If you ever photograph buildings or other subjects looking up at them or your camera isn't parallel to them or isn't level, you can benefit from Lightroom's transform tools for correcting perspective and leveling photos. In Lightroom 6 .6+ and Classic, these tools are found in the Transform panel, and include one-click fixes with Upright, Guided [...]
If you've made a photo book with Lightroom's Book module, you know that it can take a long time to get it just right. When you're ready to make your second book, rather than start from scratch, reuse your first design, modifying it as you see fit. In the video tutorial below, from my Lightroom: [...]
In this free video tutorial I show you how to use Lightroom's Auto Import feature, with which Lightroom watches a folder on your hard drive and automatically imports any images that land in that folder. This feature is also in earlier versions of Lightroom. Here are a few examples of when it can be handy: [...]
With Lightroom Classic and earlier versions, you can connect your camera to your computer with a USB cable, and as you shoot, have the images immediately and automatically imported into Lightroom. This is not only handy for studio portrait and product photographers who want to judge sharpness and review images with their clients immediately, but [...]
In this video tutorial for Lightroom Classic, as well as for Lightroom 4, 5 and 6, I show you how to shift a color to another, and how to completely replace it. We'll use the HSL panel, and then a few powerful options in the adjustment brush. This video does assume basic experience with the [...]
Did you know that you can use Lightroom Classic together with the free Lightroom app on Apple and Android mobile devices? You can also use Lightroom Classic with Lightroom web. These work together as part of the Creative Cloud Photography Plan subscription you're already paying for, so why not take advantage of them? Use Lightroom [...]
Have you been using more than one Lightroom catalog, maybe starting a new one with each new year, or keeping your family images in separate catalog from your travel images? If so, you know that this puts a brick wall between images in each catalog, making it very cumbersome to pull together groups of photos [...]
Adobe today introduced powerful new profiles to all applications in the Lightroom ecosystem - Lightroom Classic, the cloud-based Lightroom CC desktop application, Lightroom CC for iOS and Android, Lightroom CC Web, as well as to Adobe Camera Raw. These profiles provide a starting point for your images in terms of color and tonality. Few users [...]
Happy New Year, everyone - I hope you have a happy, healthy and photographically-inspired 2018! I recommend adding copyright and contact information to your photos so that when you share these photos with the outside world, the data automatically tags along with them and people can get in touch with you if they come across [...]
Lightroom Classic 7.0 is here! Upgrading is usually a quick and smooth process, but it helps if you're prepared for it not to be. Watch my video tutorial below for complete instructions on how to upgrade to Lightroom Classic 7, as well as how to rename your catalog, and what to delete and uninstall. [...]
In this video tutorial, learn how to import photos into Lightroom from the Mac Photos app, and how to stop Photos from opening when you plug in a memory card. This video is one of 76+ in my 15 1/2 hour Lightroom CC/6 and 5: The Fundamentals & Beyond video series. This series is for beginners and experienced [...]
Do you have a mess in Lightroom? If so, you're not alone. Watch my 80-minute recorded webinar to learn how to clean up your keywords, collections, files and folders, catalogs and duplicate photos. Topics covered Keywords Correct misspellings, consolidate duplicates ("dog", "dogs") into one, organize keywords into hierarchies Collections Rename or delete collections, find a [...]
