The most important step to getting the most out of your photos with Lightroom is to master Lightroom's Basic panel. In the 20 minute video below I go through several examples to teach you all aspects of this most important panel in the Develop module. This video is one of the 76 in my Lightroom CC/6 [...]
Today Adobe released a free update to Lightroom CC and 6: CC 2015.5.1 and 6.5.1. This update fixes a few issues introduced in the last update and adds support for two more cameras, the Pentax K-1 and the Sony RX10 III (DSC-RX10M3).To install the update, in Lightroom go to Help>Updates. Creative Cloud subscribers will also find the update on [...]
Update April 2, 2016: Now that April 1 has passed, I'll say that this video was an April Fools' joke. Watch it only if you are up for a laugh! In this short new video tutorial I show you how you can turn a boring photo such as the one below on the left into a stunning [...]
Google announced recently that it is making all seven of its popular and powerful Nik plugins available for free! I haven't tried them all, but I love their U-Point technology for making local corrections, and I was really impressed by how I could easily produce stunning black and whites with Silver Effects Pro (that I didn't have the [...]
Adobe has just announced a new Technology Preview section on Lightroom Web, where Creative Cloud subscribers can play with features that are still in development. The first feature introduced is Search, which allows you to search for objects and themes in your photos - for example, find all photos with dogs in them or all photos with [...]
There have been a couple issues with the 6.5 / CC 2015.5 Lightroom update that I have become aware of and want to bring to your attention. Mac Permissions Issue With the CC 2015.5 and 6.5 updates, some Mac users are encountering the following message: "Lightroom encountered user permission issues." This issue used to cause hangs and [...]
Adobe released Lightroom 6.5 and CC 2015.5 today. This is a free update to 6 and CC and includes the normal bug fixes, new camera support and new lens profiles. There are no new features in this update, but some of the bug fixes below can be interpreted as improvements. Classifying them as bug fixes allows [...]
Sometimes when you're preparing your photos for output, whether for print or for your website, you need all of them to be the same aspect ratio, such as 8x10, 5x7 or square. In my latest video tutorial below, learn how to crop them all to the same aspect ratio quickly. In a nutshell: In Grid [...]
Thank you to the over 1,000 people who turned out for my free "Tour of Lightroom" webinar on March 5, and to Adobe Connect expert Sally Cox for assisting me with the session. To hear about future webinars, enter your email address below: This will also sign you up for my newsletter. You may unsubscribe at [...]
Adobe this morning released Lightroom mobile 2.0 for Android. This release gives Android users many of the same features previously released for the iPhone/iPad version: The point curve within the Curve tool, for precise control over brightness, darkness, and color cast of ranges of tones in your photos. Split toning, for adding color casts to your black and white and color [...]
Whether you are a Creative Cloud subscriber and want to know how to get started with Lightroom mobile or web or you are not a subscriber and are just curious about what you're missing, the video tutorial below will show you. In the Lightroom mobile portion of this tutorial I show you how to easily sync [...]
I am pleased to finally release my updated Lightroom CC/6 and 5: The Fundamentals & Beyond video tutorial series! In this series of 15 1/2 hours of training on 76 videos for everyone from beginners to experienced users, you'll learn how to organize and manage, fix and enhance, and share your photos and videos using Lightroom's [...]
