A lot of people have a hard time understanding where their images are in the Lightroom environment, what the catalog is, and how it all fits together. This is completely understandable, as the terminology is confusing. Think of a public library — you have stacks and stacks of books everywhere — the main floor, 2nd floor, [...]
If you regularly work on two or more computers and carrying an external hard drive is not a problem, then consider putting your images and your Lightroom catalog on the external drive, so that you can move easily between the two. If your catalog is currently on your internal hard drive, you will need to move [...]
When you import images into the Lightroom Catalog, Lightroom keeps track of where those images live -- in what folder, on what hard drive. This shows in the Folders panel in the Library Module. Imagine moving the car while your family or friends are inside the convenience store. (I confess to having done this once !) [...]
I wrote a post recently about making snapshots while you work so that you can explore different versions of your image -- for example, a black and white and a color version -- with the goal of having just one version in the end. If you want to end up with two or more versions -- [...]
Have you ever worked on an image, been satisfied with your work, but then wanted to try some other things with the option to get back to what you had? Perhaps you want to compare different versions of your work to decide which you like best — for example, a color version, a black and white [...]
I'll get back to making my own tutorials and videos soon, but in the meantime, check out Adobe TV. Click here for Lightroom videos, and here for Photoshop videos. (They load in two stages, so give it a little time.) Check or uncheck the Release, Skill Level and Topic checkboxes on the right to narrow [...]
Not sure if Lightroom is right for you? Or you already have it but aren't sure you are leveraging its capabilities fully? If you are in Seattle, consider attending my free two-hour demo of Lightroom on March 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Capitol Hill Library. Please click here for more information and to RSVP. [...]
Hooray -- the official 2.3 release of Lightroom is out. This fixes a number of bugs in 2.2 that I am happy to have behind me. From Adobe: The goal of this release is to address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom 2 and provide additional camera raw support. A comprehensive list of [...]
For me there were not alot of exciting additions to Photoshop CS4, but I have to say that the new Content Aware Scaling is quite impressive. Here's an image that I like, but I feel that there is too much empty space between the photographer and the subjects: Here's how to easily eliminate some [...]
When I don’t take the time to use a tripod, my horizons are often not straight. Here’s an example: Crooked Horizon To fix this in Lightroom, in the Develop Module tool drawer underneath the histogram, click on the Crop Overlay tool (R). Crop options appear beneath it, and a grid is placed over your [...]
There are many ways to add keywords to images in Lightroom, but one of my favorites is to spray them on with the Painter tool. It is quick, and even fun. In the Library module, click on the paint tool in the toolbar below the grid: In the Painter options bar that appears, choose Keywords from [...]
Have you experienced crashes in LR 2.2 that you didn't experience before? Many have complained about memory leaks and other issues. Adobe has announced that LR 2.3 will address the following: In the Windows 64-bit version of Lightroom an sFTP upload process could cause Lightroom to crash. Slideshows could return to the first image randomly [...]