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 [...]
In this free video tutorial I'll show you how to move your Lightroom catalog - to another location on the same hard drive, to a different hard drive, or even to a new computer. Background: The Lightroom catalog contains all of the work you do in Lightroom - editing, keywording, flagging, collections, [...]
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 [...]
For those new to the cloud-based Lightroom CC or to Lightroom Classic, naturally you want to understand how to save your editing and other work. You'll notice that the File menu in the menu bar suspiciously does not have "File Save" and "File Save As ..." options. The short answer is that all the work you [...]
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 [...]
For those new to Lightroom, naturally you want to understand how to save your work. You'll notice that the File menu in the menu bar suspiciously does not have "File Save" and "File Save As ..." options. The short answer is that as you work in Lightroom - adding keywords, stars, flags and other metadata; developing [...]
Many of you have Lightroom 5 catalogs with filenames such as "Lightroom 4 Catalog-2-2". While Lightroom doesn't care what the catalog is named, I of course find it less confusing that the filename reflect what it actually is. In this short video tutorial, I'll show you how to safely rename your Lightroom catalog and the [...]
I am running out of space on my internal hard drive, so I need to move some or all of my photographs to an external hard drive. I know I am not the only one facing this issue, as I get questions from readers at least once a week on how to do this. In [...]
Just a quick tip today — it is 92 in my office and 103 outside — the hottest day in recorded Seattle history. (I realize that this is nothing for some of you!) My folders are arranged in a hierarchy — Picturesyearshoot, with ocassional subfolders within a shoot. By default the Lightroom folder panel shows an [...]
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, [...]
I have written about moving your Lightroom work from your laptop to your desktop (or any two computers) here. This involves exporting your work on the laptop as a catalog, then importing it into your desktop catalog. Sometimes though you may want to simply move your catalog. Mine was initially on an external hard drive; [...]
