in Lightroom you are able to upload your gallery directly to an FTP-server. But if you are a photographer who just wants to upload your files to an FTP-server, without the gallery files (html, flash etc.) you’re toast… until now. Scott (Principal Photographer) mailed me and asked if I knew any [...] -
Lightroom 3 public beta is here!
22 Oct 2009 | 12:36 amToday you can download the latest release of Lightroom 3 beta. The Adobe team have really made some nice adjustments on this release compared to LR 2 with lots of new and improved functions. What’s new in Lightroom 3? There are so many new things so you should really download a copy of the beta release yourself, [...] -
PH in Japanese or Greek? No problem
14 Oct 2009 | 5:21 amI’m not sure if you have noticed it, but in the sidebar I added a translation tool a couple of weeks ago. Everyone knows these translation tools doesn’t match a human translation, but it’s good enough if you just want to get a summary of what the content is about. Try it out to see [...] -
6 new presets to “wow” your photos
12 Oct 2009 | 5:34 pmI’ve been sitting here for hours now. Playing around in Lightroom, testing and adjusting before I finally got satisfied. Photoshop have a nice feature called “Curve adjustments” where you can change the color channels (RGB) separately with a few clicks with your mouse. I really wish Lightroom had that feature built in. Anyway, I started [...]
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Photoshop Insider Blog By Scott Kelby
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Today We Celebrate: The Springs of Hope Kenya Orphanage has opened its doors!
6 Nov 2009 | 4:46 amI am absolutely thrilled to share that last night I got an email from my friend Molly Bail from Springs of Hope, Kenya, to let me know that today they’re welcoming the first children to the Orphanage that you, the readers of this blog, helped to build. Your contributions literally helped finish the roof on this orphanage earlier this year, and then later you helped buy the beds, furniture, and kitchen appliances, and now today there are homeless children that are homeless no more because of your gracious generosity. I am incredibly thrilled, and humbled at what you all have done in… -
I might have to order one of these
6 Nov 2009 | 4:36 amI ran across a site with this clever t-shirt this weekend, and thought you guys would get a kick out of it. You can order yours right here. Have a great weekend! -Scott -
Thursday News Stuffage
4 Nov 2009 | 10:15 pmHi gang. First, I want to thank Tyler Stableford for a tremendously inspiring post yesterday. His post is really what it’s all about. When I met Tyler at Photo Plus Expo, I knew I had met a great photographer, but as he’s demonstrated through this actions, he’s much more than that, and I’m even more impressed. If you didn’t watch his video yesterday, please take a moment to watch it right now. It’s incredibly powerful, and you’ll be glad you did. Cool new iPhone App for Adobe Freaks (like me) My buddy Terry White has just released his own iPhone App (you knew it was only a… -
It’s “Guest Blog Wednesday” featuring Tyler Stableford!
