The latest updates to LR and ACR are available. In Lightroom, go to Help>Check for Updates. Download the file, then double-click on it to launch the installation wizard. In Bridge or Photoshop, go to Help>Updates, and the update will be downloaded and automatically installed. If you use both Lightroom and Photoshop, be sure to update both. [...]
Usually you would have to travel to Missoula, Montana to take a Lightroom workshop with The Rocky Mountain School of Photography, which has a fantastic digital program. In 2010, for the first time, RMSP and I are offering Lightroom on the Road, in Austin March 14-19, and in Minneapolis April 25-30. The workshop is a full [...]
This isn't Lightroom or Photoshop-related, but since I'm in charge here, I can get away with it! I have really been enjoying Windows 7. I had no plans to upgrade to it from XP, but my computer died and I had to replace it -- right after W7 was released. It is truly a pleasure to [...]
I hear this all the time -- new users import their photos successfully, see the images in Lightroom and see the name of their imported folder in the Folders panel, but from the Folders panel they cannot figure out "where Lightroom has put that folder". The folder certainly doesn't seem to be where they told Lightroom [...]
If you photograph on negative film and scan it, you may want to invert the image in Lightroom. Or, perhaps you like the "film negative" look, and want to invert your positive digital images. In either case, if you have looked for an "invert" button in Lightroom, you will have found out that there is none. [...]
If you're experimenting with the LR 3 Beta, you may find Adobe's new LR3 Beta help content useful. Click here to go to a listing of content on their Phosphors blog.
If you are looking to save time as you work a shoot, before you start developing it think ahead about which images are shot under similar conditions and therefore need similar adjustments, or which images you you want similar treatments for (e.g. black and white), and apply your changes to these groups of images all at [...]
I post this link particularly for RMSP students who took my compositing classes this summer. Enjoy!
Here'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 [...]
Lightroom 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 [...]
Want 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 [...]
As 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, [...]
