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 [...]
You have pulled together your photos and designed the slideshow using the Slideshow module, and it looks fabulous! Short of exporting it to a PDF or MP4 movie, how do you save it so you can be sure it will be there any time you visit the Slideshow module, and so you can continue to revise [...]
Next time you open Lightroom and/or Photoshop, you should be prompted to update to Lightroom 3.6 and/or Camera Raw 6.6. (If not, go to Help>Check for Updates.) This update, as usual, includes support for new cameras, new lens profiles, and bug fixes. Once you download the updater file, double-click on it to run the installation. Below [...]
In previous posts this past week I have explained how to add beginning and ending title slides to your Lightroom slide show, and how to add section title slides. In this post I will explain how to add photo-specific titles and other information to your photo slides. To add titles (or captions), you first have to [...]
As I wrote in my last post, you can add beginning and ending title slides to your Lightroom slideshows by using the Intro Screen and Ending Screens in the Titles panel. But what if your slideshow has different sections, and you want a title slide introducing each section? It’s not as straightforward as perhaps it [...]
By default your Lightroom slideshow doesn’t have title slides — it starts with your first picture and ends with your last. However, you can use the Titles Panel on the right side of the Slide Show module to add beginning and ending text slides. Here are examples of beginning and ending slides (black borders not included): [...]
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Occasionally I want to add or subtract more clarity, contrast, or some other setting to or from the whole photo than the Lightroom Basic panel slider will allow. At this point I often turn to the adjustment brush or graduated filter. They are intended for making local changes to a photo, but you can also apply [...]
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 [...]
I hope you aren’t disappointed when you read this, but truly, the most important thing you can do to get great results in Lightroom’s Develop module is to master the Basics panel. It can get you all or most of the way to a stunning photo. Note: This article was written for Lightroom 3. For Lightroom [...]
One of the great things about working with Lightroom’s Develop module is that anything you do can always be undone. If you want to undo everything you have done, you can click on the Import step in History: or hit the Reset Button (in the bottom right): Let’s look at the difference between the two [...]