3 Nov 2009 | 8:01 pmHi all, It’s a real honor to be writing today, and I want to thank Scott and Brad for the bandwidth. I’d like to share a behind-the-scenes story about the most exciting project of my career. I’m an adventure photographer in Aspen, Colorado. When I first picked up a camera 15 years ago, I was tickled at the idea of being paid to rock climb, ski and travel. I certainly didn’t get into photography to “make a difference.” Indeed, from a cynical bent, you could say that I shoot leisure sports — images of rich white people overindulging in the outdoors. Last winter, however, I… -
Tuesday Catch-up
2 Nov 2009 | 9:23 pmHi Folks, and greetings from 37,000 feet, somewhere over Pennsylvania (courtesy of Delta’s new in-flight ‘go-go” wi-fi Internet service). I’m totally beat, so I’m gonna keep this one short and sweet (that way, I can take a nap before I have to change planes for the 2nd leg back home). Philly rocked! First, thanks to everybody (nearly 600 of you), who came out to my Philadelphia seminar yesterday. What a great group to present to! It’s been years since I’ve been to Philly, but I’ll make sure it’s much shorter before my next visit! Adobe has…
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TheLightroomLab.com
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Computer for Photography: Fall 2009 Recommendations
4 Nov 2009 | 8:38 amLots of folks ask us for advice on purchasing the “right computer” for digital photography. This a complicated question though since the products change all the time. Right now, I believe that the appropriate computer for a serious photographer must have three things: Room for lots of Ram. A 64-bit Operating System. Fast external hard drive connectors– either a Firewire 800 or an eSATA port. Before we get into my specific recommendations, let me make it clear that my advice is a: for photographers who are working in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom everyday; and… -
Ultimate Collection of Photoshop Tutorials: Photoshop Workbench Volume One
22 Oct 2009 | 4:23 pmWe’ve mentioned Mark S. Johnson on this site a few other times, and I’m happy to do it again. Mark has reached the 200th episode of his Photoshop Workbench series! Two-hundred episodes. Wow! The Photoshop Workbench is a video/screencast series in which Mark thoroughly explains dozens and dozens of Photoshop techniques. Anyone who knows Mark can attest that he is an incredible instructor and an incredible person. Photoshop Workbench Volume One Photoshop Workbench Volume One is a two DVD set featuring Episodes 1 – 200 of Mark S. Johnson’s world-renowned Photoshop Workbench… -
Book Review – Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta: The Missing FAQ by Victoria Bampton
22 Oct 2009 | 10:42 amThey don’t call her the Lightroom Queen for nothing. Adobe released the public beta of Lightroom 3 last night and Victoria Bampton already has a rough cut of her Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta – The Missing FAQ eBook available for purchase. Quick Facts Title: Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta – The Missing FAQ: Real Answers to Real Questions asked by Lightroom Users – Rough Cut Author: Victoria Bampton Publisher: Self-published (The Lightroom Queen) Publication Date: October 21, 2009 ISBN: not available yet Cover Price: US $41.95 | UK £24.95 [See other pricing options in the Where… -
Lions, Tigers, Bears, Lightroom, and More – Wildlife Photography Workshop
22 Oct 2009 | 9:08 amWith all the buzz about the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta release this week, why not take some time to get some fantastic wildlife images, quality photography instruction, and as much Lightroom Q&A as you can handle? Jeff Wendorff, professional outdoor and wildlife instructor, is teaching the Lions, Tigers, and Bears Wildlife Photography Workshop next week with Photographers Alliance Workshops. I’ll be joining him for a couple of days to present some Lightroom and Photoshop workflow information, as well as answer any questions you may have on Lightroom (2 or 3…or 1, for… -
Lightroom 3.0 Public Beta Now Available!
22 Oct 2009 | 8:06 amWant to see what’s coming in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v.3? Now you can! Click here to get the free beta version and start experimenting with Lightroom’s newest tools and features. I have been playing with the private beta for a few months now and I very excited about Lightroom v3’s potential. In particular, I am pleased with the advances Adobe has made in: -Exportable slideshows with audio. I’ve been grumbling about the lack of this feature for four years but not anymore! Finally, we can make a slideshow with music in Lightroom and then export it to Quicktime so that…
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Some Cool Composites
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More LR3 Beta Information
22 Oct 2009 | 10:53 amHere’s a link to a write up by Victoria Bampton on what’s new in the LR3 beta. Keep in mind that this is a very early beta — some of the new features will disappear, others will be added, and you will encounter bugs (particularly known are render preview issues). At the bottom of Victoria’s post are links to many other blogs with articles on LR3. -
Lightroom 3 Beta Now Available
22 Oct 2009 | 12:51 amLightroom 3 won’t officially be released until 2010, but tonight Adobe Labs announced the release of its first public beta. If you want to try it out, kick the tires, and join in providing feedback to Adobe on LR3, click here to go to Adobe Labs and download the software. Is it all we need in LR? No (for one thing, we absolutely need soft proofing.) Is it a step in the right direction? Yes. There are feature enhancements, but importantly, Adobe has focused on improving performance by rebuilding the LR architecture. Adobe recognizes that we are building very large catalogs of… -
Adobe Labs Announces Content-Aware Healing and Fill
20 Oct 2009 | 12:18 pmWant to remove telephone lines, whole buildings, or other objects from your photos? Adobe posted a video on Facebook today from Adobe Labs, demonstrating technology that they are working on for a future release of Photoshop. CS5 perhaps? Click here to go to video. Be sure to watch all the examples — it just keeps getting better! -
When Words Fail Us
14 Oct 2009 | 1:10 amAs you may have guessed, I love Lightroom. Its design is efficient and elegant, and the library/catalog model really works. However, in my humble opinion as an instructor who sees students struggle time after time, what doesn’t work is the language around this model. Specifically, what doesn’t work is the idea that you “Import” images into Lightroom, and “Export” them when you are ready to share them. As an experienced user, I realize that we are really importing image information into the LR catalog rather than importing images into LR, but this…
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Lightroom’s Develop Adjustments Presets Creating a Productive Workflow!
