Whether you use Lightroom Classic, Lightroom 6 or the cloud-based Lightroom, sometimes you'll want to view photos from more than source together in the grid, whether the sources are folders, dates, collections or albums. It's easy - select the ones you want using the selection methods that work for files, and then the images for [...]
Every week someone comes to me panicking - you open Lightroom and see that just about EVERYTHING has changed - the Folders panel isn't there with your nicely organized folders, there are no keywording panels on the right, there are no Library, Develop or other modules, etc - or you experience the opposite - you're [...]
One of the strengths of the newer simplified cloud-based Lightroom application is that when you use it on multiple computers, Lightroom automatically keeps your images and work in sync amongst the computers. (This is not the case with Lightroom Classic, to the despair of some Classic users.) We're used to being able to use Adobe [...]
Adobe today released version 2.3 of the cloud-based Lightroom (CC) Desktop application, along with Lightroom iOS 4.3 and Android 4.3. In addition to new camera support, new lens profiles, and bug fixes, there are significant new features, including a way to recover recently deleted photo files and new editing tools. An update to Lightroom Classic [...]
Life used to be so simple - there was one Lightroom program, and the only question was whether you were using version 5 or 6 (or another number). Starting in October 2017, there are now there are two Lightroom programs, and their names have been a moving target - most recently changing today. It's important [...]
If you've used Lightroom Classic's adjustment brush (or "brush" in the cloud-based Lightroom), you've probably wondered why it starts out with some sliders not at zero and with a particular brush size, feathering, etc.. In this very short video tutorial I'll show you how to set your own default settings in the brush, graduated filter [...]
Adobe today released version 2.2 of the Lightroom CC cloud-based desktop application, along with Lightroom CC iOS 4.2 and Android 4.2. In addition to bug fixes, new camera support and new lens profiles, the desktop application received significant new features, including panorama stitching, HDR multiple-exposure merging,the Target Adjustment Tool, an Enhanced Detail process to optionally [...]
Enhanced Details was made available today in the February releases of Lightroom Classic CC (v. 8.2) and Lightroom CC Desktop (v. 2.2). This new process can potentially improve the quality of very fine detail and reduce artifacts and moire in raw files. It re-renders your raw file using a more sophisticated demosaicing algorithm that is [...]
I recommend adding copyright and contact information to your photos and videos so that when you share them with the outside world, the data automatically tags along with them and people can get in touch with you if they come across your photos and want to use them. Unfortunately the cloud-based Lightroom (as opposed to [...]
With albums in the cloud-based Lightroom and collections in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom 6 and earlier versions, one usually drags photos to them to assign those photos to them. Dragging takes time and can be a hassle if you have to scroll to your album or collection. Now we have functionality in both applications to quickly [...]
Adobe today released version 2.0 of the Lightroom CC cloud-based desktop application, along with Lightroom CC iOS 4.0 and Android 4.0. An update to Lightroom Classic was also released - see my Lightroom Classic article for details on this. Lightroom CC Desktop 2.0 requires Windows 10 v1703 or later, or macOS 10.12 Sierra or later. [...]
In the cloud-based Lightroom desktop app as well as in Lightroom Mobile, we now have a People function that identifies people in our photos and allows us to name them. Watch my video tutorial below, or read on below the video for details on how to use People. (Note that the cloud-based Lightroom was called [...]
