Hi everyone, I am hard at work on the Lightroom 4 version of my Lightroom Fundamentals and Beyond DVD, with plans to then do another on Lightroom's Output Modules, so I apologize that I have not had time to post any in-depth tutorials recently. Here's a quick tip to tide you over for at least a [...]
In Lightroom's Import dialog (and in the Library module), you are given the choice to convert your camera manufacturer-proprietary raw files into Adobe's raw file format, DNG. I have gone back and forth on recommending conversion to my students, and in my own workflow -- not because I don't trust Adobe's conversion, but because I [...]
Lightroom can really make your life easier, if you know how to ask it to. Here are a few tips for finding things or getting places quickly: You're working with a photo or folder in Lightroom, but need to go out and view it in Windows Explorer or Mac Finder. Lightroom can get you there -- Right-Click [...]
If you have a folder in Lightroom such as your Pictures folder, but you are not sure that all of the photos in that folder and its subfolders have been imported in Lightroom, you can have Lightroom check for you! Right-click on the folder, and choose Synchronize Folder. The dialog below will show you how many [...]
Whether you had one for 2011 or not, now is the perfect time to create a 2012 copyright preset, that will add your copyright information to your photos’ metadata automatically when you import them. In the Import dialog, in the Apply During Import panel on the right, click on the drop down next to Metadata, and [...]
The metadata panel in Lightroom has lots of little shortcuts you can click on to get places and see or change things. The panel is the last one down on the right side of the Library module. In the Default metadata view you can rename your photo; find the master photo of your virtual copy; show [...]
Are your folders in Lightroom a mess because you don’t know how to take charge of where Lightroom puts them? Are you not sure where they are going? Do you have date folders that are meaningless to you because you don’t remember what you shot on any given date? If you answered yes to any of these, you [...]
Have you ever searched for a photo for what seemed like hours, checking in each folder, until you finally just gave up? If so, you have felt the pain and frustration that comes from not having keyworded your photos. Keywording isn't the fun part of working in Lightroom, but if you invest the time to do [...]
If you have been following advice from me and others, you are taking the time to keyword your photos using the Keywording panel, so that you can find them later. Now it is time to organize these keywords. The Keyword List panel, which is below the Keywording panel, shows you all the keywords you have ever [...]
Newer users often don’t realize that the Folders panel in the Lightroom Library module can be used to rearrange your photos and folders. Below are some tips for using it. Note that whatever you do with this panel is in fact affecting your hard drive — you are just doing the work from within Lightroom. If [...]
In my tutorial on jpeg quality, I displayed two photos side by side and zoomed in on them together to compare them up close. A reader asked me how I did this — thanks to this reader for giving me the idea for Friday’s Lightroom Quick Tip. In the Library module, select your two photos (click [...]
I got this question from readers twice in one day last week, so I thought a blog post was in order. It’s the ultimate in Fall/Spring cleaning — essentially you will build a new closet, put copies of everything in it ( nicely organized), and then throw everything away from the old one. This may not [...]