4 Nov 2009 | 1:04 pmThe Lightroom Develop module comes with a series of default Presets loaded with application. In the example here (fig 6.1) the “ Creative – Cyanotype” is highlighted. You can see a preview of the Preset applied in the Navigator panel directly above the list by simply parking the cursor over the Preset. For those of you with commitment issues, you are never committed to the change until you actually apply the Preset by clicking once directly on the selected image adjustment. Certainly you can always reset the image in the develop module or command (Mac) / Control (Windows) z to… -
Lightroom Import Backup
8 Oct 2009 | 2:54 pmLightroom Import Backup I frequently field questions about the Back Up feature in the Lightroom import dialog box. In the example illustration, (fig5.1) the Lightroom Import dialog box for the inserted compact flash card has, some , File Naming, Develop Settings, Metadata and Keywords applied to the images being introduced to the current catalog. The “Backup to” feature is checked and the path to the location is users/jer/Pictures/Lightroom/ Download Backups. Photographers get the wrong impression that the images are backed up to the chosen location and the imported back up contains all… -
The Lightroom Catalog Backup
27 Sep 2009 | 10:15 pmAccess the Catalog Settings on the Mac, go to the menu Lightroom>Catalog Settings Or within the Preferences dialog panel > General Tab > Go to Catalog Settings (fig 4.1) Within the Lightroom Catalog Settings, is a Back up Catalog selection feature. (Fig 4.2) This item setting is crystal clear and states “Back up Catalog”. Do not think for one minute that the selection function is backing up the associated images with the catalog. Please understand that this feature is only backing up the .lrcat data file. Here the choice of your pain threshold is determined in relation to the… -
Importing Lightroom Catalogs from my Laptop to the Studio Computer
4 Sep 2009 | 8:21 amThis tip describes the simple process of importing my laptop catalogs into my studio computer Lightroom Master Catalogs after returning from a week on the road. While on the road with my travel computer, I created a separate catalog for each event, job, and topic. In addition I devoted some time to inputting my keywords, editing, rating and some basic image adjustments. Most heavy lifting on the image development side is performed on my studio tower computer. Now I want to import each catalog and the images from the laptop and merge it with the appropriate master catalog resident on my studio… -
Lightroom’s Flexible Multiple Catalog Workflow
26 Aug 2009 | 10:26 amThe flexibility of Lightroom’s catalog system is one of its greatest benefits! I get questions about managing Lightroom Catalogs all the time. I use what I describe in my book as the Multiple Catalog Workflow (MCW) to make my image management well-organized. When out in the field away from my studio system, I use my laptop computer for downloading and editing my images. After each event or shoot I will create a new Lightroom Catalog to organize and edit my images. This is my straightforward image management procedure. Many photographers using Lightroom have only one big old “master”…
