Lightroom 5 has brought a surge of reports from users that one or more of their panels have gone missing - most often the Basic panel (white balance, exposure and other tone adjustments, clarity, saturation and vibrance). Now that I have switched to a Mac, I finally understand why this surge is occurring - there's a [...]
I am honored to announce that my Lightroom 5 Workshops on Video (The Fundamentals & Beyond and Producing Great Output) have been named by Fred Eckert of PhotoSource International as the "best and easiest way to master Lightroom 5", along with Victoria Bampton's Lightroom 5: The Missing FAQ. Here's a quote from his review: [Laura's Lightroom [...]
Believe it or not, sometimes I actually enjoy reading the names of the Adobe Lightroom folks as I wait for Lightroom to start, because I know some of these folks and appreciate what they do. After a couple times, though, I’m ready for something new, so I now display photos: It is relatively easy to change [...]
I am very happy to report that Victoria Bampton's exceptional reference book, Adobe Lightroom 5 - The Missing FAQ, is now available! Victoria is a fellow Adobe Community Professional and Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Lightroom, the founder of lightroomforums.net, and one of the most knowledgeable Lightroom experts I know. She therefore understands what questions Lightroom [...]
If you're in the Seattle area, please join me and the Seattle Flickrites meetup group July 24, 2013 from 6-8 pm. I will demonstrate the new features in Lightroom 5, and those in Photoshop CC applicable to photographers. Sign up and get more information on the Seattle Flickrite meetup page here.
Note: this article and video were created when Lightroom 5 came out, but they are applicable to Lightroom 6, CC 2015 and Classic CC. Lightroom smart previews allow you to develop your photos, even when the masters are offline. Imagine traveling with your laptop, and leaving your big heavy external hard drive with all your [...]
You have taken the plunge and bought Lightroom 5. In the video below, I show you how to upgrade. I discuss how you can find your old catalog if necessary, how to ensure that your new Lightroom 5 catalog is named appropriately and that your presets come along, and how to remove your old catalog [...]
The Radial Filter tool in Lightroom 5 (and now 6 and CC) is great for making local changes to your photo that affect either the outside or inside of an oval or circular area -- a classic example is creating a vignette effect to darken the edges of your photo and to bring attention to the center. [...]
Watch my video tutorial below for how to use all of the new features in the Spot Removal tool in the Lightroom 5 beta — including the new advanced healing brush with which you can click and drag to define a non-circular area andwhich is great for both removing objects and doing retouching, and for the [...]
